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Clinical Assessment
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The systematic evaluation of psychological, biological, and social factors in a person with a possible mental disorder
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Diagnosis
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The process of determining whether an individual's symptoms meet the criteria for a specific psychological disorder
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Who publishes the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)?
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The APA (American Psychiatric Association)
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What does clincial assessment result in?
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The narrowing of the focus to concentrate on problem areas that seem more relevant
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What are the three basic concepts that help determine the value of a psychological assessment?
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Reliability
Validity Standardization |
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When several doctors give a patient several different diagnosis, there is a problem with...
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reliabilty
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What is validity?
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Whether or not, a technique acuratelly measures what it is suppose to measure
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What does the psychologist gather during the clinical interview?
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Detailed information about the person's life
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Mental Status Exam
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Used to find out how a person thinks, feels and behaves; it's primary purpose is to determine if a disorder exists
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How does a psychologist evaluate a person's thought process?
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By listening to the person talk
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Sensorium
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A person's general awareness of his or her surroundings
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What categories does a mental status exam cover?
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Intellectual functioning
Appearance Behavior |
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What is covered in a clinical interview?
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Attempts to facilitate communication
Uses of nonthreatening ways to seek information Applies appropriate listening skills |
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What two events might also produce symptoms of behavioral disorders or symptoms that mimic psychological disorders?
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Hyperthroidism and Cocaine withdrawal
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Reactivity
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When a person's behavior changes just because the person collecting information is present in the room
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What theory is the projective type of psychological test based on?
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Psychoanalytic Theory
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When administering the Rorschach test, what is the answer the patient gives believed to be?
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It is believed that when the person describes what they see, their unconcious is being revealed.
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What are personality inventory based on?
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The empirical approach
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MMPI
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Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
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Deviation IQ
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The child's score is compared to the scores of others of the same age
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What is true about IQ tests?
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-An IQ is able to predict academic success
-IQ tests measure abilities such as attention, memory, resoning, and perception -Psychologists have different theories about which skills and abilities constitute intelligence |
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What are neuropsychological tests used for?
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They are used to measure whether or not an individual might have a brain dysfunction
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What are Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Battery used for?
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Group of tests used to determine the exact loaction of brain impairment
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What is the primary use of EEG?
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Used for identifying seizure disorders
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What is one important advantage to using a classification and diagnostic system lik the DSM?
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It helps the therapist develop a treatment plan and let's them know what to expect for the course of the disorder (prognosis)
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Classical Categorical Approach
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Assumes that each person with a particular disorder will experience the same symptoms with little or no variations
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Dimensional Approach
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Provides scales that indicate the degree to which patients are experiencing various cognitions, moods and behaviors
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Hypthesis
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Educated Guess
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Dependent Variable
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Variable that is expected to be changed or influenced in the study
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Independent Variable
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Variable that is expected to influence or change the dependent variable
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Confound
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A factor that makes the results unexplainable
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Internal Validity
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Extent to which the results in a study can be explained by the dependent variable
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What is the purpose of random assignment?
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To make sure that each research participant has an equal chance of being in the treatment or control group
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External Validity
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Extent to which the findings apply to individuals or situations other than thoes studied
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What do analog models do?
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Create laboratory conditions that are comparable to the event under study
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Statistical Significance
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Determines whether an observed difference between a treatment group and control group is likely do to the change
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Clinical Significance
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Refers to how large the effect of the treatment is
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Effect Size
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How much each treated and untreated person in the study changes
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Epidemiology
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The study of incidence, or problem in a population
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What is the purpose of a control group?
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To determine whether a treatment or independent variable actually influenced change in the independent variable
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Phenotype
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How genes are expressed in a visible way
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Genotype
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Individuals unique genetic make up
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