Final in 309 Flashcards
The original MMPI scales consisted of how much validity and how many clinical scales respective.
Four validity scales, eight clinical scales, can’t say
The reading ability required for the MMPI 2 is at least what?
8th Grade
Extraversion, Nerodisism, Openness to experience, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness are all personality dominions supported by research with what?
NEO-PI-3 (Slide 4)
The result of Meehl’s two point code was what?
Analyzing the TWO HIGHEST SCALE takes into account more then ONE CLINICAL SCALE at a time. Re-naming the clinical scale
The Neo-PI 3 was developed using what?
Factor Analytic Strategy
The two empirical strategies of test administration is?
Criterion Group and Factor Analytic
The 2 deductive strategies of test administration is ?
LOGICAL content & THEROETICAL
RB Cattel used this stable in developing the 16 PF…
Factor Analysis
Using the new MMPI norms, T Scores are considered significant if they are …
above 65,
1.5 above mean 65 or above
Personality is defined as an individual’s pattern of behavior that …
characterize an INDIVIDUAL and his/her REACTIONS to the environment
The first personality test was called…
Woodworth Personal Data Sheet (developed during ww1)
Compared to the Rorschach the THP is what?
- Well received by scientific community
- Murray’s theory of needs
- Conservative claims
- Not purported as diagnostic
- Clinical and nonclinical uses
Form quality is scoring dimensions that refer to…
what extent did the PERCEPT MATCH the STIMULUS PROPERTIES of the blot? (Slide 8)
Despite findings that indicate that it is perhaps the most psychometrically sound projective test. The BLANK is rarely used in clinical settings…
Washington University Sentence Completion Test (WUSCT)
-36 incomplete sentences
-Strong validity evidence, but not commonly used.
-Measures ego development, degrees of autonomy, acceptance of self, & awareness of personal faults
(Slide 20)
Which of the following is not a scoring summary of the Rorschach?
Location Determinant Form Quality Content Popular-Original
The Rorschach tends to detect (over estimates) ….
50% emotionally disturbed individuals
The first phase of Rorschach administration is called …
Free association: cards are presented one at a time
(Slide 7)
Which of the following individuals was not one of the 5 dominets experts
- Samuel J. Beck
- Maruerite Hertz
- Bruno Klopfer
- Zygmunt Piotrowski
- David Rapaport
Which of the following is a criticism of the Rorschach?
- ) LACKS a universally accepted STANDARD OF ADMINISTRATION, SCORING, and INTERPRETATION
- ) Evaluations of data are SUBJECTIVE
- )Results are UNSTABLE over time
- )Is UNSPECIFIC
- )Is INADEQUATE by all traditional standards
Exner’s attempts to provide adequate norms for the Rorschach has largely failed because why?
because his results were never published, no one knew his results.
General question on the Holtzman’s test.
No one knows because he never released them. Alternative to the Rorschach (slide 12).
The characteristic of the inkblot that leads a subject to see a particular form is called what?
Determinate for movement color shading (Slide 8)
Almost all TAT methods of interpretation take into account what?
Hero, Needs, Press, Themes, Outcome
The comprehensive system for scoring the Rorschach was developed by whom?
Exner
Validity studies of the TAT suggest what?
They have produced murkier findings
Which statement is not true concerning the projective hypothesis?
Attempt to understand an AMBIGUOUS or VAGUE STIMULUS. Stimulus interpretation reflects needs, feelings, experiences, prior conditioning, thought processes, etc.
Know who Aaron Beck is…
created a pillar of C-B assessment based on schemas
Cognitive behavioral assessment procedures (Graphs)
Based on the medical model
o Overt manifestations are symptoms of an underlying cause
o Treatment based on removing “causes” so new symptoms don’t appear
Despite its limitations which of the following are the most commonly used behavioral measure in contemporary medicine?
Medical outcome study short form-36 (SF-36)
The premise underlining a cognitive functional analysis is what?
SELF-STATEMENT & Self believe what you say to yourself (self-statements) influences behavior. Self-statements influence your behavior and your feelings. If thoughts influence overt behavior, then modifying thoughts can lead to modifications in actions
Test based on behavioral modification and used as an alternative to traditional tests are known as what?
Cognitive Behavioral Assessment
The first step in a cognitive behavioral assessment test is what?
Identify CRITICAL behaviors
This technique emphasizes behavioral deficit in excesses?
Operant Conditioning
One problem in psychophysiological assessment is what?
Artifacts
o Direct measurement is difficult if not impossible
o Effect of initial values
o Response strength influenced by absolute pre-stimulus strength
o Demographic factors influence responses
Which of the following is not a cognitive behavioral assessment procedure?
Operant Conditioning Techniques
Self-Report Techniques
Kanfer and Saslow’s Behavior-Analytic Approach
Cognitive Techniques
Psychophysiological Techniques
Signal Detection Procedures
Joseph wisenbombs computer is named…
Eliza
Stress is a response to situations that involve what?
Demands, Constraints, or Opportunities. (D,C,O)
The two common themes in quality of life assessment are what?
AVOIDANCE OF DEATH – Everyone agrees that premature mortality is undesirable
QUALITY OF LIFE – disease and disability are of concern because they affect either life expectancy or life quality
An important characteristic that specifically identifies a decision theory approach to quality of life assessment is BLANK.
(Slide-15) Decision Theory - Weighs health dimensions to provide a single status expression
(SF-36)?
An emotional state marked by worry apprehension and tension is known as what?
Anxiety
Clinical Neuropsychology is a multi-discipline endeavor that overlaps with several fields, which of the following is not one of them.
Neurology, Psychology & Psychometrics (N,P&P)
What percentage of psychologist is employed by hospitals medical centers and clinics?
More than 5%
Will be asked two questions about the difference between personality traits and personality states.
STATE: emotional reaction that varies by situation (Test-Retest .16-.54)
TRAIT: personality characteristics (Test-Retest .73-.86)
Will be asked about clinical neuropsychology
Previously, the best way to learn of problems was autopsy
Neuropsychology finds problems missed by imaging
Can detect diseases in earliest stages
What besides physiology plays a role in cognitive functioning?
Motivation and desire
Viewed as a new field in the 70s and exploded in the 70s-80s
Currently considered a neuroscience
Research on the STAI which measures two components of anxiety seems to indicate what?
STATE & TRAIT Anxiety (slide 4)
Most of the work in Neuropsychology is directed toward the assessment of what?
Memory Functioning
Leebert and Morris suggested that test anxiety as two components they are…
Emotionality & Worry
The Halstead-Retan is an example of?
The Neuropsychological Battery for the Halstead-Retan
Will show one graph that will need to be interpreted…
Groups share the same regression line - Group means differ - There is NO BIAS
The clearest case of test bias is shown when the regression lines for two groups have BLANK slopes and BLANK intercepts.
Different Slope & Different Intercepts
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) was created by….
The Civil Rights Act 1964 (Title VII)
A test has an adverse impact if what?
80% or 4/5ths rule (are rejects substantially higher proportions of minority than majority)
In TAT interpretation, the environmental forces that interfere with or satisfy various needs are called what?
THE CARIOUS NEEDS
