Exam 3: Assessing and Diagnosing Abnormality

Wallace took an anxiety test when he was in the sixth grade. He took it in the first week of a particular month and then again in the last week of the same month. On both occasions, his test scores were practically the same. In this scenario, the anxiety test Wallace took was most likely high on _____ reliability.

A clinician who is assessing a child in elementary school might request information from all of the following people EXCEPT the:

Harris and colleagues concluded from one study that once they were labeled with a behavior disorder, boys were likely to:

Which of the following statements is true about the Rorschach Inkblot Test?

When electroencephalogram (EEG) patterns over brief periods are recorded in response to specific stimuli, these EEG patterns are referred to as:

Rudolph, a client, was asked a set of questions by his clinician in his initial interview. The questions were highly standardized and objective. Rudolph was surprised because his friends had told him to expect general and open-ended questions such as, "Tell me about yourself." The clinician most likely conducted a _____.

_____ validity is the extent to which a test yields the same results as other, established measures of the same phenomena.

A set of syndromes and the rules for determining whether an individual's symptoms are part of one of these syndromes constitute a(n) _____.

_____ disorders last for long periods of time, while _____ disorders have a more recent and abrupt onset of severe symptoms.

Rosenhan's study enlightened the mental health community on the dangers of:

_____ tests are used to detect changes in the brain and nervous system that reflect emotional and psychological changes. These tests are alternative methods to magnetic resonance imaging (MRIs), computerized tomography (CT), positron-emission tomography (PET), and single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT).

Clinicians will often use _____ to assess deficits in individuals' skills or ways of handling situations.

Describe the different brain-imaging techniques that can be used to identify specific deficits and brain abnormalities.

In positron-emission tomography (PET) scans, a radioactive isotope, fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG), emits subatomic particles called _____ as it decays.

European Americans often view the body and mind as:

The _____ consists of a series of pictures shown to individuals who are then asked to say what they think is being depicted in the pictures.

In a mental status exam, when a clinician takes note of how coherently and quickly a client speaks, the clinician is primarily assessing the client's _____.

Which critic of psychiatry argued that the entire diagnostic system of mental disorders is corrupt and should be abandoned?

Which of the following is the most current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)?

Which of the following is a label for a set of symptoms that often occur together?