Chapter 10

Question 1

Beck Depression Inventory-II

Answer 1

a targeted self-report, pencil-and-paper test that assesses depressive symptoms in adults and adolescents

Question 2

behavioral assessment

Answer 2

a form of assessment that assumes client behaviors are not signs of underlying problems; instead, those behaviors are the problems

Question 3

behavioral observation

Answer 3

the direct, systematic observation of a client’s behavior in the natural environment, taking a direct sample of the problem at the site where it occurs

Question 4

Children’s Apperception Test

Answer 4

a version of the Thematic Apperception Test aimed at children

Question 5

clinical scale

Answer 5

the groups of items used when scoring the MMPI

Question 6

Comprehensive System

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the most common method of scoring the Rorschach that includes normative data collected from thousands of children and adults

Question 7

content scales

Answer 7

used to assess a client’s standing on major content dimensions in a test

Question 8

Paul Costa

Answer 8

one of the two authors of the NEO Personality Inventory

Question 9

empirical criterion keying

Answer 9

a method of test construction utilized by Hathaway and McKinley that involves identifying distinct groups of people, asking them all to respond to the same test items, and comparing responses between groups,

Question 10

evidence-based assessment

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the focus is “what works” empirically, such as methods that have strong psychometrics, have sufficient normative data and are sensitive to diversity

Question 11

John Exner

Answer 11

combined aspects of many scoring systems to create the Comprehensive System

Question 12

Five-factor model of personality

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a model that asserts the many words our language offers for describing personality traits “cluster” into five fundamental traits of personality

Question 13

Robert McCrae

Answer 13

one of the two authors of the NEO Personality Inventory

Question 14

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (A, 2, RF)

Answer 14

personality test in which the client reads hundreds of self-descriptive sentences and, using a pencil-and-paper answer sheet or computer, marks each sentence as either true or false as it applies to themselves

Question 14

Theodore Millon

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created the original MCMI

Question 15

Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-IV

Answer 15

a comprehensive personality test in a self-report, pencil-and-paper (or computer), true/false format that emphasizes personality disorders

Question 16

Multimethod assessment

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the cumulation of multiple tests rather than only one

Question 17

naturalistic observation

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the direct, systematic observation of a client’s behavior in the natural environment, taking a direct sample of the problem at the site where it occurs

Question 18

NEO Five-Factor Inventory

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a short form of the NEO Personality Inventory that produces a less detailed score profile
limitations: lack of validity scales, limited clinical utility

Question 19

objective personality tests

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tests that include unambiguous test items, offer clients a limited range of responses, and are objectively scored

Question 20

over pathologizing

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viewing as psychopathological that which is culturally common or accepted

Question 21

Personality Assessment Inventory

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appropriate for clients 19–89, the inventory contains 344 items, each of which offers four responses: totally false, slightly true, mainly true, and very true

Question 22

projective personality tests

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Performance-based personality tests: assessments based on the assumption that people will “project” their personalities if presented with unstructured, ambiguous stimuli and an unrestricted opportunity to respond

Question 23

Rorschach Inkblot Method

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an assessment that consists of 10 inkblots and in which the psychologist interprets clients responses to these inkblots
“Response” or “free association” phase

Question 24

Rotter Incomplete Sentences Blank

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the most widely known and commonly used test that utilizes the sentence completion format

Question 25

self-monitoring

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how people regulate their behavior and self-presentation in social situations

Question 26

Senior Apperception Test

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version of the Thematic Apperception Test aimed at older adults

Question 27

sentence completion tests

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an assessment in which ambiguous stimuli are the beginnings of sentences and which assumes clients’ personalities are revealed by the endings they add and the sentences they create

Question 28

supplement scales

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They assess subtle hostility

Question 29

test-taking attitudes

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clients’ style of self-reporting, which may include exaggeration, minimization, and randomization

Question 30

Thematic Apperception Test

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an assessment that involves presenting the client with a series of cards that feature interpersonal scenes so the client then creates a story to go along with each

Question 31

traditional personality assessment

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performance-based measures that assume that personality is a stable, internal construct, assessing personality requires a high degree of inference, and client behaviors are signs of deep-seated, underlying issues

Question 32

validity scales

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safeguards that inform the psychologist about the client’s approach to the test and allow the psychologist to determine whether the test is valid and what kinds of adjustments might be appropriate during the process of interpreting clinical scales

Question 33

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-A)

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published in 1992, the version of the MMPI designed for clients aged 14–18

Question 34

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2-RF)

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.published in 2008, .the shorter version of the MMPI-2 .contains only 388 of the 567 items on the MMPI-2 .Restructured Clinical scales and High-Order scales

Question 35

Which of the following is not a clinical scale on the MMPI and MMPI-2?

Answer 35

self-acceptance