Introduction To Psychological Evaluation Flashcards
The roots of contemporary psychological testing and assessment can be found in _____________.
early twentieth-century France
In 1905, Alfred Binet and a colleague published a test designed to help _______________________________
place Paris schoolchildren in appropriate classes.
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.
alpha/beta
Clinical assessment is also called ____________________.
Psychodiagnosis
__________________ is the approach mainly used in medicine so as to ensure accurate diagnosis
Classical categorical approach
There are different methods of classification in clinical practice. They include:???
Classical categorical Approach
Dimensional Approach
Prototypical Approach
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?).
quantified in a scale
1-10
mild moderate or severe
unsatisfactory
_________________ 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.
Prototypical Approach
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 ____________________________________.
some symptoms apply to more than one disorder
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.
meet enough but not all conditions
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 ______.
11
5
6
VF
Full meaning of ICD
International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD)
Full meaning of DSM
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)
DSM Multitaxial structure
Axis I:
Axis II:
Axis III:
Axis IV:
Axis V:
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
Types of reliability include
(1) _____________ reliability
(2) _____________ reliability
Internal consistency
Test-retest
An unreliable test cannot possibly be valid
A reliable test can be invalid
T/F
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.
The primary types of validity for psychological tests are ________,______,_________, and __________ validity.
content, construct, predictive, and concurrent
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 ____________________________________
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.
There are several specific clinical assessment techniques.
They include:
Clinical _________
Clinical __________
__________ __________
There are several specific clinical assessment techniques.
They include:
Clinical interview
Clinical observation
Psychological testing
Examples of projective tests
Rorschach ink blot test
Thematic apperception test (TAT)
Psychological tests fall into several categories:
List 4
Projective
Personality
Intelligence
Neuropsychological
Psychophysiological
Symptom questionnaires
