ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY CH. 3 (DEWITT, CEDARVILLE
UNIVERSITY) QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+
clinical assessment Ans✓✓✓systematic evaluation and measurement of
psychological, biological, and social factors in a person presenting with
a possible psychological disorder
diagnosis Ans✓✓✓process of determining whether a presenting
problem meets the established criteria for a specific psychological
disorder
reliability Ans✓✓✓degree to which a measurement is consistent, for
example, over time or among different raters
validity Ans✓✓✓degree to which a technique measures what it purports
to measure
standardization Ans✓✓✓process of establishing specific norms and
requirements for a measurement technique to ensure it is used
consistently across measurement occasions. this includes instructions for
administering the measure, evaluating its findings, and comparing these
to data for large numbers of people
mental status exam Ans✓✓✓relatively brief preliminary test of a client's
judgment, orientation to time and place, and emotional and mental state;
typically conducted during an initial interview
, behavioral assessment Ans✓✓✓measuring, observing, and
systematically evaluating (rather than inferring) the client's thoughts,
feelings, and behavior in the actual problem situation or context
self-monitoring Ans✓✓✓action by which clients observe and record
their own behaviors as either an assessment of a problem and its change
or a treatment procedure that makes them more aware of their responses.
also called self-observation
projective tests Ans✓✓✓psychoanalytically based measures that present
ambiguous stimuli to clients on the assumption that their responses will
reveal their unconscious conflicts. such tests are inferential and lack high
reliability and validity
personility inventories Ans✓✓✓self-report questionnaires that assess
personal traits by asking repsondents to identify descriptions that apply
to them
intelligence quotient (IQ) Ans✓✓✓score on an intelligence test
estimating a person's deviation from average test performance
neuropsychological test Ans✓✓✓assessment of brain and nervous
system functioning by testing an individual's performance on behavioral
tasks
UNIVERSITY) QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+
clinical assessment Ans✓✓✓systematic evaluation and measurement of
psychological, biological, and social factors in a person presenting with
a possible psychological disorder
diagnosis Ans✓✓✓process of determining whether a presenting
problem meets the established criteria for a specific psychological
disorder
reliability Ans✓✓✓degree to which a measurement is consistent, for
example, over time or among different raters
validity Ans✓✓✓degree to which a technique measures what it purports
to measure
standardization Ans✓✓✓process of establishing specific norms and
requirements for a measurement technique to ensure it is used
consistently across measurement occasions. this includes instructions for
administering the measure, evaluating its findings, and comparing these
to data for large numbers of people
mental status exam Ans✓✓✓relatively brief preliminary test of a client's
judgment, orientation to time and place, and emotional and mental state;
typically conducted during an initial interview
, behavioral assessment Ans✓✓✓measuring, observing, and
systematically evaluating (rather than inferring) the client's thoughts,
feelings, and behavior in the actual problem situation or context
self-monitoring Ans✓✓✓action by which clients observe and record
their own behaviors as either an assessment of a problem and its change
or a treatment procedure that makes them more aware of their responses.
also called self-observation
projective tests Ans✓✓✓psychoanalytically based measures that present
ambiguous stimuli to clients on the assumption that their responses will
reveal their unconscious conflicts. such tests are inferential and lack high
reliability and validity
personility inventories Ans✓✓✓self-report questionnaires that assess
personal traits by asking repsondents to identify descriptions that apply
to them
intelligence quotient (IQ) Ans✓✓✓score on an intelligence test
estimating a person's deviation from average test performance
neuropsychological test Ans✓✓✓assessment of brain and nervous
system functioning by testing an individual's performance on behavioral
tasks
