Exam 2 Flashcards
Sensitivity
People who have the disorder are identified
Specificity
People who don’t have the disorder are specified
Rapport
Doctor/Patient trust/understanding
Mini-mental state exam
A brief exam testing the immediate mental state of a patient
Simon-Binet IQ
mental age intelligence compared to peers of same age
Stanford-Binet IQ
mental age intelligence for different age groups
WAIS (Wechler)
IQ test for adults and young adults
Two types of Projective tests
Rorschach inkblot test
Thematic Apperception Test
Two types of Objective tests
MMPI (atheorectical), Beck Depression (theory based)
Projective Test Advantages and Disadvantages
Advantages: can’t be faked
Disadvantages: limited validity and reliability, complex scoring,
VRIN and TRIN scales
Detect inconstancy; Variable responce inconsistency. i.e. if you answer differently to 2 questions asking the same thing
WAIS-IV sub scales
- Verbal comprehension (vocab, comprehension)
- Perceptual Reasoning (block design, puzzles)
- Working memory (digit span, arithmetic)
- Processing speed (symbol search)
Antecedent
Before/preceding
L scale
Lie scale - detects people lying to make themselves look better; reject shortcomings/unfavorable characteristics
K scale
detects people “faking good” or “faking bad”, scale looks at contradictions
Fb scale
There are questions that the majority of normal people would reject or accept. High response to these questions usually indicates participant stopped paying attention and randomly answered questions
Broca’s Area
Speech production disability
Wernicke’s Area
Speech comprehension disability
Aphasia
language impairment
Inter-rater reliability
How much scores correlate when given by two different administrators
Split Half
Each half of the test should correlate with the other half
Test Re-test reliability
When one person retake the test later, scores should be similar
