Introduction To Psychological Evaluation

Question 1

The roots of contemporary psychological testing and assessment can be found in _____________.

Answer 1

early twentieth-century France

Question 2

In 1905, Alfred Binet and a colleague published a test designed to help _______________________________

Answer 2

place Paris schoolchildren in appropriate classes.

Question 3

During World War I in 1917, the military needed a way to screen large numbers of recruits quickly for intellectual and emotional problems. The __________ test was the answer.

Answer 3

alpha/beta

Question 4

Clinical assessment is also called ____________________.

Answer 4

Psychodiagnosis

Question 5

__________________ is the approach mainly used in medicine so as to ensure accurate diagnosis

Answer 5

Classical categorical approach

Question 6

There are different methods of classification in clinical practice. They include:???

Answer 6

Classical categorical Approach
Dimensional Approach
Prototypical Approach

Question 7

Dimensional Approach

This is when the complaints an individual presents with are _____________________.

E.g. a scale of _______ or the complaints are rated as ____________________.
This method has been applied in psychopathology but it has been relatively (satisfactory or unsatisfactory?).

Answer 7

quantified in a scale

1-10

mild moderate or severe

unsatisfactory

Question 8

_________________ approach combines the features of both classical categorical and dimensional approaches and has found increasing support recently as alternative to either of the other methods.

Answer 8

Prototypical Approach

Question 9

Prototypical Approach

It identifies certain essential features of a condition as well as other nonessential variations that do not necessarily change the classification.
This system is not perfect because ____________________________________.

Answer 9

some symptoms apply to more than one disorder

Question 10

When prototypical approach is used in classifying a psychological disorder, many of the different possible features of a disorder are listed, and any client must __________________________ to fall into that category.

Answer 10

meet enough but not all conditions

Question 11

The ICD is revised periodically and is currently in its _____th edition. published 25th May 2019.
Mental disorders were first mentioned in this Manual in 1938 when ICD-____was published.
However, it was in ICD-____published in 1948 that mental disorders were provided with a separate section and given the code ______.

Answer 11

11

5

6

VF

Question 12

Full meaning of ICD

Answer 12

International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD)

Question 13

Full meaning of DSM

Answer 13

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)

Question 14

DSM Multitaxial structure

Axis I:
Axis II:
Axis III:
Axis IV:
Axis V:

Answer 14

Axis I: Clinical Syndromes
Axis II: Developmental Disorders and Personality Disorders
Axis III: Physical Conditions.
Axis IV: Severity of Psychosocial Stressors
Axis V: Highest level of functioning

Question 15

Types of reliability include
(1) _____________ reliability
(2) _____________ reliability

Answer 15

Internal consistency

Test-retest

Question 16

An unreliable test cannot possibly be valid
A reliable test can be invalid
T/F

Answer 16

T
T

An unreliable test cannot possibly be valid although it is possible for a test to have good reliability but poor validity if the test does not measure anything meaningful.

Question 17

The primary types of validity for psychological tests are ________,______,_________, and __________ validity.

Answer 17

content, construct, predictive, and concurrent

Question 18

Types of Validity

Content validity is the extent to which a test ____________________________________

Concurrent validity is the extent to which a test ____________________________________

Predictive validity is the extent to which a test ____________________________________

Construct validity is the extent to which the test ____________________________________

Answer 18

assesses all the important aspects of a phenomenon that it purports to measure.

yields the same results as other measures of the same behaviour, thoughts or feelings.

can predict future outcomes.

measures what it is supposed to measure and not something else altogether.

Question 19

There are several specific clinical assessment techniques.
They include:
Clinical _________
Clinical __________
__________ __________

Answer 19

There are several specific clinical assessment techniques.
They include:
Clinical interview
Clinical observation
Psychological testing

Question 20

Examples of projective tests

Answer 20

Rorschach ink blot test
Thematic apperception test (TAT)

Question 21

Psychological tests fall into several categories:

List 4

Answer 21

Projective
Personality
Intelligence
Neuropsychological
Psychophysiological
Symptom questionnaires