Ch. 3 Clinical Assessment, Diagnosis and Treatment Flashcards
idiographic understanding
understanding behavior of individual
assessment
process of collecting and interpreting relevant information about client/participant
clinical assessment
determines how/why person behaves abnormally an dhow to help
standardize
process in which test administered to large group of people whose performance serves as standard/normal
- used to compare individual scores with
reliability
measure of consistency of results/test
test-retest reliability
yields same results always
- more correlation, more reliability
interrator (interjudge) reliability
diff. judges agree on score or interpretation
validity
measures what it’s supposed to
face validity
appears valid b/c it’s what makes sense and seems reasonable
- does not mean it is trustworthy
predictive validity
how accurately it predicts future behavior
concurrent validity
degree to which the measures gathered from one tool agree w/ measures from other assessment techniques
clinical interview
face to face encounter
- often 1st contact
types of interviews
unstructured interview
structured interview
unstructured interview
ask open-ended questions
- allows interviewer to follow leads/explore relevant topics
structured interview
ask prepared questions
mental status exam
set of interview questions and observations designed to reveal degree and nature of client abnormal function
- enables clinicians to compare diff. individuals
projective test
test consisting of ambiguous material that people interpret or respond to
- what person might project onto ambiguous material
(ie) Rorschach Test
Rorschach test
ink blot test
- images seen correspond w/ psychological condition
thematic apperception test (TAT)
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
sentence-completion test
complete sentences
drawing
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
personality inventory
test that measures broad personality characteristics
- statements about behavior, beliefs and feelings that people evaluate as either characteristic or unlike them
response inventory
test that measures a person’s responses in one specific area of functioning (ie. social skills/cognitive processes)
affective inventory
measure severity of such emotions as anxiety, depression and anger
(ie) Beck Depression Inventory
cognitive inventory
reveal typical thoughts and assumptions
- may uncover counterproductive patterns of thinking
- not used by cognitive model
psychological test
test that measures physical responses as possible indicators of psychological problems
(ie) polygraph / lie detector
neurological test
test that measures brain structure and activity
(ie) EEC
