Child Psych Chapter 4

Question 1

Clinical Assessment

Answer 1

Assessing the child’s emotional, behavioral, and cognitive functioning with environmental consideration
Individual focused

Question 2

Idiographic Strategy

Answer 2

Focus on child’s individual traits and characteristics

Question 3

Gender Considerations

Answer 3

Boys show disorders earlier, with more externalizing symptoms
Girls show disorders later, with more internalizing symptoms

Question 4

Cultural considerations

Answer 4

Ethnic minorities have greater risk of being misdiagnosed or underdiagnosed
Cultural signs and symptoms of distress

Question 5

Purposes of Assessment

Answer 5

Description and Diagnosis
Prognosis and Treatment Planning

Question 6

Clinical Description

Answer 6

Summary of unique behaviors, thoughts, and feelings that make up disorder
Include intensity, frequency, and severity, with age of onset and duration

Question 7

Diagnosis

Answer 7

Analyzing information and drawing conclusions with formal label

Question 8

Prognosis

Answer 8

Prediction about future behavior under specified conditions

Question 9

Clinical Interviews

Answer 9

Flexible, conversational style with minimal guidance to gather information and generate hypotheses

Question 10

Behavioral assessments

Answer 10

Evaluation of child’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in specific situations
Written Scales- Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL)
Behavioral observation
Focus on ABCs

Question 11

ABCs of Behavior

Answer 11

Antecedent- Preceding situation
Behavior
Consequences

Question 12

Psychological Testing Domains

Answer 12

Developmental
Intelligence
Projective
Personality
Neuropsychological

Question 13

Intelligence Testing

Answer 13

Evaluate problem solving, verbal ability, and social intelligence
Wechsler- WISC-V

Question 14

WISC-V Domains

Answer 14

Full-scale IQ
Verbal comprehension
Visual-spatial
Fluid reasoning
Working memory
Processing speed

Question 15

Projective Testing

Answer 15

Assess child’s reaction to ambiguous stimuli
Inkblot, thematic picture, drawing, and play
Learn about coping, affect, self-concept, and interpersonal functioning

Question 16

Personality Testing

Answer 16

Assessed through interviews, projective, behavioral, and checklists
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-A)

Question 17

Neuropsychological Testing

Answer 17

Consists of comprehensive tests of cognitive functions, perception, motor, and emotional/executive control

Question 18

Psychopathology Classification

Answer 18

Representation of major categories of child psychopathology to facilitate research and communication

Question 19

Categorical systems

Answer 19

Assume diagnosis has underlying cause and are unique
Preferred for clinical purposes

Question 20

Dimensional Systems

Answer 20

Based on statistical data for independent dimensions or traits of behavior
Preferred for research

Question 21

Childhood-specific DSM Disorders

Answer 21

Neurodevelopmental disorders- ID, ASD, communication, learning disorders
ADHD
Motor disorders

Question 22

DSM-5 Specifiers

Answer 22

Come after diagnosis to indicate presentation or co-morbidities and severity

Question 23

Pros of diagnostic labels

Answer 23

Summarize and order observations
Facilitate communication and research
Recognition and understanding
Simpler to conceptualize

Question 24

Cons of diagnostic labels

Answer 24

Stigma
Changes in perception and treatment
Negative self-perception

Question 25

Prevention

Answer 25

Decrease chance of undesired outcomes

Question 26

Treatment

Answer 26

Corrective actions that will permit successful adaptation by eliminating or reducing undesired problem

Question 27

Maintenance

Answer 27

Efforts to increase adherence to treament

Question 28

Cultural compatibility hypothesis

Answer 28

Treatment is going to be more effective when compatible with cultural patterns of the child and family

Question 29

Treatment goals for child

Answer 29

Reduce symptoms and impairment
Enhance social competence
Improve academic performance

Question 30

Treatment goals for family

Answer 30

Reduce dysfunction
Improve relationships
Reduce stress
Improve quality of life
Reduce the burden of care
Improve family support

Question 31

Treatment goals for society

Answer 31

Improve school participation
Decrease juvenile justice and special service
Reduce injuries and substance abuse
Enhance health
Reduce health care costs

Question 32

Ethical considerations

Answer 32

Act in client’s best interest
Active and voluntary client participation
Record and documentation
Protect confidentiality
Ensure therapist competency

Question 33

Psychodynamic treatment approach

Answer 33

Psychopathology determined by unconscious and conscious conflicts
Focus on unconscious awareness
Resolve conflict and develop coping strategies

Question 34

Behavioral Treatment Approach

Answer 34

Re-educate child
Positive reinforcement, time-out, modeling, desensitization

Question 35

Cognitive Treatment Approach

Answer 35

Psychopathology result from distorted thinking
Change faulty cognitions

Question 36

Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment Approach

Answer 36

Result of faulty thought patterns, learning, and environment
Identify maladaptive cognitions and replace
Teach coping strategies and behavior regulation

Question 37

Child-centered Treatment Approach

Answer 37

Psychopathology is result of social or environmental circumstances
Relate using empathy, acceptance, and self-direction

Question 38

Family Treatment Approach

Answer 38

Variables in family system cause dysfunction
Interact with entire family to resolve
Improve communication, dynamics, boundaries, etc.

Question 39

Neurobiological Treatment Approach

Answer 39

Medications to treat impairment or dysfunction within brain
ECT, large vitamin doses, elimination of preservatives

Question 40

Combined Treatment Approach

Answer 40

Use multiple intervention strategies
Core principles:
Feeling calm
Increasing motivation
Repairing thought
Solving problems
Trying the opposite