Test 2

Front 1

categorical approach to classification

Back 1

an entity is determined to be either a member of a category or not

Front 2

assessment-focused services

Back 2

services conducted primarily to provide information on a persons psychosocial functioning

Front 3

base rate

Back 3

the frequency with which a problem or diagnosis occurs in the population

Front 4

case formulation

Back 4

a description of the patient that provides information on his or her life situation, current problems, and a set of hypotheses linking psychosocial factors with the patients clinical condition

Front 5

concurrent validity

Back 5

the extent to which scores on the test are correlated with scores on measures of similar constructs

Front 6

discriminant validity

Back 6

extent to which the test provides a pure measure of the construct that is minimally contaminated by other psychological constructs

Front 7

evidence-based assessment

Back 7

the use of research and theory to guide a) the variables assessed b) the methods and measures used c) the manner in which the assessment process unfolds

Front 8

incremental validity

Back 8

the extent to which a measure adds to the prediction of a criterion above what can be predicted by other sources of data

Front 9

internal consistency

Back 9

the extent to which all aspects of a test contribute in a similar way to the overall score

Front 10

inter-rater reliability/inter-scorer reliability

Back 10

the extent to which similar results would be obtained if the test was conducted by another evaluator

Front 11

intervention-focused assessment services

Back 11

assessments conducted in the context of intervention services

Front 12

predictive validity

Back 12

the extent to which the test predicts a relevant outcome

Front 13

prognosis

Back 13

predictions made about the future course of a patients psychological functioning, based on the use of assessment data in combination with relevant empirical literature

Front 14

screening

Back 14

a procedure to identify individuals who may have problems of a clinical magnitude or who may be at risk for developing such problems

Front 15

sensitivity

Back 15

proportion of true positives identified by the assessment

Front 16

specificity

Back 16

proportion of true negatives identified by the assessment

Front 17

standardization

Back 17

consistency across clinicians and testing occasions in the procedure used to administer and score a test

Front 18

test-retest reliability

Back 18

the extent to which similar results would be obtained if the person was retested at some point after the initial test

Front 19

crystallized intelligence

Back 19

what we have learned in life, both from formal education and general life experience

Front 20

episodic memory

Back 20

memory of a persons direct experiences

Front 21

fluid intelligence

Back 21

the ability to solve novel problems; innate intellectual potential

Front 22

Flynn Effect

Back 22

the observed trend that IQ scores in developed countries have increased over the past few decades

Front 23

Full Scale IQ

Back 23

the total score for an intelligence scale obtained by summing scores on verbal and non-verbal scales; usually referred to simply as the IQ

Front 24

g

Back 24

the general factor shared by all intellectual activities

Front 25

premorbid IQ

Back 25

intellectual functioning prior to an accident or the onset of a neurological decline

Front 26

representativeness

Back 26

extent to which a sample reflects the characteristics of the population from which it is drawn

Front 27

semantic memory

Back 27

memory of general knowledge of words, concepts and events

Front 28

behaviour checklists

Back 28

lists of behaviours that are rated for frequency, intensity or duration

Front 29

clinical utility

Back 29

extent to which a test and the resulting data improve upon typical clinical decision-making and treatment outcome

Front 30

code types

Back 30

summary codes for the highest two clinical scale elevations on the MMPI scales

Front 31

content approach

Back 31

a method of test construction that involves developing items specifically designed to tap the construct being assessed

Front 32

empirical criterion-keying approach

Back 32

a method of test construction that involves the generation and analysis of a pool of items; those items that discriminate between two clearly defined groups are trained in the scale

Front 33

malingering

Back 33

emphasizing negative characteristics and deliberately presenting a more problematic picture

Front 34

objective personality tests

Back 34

tests that can be scored objectively, always using the same scoring system

Front 35

overpathologize

Back 35

the tendency to exaggerate and overestimate the extent of pathology

Front 36

personality traits

Back 36

the tendency to consistently behave in specific ways

Front 37

projective personality tests

Back 37

tests requiring drawings or a response to ambiguous stimuli, based on the assumption that responses reveal info about personality structure

Front 38

validity scales

Back 38

scales designed to detect whether a person is faking good, faking bad, or responding randomly