Clinical Psych 350 Test 2

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faking good

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present things in a more positive way

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faking bad

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faking to look worse than they really are

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malingering

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making up symptoms for personal gains

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good assessments include

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1. measures- self report, some are interactive

2. interview

3. general clinical impressions

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test security

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not supposed to release items, etc. (need to protect)

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test in print

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a bibliography of tests that have been commercially published in English

ex: IQ test

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Mental Measurements Yearbook

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factual info on commercially available psychological, educational and vocational tests, also has critical reviews

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standards for educational and psychological testing

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APA presents general standards for test, test manuals, and reports

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standardize test

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the instructions, testers words and behavior, the apparatus, and the scoring have been fixed so the scores collected at different times and places are fully comparable

ex: ACT

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objective tests

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have fixed, well-defined scoring procedures

ex: multiple choice

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subjective tests

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more open ended scoring systems

ex: ink blot test

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psychometrics

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norms of the measure

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reliability

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extent to which we get consistent results each time the measure is administered

ex: IQ test

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test-retest reliability

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consistency of interview scores over time

(give them the test, then test them again with same test, results should be very similar)

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cronbachs alpha

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estimates internal consistency

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interrater reliability

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level of agreement between at least 2 raters who have evaluated a patient independently

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kappa coefficient

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a statistical index of inter rater reliability computed to determine how reliability computed to determine how reliably the raters judge the presence or absence of a feature or diagnosis

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validity

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refers to how accurate a test is, does it actually measure what its supposed to be measuring

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content validity

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degree to which items adequately measure all aspects of the construct being measured

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face validity

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does this test look like it measure what its supposed to measure

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criterion related

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ability of a measure to predict scores on other relevant measures

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criterion val

---concurrent val

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when the measures are collect at the same point in time

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criterion val

---predictive validity

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other measures are collected at some point in the future

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discriminant validity

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the measure does not correlate with measures that are not theoretically related to the constructs being measured

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convergent validity

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high correlations with measures of the same construct

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construct validity

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AKA: MACDADDY

when the measure has been found to measure the hypothetical trait (construct) it is intended to measure

ex: depression

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referral question

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question posed about the patient by the referral source

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referral

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"who sent this client to me?"

ex: parent, judge, friend, teacher, psychiatrist

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assessment interview

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one of the most basic techniques of clinical assessment

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mimesis

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mimic persons conversation styles

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rapport

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word used to characterize the therapeutic relationship

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open ended questions

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broad, gets alot of info from client

ex: tell me about your childhood

constructed response

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facilitative

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encourages flow of conversation

ex:can you tell me a little bit more about that?

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clarifying

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encourages clarity, checking accuracy

ex: I guess this means you felt like?

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confronting

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challenges inconsistencies and contradictions

ex: before, when you said _______

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direct

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very specific

ex: what did you say when your father criticized your choice?

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structured interview

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a standard set of questions asked in a specific sequence

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unstructured interview

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no set questions

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intake- admission interview

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conducted for the purpose of:

1. determining why the patient has come to the agency

2. determining whether the agency can meet the patients needs

3. informing the patient of the agency's procedures and policies

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case- history interview

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conducted for the purpose of gaining a thorough understanding of the patients' background and historical/developmental context in which a problem emerged

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mental status interview

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conducted to evaluate the patient for the presence of cognitive, emotional or behavioral problems

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crisis interview

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conducted for the purposes of

1. defusing or problem solving through the crisis at hand

2. encouraging the patient to enter into a therapeutic relationship at the agency or elsewhere so that a longer term solution can be worked out

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crisis

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temporary state of high emotionality in a client facing a problem that the client perceives as both unsolvable and inescapable

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diagnosis interview

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conducted for the purposes of arriving at a DSM-IV diagnosis formulation

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therapeutic activism

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increase contact w/ person

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Literature review

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you should always start research with

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theory

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interrelated set of concepts that explain a body of data

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journal

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periodical that publishes technical and scholarly material, usually in a narrowly defined are of inquiry

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unsystematic observation

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casual observation, cant make alot of conclusions

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naturalistic observation

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systematic study of behavior in a natural setting

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controlled observation

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carefully planned observation are made in real life settings, except the investigator exerts a degree of control over the events

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case studies

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the intensive description or study of one person

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surveys

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large numbers of people complete questionnaires or interviews to gather information about specific aspects of participants behavior

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social desirabilty

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respondents respond in a socially acceptable way

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epidemiology

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the study of incidence, prevalence, and distribution of illness or disease in a given population

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prevalence

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the number of active cases of a disease or disorder in a population that can be identified at any given time

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point prevalence

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estimated proportion of actual cases in a given point or instance in time

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one year prevalence

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anyone diagnosed within a year

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lifetime prevalence

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the proportion of living persons in a population ever having the disorder at anytime in their lives

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incidence

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rate of new cases of a disease or disorder that develop within a given period of time