Exam 4: Assessment and Classification of Psychological Disorders

Soon after Phineas Gage removes the tamping rod from his own head, a space-time anomaly finds him outside a clinical neuropsychologist's office in the present day. Although the neuropsychologist suspects frontal lobe deficits based on the hole in Phineas's forehead, she decides to administer the ______ to confirm her suspicion.

Despite her family's concerns, Kiran does not believe that she has a mental illness. She agrees to visit a therapist to prove that she is "fine." Kiran may well score highly on the MMPI-2's ______ scale, also called the ______ scale.

The diagnostic label bipolar disorder suggests the extremes of mood characteristic of the disorder. This example highlights that one purpose of classifying mental disorders is ______.

Several of Kay's friends have completed a short quiz titled "How Friendly Are You . . . Really?" on a popular social media platform. Although Kay knows the quiz is intended for entertainment value only, she is curious as to how sound it really it is. Suggest two ways that Kay might establish the quiz's reliability and two ways that she might establish its validity. Make explicit reference to the types of reliability and types of validity described in the textbook.

The DSM-IV was released in the year ______.

Depression and anxiety are largely limited to Western cultures.

The DSM-5 suggests that every case begins with a careful ______.

Women develop schizophrenia ______ than men do.

The Genain sisters were all eventually diagnosed with ______.

Describe four of the five key purposes of classification systems such as the DSM-5. Illustrate at least two of the purposes you describe using concrete examples.

Define comorbidity. Distinguish between internalizing and externalizing disorders. Illustrate your answers by describing, in one sentence, a hypothetical client with either comorbid internalizing or comorbid externalizing disorders.

Devon is running an experiment in which children are observed interacting with simple toys, and their behavior is coded based on different categories. Devon has two experimenters observing and coding the behavior. Devon computes a correlation coefficient to see if the two experimenters produce similar scores. Which of the following describes how Devon is attempting to verify his observational method?

An instrument's internal reliability is enhanced when

Which test is BEST suited for measuring an individual's attentional characteristics?

Internalizing disorders are to externalizing disorders as ______ is to ______.

Top-down treatment is to bottom-up treatment as ______ is to ______.

Lara has been feeling sad for nearly a month now. She has lost interest in seeing her friends and in other activities she once enjoyed. Her clinician asks her to complete a 21-item ______ called the ______.

Symptom subtest is to ______ as ______ is to Thematic Apperception Test.

Among individuals diagnosed with comorbid mental disorders, the severity of any one of their disorders is ______ correlated with the number of other disorders with which they are diagnosed. This is ______ with a dimensional approach to diagnosis.

According to the textbook, a dimensional approach to assessment is encouraged by a(n) ______ perspective on psychopathology.