Chapter 3- Assessing & Diagnosing Abnormality

Question 1

Content validity

Answer 1

Test assesses all important aspects of a phenomenon

Question 2

Predictive validity

Answer 2

Test predicts the behaviour it is supposed to

Question 3

Construct validity

Answer 3

Test measures what it is supposed to measure and not something else

Question 4

Concurrent validity

Answer 4

Test yields the same results as other measures of the same thing

Question 5

Face validity

Answer 5

Test appears to measure what it is supposed to

Question 6

Abnormality

Answer 6

Indication that something is not typical

Question 7

Assessment

Answer 7

The process of gather information about an individuals symptoms and possible causes

Question 8

Diagnosis

Answer 8

A label for a set of symptoms that often occur together and meet the thresholds required

Question 9

Test-retest reliability

Answer 9

Test produces similar results when given at two points in time

Question 10

Alternate form reliability

Answer 10

Two versions of the same test produce similar results

Question 11

Internal reliability

Answer 11

Different parts of the same test produce similar results

Question 12

Interrater reliability

Answer 12

Two or more raters come to similar conclusions