Chapter 4: Assessment And Classification Of Psychological Disorders

Question 1

Psychological assessment

Answer 1

The process of gathering information about a person so that you can make a clinical decision about that person’s symptoms.

Question 2

Mental status exam

Answer 2

Clinical interview organized into major categories designed to determine a person’s cognitive processes.

Question 3

Flight of ideas

Answer 3

Spoken expression in which comments are not related to a question asked or jump abruptly from one topic to another unrelated topic.

Question 4

Delusional thinking

Answer 4

An unrealistic pattern of thoughts forming a theme.

Question 5

Obsessional thinking

Answer 5

A pattern of repeating thoughts beyond the control of the person.

Question 6

Structured interview

Answer 6

An evaluation technique that is tightly systematized in terms of the questions asked, allowing for better consistency across interviewers and clients.

Question 7

Structured clinical interview for DSM disorders (SCID)

Answer 7

An interview that directly probes for the existence of the criteria for disorders within the current classification manual, the DSM-5.

Question 8

Cultural foundation interview

Answer 8

Set of questions developed to help mental health professionals obtain information concerning the person’s culture and it’s influence on behavior and experience.

Question 9

Reliability

Answer 9

Consistency of the measurement by an assessment instrument.

Question 10

Beck depression inventory (BDI)

Answer 10

A questionnaire useful for determining the level of depressive symptoms that a person is reporting.

Question 11

Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory (MMPI)

Answer 11

Assessment measurement of personality traits, used in psychopathology to identify response patterns suggesting a psychological disorder based on empirical comparison to the general population.

Question 12

Projective instruments

Answer 12

Assessment tests that use ambiguous stimuli to elicit the internal cognitive and emotional organization of a person’s primary thought process.

Question 13

Rorschach inkblots

Answer 13

A projective year using inkblots: an individual’s interpretation of the ambiguous ink patterns is evaluated to identify patterns in underlying thoughts and feelings.

Question 14

Thematic appreciation test (TAT)

Answer 14

Projective testing instrument composed of back and white drawings of various scenes and people; by evaluating individuals interpretive responses to the ambiguous drawings it is possible to gain insight into his or her thoughts, emotions, motivations including areas of conflict.

Question 15

Wechsler adult intelligence scale (WAIS)

Answer 15

A common intelligence test with a number of sub scale designed to measure verbal and performance tasks.

Question 16

Wisconsin card sorting test

Answer 16

Criteria of placing cards are changed throughout the test and is used to measure the person’s ability to adjust to changes in sorting criteria.

Question 17

Continuous performance test

Answer 17

Measures intentional characteristics

Question 18

Diagnostic and statistical Manuel of mental disorders (DSM)

Answer 18

Publican of criteria for diagnosis by the American psychiatric association.

Question 19

International classification of disease (ICD)

Answer 19

Publication of the criteria for diagnosis by the world heath organization (WHO) used in Europe.

Question 20

Categorical

Answer 20

In psychopathology, describes the approach to determining whether a person had or does not have a disorder based on the presence of absence of a certain set of symptoms.

Question 21

Dimensional

Answer 21

In psychopathology, describes the assessment of severity of a disorder on a continuum, in terms of differing degrees.

Question 22

Comorbid

Answer 22

Descriptive term used when an individual’s has more than one disorder at the same time.

Question 23

Internalizing disorder

Answer 23

Disorders that experienced internally such as anxiety and depression

Question 24

Externalized disorders

Answer 24

Disorders that are manifested in the external world by the person’s behavior, such as conduct disorder and anti-social personality disorder.

Question 25

Reward system

Answer 25

Particular brain structures influenced by an increased dopamine during a reward.

Question 26

National institute of mental health (NIMH)

Answer 26

Agency of the us government that advances the understanding of treatment of mental disorders.

Question 27

Classification

Answer 27

Psychopathology, a way to name, organize, and categorize the collections of symptoms seen in mental disorders.