(Ch 4) Clinical Assesment

Question 1

Reliability

Answer 1

How many times do you get the same results out of X trials

Question 2

Validity

Answer 2

How well it measures the disorder

Question 3

You can have high _____ but low _____

You CANT have a _____ measure without _____

Answer 3

Reliability
Validity

Valid
Reliable

Question 4

Assessment

Answer 4

Guided by referral questions

Question 5

Clinical Interview

Answer 5

Structure varies by purpose, style, etc
Increased structure improves reliability
Process AND content

Question 6

Psychological Test/Questionnaire

Answer 6

Standardized test normed on specific populations

Question 7

Clinical Observations

Answer 7

Systematic way to observe people in strict settings

Naturalistic
Structured
Self Monitoring

Question 8

Personality Inventories

Answer 8

Asks about a persons behaviors, feelings, beliefs

Produces a profile to “predict” future behavior

Allows comparisons

Question 9

Intelligence Tests

Answer 9

Battery of tests to observe verbal and nonverbal abilities

Ratio of mental and chronological age

Does not added environmental factors