Clinical Psyc-Chapter 5 Definitions

Question 1

Assessment-focused services

Answer 1

-services conducted primarily to provide information on a person’s psychosocial functioning.

Question 2

Base rate

Answer 2

-the frequency that a problem/diagnosis occurs in the population.

Question 3

Case Formulation

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-a description of the patient that provides information on his or her life situation, current problems, and a set of hypotheses linking psychosocial factors with the patient’s critical condition.

Question 4

Concurrent Validity

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-extent to which scores on the test are correlated with scores on measures of similar constructs

Question 5

Content Validity

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-the extent to which the test samples the type of behavior that is relevant to the underlying psychological construct

Question 6

Discriminant Validity

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-extent to which the test provides a pure measure of the construct that is minimally contaminated by other psychological constructs

Question 7

Evidence-based assessment

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-use of research and theory to guide (a) the variables assessed, (b) the methods and measures used, and (c) the manner in which the assessment process unfolds

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Incremental Validity

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-extent to which a measure adds to the prediction of a criterion above what can be predicted by other sources of data

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Internal Consistency

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-extent to which all aspects of a test contribute in a similar way to the overall score

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Inter-rater reliability/inter-scorer reliability

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-extent to which similar results would be obtained if the test was conducted by another evaluator

Question 11

Intervention-focused assessment services

Answer 11

assessments conducted in the context of intervention services

Question 12

predictive validity

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-extent to which the test predicts a relevant outcome

Question 13

prognosis

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-predictions made about the future course of a patient’s psychological functioning, based on the use of assessment data in combination with relevant empirical literature

Question 14

screening

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-procedure to identify individuals who may have problems of a clinical magnitude or who may be at risk for developing such problems

Question 15

sensitivity

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-proportion of true positives identified by the assessment

Question 16

specificity

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-proportion of true negatives identified by the assessment

Question 17

standardization

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-consistency across clinicians and testing occasions in the procedure used to administer and score a test

Question 18

test-retest reliability

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-extent to which similar results would be obtained if the person was retested at some point after the initial test.