Exam 3: Assessment and Diagnosis

Which of the following is an example of an open-ended interview question?

Mr. Smith is a 67-year-old insurance salesman who is being admitted to an inpatient facility for substance abuse treatment. Using the Global Assessment of Functioning Scale, the clinician evaluates Mr. Smith to be functioning at a level of 45. What is the clinician communicating in assigning this score?

The Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Battery is used by clinicians to evaluate the

Ataque de nervios is a

Discuss concerns about the effects of labeling and stereotyping through diagnosis on both the patient and people who interact with the patient.

William is concerned about appearing "psychologically healthy" when taking a test. Having sensed this patient's veiled intent during part of the clinical interview, the psychologist decides to use a personality test that might validate his clinical hunch. Which of the following test is the clinician likely to choose?

The concept of intelligence has been the subject of debates for many reasons over the years. Discuss three of the issues outlined in your text that are representative of the debate over the use of this construct.

Clinical assessments for outcome evaluation may be repeated over time during treatment in order to

Self-monitoring of problem behaviors may lead to both a heightened awareness of the problem and a reduction in problem behavior.

Clinical assessments are important as they lead to a diagnosis. The diagnosis is often needed in order to gain which of the following?

In some branches of medicine, diagnosis refers to the identification of a physical illness and may be made on the basis of laboratory tests. In psychology, however, a diagnosis is

A psychologist in the counseling center interviews a student in crisis who is having suicidal thoughts. As part of the assessment process, the psychologist administers a test designed to evaluate potential suicide risk. Which type of validity is the psychologist relying on in this scenario?

The term "subthreshhold syndrome" in a categorical approach to diagnosis implies that the

Some screening devices are narrow in scope, while others are more broad-based and cover many different psychological symptoms.

According to the text, a major limitation of the current DSM approach is that

In the self-referent approach to interpreting a score, a person's score today

Dr. A and Dr. B are studying the effects of war on posttraumatic stress disorder. They both administer the same interview to the same soldiers returning from war. Which of the following psychometric test properties is being addressed in this example?

While beneficial in many ways, classification schemes for mental disorders have been criticized because they

Before an insurance company will reimburse a mental health professional for assessment or treatment, it often requires a diagnosis.

The Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test is frequently used to evaluate visual-motor development in children.