PSY 658 LATEST EXAMS TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔comorbidity - ✔✔Occurrence of two or more identified disorders in the same
psychologically disordered individual.
✔✔computerized axial tomography (CAT) scan - ✔✔Radiological technique used to
locate and assess the extent of organic damage to the brain without surgery.
✔✔cultural competence - ✔✔Refers to a psychologist's need to be informed of the
issues involved in multicultural assessment.
✔✔dysrhythmia - ✔✔Abnormal brain wave pattern.
✔✔electroencephalogram - ✔✔Graphical record of the brains electrical activity obtained
by placing electrodes on the scalp in measuring the brain wave impulses from various
brain areas.
✔✔forensic - ✔✔Pertaining to or used in a court of law.
✔✔functional MRI (fMRI) - ✔✔Internal scanning technique that measures changes in
local oxygenation (blood flow) to specific areas of brain tissue that in turn depend on
, neuronal activity in the specific regions, allowing the mapping of psychological activity
such as sensations, images, and thoughts.
✔✔intelligence test - ✔✔Test used in establishing a subject's level of intellectual
capability.
✔✔magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) - ✔✔Internal scanning technique involving
measurement of variations in magnetic fields that allows visualization of the anatomical
features of internal organs, including the central nervous system and particularly the
brain.
✔✔Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) - ✔✔Widely used and
empirically validated personality scales.
✔✔neuropsychological assessment - ✔✔Use of psychological tests that measure a
person's cognitive, perceptual, and motor performance to obtain clues to the extent and
locus of brain damage.
✔✔objective personality tests - ✔✔Structured tests, such as questionnaires, self-
inventories, or rating scales, used in psychological assessment.
✔✔positron emission tomography (PET) scan - ✔✔Scanning technique that measures
metabolic processes to appraise how well an organ is functioning.
✔✔presenting problem - ✔✔Major symptoms and behavior the client is experiencing.
✔✔projective personality tests - ✔✔Techniques that use various ambiguous stimuli that
a subject is encouraged to interpret and from which the subject's personality
characteristics can be analyzed.
✔✔psychological assessment - ✔✔The use of psychological procedures such as
behavioral observations, interview, and psychological tests to obtain a picture of a
client's mental health symptoms and personality.
✔✔rating scales - ✔✔Formal structure for organizing information obtained from clinical
observation and self-reports to encourage reliability and objectivity.
✔✔reliability - ✔✔Degree to which a measuring device produces the same result each
time it is used to measure the same thing or when two or more different raters use it.
✔✔role-playing - ✔✔Form of assessment in which a person is instructed to play a part,
enabling a clinician to observe a client's behavior directly.
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔comorbidity - ✔✔Occurrence of two or more identified disorders in the same
psychologically disordered individual.
✔✔computerized axial tomography (CAT) scan - ✔✔Radiological technique used to
locate and assess the extent of organic damage to the brain without surgery.
✔✔cultural competence - ✔✔Refers to a psychologist's need to be informed of the
issues involved in multicultural assessment.
✔✔dysrhythmia - ✔✔Abnormal brain wave pattern.
✔✔electroencephalogram - ✔✔Graphical record of the brains electrical activity obtained
by placing electrodes on the scalp in measuring the brain wave impulses from various
brain areas.
✔✔forensic - ✔✔Pertaining to or used in a court of law.
✔✔functional MRI (fMRI) - ✔✔Internal scanning technique that measures changes in
local oxygenation (blood flow) to specific areas of brain tissue that in turn depend on
, neuronal activity in the specific regions, allowing the mapping of psychological activity
such as sensations, images, and thoughts.
✔✔intelligence test - ✔✔Test used in establishing a subject's level of intellectual
capability.
✔✔magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) - ✔✔Internal scanning technique involving
measurement of variations in magnetic fields that allows visualization of the anatomical
features of internal organs, including the central nervous system and particularly the
brain.
✔✔Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) - ✔✔Widely used and
empirically validated personality scales.
✔✔neuropsychological assessment - ✔✔Use of psychological tests that measure a
person's cognitive, perceptual, and motor performance to obtain clues to the extent and
locus of brain damage.
✔✔objective personality tests - ✔✔Structured tests, such as questionnaires, self-
inventories, or rating scales, used in psychological assessment.
✔✔positron emission tomography (PET) scan - ✔✔Scanning technique that measures
metabolic processes to appraise how well an organ is functioning.
✔✔presenting problem - ✔✔Major symptoms and behavior the client is experiencing.
✔✔projective personality tests - ✔✔Techniques that use various ambiguous stimuli that
a subject is encouraged to interpret and from which the subject's personality
characteristics can be analyzed.
✔✔psychological assessment - ✔✔The use of psychological procedures such as
behavioral observations, interview, and psychological tests to obtain a picture of a
client's mental health symptoms and personality.
✔✔rating scales - ✔✔Formal structure for organizing information obtained from clinical
observation and self-reports to encourage reliability and objectivity.
✔✔reliability - ✔✔Degree to which a measuring device produces the same result each
time it is used to measure the same thing or when two or more different raters use it.
✔✔role-playing - ✔✔Form of assessment in which a person is instructed to play a part,
enabling a clinician to observe a client's behavior directly.
