Zilmer Chapter 3

Question 1

an objective, comprehensive assessment pf a wide range of cognitive and behavioral areas f functioning

Answer 1

Neuropsychological evaluation

Question 2

the science of measuring human traits or abilities, is concerned with the standardization of psychological and neuropsychological tests

Answer 2

psychometrics

Question 3

a task or set of tasks administered under standard conditions and designed to assess some aspect of a person’s knowledge or skill

Answer 3

standardized test

Question 4

degree of consistency

split-half, test-test, internal consistency, chronbach’s alpha

Answer 4

reliability

Question 5

does test measure what it claims to?

Answer 5

validity

Question 6

does content of test items make sense given construct that test claims to measure?

Answer 6

content validity

Question 7

does test measure psychological construct it claims to measure?

Answer 7

construct validity

Question 8

does test accurately measure current ability or forecast some future behavior?

Answer 8

criterion validity

Question 9

the frequency with which a pathologic condition is diagnosed in the population tested

Answer 9

base rate

Question 10

neuropsychological tests

Answer 10

achievement, aptitude, behavioral/ adaptive, intelligence, neuropsychological, personality, vocational

Question 11

test: profit from experience

Answer 11

achievement

Question 12

test: profit from future training and educational experiences

Answer 12

aptitude

Question 13

test: basic adaptive behaviors (self care, communication, socialization)

Answer 13

behavioral/ adaptive

Question 14

test: ability to adapt to novel situations quickly

Answer 14

intelligence

Question 15

test: brain-behavior relationships

Answer 15

neuropsychological

Question 16

test: psychopathology and ability to adapt and cope with stress

Answer 16

personality

Question 17

test: success in a specific occupation or profession

Answer 17

vocational

Question 18

crystallized intelligence

Answer 18

acquired knowledge

Question 19

fluid intelligence

Answer 19

ability to deal with new and unusual problems

Question 20

when someone is faking a symptom to try and get disability diagnosis

Answer 20

malingering

Question 21

information regarding an individual’s ability in comparison with others

Answer 21

normative data

Question 22

a patient scoring worse than this is labeled impaired; a patient scoring better is labeled as within normal limits

Answer 22

cutoff score

Question 23

tests that have cutoff scores so that as few errors as possible arise in classifying a disease entity - may include false-positive errors

Answer 23

test sensitivity

Question 24

tests assessing general areas of cognitive functioning, including sustained attention or immediate memory - may result in false-negative errors

Answer 24

test specificity

Question 25

neuropsychological items

Answer 25

sensation, perception, attention/ concentration, motor skills, verbal functions/ language, visuospatial organization, memory, judgment/ problem solving