Psych 333 Exam 2 – Psychology course exam material
Clinical Assessment - ANS ✔✔Systematic evaluation and measurement of psych, bio, and social
factors in an individual presenting with a possible psychological disorder
Diagnosis - ANS ✔✔Process of determining whether the particular problem affecting the
individual meets all of the criteria for a psych disorder provided by the DSM
Reliability - ANS ✔✔Tools used for assessment and diagnosis must be reliable
Inter-rater reliability - ANS ✔✔Different people using the same technique/measure on the same
person obtain the same results
Same client with different conclusions
Test retest - ANS ✔✔The same technique/measure is administered to the same people at two
different time points are correlated with each other
Validity - ANS ✔✔Tool used got assessment and diagnosis must be valid
Concurrent Validity - ANS ✔✔Scores obtained using the technique/measure correlate with
scores on an established measure of the same construct
Predictive validity - ANS ✔✔Technique/measure accurately predicts behavior
Standardization - ANS ✔✔Specific procedures administering scoring and evaluating the
outcome of a measure
, Clinical interviews - ANS ✔✔Used to obtain a global picture of the individual and his/her
symptoms
Unconstructed interviews - ANS ✔✔No systematic format or set of questions are followed
Structured interviews - ANS ✔✔Fixed set of carefully phrased questions
Semi-structured interviews - ANS ✔✔Structured interviews with follow up questions that
depart from the fixed set
Structured Clinical Interviews for DSM - ANS ✔✔Commonly used semi-structured interview
designed for diagnosis using the DSM criteria; assesses demographic info, screening module for
other modules to be used, contains 10 different modules focused on DSM classes of disorder,
typically only a subset are offered
Appearance and behavior - ANS ✔✔Overt behavior, attire, appearance, posture, and
expressions
Thought processes - ANS ✔✔Rate, continuity, content, and coherence of speech
Mood and affect - ANS ✔✔Individuals predominate feeling state and the feeling state what
accompanies what the individual is saying
Intellectual functioning - ANS ✔✔Vocab use of abstractions and metaphors
Sensorium - ANS ✔✔Awareness of surroundings (who,when,where) know exact date
Self-report inventories - ANS ✔✔In addition to clinical interviews clinicians may use self-report
inventories for assessment
Clinical Assessment - ANS ✔✔Systematic evaluation and measurement of psych, bio, and social
factors in an individual presenting with a possible psychological disorder
Diagnosis - ANS ✔✔Process of determining whether the particular problem affecting the
individual meets all of the criteria for a psych disorder provided by the DSM
Reliability - ANS ✔✔Tools used for assessment and diagnosis must be reliable
Inter-rater reliability - ANS ✔✔Different people using the same technique/measure on the same
person obtain the same results
Same client with different conclusions
Test retest - ANS ✔✔The same technique/measure is administered to the same people at two
different time points are correlated with each other
Validity - ANS ✔✔Tool used got assessment and diagnosis must be valid
Concurrent Validity - ANS ✔✔Scores obtained using the technique/measure correlate with
scores on an established measure of the same construct
Predictive validity - ANS ✔✔Technique/measure accurately predicts behavior
Standardization - ANS ✔✔Specific procedures administering scoring and evaluating the
outcome of a measure
, Clinical interviews - ANS ✔✔Used to obtain a global picture of the individual and his/her
symptoms
Unconstructed interviews - ANS ✔✔No systematic format or set of questions are followed
Structured interviews - ANS ✔✔Fixed set of carefully phrased questions
Semi-structured interviews - ANS ✔✔Structured interviews with follow up questions that
depart from the fixed set
Structured Clinical Interviews for DSM - ANS ✔✔Commonly used semi-structured interview
designed for diagnosis using the DSM criteria; assesses demographic info, screening module for
other modules to be used, contains 10 different modules focused on DSM classes of disorder,
typically only a subset are offered
Appearance and behavior - ANS ✔✔Overt behavior, attire, appearance, posture, and
expressions
Thought processes - ANS ✔✔Rate, continuity, content, and coherence of speech
Mood and affect - ANS ✔✔Individuals predominate feeling state and the feeling state what
accompanies what the individual is saying
Intellectual functioning - ANS ✔✔Vocab use of abstractions and metaphors
Sensorium - ANS ✔✔Awareness of surroundings (who,when,where) know exact date
Self-report inventories - ANS ✔✔In addition to clinical interviews clinicians may use self-report
inventories for assessment
