Chapter 10 Flashcards
Beck Depression Inventory-II
a targeted self-report, pencil-and-paper test that assesses depressive symptoms in adults and adolescents
behavioral assessment
a form of assessment that assumes client behaviors are not signs of underlying problems; instead, those behaviors are the problems
behavioral observation
the direct, systematic observation of a client’s behavior in the natural environment, taking a direct sample of the problem at the site where it occurs
Children’s Apperception Test
a version of the Thematic Apperception Test aimed at children
clinical scale
the groups of items used when scoring the MMPI
Comprehensive System
the most common method of scoring the Rorschach that includes normative data collected from thousands of children and adults
content scales
used to assess a client’s standing on major content dimensions in a test
Paul Costa
one of the two authors of the NEO Personality Inventory
empirical criterion keying
a method of test construction utilized by Hathaway and McKinley that involves identifying distinct groups of people, asking them all to respond to the same test items, and comparing responses between groups,
evidence-based assessment
the focus is “what works” empirically, such as methods that have strong psychometrics, have sufficient normative data and are sensitive to diversity
John Exner
combined aspects of many scoring systems to create the Comprehensive System
Five-factor model of personality
a model that asserts the many words our language offers for describing personality traits “cluster” into five fundamental traits of personality
Robert McCrae
one of the two authors of the NEO Personality Inventory
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (A, 2, RF)
personality test in which the client reads hundreds of self-descriptive sentences and, using a pencil-and-paper answer sheet or computer, marks each sentence as either true or false as it applies to themselves
Theodore Millon
created the original MCMI
Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-IV
a comprehensive personality test in a self-report, pencil-and-paper (or computer), true/false format that emphasizes personality disorders
Multimethod assessment
the cumulation of multiple tests rather than only one
naturalistic observation
the direct, systematic observation of a client’s behavior in the natural environment, taking a direct sample of the problem at the site where it occurs
NEO Five-Factor Inventory
a short form of the NEO Personality Inventory that produces a less detailed score profile
limitations: lack of validity scales, limited clinical utility
objective personality tests
tests that include unambiguous test items, offer clients a limited range of responses, and are objectively scored
over pathologizing
viewing as psychopathological that which is culturally common or accepted
Personality Assessment Inventory
appropriate for clients 19–89, the inventory contains 344 items, each of which offers four responses: totally false, slightly true, mainly true, and very true
projective personality tests
Performance-based personality tests: assessments based on the assumption that people will “project” their personalities if presented with unstructured, ambiguous stimuli and an unrestricted opportunity to respond
Rorschach Inkblot Method
an assessment that consists of 10 inkblots and in which the psychologist interprets clients responses to these inkblots
“Response” or “free association” phase
Rotter Incomplete Sentences Blank
the most widely known and commonly used test that utilizes the sentence completion format
self-monitoring
how people regulate their behavior and self-presentation in social situations
Senior Apperception Test
version of the Thematic Apperception Test aimed at older adults
sentence completion tests
an assessment in which ambiguous stimuli are the beginnings of sentences and which assumes clients’ personalities are revealed by the endings they add and the sentences they create
supplement scales
They assess subtle hostility
test-taking attitudes
clients’ style of self-reporting, which may include exaggeration, minimization, and randomization
Thematic Apperception Test
an assessment that involves presenting the client with a series of cards that feature interpersonal scenes so the client then creates a story to go along with each
traditional personality assessment
performance-based measures that assume that personality is a stable, internal construct, assessing personality requires a high degree of inference, and client behaviors are signs of deep-seated, underlying issues
validity scales
safeguards that inform the psychologist about the client’s approach to the test and allow the psychologist to determine whether the test is valid and what kinds of adjustments might be appropriate during the process of interpreting clinical scales
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-A)
published in 1992, the version of the MMPI designed for clients aged 14–18
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2-RF)
.published in 2008,
.the shorter version of the MMPI-2 .contains only 388 of the 567 items on the MMPI-2 .Restructured Clinical scales and High-Order scales
Which of the following is not a clinical scale on the MMPI and MMPI-2?
self-acceptance
