Exam 3: Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis

When Ms.Rath was seeking employment, a job consultant gave her a standard IQ test.The following year, the same consultant gave Ms.Rath the same IQ test.Ms.Rath's score was similar on both occasions.What does this indicate?

A clinician follows a general outline of questions designed to gather essential information but is free to ask the questions in any particular order and to branch off into other directions in order to follow up on clinically important information.What type of interview is being used in this example?

Which of the following is NOT part of a clinical assessment?

What type of disorder is the condition in the Inuit culture known as "kayak-angst"?

An IQ test indicates a level of intelligence that closely corresponds with a student's high school grades and with teachers' ratings of the student's intelligence.In this instance, what does this IQ test have?

What organization publishes the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders?

How does the assessment concept known as reliability increase in the MMPI?

Discuss the concept of confidentiality and the limits of confidentiality with regard to clinical assessment.Be sure to include the situation that would cause a clinician to break confidentiality.

Which of the following medical conditions might also produce symptoms of behavioural disorders or symptoms that mimic psychological disorders?

What have researchers found regarding the Weschler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) 5?

Which of the following is single photon emission computed tomography most similar to in technique and purpose?

Many popular magazines include "psychological" or "personality" tests to help readers better understand themselves or others.How does your textbook view most of these tests?

Why might a mixed anxiety-depression diagnosis be considered for DSM inclusion?

Marguerite is tested for brain damage.Although her test results indicate that she has no brain damage, she actually does have a brain tumour.Her test results indicate a false negative.What is the most likely outcome?

Dr.Evans conducts a study that showed his colleague's "depression screener" does NOT predict depressive symptoms.What is the problem with the depression screener?

On which scale of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) would you expect an unreliable, aggressive, and irresponsible person to get a high score?

What is the focus of the continuing controversy about the WAIS?

Compared to informal observation, what is an advantage of formal observation?

Suppose a clinician creates criteria for a diagnosis that reflects what most experts in the field consider to be a particular prototypical patient.What is the clinician doing?

Accurate diagnoses are partly dependent on the reliability and validity of the diagnostic system being used .What else does diagnostic accuracy depend on?