Ch. 10 Lec Flashcards by Gail I

multiple assessments must be used bc no one assessment is perfect –> … assessment
- includes …, …, …, …

multi-method; 
tests; 
diagnostic interviews; 
observations; 
other sources

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multi-method assessment:

includes other sources (i.e. …. info, such as info from …, …, etc)

collateral;
spouse;
family members

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evidence-based assessment:

- treatment that works, …, … and …

studied;
reliable;
valid

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cultural competence –> mindful of what’s …/… in a client’s culture
- cannot … what’s normal in a culture

normal; abnormal;

overpathologize

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objective personality tests:

…
person will respond using a …

standardized;

fixed set of answers

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objective personality tests: - advantages:

…
scoring is …
…
… format

economical;
objective;
easy to take;
pencil and paper

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objective personality tests - disadvantages:
- these tests will provide an overall score and a diagnosis, but the diagnosis … –> still need to …, tests merely …

may not be accurate;
meet with client;
point you in the right direction

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objective personality tests - disadvantages:

two individuals who receive the same score may actually be …
objective personality tests don’t take these differences into consideration

very different

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objective personality tests:

- most popular is …, which has been around for … yrs - it is the most … personality test

MMPI;
85+;
comprehensive

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objective personality tests - MMPI:

very …, …
accurate …

scientifically valid;
empirically based;
diagnosis

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objective personality tests - MMPI:

- about … questions –> answer choices are …, … or ….

600;
true;
false;
cannot say

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objective personality tests - MMPI:

- questions are … multiple times to detect …, …, or …

reworded;
lying;
faking good;
faking bad

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objective personality tests - MMPI:

came out in …
…: identifies groups of people who fit a diagnosis and then asks them questions. uses that as a … to construct the questions for the personality test

1943;
empirical criterion keying;
standard

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objective personality tests - MMPI:
- empirical criterion keying –> if we get different responses from different clinical groups, those are the only questions …

that can be used

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objective personality tests - MMPI:

revised in … to be more …

1989;

culturally sensitive

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objective personality tests - MMPI:

revised in 1989 - original population as typically …, …, … yo men –> difficult to …

white;
heterosexual;
35;
generalize

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objective personality tests - MMPI:
revised in 1989:
- … updated - language not as …

updated again in 2008 - restructured form:

about … qs, but still had same scales
more …

wording;
obsolete;
380;
culturally sensitive

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objective personality tests - MMPI:
10 clinical scales:
- purpose of these scales is to identify a …
- psychopathic deviate = …

psychiatric diagnosis;

antisocial personality

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objective personality tests - MMPI:
10 clinical scales:
psychopathic deviate = antisocial personality
- don’t … for their actions
- being very …
- person doesn’t give much thought to the …

take responsibility;
rebellious;
consequences of their actions

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objective personality tests - MMPI:
10 clinical scales:
- hysteria: …, …

denial of conflict;

denial of anger

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objective personality tests - MMPI:
10 clinical scales:
- masculinity/femininity –> …, rejection of …

controversial;

traditional gender roles

objective personality tests - MMPI:
10 clinical scales:
- psychasthenia - …, …, …

anxiety;
nervous;
obsessive thoughts

objective personality tests - MMPI:
different scales that can measure …
- can detect if you’re trying to …, …, etc. based on …

validity;
look good;
look bad;
inconsistencies

objective personality tests - MMPI:
different scales that can measure validity:
- F scale: … scales, suggests …
- L scale: … scale, …

frequency;
faking bad;
lie;
faking good

objective personality tests - MMPI: different scales that can measure validity: - ... scale (K scale): ..., e.g. saying criticism from others never bothers me

defensiveness; | faking good

objective personality tests - MMPI: strengths: - ..., ... - very ... - will get you to a ... --> although still shouldn't rely on this one test

reliable; valid; comprehensive; diagnosis

objective personality tests - MMPI: limitations: - very ..., takes ... - requires a good level of ..., ..., ... - too much of an emphasis on ...

``` lengthy; a long time; attention; reading; comprehension; pathology ```

objective personality tests - million clinical multiaxial inventory: - ... - main difference from mmpi is that this one detects ..., specifically ...

self report; personality disorders; dsm-4 axis 2 disorders

objective personality tests - neo personality inventory: - looks at ... personality traits, not ... - based on ...

normal; pathologies; big five model of personality

