Abnormal Psychology Study Set 1

Clinical assessment is a completely objective process.

Therapeutic assessment and clinical assessment are the same thing.

If a person obtains a similar score on the same test taken twice, the test is said to have internal consistency reliability.

Predictive validity is a kind of criterion validity.

A test can be reliable without being valid.

The manner in which a clinical interview is conducted can impact the information obtained.

Lack of awareness of assessment techniques is one reason clinicians do not engage in evidence-based assessment.

Test norms represent the average score on a psychological test.

The MMPI-2 can be used as a diagnostic measure.

Intelligence tests are based on the assumption that a person's intellectual functioning can predict success in school.

If one particular group (e.g., Inuit) score in an abnormal manner on an IQ test, it means the group is abnormal.

Typically, psychoanalytic therapists use the SORC method for assessment.

A cognitive therapist will pay particular attention to a client's negative thoughts.

Monitoring one's own behaviour can be called experience sampling.

Family assessment focuses mainly on early parent-child interactions.

CT and MRI scans can assess for structural damage in the brain.

fMRI has been used to diagnose schizophrenia.

Imaging studies can be used to confirm diagnoses like ADHD and dementia.

Neurologists and neuropsychologists specialize in disorders of the central nervous system.

Psychophysiological assessment measures arousal.