Clinical Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment

Question 1

A _________ assessment would be used to assess unconscious drives and conflicts that may be at the root of abnormal functioning.

Answer 1

projected

Question 2

A diagnostic category that helps clinicians predict future symptoms or events has _______ validity.

Answer 2

predictive

Question 3

A mental status exam is a form of ___________.

Answer 3

structured interview

Question 4

A person’s intelligence quotient, or IQ, initially represented the ratio of a persons _______ age divided by his or her _________ age.

Answer 4

mental; chronological

Question 5

An assessment that asks people to respond to pictures by telling a story is the:

Answer 5

Thematic Apperception Test

Question 6

Anxiety disorders would be recorded on Axis ____ of a DSM-IV diagnosis.

Answer 6

I

Question 7

Which of the following is true about the term nervous breakdown?

Answer 7

It is not a recognized clinical term, but is used by laypersons

Question 8

Personality disorders would be recorded on Axis ____ of a DSM-IV diagnosis.

Answer 8

II

Question 9

The ______ movement has tried to identify a set of common strategies that are present in the work of all effective therapists, regardless of the clinicians particular orientation.

Answer 9

rapprochement

Question 10

The _______ produces a computerized motion picture of chemical activity throughout the brain.

Answer 10

PET scan

Question 11

The polygraph is a form of _________ test.

Answer 11

psychophysiological

Question 12

Three important criteria for assessments are

Answer 12

Standardization, reliability, and validity

Question 13

The ________ is a brain-imaging technique that creates a detailed picture of the brains structure and activity.

Answer 13

MRI

Question 14

A clinician who is observing parent-child interactions in the home is conducting a/an ________ observation.

Answer 14

naturalistic

Question 15

The specific details and background of a clients problem is called ____________ data, while established information about the nature and treatment of a particular illness is ____________ data.

Answer 15

idiographic; nomothetic

Question 16

The collecting of relevant information in an effort to reach a conclusion is referred to as a(n) _________________.

Answer 16

assessment

Question 17

An assessment tool shows high _____________ reliability if different judges independently agree on how to score and interpret it.

Answer 17

interrater

Question 18

Which of the following groups of mental illnesses is not categorized as a family of neurotic disorders?

Answer 18

Eating disorders

Question 19

____________, an illness once common to Algonquin Indian hunters, was marked by the belief in a supernatural monster that ate human beings and had the power to bewitch them and turn them into cannibals.

Answer 19

Windigo

Question 20

In 1883, Emil Kraepelin developed the first modern classification system for abnormal behavior, and his categories formed the foundation for psychological disorders found in which modern classification system?

Answer 20

International Classification of Diseases (ICD)

Question 21

Case Study

Answer 21

detailed and often interpreted description of a person’s life

Question 22

How are case studies helpful?

Answer 22

• Can be a source for new ideas about behavior and “open the way for discoveries”
• Inspire new therapeutic techniques
• Offer opportunities to study unusual problems

Question 23

Limitations of Case Studies

Answer 23

• Report by biased observers
• Rely on subjective evidence
• Provide little bias for generalization

Question 24

Correlation Method

Answer 24

research procedure used to determine “co-relationships”
•Advantages over case studies- high external validity meaning the degree to which the results of a study may be generalized beyond that study.
•Disadvantages- Doesn’t explain causation

Question 25

Clinical assessment

Answer 25

is used to determine how and why a person is behaving abnormally and how that person may be helped.

Question 26

Standardize

Answer 26

a technique is to set up common steps to be followed whenever it is administered

Question 27

Reliability

Answer 27

refers to the consistency of assessment measures

Question 28

Sentence-completion test-asks

Answer 28

people to complete a serious of unfinished sentences

Question 29

Axis I

Answer 29

Anxiety Disorders, mood disorders

Question 30

Axis II

Answer 30

Mental retardation, Personality disorders

Question 31

Axis III

Answer 31

asks for information concerning relevant general medical conditions from which the person is suffering

Question 32

Axis IV

Answer 32

asks about special psychosocial or environmental problems the person is facing

Question 33

Axis V

Answer 33

requires the diagnostician to make a global assessment of functioning

Question 34

The DSM-IV-TR contains five different ________ of information that are a part of complete diagnosis.

Answer 34

axes

Question 35

This widely used neuropsychological test consists of nine cards, each displaying a simple design that subjects are asked to first copy on a piece of paper and then redraw from memory.

Answer 35

Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test

Question 36

Out of every 100 true statements, how many are incorrectly identified as false on a polygraph test?

Answer 36

8

Question 37

A cluster of symptoms is known as a:

Answer 37

syndrome

Question 38

How many clinical scales are found on the MMPI (MMPI-2)?

Answer 38

10

Question 39

According to a meta-analysis of treatment studies, the average person who received treatment was better off than ______ percent of the untreated control subjects.

Answer 39

75

Question 40

An assessment tool has high ______________ if it yields the same results every time it is given to the same people.

Answer 40

test-retest relaibility

Question 41

Which people are most likely to have been in therapy at some point in their lives?

Answer 41

highly educated, middle-aged women from Western states.

Question 42

The validity of clinical observations may be limited by a client's ________, which means that the client's behavior may be affected by the very presence of an observer.

Answer 42

reactivity

Question 43

__________ and __________ are two types of abnormal behavior promoted by "dark sites" on the Internet.

Answer 43

Anorexia; suicide

Question 44

________is a disorder found in Malaya, the Philippines, Java, and some parts of Africa; it is thought to be caused by stress.

Answer 44

amok

Question 45

Intelligence tests can play a key role in the diagnosis of:

Answer 45

mental retardation.

Question 46

____________ is the single most effective therapy for schizophrenia.

Answer 46

Drug therapy

Question 47

On which of the DSM-IV-TR axes is the global assessment of functioning (GAF) charted?

Answer 47

V

Question 48

About what percentage of people in the United States will qualify for a DSM diagnosis at some point in their lives?

Answer 48

47%

Question 49

A psychiatrist who primarily prescribes medication is called a:

Answer 49

psychopharmaceologist

Question 50

Which of the following is not a question usually asked in a therapy outcome study?

Answer 50

Will a client be likely to improve without therapy?

Question 51

About how many different forms of therapy are practiced in the clinical field?

Answer 51

400

Question 52

A _____________ test is one that has been set up with common steps to be followed whenever it is administered.

Answer 52

standardized

Question 53

The ____________ requires a subject to look at one inkblot card at a time and tell what they see in the image.

Answer 53

Rorschach test