Chapter 3

Question 1

Reliability

Answer 1

The degree to which a procedure or test yields consistent results

Question 2

Validity

Answer 2

The extent to which a test or procedure actually measures what it was designed to measure

Question 3

Psychosis

Answer 3

Loss of contact with reality, including disorganized thinking, false beliefs, or seeing or hearing things that are not there

Question 4

Projective Personality Test

Answer 4

Testing involving responses to ambiguous stimuli, such as inkblots, pictures, or incomplete sentences

Question 5

Structural Imaging

Answer 5

Procedures that allow visualization of brain anatomy

Question 6

Functional Imaging

Answer 6

Procedures that provide data regarding physiological and biochemical processes occurring within the brain

Question 7

Subtype

Answer 7

Mutually exclusive subgrouping within a diagnosis

Question 8

Specifier

Answer 8

Specific features associated with a diagnosis category

Question 9

Remission

Answer 9

A diminution in the seriousness of an illness

Question 10

Prognosis

Answer 10

Prediction of the probable outcome of a disorder, including the chances of full recovery

Question 11

Comorbid

Answer 11

The presence of two or more disorders in the same person