Chapter 4

Question 1

assessment

Answer 1

how we learn about people and then diagnose

Question 2

assessments are used for

Answer 2

screening, diagnosing, treatment planning, outcome monitoring, and periodic assessments

Question 3

the 3 assessment tools are

Answer 3

clinical interviews, tests, and observations

Question 4

characteristics of a good assessment tool are

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reliability, validity, and standardization

Question 5

reliability

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same results different tests (test-retest reliability), multiple people getting the same results (interrater reliability)

Question 6

validity

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face validity (no irrelevant questions), future outcome (predictive validity), and multiple different measures on the same thing gives same results (concurrent validity)

Question 7

standardization

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everyone giving it the same way (of administration), scoring and interpretation

Question 8

clinical interviews

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collects detailed info about a client, espesically personal history. can be structured or unstructured

Question 9

structured

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questions a therapist would ask to everyone

Question 10

unstructured

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questions a therapists asks you on the spot

Question 11

clinical tests

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systematically gathers info about aspects of a persons psychological functioning

Question 12

clinical tests have 6 categories which are…

Answer 12

projective tests, personality inventories, response inventories, psychophysiological tests, neuropsychological tests, intelligence tests

Question 13

projective tests

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taps into unconscious processes, interpretation of vague stimuli (inkblots), follow open-ended instructions (draw a person), and sentence completion (I wish…)

Question 14

projective tests are used by

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psychodynamic therapists

Question 15

personality inventories

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measures broad personality characteristics, focuses on behaviors, beliefs, and feelings. self reported

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response inventories

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self reported, focuses on one specific area of functioning (social skills inventories or cognitive inventories)

Question 17

psychophysiological tests

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measure physiological response as an indication of psychological problems (lie detector)

Question 18

psychophysiological tests are used by

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biological therapists

Question 19

neurological tests

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directly assess brain function by accessing brain structure and activity

Question 20

neurological tests that directly assess the brain functioning include

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EEG, PET scans, CAT scans, and MRIs

Question 21

neuropsychological tests that indirectly assess brain functioning

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visual perception, recent memory, visual-motor coordination
Ex: bender visual-motor gestalt test

Question 22

neuropsychological tests

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indirectly access brain function by assessing cognitive, perceptual and motor functioning on certain tasks which are thought to recruit certain parts of the brain

Question 23

intelligence tests

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indirectly measures intellectual/cognitive ability
IQ tests

Question 24

Iq tests

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represents the ratio of a person’s mental age to his or her chronological age

Question 25

most people score…

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85-115 on IQ tests

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normative strengths

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good

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normative weaknesses

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“bad”

Question 28

relative strengths

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what you’re good at

Question 29

relative weakness

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what you struggle with

Question 30

clinical observations

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systematic observation of behavior, analyzes how people live

Question 31

what are the different kinds of clinical observations

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naturalistic, analog, and self-monitoring

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naturalistic

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real world

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analog

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lab setting

Question 34

self-montitoring

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people observe themselves and carefully record behaviors, feelings, or cognitions

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the one goal of assessment is

Answer 35

diagnosis

Question 36

what is the DSM-5

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the classification system in the US for mental health disorders

Question 37

what syndrome was taken out of the DSM in the remake?

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asperger’s syndrome

Question 38

International classification of diseases (ICD)

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used everywhere but the US, particularly in countries where english is not the primary language

Question 39

what are concerns with diagnosis

Answer 39

misdiagnosis, labeling, and stigma

Question 40

benefits of diagnosis

Answer 40

common language for doctors, standardized research, and insurance coverage