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31 Cards in this Set
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the process of gathering information about a person and his or her environment to make decisions about the nature, status, and treatment of psychological problems
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clinical assessment
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an assessment process that attempts to identify psychological problems or predict the risk of future problems among people who are not referred for clinical assessment
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screening
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identification of an illness
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diagnosis
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a process in which a clincian weighs how likely it is that a person has one diagnosis instead of another
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differential diagnosis
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observed change that is meaningful in terms of clinical functioning
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clinical significance
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A comparison group that is representative of the entire population against which a person's score on a psychological test is compared
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normative
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comparison of responses on a psychological instrument with a person's own prior performance
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self-referent comparisons
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how well a psychological assessment instrument produces consisten results each time it is given.
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reliability
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how well a test produces similar scored over time when given to the same individuals
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test-retest reliablity
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the amount of agreement between two clinicians who are using the same symptoms in a single patient.
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interrater agreement
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the degree to which a test measures what is intended to assess.
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validity
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conversations between an interviewer and a patient, the purpose of which is to gather information and make judgements realted to assessment goals
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clinical interviews
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clinical interviews in which the clincian decides what questions to ask and how to ask them
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unstructured interviews
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clinical interview in which the clinician asks a standard set of questions, usually with the goal of establishing a disgnosis
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structured interview
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psychological test that measures personality characteristics
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personality test
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a system of diagnosis and classification used by the DSM that requires classifying a patient's behavior on five different dimensions
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multiaxial system
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a classification system for mental disorders developed in Europe that is an international standard diagnostic system for epidemiology and many health management purposed
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International Classification of Diseases
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the presence of more than one disorder
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comorbidity
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measures the change in electrical conductance produced by increased or descreased sweat gland activity. (stress or anxiety)
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electrodermal activity
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involves monitoring each episode of the indentified behavior
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event recording
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uses a method known as empirical keying, they developed statistical analyses to identitfy items and patterns of scores that differentiatied various groups, only items that differentiated the groups were retained.
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Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
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allows the clinician to get to know the patient and help determine what other types of assessment might be useful.
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initial interview
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a 175-item true-false inventory that corresponds to eight basic personality syltes, three pathological personality syndromes, and nine symptom disorder scales, quick
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The Million Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI)
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a rating assigned to describe a patient's overall functioning and well-being.
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Global Assessment of Functioning Scale
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evaluates the prescence of brain damage.
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Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Battery
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measures set-shifting, or the ability to display flexibility in thinking as the goal of the task changes
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Wisconsin Card Sorting Test
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a simple screening tool often used to detect visual-motor development in children and general damage and neurological impairment
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Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test
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well-known intelligence test
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Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale and the Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale
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a multivolume work that breaks the inkblot test into a complex matrix of variables
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Comprehensive System (CS)
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31 black and white pictorial cards; it is beleieved that the descriptions that emerge provide insight into the psychogical process and unconscious of the test-taker
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Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
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a clinician administered scale that assesses many different psycological symptoms... alot
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The Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS)
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