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Quiz 2 Abpsych Flashcards

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Degree to which a measurement is consistent

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Reliability

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Whether something measures what it is designed to measure

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Validity

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Comparing the results of an assessment measure under consideration with the results of others that are better known

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Concurrent or descriptive validity

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It is how well your assessment tells you what will happen in the future

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Predictive validity

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The process by which a certain set of standards or norms is determined for a technique to make it’s use consistent across different measurements

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Standardization

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The core of most clinical work, gathers info on current and past behavior, attitudes and emotions

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The clinical interview

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An exam that involves the systematic observation of an individual’s behavior.

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The mental status exam

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5 categories of the mental status exam

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Appearance and behavior
Thought processes
Mood and affect
Intellectual functioning
Sensorium

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Slow and effortful motor behavior that may indicate severe depression

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Psychomotor retardation

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10
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A disorganized speech pattern in some patients with schizophrenia.

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Loose association or derailment

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Distorted views of reality

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Delusion

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A type of delusion wherein an individual thinks people are after him

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Delusion of persecution

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An individual thinks they are all-powerful

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Delusion of grandeur

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Everything or everyone else does somehow relates back to the individual

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Ideas of reference

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Things people see or hear when those things aren’t really there

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Hallucinations

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16
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The predominant feeling state of an individual

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Mood

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17
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The feeling state that accompanies what we say at a given point

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Affect

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18
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This refers to the general awareness of our surroundings

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Sensorium

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If the patient knows who he is and who the clinician is and has a good idea of the time and place the clinician would say that the patient’s sensorium is:

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“clear” and is “oriented times three”

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An affect is ____ when we react congruently to an experience

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Appropriate

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An affect is ____ if for example, your friend won the lottery yet she is crying.

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“Inappropriate”, “Blunted” or “Flat”

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Possible existence of disorder characterized by intrusive, unwanted thoughts and resistance to them

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Subsequent focus

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An interview made up of questions that have been carefully phrased and tested to elicit useful information in a consistent manner

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Semistructured interviews

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Uses direct observation to formally assess an individual’s thoughts, feelings and behavior in specific situations.

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Behavioral assessment

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Conditions that mimic real-life clinical symptoms or situations

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Analogue assessment

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___ is what happened just before the behavior, and _____ is what happened afterwards

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Antecedents and consequences

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An observation that relies on the observer’s recollection, and interpretation of events.

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Informal observation

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Involves identifying specific behaviors that are observable and measurable

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Formal observation

29
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Used as assessment tools before treatment and then periodically during treatment to assess changes in behavior

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Behavior rating scales

30
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Personality test in which subjects are given ambiguous stimuli.

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Projective test

31
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Self report questionnaires that assess personal traits

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Personality inventory

32
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Measurable changes in the nervous system that reflect emotional or psychological events.

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Psychophysiology

33
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Kraepelin called schizophrenia ____

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Dementia praecox

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Bipolar disorder was once called ___

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Manic depressive psychosis

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Sedative-hypnotic (anxiolytic) drugs produce

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Feelings of relaxation and drowsiness

36
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Sedative that slow down body and brain’s function (depressant)

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Benzodiazepines

37
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A drug that corrects grossly confused or distorted thinking

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Antipsychotics

38
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Treatment for depression in which an implanted pulse generator sends regular electrical signals to a person’s vagus nerve

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Vagus nerve stimulation

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Electrodes attached to patient’s head and send an electrical current through the brain, causing seizure

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Electroconvulsive therapy

40
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Also known as antibipolar drugs

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Mood stabilizers

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Also known as minor tranquilizers

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Antianxiety

42
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Treat depression by increasing the levels of serotonin in the brain

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SSRI

43
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Systematic evaluation and measurement of psychological, biological, and social factors in a person presenting with a possible psychological disorder

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Clinical assessment

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Process of determining whether a presenting problem meets the established criteria for a specific psychological disorder

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Diagnosis

45
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Method of categorizing characteristics on a continuum rather than on a binary, either-or, or all-or-none basis.

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Dimensional approach

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Classification method founded on the assumption of clear-cut differences among disorders, each with a different known cause

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Classical categorical approach

47
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System for categorizing disorders using both essential, defining characteristics and a range of variation on other characteristics

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Prototypical approach

48
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Process of establishing specific norms and requirements for a measurement technique to ensure it is used consistently across measurement occasions

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Standardization

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Measuring, observing, and systematically evaluating (rather than inferring) the clients thoughts, feelings and behavior in the actual problem situation

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Behavioral assessment

50
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Identification and examination of large groups of people with the same disorder to note similarities and develop general laws

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Nomotethic strategy

51
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Cognitive behavioral therapy known to be effective in OCD

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Exposure and response prevention

52
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Drugs used routinely in medical setting to relieve severe pain

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Opioid-based drugs

53
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Tailoring the treatment to the individual patient in order to optimize therapy outcome

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Precision medicine

54
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Neurochemical that causes an extreme burst of anxiety, has the opposite side effect of GABA

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Benzodiazepine inverse agonist

55
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Drugs that correct grossly confused or distorted thinking

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Antipsychotics

56
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These are also called antibipolar drugs

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Mood stabilizers

57
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Block or change the effects of an addictive drug

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Antagonist drugs

58
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Also called as minor tranquilizers, helps reduce tension and anxiety

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Antianxiety

59
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Treat depression by increasing the levels of serotonin in the brain

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SSRI

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