Appraisal Methods CPSY 607 fully
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Types of client data - correct answer ✔✔1. clinical interview (e.g., mental status exam,
information gathering)
2. self-report (e.g., voluntary client self-disclosures)
3. paper-and-pencil objective personality tests (MMPI-2)
4. Interest inventories (e.g., SII)
5. Other types of assessment tools (e.g., IQ tests)
6. General observations (e.g., base rates)
Types of responses/interpretive statement - correct answer ✔✔1. diagnostic or descriptive
statements (e.g., the client is depressed)
2. causual or etiological statement (e.g., client's depression is related to marital discord)
3. predictive statements (e.g., client's prognosis if poor/fair/good/excellent; the client's
depression will resolve with antidepressants and 6 months of counseling)
4. evaluative statements (e.g., treatment decisions, such as Treatment A is best for client)
Bridge between stimulus and response - correct answer ✔✔1. statistical bridges (norms,
regression equations,
actuarial (how large sample of people who are like this person have done in the past)
expectancy tables)
2. clinical bridge (client mode building, greatest potential for clinical judgment biases or errors
in psychological assessment)
Rosenhan (1973) - correct answer ✔✔On Being Sane in Insane Places (individuals faked
auditory hallucinations and were admitted into psychiatric hospital, only to stop faking
, symptoms once admitted. All but 1 were diagnosed with schizophrenia. Other patients but not
staff recognized the normal behavior)
Sandifer et al. (1970) - correct answer ✔✔The Psychiatric Interview: The Impact of the First
Three Minutes (Phsychiatrists often stick to their instinct from the first three minutes. Study is a
good reminder to look for disconfirming evidence as well as confirming evidence)
Guaron & Dickerson (1966) - correct answer ✔✔Psychiatrists used only about half of
information given to form a clinical/diagnostic decision
clinical prediction - correct answer ✔✔intuitive combination and weighting of predictor
(input/stimulus) variables based on clinician's professional knowledge and experience
statistical prediction - correct answer ✔✔the use of predictor variables that are weighted based
on statistical trends found in normative groups (regression, discriminant function analysis)
which type of prediction is more accurate? - correct answer ✔✔statistical prediction generally
outperforms clinical prediction
clinicians are better in areas that have tools and algorithms (brain impairments, hospital or
treatment length, diagnosis), whereas statistics are better in areas involving prediction
(prognosis, future offense or violence, academic performance)
Effect size - correct answer ✔✔0 means both are equal
(+) means one is more accurate (clinicians in this case)
(-) means the other is more accurate (statistics in this case)
Clinical prediction vs. statistical prediction - correct answer ✔✔what is more accurate?
statistical, but it depends a little bit
does type of judgment matter? yes it matters
solved A+ rated
Types of client data - correct answer ✔✔1. clinical interview (e.g., mental status exam,
information gathering)
2. self-report (e.g., voluntary client self-disclosures)
3. paper-and-pencil objective personality tests (MMPI-2)
4. Interest inventories (e.g., SII)
5. Other types of assessment tools (e.g., IQ tests)
6. General observations (e.g., base rates)
Types of responses/interpretive statement - correct answer ✔✔1. diagnostic or descriptive
statements (e.g., the client is depressed)
2. causual or etiological statement (e.g., client's depression is related to marital discord)
3. predictive statements (e.g., client's prognosis if poor/fair/good/excellent; the client's
depression will resolve with antidepressants and 6 months of counseling)
4. evaluative statements (e.g., treatment decisions, such as Treatment A is best for client)
Bridge between stimulus and response - correct answer ✔✔1. statistical bridges (norms,
regression equations,
actuarial (how large sample of people who are like this person have done in the past)
expectancy tables)
2. clinical bridge (client mode building, greatest potential for clinical judgment biases or errors
in psychological assessment)
Rosenhan (1973) - correct answer ✔✔On Being Sane in Insane Places (individuals faked
auditory hallucinations and were admitted into psychiatric hospital, only to stop faking
, symptoms once admitted. All but 1 were diagnosed with schizophrenia. Other patients but not
staff recognized the normal behavior)
Sandifer et al. (1970) - correct answer ✔✔The Psychiatric Interview: The Impact of the First
Three Minutes (Phsychiatrists often stick to their instinct from the first three minutes. Study is a
good reminder to look for disconfirming evidence as well as confirming evidence)
Guaron & Dickerson (1966) - correct answer ✔✔Psychiatrists used only about half of
information given to form a clinical/diagnostic decision
clinical prediction - correct answer ✔✔intuitive combination and weighting of predictor
(input/stimulus) variables based on clinician's professional knowledge and experience
statistical prediction - correct answer ✔✔the use of predictor variables that are weighted based
on statistical trends found in normative groups (regression, discriminant function analysis)
which type of prediction is more accurate? - correct answer ✔✔statistical prediction generally
outperforms clinical prediction
clinicians are better in areas that have tools and algorithms (brain impairments, hospital or
treatment length, diagnosis), whereas statistics are better in areas involving prediction
(prognosis, future offense or violence, academic performance)
Effect size - correct answer ✔✔0 means both are equal
(+) means one is more accurate (clinicians in this case)
(-) means the other is more accurate (statistics in this case)
Clinical prediction vs. statistical prediction - correct answer ✔✔what is more accurate?
statistical, but it depends a little bit
does type of judgment matter? yes it matters
