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Sociocultural & Ethnic Factors in the Assessment of Abnormal Behaviour Flashcards

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Assessment may be reliable and valid in one culture but…

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Not another.

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Interviewers may not be sensitive to the problems that arise when a client is not addressed…

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In their mother tongue.

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What are the three types of reliability?

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  1. Internal consistency.
  2. Temporal stability.
  3. Inter-rater reliability.
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What are the three types of validity?

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  1. Content validity.
  2. Criterion validity.
  3. Construct validity.
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What is internal consistency? Give an example.

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Say that you like sweet things. By internal consistency, if you like candy, then you must like donuts as well.

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What is temporal stability?

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The interviewee is consistent over time.

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What is inter-rater reliability?

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The results of the interview are the same no matter who conducts it.

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What is predictive validity?

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Based on the ability of the diagnostic system to predict the course of the disorder is likely to follow or its response to treatment.

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What are the three interview formats?

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  1. Structured.
  2. Semi-structured.
  3. Unstructured.
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What is the difference between a structured and unstructured interview?

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Structured interviews occur when there is a set of questions that the interviewer asks, while unstructured interviews occur when the interviewer does not lead the conversation.

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Is the following a closed ended or open ended question: Have you attempted suicide?

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Closed ended.

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Is the following a closed ended of open ended question? What makes you happy?

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Open ended.

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What are the 5 P’s of Method of Assessment?

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Presenting issues, precipitating factors, perpetuating factors, predisposing factors, and protective factors.

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What are presenting issues?

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What cause the problems.

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What are precipitating factors?

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What triggers the problem.

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What are perpetuating factors?

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What keeps the problem going?

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What are predisposing factors?

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What led to the problems starting?

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What are protective factors?

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What are the person’s strengths?

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What is IQ a ratio of?

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Mental age and chronological age.

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The IQ test was designed by and used for ___ countries.

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Western.

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/what is an example of a self report test?

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The MMPI.

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What does MMPI stand for?

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Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory.

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What are some things that the MMPI measures?

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Openness, patterns of behaviour, and introvertedness.

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What are two examples of projective tests?

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Rorschach Inkblot Test and Thematic Apperception Test (TAT).

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What is the difference between a Rorschach Inkblot Test and a TAT?

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The Rorschach Inkblot Test gives a set of ambiguous stimuli in order to get the client to project, and does not give a scenario. The TAT gives a scenario upon the client must then project.

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Neuropsychological Assessment is used to evaluate…

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Whether or not psychological problems reflect underlying neurological damage or brain defects.

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What are two examples of Neuropsychological assesssment tests?

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The Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Battery and the Lurra Nebraska Test.

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Behavioural Assessment focuses on the objective ___ and/or ___ of behaviour.

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Recording, description.

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Cognitive Assessment involvess the assessment of ___, which includes…

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Cognitions. Thoughts, beliefs, and attitudes.

30
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What are three methods of Cognitive Assessment?

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Thought diaries, cognition checklist, and dysfunctional attitudes scale.

31
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What does GSR stand for and what is it used for?

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Galvanic Skin Response. Measures amount of sweat.

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What does EEG stand for and what does it measure?

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ElectroEncephloGraph. Measures electrical activity in brain.

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What does EMG stand for, and what does it measure.

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ElectroMyoGraph, measures how tense muscles are.

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What does CT scans stand for, what does it record, and is the recording more like a picture or a video?

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Computerized Tomography. Records the shape of the brain as a picture.

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What does PET scans stand for, what does it record, and does it record it as a picture or a video?

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Positron Emission Tomography records the brain over time as a video.

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What do you call it when a scan records the brain as a video more than a picture?

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Functional.

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What does MRI stand for, and does it record as a picture or a video?

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging, as a picture.

38
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What does fMRI stand for, and does it record as a picture or a video?

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Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging records as a video.

39
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What does BEAM stand for?

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Brain Electrical Activity Mapping.

40
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What is the most modern version of the DSM?

41
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What does DSM stand for?

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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual

42
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DSM V emerges from the work of ___ in the ___ century.

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Kraeplin, 19th.

43
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List the 4 important reasons for classification and explain them if necessary.

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  1. Communication.
  2. Treatment decisions.
  3. Predict behaviour.
  4. Identify populations.
44
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Why is classification important as far as communication goes?

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Researchers would not be able to communicate with one another without labelling and organizing patterns of abnormal behaviour.

45
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Why is classification important as far as identifying populations go?

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Can help identify common factors that explain origins of behaviour.

46
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___ is classified, not people.

47
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What is reliability?

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Consistently correct over time, place, etc.

48
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What is validity?

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Based on research.

49
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What is predictive validity?

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Based on diagnosis, how patient will evolve.

50
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What are four factors considered when evaluating the DSM system?

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Reliability, validity, predictive validity, and cultural factors.

51
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With DSM V, the classification of mental illnesses became more ___, rather than ___.

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Dimensional, categorical.

52
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DSM V diagnostic criteria are organized in order of the…

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Similarity of diagnosis.

53
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What are the 5 factors of the DSM V Dimensional Approach?

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  1. Course.
  2. Severity.
  3. Frequency.
  4. Duration.
  5. Descriptive features.
54
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Free Association is a ___ Therapy.

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Psychodynamic.

55
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Free Association

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Sit behind the client and say nothing at all.

56
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Transference

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Client projecting emotion onto therapist. Can also work backwards.

57
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What are four methods of Behaviour Therapy explored in class?

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  1. Systematic desensitization.
  2. Gradual exposure.
  3. Token economics.
  4. Modelling.
58
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Both systematic desensitization and gradual exposure attempt to deal with fear or anxiety by exposing a client to the fear/anxiety. What is the difference between them?

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Systematic desensitization involves thinking about the fear/anxiety, while gradual exposure involves doing what causes the fear/anxiety.

59
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What is token economics?

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Giving tokens out for positive behaviour. The tokens can later be traded in for a reward.

60
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What is modelling?

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Demonstrate how to do things.

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