Personality, Mental Health & Behaviour Assessments

Question 1

__________________ is over emphasizing negative characteristics by deliberately presenting a more problematic picture of themselves and/or their symptoms.

Answer 1

Malingering

Question 2

___________________ is over emphasizing positive characteristics by presenting themselves as doing much better than they actually are.

Answer 2

Faking Good

Question 3

________________________ is a person responds randomly to the different questions, which results in an inconsistent response pattern.

Answer 3

Random Responses

Question 4

A ________________ is an enduring predisposition that influences our behaviour across many situations.

Answer 4

Trait

Question 5

What is the big 5 OCEAN Model?

Answer 5

Openness to experience
Conscientiousness
Extraversion
Agreeableness
Neuroticism

Question 6

____________________ are Tests that can be scored objectively, using a consistent scoring system.

Answer 6

Objective Personality Tests

Question 7

_____________________ measure the frequency, duration and severity of an individual’s experiences.
EX: Psychological distress, mood states, along with adaptive and maladaptive behaviours.

Answer 7

Behaviour & Symptom Checklists

Question 8

____________________________ require the test-taker to interpret and/or respond to ambiguous stimuli (e.g., drawings, pictures and incomplete sentences).
Includes both objective and subjective scoring procedures.

Answer 8

Projective Personality Tests

Question 9

You would use a ________________ when a client provides their own observations of their behaviour, cognitive (e.g., attention and memory) and adaptive skills, relationships with others and socio-emotional functioning (e.g., mental health, personality and social skills).

Answer 9

Self-Report

Question 10

You would use an ________________________ when a person who is close with the client provides their observations of the client’s behaviour, cognition, adaptive skills, relationships with others and socio-emotional functioning.
EX: Client’s parents, teachers and partner.

Answer 10

Observer Reports

Question 11

__________________________ is clients’ style of self-reporting, which may include exaggeration, minimization, and randomization.

Answer 11

Test-taking Attitudes

Question 12

____________________________ are Safeguards which inform the psychologist about the client’s approach to the test.

Answer 12

Validity Scales

Question 13

_____________________________ is under-representation of adults with lower education and income, as well as those from outside the USA

Answer 13

Normative data

Question 14

_____________________________________ is when interpreting ambiguous stimuli, people project aspects of their personality.

Answer 14

Projective hypothesis

Question 15

_______________________________ Includes 40 incomplete sentences that people are asked to complete as quickly as possible.

Answer 15

Rotter Incomplete Sentences Blank (RISB)

Question 16

_______________________ are a brief psychological measures used to determine if additional testing is required.
Determines potential risk of a problem.
Typically involves self-reports.

Answer 16

Screening Assessments

Question 17

____________________________________ are comprehensive assessments that are done to determine the presence or absence of a disorder.
Typically done by qualified clinicians.
Includes a variety of diagnostic tools, including assessment tools, questionnaires and clinical interviews.

Answer 17

Diagnostic Assessments

Question 18

_______________________________ is for ages 13 through 80 years

Answer 18

Beck Depression Inventory 2 (BDI-2)

Question 19

_______________________________ is for children ages 7 through 17 years

Answer 19

Children’s Depression Inventory 2 (CDI-2)

Question 20

____________________________ are environmental conditions that immediately precede the behaviour.

Answer 20

Antecedents

Question 21

__________________________ immediately follow the behaviour and usually reinforce it.

Answer 21

Consequences