Midterm #1

Question 1

what did Emil Kraepelin do?

Answer 1

he worked on the biological theory of mental disorders in late 1800s

Question 2

what is the categorical approach by Kraepelin?

Answer 2

it is a method of classifying disorders

Question 3

what did Thomas Acenbach do?

Answer 3

he worked on child behaviour and emotional health/ disorders

Question 4

what is internalizing and externalizing dimensions?

Answer 4

In order to describe behavioral, emotional and social problems, the terms “internalizing” and “externalizing” were introduced by grouping of syndromes scales

Question 5

What is the ICD

Answer 5

it is the international cllassification of diseases created by WHO (current Jan 2022)

Question 6

what is polythetic?

Answer 6

: different individuals may have different symptoms, yet
still meet criteria for the same diagnosis

Question 7

what is quantitative research

Answer 7

Data or observations translated to numbers and Statistical description and analysis

Question 8

what is qualatative research?

Answer 8

Captures subjective experiences, or other “qualities” that cannot be
expressed numerically

Question 9

what is parsimony?

Answer 9

A scientific theory must integrate the
relevant information about a phenomenon as simply as
possible

Question 10

what is falsifiability?

Answer 10

 It must be possible to use
evidence/observation to disprove predictions from a
scientific theory

Question 11

what is deductive reasoning?

Answer 11

Using the framework of a theory/what is known to draw a conclusion
(TOP DOWN)

Question 12

What is inductive reasoning?

Answer 12

Integrating observations to draw a conclusion
(BOTTOM UP)

Question 13

What is a case formulation?

Answer 13

goes beyond a diagnostic label to describe life
situation, presenting problems, and possible links between life
experience/personal variables and the presenting problems

Question 14

inter rater reliability

Answer 14

the agreement between different people
giving/scoring the test

Question 15

internal consistency

Answer 15

shows that different elements of the test
measure the same thing/contribute in similar ways to the
outcome

Question 16

content validity

Answer 16

does the test draw on behaviour/ use items
that are relevant to the construct measured

Question 17

concurrent vailidity

Answer 17

do other constructs that are related to
the target of the test correlate with the test results?

Question 18

predictive validity

Answer 18

does the test predict outcomes that we
would expect, based on the measured construct

Question 19

incremental validity

Answer 19

provides unique
information not already available from other sources

Question 20

what is a prognosis?

Answer 20

the course of an illness, the likelihood of recovery,
positive vs. negative outcomes

Question 21

what is the Beck depression inventory

Answer 21

symptoms that may occur in depression
severity of symptoms

Question 22

Achenbachs assesment measures

Answer 22

child behaviour checklist (ASEBA)
-assess symptoms of psychopathology across a broad range of
potential problems

Question 23

what are the 3 personality inventories?

Answer 23

1. personality assessment inventory: developed 1990s (likert scale)
2. minnesota multiphasic personality inventory (MMPI-2): developed 1940s (true or false questions)
3. millon clinical multiaxial inventory (MCMI-IV): published 1970s (true or false questions)

Question 24

who is charles spearman and what did he do?

Answer 24

Goal of intellectual assessment fitness for military service
Spearman is credited with being the first to describe a theory
that included “g factor” (a general factor) of intelligence

Question 25

what did robert sternberg do?

Answer 25

he created the information processing model:
Emphasizes the ways that humans acquire and work with information

Question 26

what is IQ?

Answer 26

Intelligence Quotient, or a number that represents where
an individual’s measured intelligence falls within the parameters
of the normative sample from the measurement

Question 27

what is the flynn effect?

Answer 27

developed countries have shown increases in scores
of intellectual functioning over