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29 Cards in this Set
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Categories of disorders or diseases according to a classification system.
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Diagnoses
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The process of gathering information in order to make a diagnosis.
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Assessment
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The accuracy of a test, measurement, or category system.
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Validity
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The consistency of a test measurement, or category system.
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Reliability
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Consistency or agreement between multiple judges.
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Interjudge reliability
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Consistency or agreement between multiple administrations of the same test.
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Test-retest reliability
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A statistical term for a systematic association between variables
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Correlation
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A diagnostic system in which individuals are rated for the degree to which they exhibit certain traits.
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Dimensional system
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A diagnostic system, like the DSM system, in which individuals are diagnosed according to whether or not they fit certain defined categories.
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Categorical system
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Disorders characterized by the unpleasant and unwanted forms of distress and/or impairment.
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Symptom disorders
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Disorders characterized by extreme and rigid personality traits that cause distress or impairment.
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Personality disorders
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The presence of two or more disorders in one person, or a general association between two or more different disorders.
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Comorbidity
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Behaviors, thought, or feelings that are experienced by an individual as distressing and unwelcome.
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Ego-dystonic
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Behaviors, thought, or feelings that are experienced by an individual as consistent with their sense of self.
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Ego-syntonic
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A scale rating an individuals level of functioning used for Axis V of the DSM-IV-TR.
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Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF)
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A series of questions designed to assess whether a client has major problems with cognitive functions and orientation to reality.
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Mental Status Exam
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Tests designed to measure symptoms or personality traits based on clients' responses to structured questions.
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Symptom and personality questionnaires
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A widely used depression symptom questionnaire.
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Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II)
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A widely used personality questionnaire
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Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2)
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Tests designed to measure client characteristics based on clients' responses to and interpretations of ambiguous stimuli.
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Projective tests
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A projective test in which clients' responses to inkblots are interpreted and scored.
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Rorschach test
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A projective test in which clients are asked to make up stories about pictures of people in ambiguous situations.
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Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
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A projective test in which clients are asked to draw pictures of themselves and other people.
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Draw-A-Person Test (DAP)
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The first widely used intelligence test.
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Stanford-Binet
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A measurement, obtained by intelligence tests, of overall intellectual ability.
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Intelligence quotient (IQ)
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Currently, the most widely used intelligence test.
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Wechsler Adult Intelligence Test (WAIS)
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Isolation and manipulation of limited number of variables under highly controlled conditions in order to test specific causal hypotheses.
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Experimental design
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Collection of quantitative and/or qualitative data that can be organized to present an accurate overview or detailed example of a phenomenon of interest.
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Descriptive design
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Statistical examination of the systematic associations between two or more variables of interest.
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Coorelational design
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