Chapter 1 Intro/evolution Pt.3 Flashcards
The main individuals who influenced the early work on assessment in clinical psychology where who?
Emil kraepelin and Alfred Binet
Kraepeln was convinced that all mental disorders were due to what?
Biological factors
Kraepelins approach to “classification” was to examine what?
To examine the way in which various symptoms correlated. He examined the symptomatic Behavior of a large number of patients
(He called these groups of symptoms “syndromes”)
Kraepelin found that in order to distinguish the precise disorder from which a patient is suffering, you need to find what 2 things.
When the symptoms first occurred (onset of disorder) and how the disorder progressed (course of the disorder)
Kraepelin is famous for classifying what disorder?
Schizophrenia
What test did Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon create to identify which children needed special education (with limited intelligence)
The “binet-simon intelligence scale “ that consisted of more than 50 tests of mental skills that could be given to children ages 3-13
Lewis terman published a modification of the binet-simon scale called the _______, which was the First widely available, scientifically based test of human intelligence
Stanford-Binet intelligence test.
During the First World War, the American government needed procedures to quickly determine the mental and physical fitness of their recruits. To test mental abilities, what 2 tests did they create
Army alpha test = to test verbal activities
Army beta test = to test recruits who were unable to read or had limited English skills
Which tests were considered the “gold standard” in the assessment of intellectual abilities.
The wechsler scales
- Wechsler intelligence scale for children
- Wechsler adult intelligence
- Wechsler memory scale
What are projective tests?
A personality test that is based on the individuals interpretation of a situation
What was the most influential and widely used projective test, who was it created by?
The Rorschach inkblot test, published by Hermann Rorschach
What was the house-tree-persons test?
A projective test that involved the interpretation of the psychological meaning of qualities in a persons drawing
American psychologists Henry Murray and Christina Morgan published what projective test?
The thematic apperception test (tat) that had 20 pictures
What was the (MMPI) Test
The Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory, created by stark Hathaway, was an easy administered test that could effectively screen for psychological abnormalities in adults.
What is Clinical Utility?
The usefulness of assessment data in leading to a better clinical outcome.
