Chapter 3 (Barlow)

Question 1

Systematic evaluation and measurement of psychological, biological, and social factors in an individual presenting with a possible psychological disorder.

Answer 1

Clinical assessment

Question 2

Process of determining whether the particular problem afflicting the individual meets all criteria for a psychological disorder

Answer 2

Diagnosis

Question 3

3 basic concepts that
help determine the value of our assessments

Answer 3

Reliability
Validity
Standardization

Question 4

Degree to which a measurement is consistent.

Answer 4

Reliability

Question 5

Whether something measures what it is designed to measure

Answer 5

Validity

Question 6

Comparing the results of an assessment measure under consideration with the results of others that are better
known allows you to begin to determine the validity of the first
measure.

Answer 6

Concurrent or descriptive validity.

Question 7

Process by which a certain set of standards or norms is determined for a technique to make its use
consistent across different measurements.

Answer 7

Standardization

Question 8

Involves the systematic observation of an individual’s behavior

Answer 8

Mental Status Exam

Question 9

5 categories of MSE

Answer 9

Appearance and behavior
Thought processes
Mood and affect
Intellectual functioning
Sensorium

Question 10

• Overt behavior
• Attire
• Appearance, posture, expressions

Answer 10

Appearance and behavior

Question 11

• Rate of speech
• Continuity of speech
• Content of speech

Answer 11

Thought processes

Question 12

Disorganized speech pattern in some patients with schizophrenia

Answer 12

Loose association or derailment

Question 13

Distorted views of reality

Answer 13

Delusions

Question 14

3 types of delusion

Answer 14

Delusions of persecution
Delusions of grandeur
Ideas of reference

Question 15

Someone thinks people are after him and out to get him all the time

Answer 15

Delusions of persecution

Question 16

Individual thinks she is all-powerful in some way

Answer 16

Delusions of grandeur

Question 17

Everything everyone else does somehow relates back to the individual.

Answer 17

Ideas of reference

Question 18

Things a person sees or hears when those things really aren’t there.

Answer 18

Hallucinations

Question 19

• Predominant feeling state of the individual
• Feeling state accompanying what
  individual says

Answer 19

Mood and affect

Question 20

Refers to the feeling state that accompanies what we say at a given point.

Answer 20

Affect

Question 21

• Type of vocabulary
• Use of abstractions and metaphors

Answer 21

Intellectual functioning

Question 22

• Awareness of surroundings in terms of
  person (self and clinician), time, and place—
  “oriented times three”

Answer 22

Sensorium

Question 23

Possible existence of disorder
characterized by intrusive, unwanted
thoughts and resistance to them

Answer 23

Subsequent focus