Exam 3: Clinical Assessment

The EMBU (Egna Minnen Bettraffande Uppfostram) is a family measure that assesses:

Typically, psychoanalytic therapists use the SORC method for assessment.

Joan was taking a test to measure levels of depression. All of the items covered the symptoms that are typical of depression. This inventory would be said to have:

Xavier is recording his thoughts each time he feels depressed. This is also referred to as a __________ assessment.

Critics of the projective tests have been and remain particularly concerned:

The CBC television show the fifth estate showcased a family's dysfunction ("the Trouble with Evan") and interestingly, family members did not alter their usual ways of interacting with each other. In other words there was no problem with:

How does the Family Assessment Measure-III improve upon the MFAD?

Which of the following is least likely to be used in behavioural assessment?

John Connolly described the beginnings of his Dalhousie University research program using ________ after being asked to assess a "hopeless" case who had suffered brain damage from a "foot-long knife."

A high level of emotional intelligence is linked with:

In a recent fMRI study conducted in British Columbia, abnormalities in the limbic system and frontal cortex were found in ___________.

Penelope gets to work and realizes she forgot to pay her credit card bill that was due yesterday. She begins to tell herself that she's a hopeless screw-up and will never be successful. She is most likely suffering from:

Jan is a clinical psychologist who believes that clients can benefit from knowing the results of assessment techniques as they come up, rather than treating assessment and intervention as two separate processes. Jan is engaging in

Compare the behavioural assessment approach (S-O-R-C) with projective tests. What is the contribution of each to an evaluation?

The K scale and the "cannot say" scale are measures from:

Monitoring one's own behaviour can be called experience sampling.

Cognitive assessment measures are usually used to

The best way to assess immediate thoughts in specific situations is to:

Liz is typically anxious when she goes to the supermarket. Using the acronym SORC, the supermarket would be the

The circumplex model of family adjustment is based on the dimensions of: