Abnormal Child Psychology 5 Flashcards
What is Psychological Assessment?
- Process of gathering information about children and their families to form conclusions about their
functioning. - Sometimes used to provide the child
with a diagnosis (Dx). - Helps inform a potential treatment plan
What is the Multi-informant Assessment?
- Data gathered from different people.
- Research suggests low correlations between teachers, parents and children’s descriptions of behavior.
- Needed for accurate picture of functioning.
- MSE
In the Mental Status Exam, what do you observe in physical appearance?
- Clothing
- Grooming, Age (actual and apparent)
- Age-appropriate clothes
- Dysmorphic features
- bruises
- scars
In the Mental Status Exam, what do you observe in Actions?
- Eve contact
- Ability to cooperate and engage Behavior towards parents and Siblings
- Motor activity
- Way of relating
In the Mental Status Exam, what do you observe in Emotion/ Mood Affect?
- Type range and appropriateness of affect (e.g., depressed, elated,
irritable). - Anxious
In the Mental Status Exam, what do you observe in Cognition?
- Thought process content
- Attention
- Memory,
- Alert and oriented x 3
- Insight/Judgment
In the Mental Status Exam, what do you observe in Speech?
- Fluency
- Volume
- Rate
- Language skills,
What is Test–retest reliability?
Consistency of test scores over time
What is Inter-rater reliability?
Consistency across two or more raters
What is Validity?
Test must accurately measure what it is designed to measure.
What is Content validity?
content is relevant to the tests purpose. (Ex: Consistent with DSM criteria)
What is Construct validity?
The degree to which test scores reflect hypothesized attributes. Is a depression test measuring frequent
episodes of crying?
What is The Minnesota
Multiphasic Personality
Inventory (MMPI)?
most frequently used
psychometric test to
assess both personality
traits and psychopathology.
