Chapter 3 Vocab

Question 1

What is a clinical assessment?

Answer 1

The systematic evaluation that shows possible diagnosis to a disorder

Question 2

What’s a diagnosis?

Answer 2

When the professional decides if all the criteria is met for the disorder

Question 3

What is reliability?

Answer 3

The degree to which a measurement is consistent

Question 4

What is validity?

Answer 4

Measures what it’s suppose to measure

Question 5

What is standardization?

Answer 5

Certain set of norms to make things consistent

Question 6

What is the behavioral assessment?

Answer 6

Direct observations as to how things make the patients feel

Question 7

What is the IQ formula?

Answer 7

Mental age
———— X100
Actual age

Question 8

What is the idiographic strategy?

Answer 8

Uses individuals personality, background and circumstances to tailor treatments

Question 9

What is the nomothetic strategy?

Answer 9

Attempting to classify disorder by given information

Question 10

What is the classical categorical approach?

Answer 10

Every diagnosis has a clear problem and solution

Question 11

What is the dimensional approach?

Answer 11

Notes moods, cognition and behaviors on a scale

Question 12

What is the prototypical approach?

Answer 12

You don’t know specifically what’s wrong but you know the general description