Chapter 3: Clinical Assessment Diagnosis and classification.

Question 1

What are the types of reliability?

Answer 1

inter-rater reliability
test-retest reliability
alternative-form reliability
internal consistency reliability

Question 2

What is inter-rater reliability?

Answer 2

degree to which 2 independent observers/judges agree.

Question 3

What is test-retest reliability?

Answer 3

extent to which people being observed twice/taking same test twice score in generally the same way.

Question 4

What is alternative - form reliability?

Answer 4

the use of two forms of a test = Test A, Test B

Question 5

What is internal consistency reliability?

Answer 5

Assesses if items on a test are related to one another.

Question 6

What does validity mean?

Answer 6

does a measure fulfill its intended purpose
content - samples the domain
criterion - concurrent/predictive
construct - what are you measuring
case - correct interpretation/decisions

4 C’s

Question 7

What are psychological assessments techniques designed to do?

Answer 7

To determine cognitive, emotional, personality, and behavioral factors in psychopathological functioning.

Question 8

What is the difference between unstructured and structured clinical interviews?

Answer 8

unstructured –> interviewer must rely on intuition and general experiences. Reliability for initial clinical interviews is probably low.
Structured –> questions are set, Adequate training, inter-rater reliability good.

Question 9

What is Structured clinical interview diagnosis? (SCID)

Answer 9

• the SCID is a branching interview
• response to one question determines the next one
• detailed instructions/probe

Question 10

What is evidence - based assessment?

Answer 10

selects measures based on extensive criteria including the reliability and validity of the test.

Question 11

What are psychological tests?

Answer 11

standardized procedures designed to measure a person’s performance on a particular task to assess his or her personality, or thoughts, or feelings, or behavior.

Question 12

What are projective personality tests?

Answer 12

a set of standard stimuli, ambiguous enough to allow variation in responses.

Question 13

What is thematic appreciation test (TAT)?

Answer 13

a series of black and white pictures asked to tell a story related to each.

Question 14

What is the cognitive behavioral case formulation?

Answer 14

• activating situation
• thoughts/schemas
• behaviors
• mood
• strengths/assets
• treatment plan

Question 15

What are the types of brain imaging?

Answer 15

Computerized axial tomography (CT scan)
Magnetic resonance imagining (MRI)

Question 16

What is a CT scan?

Answer 16

moving beam of x-ray detecting subtle differences in tissue density

Question 17

What is an MRI?

Answer 17

superior to CT scan, no radiation, electromagnetic signal, creates high quality pictures

Question 18

What are goals of Neuropsychological testing?

Answer 18

• measure by correlates of brain functions
• identify the characteristics profile
• establish possible localization, lateralization, and etiology of a brain lesion.
• determine whether neuropsychological deficits are present
• describe neuropsychological strengths, weaknesses, and strategy of problem solving.
• Assess the patient’s feelings
• provide treatment recommendations.

Question 19

What are the 3-psychophysiology assessments?

Answer 19

1. Electroencephalograph - electrical activity of brain via electro
2. electrodermal responding - a measure of automaniac nervous system activity or skin conductive.
3. ECG - Electrocardiogram - measures heart rate.