``` objective personality tests - neo personality inventory: based on big five model of personality: - five factors of personality for which we all ...: .... ... ... ... ... ```

``` fall on a spectrum; openness; conscientiousness; extroversion; agreeableness; neuroticism ```

objective personality tests - beck depression inventory (BDI): - just detects ... - depression negatively impacts ...

depression; | libido

(projective personality tests) - idea is that client is projecting their ... onto these tests - responding to ... - For Rorschach, it's simply asking ...

unconscious; ambiguous stimuli; what do you see

(projective personality tests) | - With TAT, it's ..., what is their ... and how it's ...

who are these characters; conflict; resolved

(projective personality tests) With TAT, it's who are these characters, what is their conflict and how it's resolved --> gives clinical picture of ... patient's having and how they ...

conflicts; | resolve it in their life

(projective personality tests) - not ..., ... or ... - can't arrive at a ... through these tests

scientifically sound; valid; reliable; diagnosis

``` (projective personality tests) Rorschach inkblot: - rorschach died from appendicitis - made in ... - all the inkblots are rorschach's artwork - ... phase and an ... phase - would ask why do you see that ```

1921; response; inquiry

(projective personality tests) Rorschach inkblot: - rorschach was a ... - rorschach didn't have a ..., but now there's ...

psychiatrist; scoring system; exner's scoring system

(projective personality tests) Rorschach inkblot: - exner's scoring system emphasizes what the client ... - scoring variables: ..., ...

perceives; location; determinants

``` (projective personality tests) Rorschach inkblot: rest of exner's scoring variables: - ... - ... - ... ```

form quality; popular; content

(projective personality tests) Rorschach inkblot: scoring variables: - location: are they focusing on the ... or just ... - determinants: what aspects of the blot are they looking at

whole pic; | a portion of it

(projective personality tests) Rorschach inkblot: scoring variables; - determinants: what aspects of the blot are they looking at - ..., ..., ..., etc? what caused client to make that response?

form; color; shading

``` (projective personality tests) Rorschach inkblot: scoring variables: - form quality: was response ... or ... - popular: do they see ... - content: ..., what kinds of objects appear ... ```

conventional; distorted; what other people tend to see; patterns; frequently

``` (projective personality tests) Thematic apperception test: - came out in ... - reveals client's basic ... - used to infer .../... ```

1940s; personality characteristics; psychological needs/conflicts

``` (projective personality tests) Thematic apperception test: - series of pics of ... - gives therapist insight into ... - gets client to ... ```

ambiguous situations; conflict resolution; lower their defenses

(projective personality tests) Thematic apperception test: - again, ... in the stories are essential - ... and ... is questionable, not empirically scored --> only based on ...

patterns; reliability; validity; therapist's interpretation

(projective personality tests) Sentence completion tests: - scored on ... scale - gives an idea of ... and ... in clients' life

7 pt; adjustment; maladjustment

(behavioral assessment) client's behaviors are not signs of ..., but the ... is the problem - nothing going on ... - denying the ...

underlying pathology; actual behavior; underneath the behavior; unconscious

``` (behavioral assessment) techniques to assess behavioral problems: - ... - ... - ... ```

naturalistic observation; behavioral observation; self-monitoring

(behavioral assessment) techniques to assess behavioral problems: - naturalistic observation: observing organism in ..., more common in ... or a ...

natural environment; psych hospital; school

(behavioral assessment) techniques to assess behavioral problems: behavioral observation: keep record of events that occur ... - e.g. with addiction - what happens before they engage in their addiction, what do they feel during and after - how does the behavior relate to the ...

before/after target behavior; | environment

(behavioral assessment) techniques to assess behavioral problems: - self-monitoring: e.g. for alcoholics, keeping track of ...

how much they're drinking