Ch. 3 Clinical Assessment, Diagnosis and Treatment

Question 1

idiographic understanding

Answer 1

understanding behavior of individual

Question 2

assessment

Answer 2

process of collecting and interpreting relevant information about client/participant

Question 3

clinical assessment

Answer 3

determines how/why person behaves abnormally an dhow to help

Question 4

standardize

Answer 4

process in which test administered to large group of people whose performance serves as standard/normal
- used to compare individual scores with

Question 5

reliability

Answer 5

measure of consistency of results/test

Question 6

test-retest reliability

Answer 6

yields same results always

- more correlation, more reliability

Question 7

interrator (interjudge) reliability

Answer 7

diff. judges agree on score or interpretation

Question 8

validity

Answer 8

measures what it’s supposed to

Question 9

face validity

Answer 9

appears valid b/c it’s what makes sense and seems reasonable

- does not mean it is trustworthy

Question 10

predictive validity

Answer 10

how accurately it predicts future behavior

Question 11

concurrent validity

Answer 11

degree to which the measures gathered from one tool agree w/ measures from other assessment techniques

Question 12

clinical interview

Answer 12

face to face encounter

- often 1st contact

Question 13

types of interviews

Answer 13

unstructured interview

structured interview

Question 14

unstructured interview

Answer 14

ask open-ended questions

- allows interviewer to follow leads/explore relevant topics

Question 15

structured interview

Answer 15

ask prepared questions

Question 16

mental status exam

Answer 16

set of interview questions and observations designed to reveal degree and nature of client abnormal function
- enables clinicians to compare diff. individuals

Question 17

projective test

Answer 17

test consisting of ambiguous material that people interpret or respond to

• what person might project onto ambiguous material
  (ie) Rorschach Test

Question 18

Rorschach test

Answer 18

ink blot test

- images seen correspond w/ psychological condition

Question 19

thematic apperception test (TAT)

Answer 19

pictorial projective test

• client makes up story for vague photo
• clinicians believe client will always identify w/ one of the people in picture
• story reflects own circumstances, needs and emotions

Question 20

sentence-completion test

Answer 20

complete sentences

Question 21

drawing

Answer 21

draw humans and talk about drawing

• evaluation based on details, size of figures, features, use of background and comments made
• usually used to assess children

Question 22

personality inventory

Answer 22

test that measures broad personality characteristics

- statements about behavior, beliefs and feelings that people evaluate as either characteristic or unlike them

Question 23

response inventory

Answer 23

test that measures a person’s responses in one specific area of functioning (ie. social skills/cognitive processes)

Question 24

affective inventory

Answer 24

measure severity of such emotions as anxiety, depression and anger

(ie) Beck Depression Inventory

Question 25

cognitive inventory

Answer 25

reveal typical thoughts and assumptions

• may uncover counterproductive patterns of thinking
• not used by cognitive model

Question 26

psychological test

Answer 26

test that measures physical responses as possible indicators of psychological problems

(ie) polygraph / lie detector

Question 27

neurological test

Answer 27

test that measures brain structure and activity

(ie) EEC