Diagnosis and Assessment

Question 1

The CLASSIFICATION of disorders by Symptoms and Signs

Answer 1

Diagnosis

Question 2

CONSISTENCY of Measurement

Answer 2

Reliability

Question 3

Under Reliability, this is the OBSERVER agreement

Answer 3

Inter-Rater Reliability

Question 4

Under Reliability, this is the similarity of scores across repeated test administrations or observations

Answer 4

Test-Retest Reliability

Question 5

Under Reliability, this is the similarity of scores on the test that are similar, but not identical

Answer 5

Alternate Forms Reliability

Question 6

Under Reliability, this is the EXTENT to which test items are related to one another

Answer 6

Internal Consistency

Question 7

This is how well the test MEASURES what it is SUPPOSED to measure

Answer 7

Validity

Question 8

Under Validity, this is the extent to which a measure adequately samples the domain of interest

Answer 8

Content Validity

Question 9

Under Validity, this is the extent to which a measure is associated with another measure

Answer 9

Criterion Validity

Question 10

Under Validity and under CRITERION validity, TWO measures are administered at the same point in time

Answer 10

Concurrent Validity

Question 11

Under Validity, and under CRITERION validity, this is the ability of the measure to PREDICT another variable measured at some future point in time

Answer 11

Predictive Validity

Question 12

Under Validity, this involves correlating multiple indirect measures of the attribute ; also known as the “Umbrella Validity”

Answer 12

Construct Validity

Question 13

5 Axes of the DSM - IV (4)

Answer 13

I - all categories except PD and Metal Ret.
II - Personality Dis. and Mental Ret.
III - General Medical Conditions
IV - Psychosocial and Environmental Probs
V - Global Assessment of Functioning Scale (GAF)

Question 14

Presence or Absence of a disorder, either you have it or not

Answer 14

Categorical

Question 15

Your RANK on a continuous quantitative DIMENSION

Answer 15

Dimensional