PSY 231--Classification of disorders

Which of the following best describes comorbidity?

• When all people given the same diagnosis appear very similar to one another

• The co-occurrence of two or more mental disorders in the same person

• The tendency to express psychological problems by physical complaints

• If an assessment measure accurately predicts a person's behavior

Which of the following best describes reliability?

• How accurately an assessment forecasts a person's behavior

• The degree to which an assessment measures what it is supposed to measure

• When results mirror the predictions made in a theory

• Consistency in how a person scores on an assessment measure

If I say a test has good sensitivity, it means that the test tells us that people who __________ have the condition __________ have the condition.

• do; do

• do not; do not

• do; do not

• do not; do

In the U.S., approximately how many people currently meet criteria for a psychological disorder?

• 1 in 10 (10%)

• 1 in 5 (20%)

• 1 in 2 (50%)

If a survey people complete on public speaking anxiety correlates strongly with how much they sweat when giving a speech two weeks later, we would say this survey on public speaking anxiety has good __________.

• predictive validity

• concurrent validity

• test-retest reliability

• interrater reliability