To date, psychodiagnostics is involved in solving a wide range of problems

3. Psychological diagnosis
2. Etiological diagnosis. It takes into account the presence of not only certain
features (symptoms), but also the causes of their occurrence.
subjects on a scale of severity of certain qualities. For this
– sample preparation;
L.S. Vygotsky identified three levels of diagnosis:
- drawing up a clear program.
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lean positive psychological correction or psychotherapy.
- What will happen next?
4) clarification of the subjective attitude of the individual to the experienced
The psychologist must
When transmitting psychological information, the psychodiagnostic seeks
problems;
prepare
- What's happening?
the predominance of certain psychological characteristics in it;
One of the forms of reporting the results of a psychodiagnostic examination is
psychometric data expressed in certain scores, scales and other metric values. In this case,
the individual results of the client can be represented as a point on
scale of possible outcomes. Thus, the client receives the criteria for evaluating his
3) identification of conscious or unconscious psychological
problems;
- What caused it?
1) study of the general level of human mental development;
4. Reporting the results of a psychodiagnostic study to the client
receive feedback from the client, according to the content of which he determines the client's
attitude to the information and to himself as a source of information. To this end, the
psychodiagnostic may ask the client to repeat the information given to him or ask a direct
question about how clear the information is.
2) a study of the balance of personality structure, as well as
Psychodiagnostics tries to answer three questions:
One of the main points of the transfer of psychodiagnostic information is its valuelessness.
To do this, the psychologist conducts a preliminary conversation with the client, during which
he tries to show him the difference between the social or ethical task and the psychological
task that the psychodiagnostic solves.
the client to the perception of
psychodiagnostic information, establishing contact with him and clarifying the task of
interaction. When solving a psychodiagnostic problem, the psychologist clearly focuses on its
content and the adequacy of the perception of this content by the client.
it is required to compare the obtained diagnostic data within the examined sample, to rank the
subjects according to the degree of representation of certain indicators, to introduce an
indicator of a high, medium and low level of development of the studied features by correlation
with the criterion.
A detailed psychological diagnosis involves:
5) assessment of the overall adaptive potential, which could
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- do not form unnecessary expectations;
A written (or oral) conclusion is the final stage of psychodiagnostics. The content
of the conclusion includes all the data available to the diagnostician, both test and
others (from other sources).
- report in an adequate form, receive feedback on the degree of its
Principles for drawing up an opinion (A. Anastasi)
3. The conclusion is usually action-oriented, i.e. it gives advice on training
programs, type of treatment, choice of profession, etc.
understanding by the client.
1. The content and style of the conclusion depend on the theoretical attitudes
and specialization of the diagnostician. Therefore, they do not have a single standard
form and spelling rule. It is important that it be in line with the interests, needs and
background of those who receive it. For example, teachers prefer conclusions with
specific recommendations, while psychiatrists like conclusions with an explanation of
basic data but no specific recommendations. In the conclusion, designed for specialists
and ignorant people, a brief annotation of a meaningful nature should be given, and
then a more detailed description of specific data should be given.
- speak only in such a way that you are understood unambiguously; leave no room
for the client to misjudge.
client from independent interpretation of psychodiagnostic information. Otherwise,
you need to find out how he does it. It is especially necessary to control the
dissemination of psychodiagnostic information among children and adolescents and
not to disseminate evaluative psychological information among them.
So, the basic norms of interaction with a client regarding psychological information:
- communicate information, not evaluate it;