Week Three: Assessment and Diagnosis

Question 1

Diagnosis

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Reliability

Answer 2

Degree to which a measurement is consistent—for example, over time or among different raters.

Question 3

Carefully designing their assessment devices and then conducting research on them to ensure that two or more raters will get the same answers is called:

Answer 3

Interrater reliability

Question 4

__ also determines whether these techniques are stable across time.

Answer 4

Test-retest reliability

Question 5

Validity

Answer 5

Degree to which a technique actually measures what it purports to measure.

Question 6

Comparing the results of one assessment measure with the results of others that are better known allows you to begin to determine is called

Answer 6

Concurrent validity

Question 7

How well your assessment tells you what will happen in the future is called

Answer 7

Predictive validity

Question 8

Standardization

Answer 8

Process by which a certain set of standards or norms is determined for a technique to make its use consistent.

Question 9

What is a mental status exam?

Answer 9

Relatively coarse preliminary test of a client’s judgment, orientation to time and place, and emotional and mental state; typically conducted during an initial interview

Question 10

What five categories does the mental status exam cover?

Answer 10

1) Appearance and behaviour
2) Thought processes
3) Mood and affect
4) Intellectual functioning
5) Sensorium

Question 11

Who are not good candidates for clinical interviews

Answer 11

Young children, individuals who are not verbal, cognitive impairments

Question 12

Behavioural Assessment

Answer 12

Measuring, observing, and systematically evaluating (rather than inferring) the client’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviour in the actual problem situation or context.

Question 13

What are the ABC’s of observation

Answer 13

Antecedent, behaviour, consequence

Question 14

2 things psychological tests must be

Answer 14

Reliable and Valid

Question 15

How is IQ calculated

Answer 15

mental age divided by chronological age* 100

Question 16

Assessment of brain and nervous system functioning by testing an individual’s performance on behavioural tasks is called:

Answer 16

Neuropsychological Testing

Question 17

Measurement of changes in the nervous system reflecting psychological or emotional events, such as anxiety, stress, and sexual arousal is called?

Answer 17

Psychophysiological assessment

Question 18

Primary diagnostic tool for seizures

Answer 18

EEG- electroencephalogram

Question 19

Assignment of objects or people to categories based on shared characteristics is either:

• classification
• taxonomy
• nosology
• nomenclature

Answer 19

Classification

Question 20

System of naming and classification (e.g., of specimens) in science is either:

• classification
• taxonomy
• nosology
• nomenclature

Answer 20

Taxonomy

Question 21

Classification and naming system for medical and psychological phenomena is either:

• classification
• taxonomy
• nosology
• nomenclature

Answer 21

Nosology

Question 22

In a naming system or nosology, the actual labels or names that are applied. In psychopathology these include, for example, mood disorders and eating disorders is either:

• classification
• taxonomy
• nosology
• nomenclature

Answer 22

Nomenclature

Question 23

Classical categorical approach

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Dimensional approach

Answer 24

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

Question 25

Prototypical approach

Answer 25

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

Question 26

The DSM-5 is based on what approach?

Answer 26

Prototypical