Exam 4: Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis

Which of the following would best address recent criticisms of the TAT?

Since it was first published, the DSM has ________

What is the goal of psychosocial assessment?

What is the difference between an unstructured and a structured diagnostic interview? Which is preferable?

What is an analogue situation?

While neurological assessment procedures evaluate the brain's physical properties, neuropsychological assessment focuses on ________

In which of the following circumstances would a psychosocial assessment clearly need to be used?

Discuss some of the ethical issues that must be kept in mind when evaluating assessment findings.

Which of the following would be an important factor to keep in mind when assessing behaviors exhibited during an assessment and how those behaviors might be interpreted?

Dr. Bruce says "Its beneficial features are the ability to map ongoing psychological activities of the brain without injecting radioactive substances into the patient's body. In addition, they are much more widely available procedures than what was used before." What is Dr. Bruce describing?

The DSM acknowledges that ________

Ed has suffered a head injury in a car accident. He is referred to a psychologist to see what types of impairment now exist and to get some suggestions for treatment. The best assessment strategy would be ________

Several clinicians look at the TAT results of a hospitalized patient. The patient described the characters on the card as not speaking to each other. One clinician says this means the patient has a lot of unresolved anger. Another says it means the patient has a lot of social anxiety. The third says he thinks it means the patient is uninterested in people and prefers to be alone. This demonstrates the following problem with the TAT: ________

Which of the following is not a reason that it is important to have an appropriate classification of the presenting problem?

The aim of a projective test is to ________

Symptoms are to signs as ________ is to ________.

Intelligence and personality tests can best be described as ________

Which of the following would be used to reveal a dysrhythmia in brain activity?

Joanne says that she cannot say "no" to her intrusive mother. Her therapist has her pretend to engage in such an interaction to assess how weak Joanne's assertiveness skills really are. This illustrates the use of ________

A clinician sits down with an individual and conducts an assessment interview. The clinician arrives at a diagnosis of schizophrenia. While writing up the notes on this interview, the clinician is mindful of preferred terminology by mental health professionals. What is the preferred way to refer to the individual in the assessment?