Exam 3: Classification and Assessment of Abnormal Behavior

A client at a mental health clinic is given a test in which she is asked to describe a series of ambiguous-looking ink blots. The test she is taking is a(n) ______ test.

Criticism that important decisions about the DSM-5 were shrouded in secrecy, failed to incorporate input from many leading researchers and scholars, and lacked supported by an adequate body of empirical research are criticisms that focus on the DSM-5's ___________ .

When interpreting MMPI profiles, clinicians often refer to _______or descriptions of people who usually ? attain various profiles.

Why are clients asked to produce the figures of the Bender Gestalt Visual Motor Test from memory?

The measurement of physical responses that may be associated with abnormal behavior is known as ______ assessment.

Discuss the use of thought diaries and questionnaires that assess automatic thoughts and dysfunctional attitudes. What criticisms have the behaviorists made about the use of cognitive ? techniques such as the thought diary?

Electrical activity of the brain is measured by the ______.

Phrenologists believed they could assess people's personalities by measuring the ______.

Critics of the TAT feel that a person's responses to the test may___________.

The TAT is an example of a(n) ______ test.

The TAT is composed of a series of cards ______.

The capacity to understand the world and the resourcefulness to cope with its challenges is one definition of ______.

Which of the following statements is true about brain abnormalities found in patients with schizophrenia?

Construct validity is also called predictive validity.

Standardized interviews are also known as ______ interviews.

A disorder characterized by periods of shouting, banging of the head against the wall, laughing, and crying as a result of spirit possession is known as ______.

"Zar" is found primarily in ______.

An imaging technique that uses an X-ray beam and radiation to reveal abnormality in the shape or structure of various parts of the brain is a ______.

The reliability and validity of projective tests has proven to be quite high.

The DSM system is often criticized for relying too much on the _______ model of abnormal behavior.