Exam 3: Classification and Assessment of Abnormal Behavior

Self-report personality tests use ______ items.

The MCMI focuses on ______ disorders.

The most widely used means of assessment is the clinical interview.

Identify ways in which assessments instruments should be used so as to avoid introducing cultural bias into psychological assessment. How does the client's language preference impact the results of the assessment? Name at least two psychological assessment instruments and the issues that have or need to be addressed in their use with diverse populations.

"Ghost sickness" occurs mainly among ______.

Amy takes a Rorschach test. Her responses tend to be based solely on minor details of the inkblots. According to Rorschach's interpretation of her response, she is likely to be diagnosed as having ______ tendencies.

In psychological assessment, the consistency of a measure or diagnostic instrument or system is its ______.

The DSM system is explanatory, not descriptive.

Psychological tests are unstructured methods of assessment.

The Behavioral Approach Task is a popular ______ measure.

______ defined intelligence as "capacity to understand the world and the resourcefulness to cope with its challenges."

Systems of classification of abnormal behavior date to ______.

Murray developed several individually administered intelligence tests for children and adults.

The DSM was introduced in ______.

The behavioral interview, more so than the general clinical interview, focuses on the ______ that relate to the problem.

Clinicians who use the Rorschach make interpretations on the basis of ___________.

The negative stereotyping of people who are identified as mentally ill is known as ______.