Psy 657 Final Exam Questions And Answers
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Psychological assessment - Answer✔procedure by which clinicians, using psychological tests,
observation, and interviews, develop a summary of the client's symptoms and problems
Clinical Diagnosis - Answer✔The process through which a clinician arrives at a general
"summary classification" of the patient's symptoms by following a clearly defined system such
as DSM-5 or ICD-10
Standardization - Answer✔process how they administer, score and interpret in a consistent
manner
Reliability - Answer✔Same result each time you use an assessment to measure something
validity - Answer✔the extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to
clinical interview - Answer✔involve face to face interaction in which a clinician obtains info
about a clients situation, behavior and personality
structured interview - Answer✔a research procedure in which all participants are asked to
answer the same questions- follow a predetermined format
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Semi-structured interview - Answer✔A research procedure in which questions are posed in a
standardized yet flexible way; some questions are predetermined by veer off
unstructured interview - Answer✔A research procedure in which there is no fixed set of
questions and no systematic scoring procedure
involves asking probing questions to find out what the applicant is like
clinical observation - Answer✔used to learn about person's psychological functioning by
attending to their appearance of behavior
intelligence test - Answer✔a test designed to measure a person's intellectual ability
wisc - Answer✔type of intelligence test
projective personality tests - Answer✔assessment that is unstructured and relies on various
ambiguous stimuli
Rorsach, thematic perception test, sentence completion test - Answer✔What are some types of
projective personality types
objective personality tests - Answer✔Personality tests characterized by unambiguous test
items, a limited range of client responses, and objective scoring
MMPI - Answer✔the most widely researched and clinically used of all personality tests.
Originally developed to identify emotional disorders (still considered its most appropriate use),
this test is now used for many other screening purposes. Type of objective personality test
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