AbPsychology Quiz#3

Information about a particular individual, as opposed to a larger population.

• Idiographic information
• Clinical assessment
• Clinical interviews
• Physical examination
• Behavioral assessment

core of most clinical work; the first contact between client and clinician.

• Idiographic information
• Clinical assessment
• Clinical interviews
• Physical examination
• Behavioral assessment

the systematic evaluation and measurement of psychological, biological, and social factors in an individual presenting with a possible psychological disorder; used to determine whether, how, and why a person is behaving abnormally and how that person may be helped.

• Idiographic information
• Clinical assessment
• Clinical interviews
• Physical examination
• Behavioral assessment

using direct observation to formally assess an individual’s thoughts, feelings, and behavior in specific situations or contexts.

• Idiographic information
• Clinical assessment
• Clinical interviews
• Physical examination
• Behavioral assessment

If the patient presenting with psychological problems has not had a physical exam in the past year, a clinician might recommend one, with particular attention to the medical conditions sometimes associated with the specific psychological problem.

• Idiographic information
• Clinical assessment
• Clinical interviews
• Physical examination
• Behavioral assessment

refers to the consistency of assessment measures.

• Standardization
• Reliability
• Validity

A measure of the accuracy of a test or study’s results

• Standardization
• Reliability
• Validity

The process in which a test is administered to a large group of people whose performance then serves as a standard or norm

• Standardization
• Reliability
• Validity

the degree to which the measures gathered from one tool agree with the measures gathered from other assessment techniques

• Face validity
• Predictive validity
• Concurrent validity

a tool’s ability to predict future characteristics or behavior.

• Face validity
• Predictive validity
• Concurrent validity