Chapter 8: self report and projective measures

Question 1

behaviour checklists

Answer 1

lists of behaviours that are rated for frequency, intensity, or duration

Question 2

clinical utility

Answer 2

the extent to which a test and the resulting data improve upon typical clinical decision making and treatment outcome

1. is the test considered useful?
2. repeated evidence that the measurement data provide reliable and valid info about the clients’ psych functioning?
3. does the use of the test and the data improve upon typical clinician doeskin making and treatment outcome?

Question 3

code types

Answer 3

summary codes for the highest 2 clinical scale evaluations on the MMPI scales

Question 4

Content approach

Answer 4

a method of test construction that involves developing items specifically designed to tap the construct being assessed

Question 5

empirical criterion keying apprach

Answer 5

method of test construction that involves the generation and analysis of a pool of items
those items that discriminate bw two clearly defined groups are retained in the scale

Question 6

malingering

Answer 6

emphasizing negative characteristics and deliberately presenting a more problematic picture

Question 7

objective personality tests

Answer 7

tests that can be scored objectively

always using the same scoring system

Question 8

overpathologize

Answer 8

tendency to exagerate and overestimate the extent of pathology

Question 9

personality traits

Answer 9

the tendency to consistently behave in specific ways

Question 10

projective personality tests

Answer 10

tests requiring drawings or a response to ambiguous stimuli

based on the assumption that responses reveal info about personality structure

Question 11

valdity scales

Answer 11

scales design dro detect whether a person is faking good, faking bad, or responding randomly

Question 12

thomas achenbach

Answer 12

Child behaviour checklist
youth self report scales yield a total problem score as well as cores for two broad types of problems; internalizing and externalizing problems

Question 13

starke hathaway and J. Charnley McKinly

Answer 13

published the original MMPI
goal to create a self report test that could provide accurate info on symptom severity and possible diagnoses for adult patients suspected of having mental disorders
empirical criterion keying apprach

Question 14

Walter Mischel

Answer 14

research into personality assessment and the relationship bw personality and actual behaviour

lit. review of personality papers and found that the link bw trait scores and actual ehvaiour only had a correlation score of 0.30
- variations across situations are more important that personality measures in accounting for behaviour

Question 15

James Bucher

Answer 15

revised the MMPI

content approach

Question 16

Johnn Exner

Answer 16

the comprehensive system

principal scoring system of the rorschach

Question 17

theodore millon

Answer 17

created the MCMI-III

personality and psychopathology researcher

Question 18

CPI

• african americans
• native americans

Answer 18

african americans and euro american uni students respond differently

native american women scored higher on passivity and assistance seeking

Question 19

rorschach and TAT consistently ranked

Answer 19

as most imp. measures for students and practitioners

Question 20

Beck depression inventory

Answer 20

important in internship training and general clinical practice

Question 21

psych tests may be ____ as assessments used in health care systems

Answer 21

as useful

Question 22

Millon clinical multiaxil inventory and adolescent clinical inventory

Answer 22

commonly used
emphasis on personality styles and disrders 
- 175 questions
- T/F
- grade 8 reading level 
- 18 and older 
- 25-30 min 
not approapriate for those with no psychological problems 
overpathologize testtakers

Question 23

Personality assessment interview

Answer 23

344 questions 
multi scale inventory 
4 point scale 
18 and over
grade 4  reading level 
40-50 min 
dress common DSM diagnoses

Question 24

MMPI-2 and MMPI-A

Answer 24

567 questions, T/F
grade 6-8 reading level 
18 and over
60-90 min 
most commonly taught and used