Exam 3: Classification and Assessment of Abnormal Behavior

Describe three measures of physiological arousal that use probes attached to the body in their assessment. What are these instruments measuring and how do they accomplish the measurement?

Peggy attends an assertiveness training class. As part of the class she is expected to role-play assertive behavior. This technique is also known as a(n) ______.

For Kerry, the "Royal Terror," which technique was used to assess the behavior of this uncontrolled 7-year-old boy?

The first modern theorist to develop a comprehensive model of classification based on the distinctive features, or "symptoms," associated with abnormal behavior patterns was ______.

Brock's thinking is illogical and confused. He experiences hallucinations and delusions, and feels misunderstood and alienated. He is most likely to score high on the ______ scale of the MMPI.

Scales on the MMPI that measure an individual's specific complaints or concerns are called ______.

Hillary is asked by her therapist to reproduce geometric designs, printed on separate cards, on to a sheet of paper. She is then asked to reproduce the designs again From memory. She is taking the ______.

Egbert has many physical complaints. He is cynical, has a defeatist attitude and is seen by his family as whiny and demanding. He is most likely to score high on the ______ Scale of the MMPI.

If various experts using a diagnostic system arrive at the same diagnosis when they evaluate the same cases, the diagnostic system may be considered ______.

A disorder affecting males that involves intense fear or anxiety over the loss of semen through nocturnal emissions, ejaculations, or through excretion with urine is called ______.

Impairment on the Category Test is believed to be associated with ______ brain damage.

The DSM system, like the medical model, treats abnormal behaviors as signs or symptoms of underlying disorders or pathologies.

Which of the following is one of the reasons why Allen Frances called the approval of the DSM-5 a "sad day for psychiatry"?

One example of a structured interview is the ______.

Content, criterion, and construct are all types of ______.

In the DSM-5, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was moved to the _________.

Two teachers are asked to use a behavioral rating scale to evaluate a child's aggressiveness, hyperactivity, ? and sociability. If both teachers rate the child in similar ways, one could assume that the behavioral rating? scale has__________.

A measure of the consistency between different parts of a test is called ______.

Anxious people sweat, and that sweating can be measured by ______.

In a(n) ______ interview, the clinician adopts his or her own style of questioning rather than follow any standard format.