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Abnormal Psych Chapter 3

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Idiographic   show
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show the collecting of relevant information in an effort to reach a conclusion  
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Clinical Assessment   show
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clinical interviews, tests, and observations   show
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Standardize   show
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show the consistency of assessment measures  
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show Type of reliability; considered high if an assessment tool yields the same results every time it is given to people  
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Interrater Reliability   show
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Validity   show
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show type of validity; the assessment tool may appear to be valid simply because it makes sense and seems reasonable  
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show type of validity; a tool's ability to predict future characteristics or behavior  
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show the degree to which the measures gathered from one tool agree with the measures gathered from other assessment techniques  
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show a face-to-face encounter; observe responses, listen to answers and get a sense of who a person is; used to collect detailed info about a person's problems/feelings/lifestyle/relationships/personal history  
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Unstructured Interview   show
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Structured interview   show
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show a standard set of questions designed for all interviews  
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Mental Status Exam   show
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can lack validity or accuracy; people may be unable to give accurate report in interview; interviewers may make mistakes/judgements/biases; diff responses to diff. interviewers;   show
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show Devices for gathering information about a few aspects of a person's psychological functioning, from which broader info about the person can be inferred  
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Projective Tests   show
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Rorschach test, Thematic Apperception Test, sentence completion tests, and drawings   show
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show inkblot test; clients asked what they see, what the inkblot seems to be, or what it reminds them of; do they see whole or pay attention to details of inkblot  
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Thematic Apperception Test   show
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Sentence Completion Test   show
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Draw-A-Person test; Drawings   show
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show Problems with Projective Tests  
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Personality Inventory   show
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Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory   show
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Hypochondriasis, depression, hysteria, psychopathic deviate, masculinity-femininity, paranoia, psychasthenia , schizophrenia, hypomania, social introversion   show
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quick to administer; objectively scored; most standardized; greater test-retest reliability; greater validity;   show
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show Problems with the MMPI and other personality inventories:  
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show type of assessment that asks people to provide detailed info about themselves; focus on ONE specific area of functioning (such as affect)  
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show type of response inventory that measures the severity of such emotions as anxiety, depression, and anger Ex: Beck Depression Inventory  
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Social Skills Inventories   show
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Cognitive Inventories   show
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show Problems with Response Inventories  
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show assessment that measures physiological responses as possible indicators of psychological problems  
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Polygraph   show
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require expensive equipment; can be inaccurate and unreliable; lab equipment may arouse patient; responses may change throughout session;   show
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Neurological Test   show
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Electroencephalogram (EEG)   show
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show neurological tests that take pictures of brain structure of brain activity; Ex: CAT/CT Scan, PET scan, MRI, fMRI; x-rays of the brain's structure taken at diff angles and combined  
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unable to detect subtle brain abnormalities   show
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Neuropsychological tests   show
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show 3 things brain damage is likely to affect:  
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Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test   show
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show Test designed to measure a person's intellectual ability; general score is the intelligence quotient  
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standardized; high reliability; high validity   show
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outside factors (such as low motivation/high anxiety) can influence performance; cultural biases   show
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show 3 types if clinical observations  
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show clinical observation; usually in homes, schools, institutions, community settings; focus on parent-child/sibling/child/teacher/child interactions & fearful/aggressive/disruptive behavior; made by participant observers  
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show clinical observation; often aided by special equipment such as videotape or one-way mirror; often focused on children interacting w/ parents, married couples settling disagreement, speech-anxious people, fearful people  
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not always reliable; observer may make errors that affect validity; observer may suffer from overload , observer drift, or observer bias; client's reactivity can limit validity; may lack cross-situational validity   show
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show clinical observation in which people observe themselves and carefully record the frequency of certain behaviors, feelings, or thoughts as they occur over time  
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show Pro's of self-monitoring  
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validity, people do not always manage/try to record observations accurately ; may change their behaviors unintentionally   show
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diagnosis   show
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syndrome   show
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show a list of categories, or disorder, with descriptions of the symptoms and guidelines for assigning individuals to the categories  
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show lists approximately 400 mental disorders; classification system, text information; requires clinicians to evaluate a client's condition on 5 separate axes when making diagnosis  
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show in the DSM-IV-TR; accompanies the classification system ; the background info such as research findings, age, culture, gender trends; & each disorder's prevalence, risk, course, complications, predisposing factors, & family patterns  
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show In the DSM-IV-TR; branches of information; 5 separate ones  
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Axis I   show
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Axis II   show
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show the axis that asks for information concerning relevant general medical conditions from which the person is currently suffering  
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Axis IV   show
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Axis V   show
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show Pros and Cons of the DSM-IV-TR:  
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DSM's assumption that clinical disorders are qualitatively diff from norm behavior (may differ in degree); use of discrete diagnostic cats., w/ each category of pathology considered to be separate from the others (some categories reflect SINGLE dimension)   show
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clinicians may place to much/too little attn. on certain sources of info; personal biases; label may cause people to react/view person differently; may cause person to think they are/act sick; societal stigma (jobs, relationships)   show
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often more helpful than no treatment or placebos; no one form generally stands out over all others   show
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give feedback to clients; help clients focus on own thoughts/behavior; pay attention to the way they & their client interact; try to promote self-mastery in clients   show
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1/3 Phenomenon   show
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