CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY- UNIVERSITY OF IOWA EXAM 2
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A 2024
UPDATED
What information does clinical-directed conversations want to gain? -
correct answer✔✔problem definition
Diagnosis
Case formulation
Goal specification
Prevalence of Alcohol Use Disorder in Adults - correct answer✔✔14%
Current
29% Lifetime
Common A&P Goals in Psychology - correct answer✔✔1) Screening:
identification of those experiencing clinically significant difficulties
2) Diagnosis/ Case Formulation: specification of DSM clinical diagnosis and
conceptualization of clinically significant difficulties
3) Prognosis/ Prediction: estimation of the likelihood of clinically significant
difficulties
4) Treatment Monitoring and Evaluation: examination of how well
prevention or intervention is working
Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) - correct
answer✔✔Developed by the World Health Organization to screen current
alcohol problems in last year
Best available brief screener for alcohol dependence, alcohol abuse, high-
risk drinking that doesn't meet criteria
AUDIT is.... - correct answer✔✔standardized, reliable and useful
, Internal consistency of AUDIT - correct answer✔✔Consistency of
responses across items on measure
Average Cronbach's alpha across studies: 0.81
Test-retest reliability of AUDIT - correct answer✔✔Consistency of
responses overtime (r >0.7 good)
Average r across studies: 0.91
Inter-rater reliability of AUDIT - correct answer✔✔Consistency of
judgments across raters (kappa > 0.75 excellent)
Content validity - correct answer✔✔extent to which item content reflects
concept of interest
Face validity - correct answer✔✔extent to which measure appears to
assess concept of interest "on its face"
Concurrent validity - correct answer✔✔association of measure with another
presumably related measure at same point
Predictive validity - correct answer✔✔association of measure with another
presumably related measure in the future
Convergent validity - correct answer✔✔moderate to strong association of
measures intended to measure same or similar concepts
Discriminant validity - correct answer✔✔weaker association of measures
intended to measure different concepts
Incremental validity - correct answer✔✔Extent to which measure predicts
more than what already could predict
Low cutoff for dx - correct answer✔✔High sensitivity, low specificity
more liberal, more people are given the diagnosis
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A 2024
UPDATED
What information does clinical-directed conversations want to gain? -
correct answer✔✔problem definition
Diagnosis
Case formulation
Goal specification
Prevalence of Alcohol Use Disorder in Adults - correct answer✔✔14%
Current
29% Lifetime
Common A&P Goals in Psychology - correct answer✔✔1) Screening:
identification of those experiencing clinically significant difficulties
2) Diagnosis/ Case Formulation: specification of DSM clinical diagnosis and
conceptualization of clinically significant difficulties
3) Prognosis/ Prediction: estimation of the likelihood of clinically significant
difficulties
4) Treatment Monitoring and Evaluation: examination of how well
prevention or intervention is working
Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) - correct
answer✔✔Developed by the World Health Organization to screen current
alcohol problems in last year
Best available brief screener for alcohol dependence, alcohol abuse, high-
risk drinking that doesn't meet criteria
AUDIT is.... - correct answer✔✔standardized, reliable and useful
, Internal consistency of AUDIT - correct answer✔✔Consistency of
responses across items on measure
Average Cronbach's alpha across studies: 0.81
Test-retest reliability of AUDIT - correct answer✔✔Consistency of
responses overtime (r >0.7 good)
Average r across studies: 0.91
Inter-rater reliability of AUDIT - correct answer✔✔Consistency of
judgments across raters (kappa > 0.75 excellent)
Content validity - correct answer✔✔extent to which item content reflects
concept of interest
Face validity - correct answer✔✔extent to which measure appears to
assess concept of interest "on its face"
Concurrent validity - correct answer✔✔association of measure with another
presumably related measure at same point
Predictive validity - correct answer✔✔association of measure with another
presumably related measure in the future
Convergent validity - correct answer✔✔moderate to strong association of
measures intended to measure same or similar concepts
Discriminant validity - correct answer✔✔weaker association of measures
intended to measure different concepts
Incremental validity - correct answer✔✔Extent to which measure predicts
more than what already could predict
Low cutoff for dx - correct answer✔✔High sensitivity, low specificity
more liberal, more people are given the diagnosis
