Exam 3: Classification and Diagnosis

Why is it important that cultural differences be taken into account when assessing and diagnosing individuals?

If the diagnostic category Conduct Disorder were to have subtypes that predict meeting vs. not meeting criteria for Antisocial Personality Disorder in adulthood, then this would be evidence for_____________of the subtypes.

What might women's groups see as the main problem with the diagnostic categories of the DSM?

Elma is from the Philippines, and she claims that she sees the spirits of dead on different occasions, as do other individuals in her culture. It would be important to consider culture in this diagnosis because she could be suffering from

The main feature of schizophrenia is

Rachel is a secretary at a large law firm, where she is treated with a lack of respect, then she goes home to her husband and children where she has to cook and clean while her husband watches T.V. Recently, Rachel was given antidepressants to treat her feelings of sadness and lack of self-worth. The most likely criticism of Rachel's diagnosis of depression would be

One example of dimensional classification would be using questionnaires to give people a certain score on a certain criterion.

What is the main reason for distinguishing between Axis I and Axis II in DSM-IV-TR?

Why has it been proposed that a dimensional approach to classification should be adopted in the DSM?

Diagnosis can lead clinicians to make assumptions about an individual which are not valid.

Research has found that members of African-American and Hispanic populations showing emotional disturbances are more likely than Caucasians to be diagnosed as schizophrenic. This illustrates

If you were diagnosed by your psychologist as having an impulse control disorder, you would most likely engage in behaviours such as

Define reliability and validity, and describe the concepts of interrater reliability and concurrent and predictive validity in measuring psychopathology.

In order to deal with gender biases in diagnostic systems, a reconceptualization of the way that women's behaviours are viewed will have to occur.

Choose one of the Axis I categories of disorder listed in the DSM-IV-TR, and describe this category.

If the diagnostic category Autism Spectrum Disorder included information about the IQ or mental ability profiles commonly observed in persons with the diagnosis, then the diagnostic category would be said to have ______________.

Axis V indicates that two individuals could be suffering from the same disorder, but may receive extremely different types of treatments.

If there was a perfect relationship between a diagnosis of conduct disorder in early adolescence and a diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder in adulthood, this would be evidence for the __________ of the first diagnosis.

The beginning of a modern system of classifying disorders can be attributed to

Kraepelin's classification system is very different from modern classification systems.