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in considering systems of classification, the terms category and dimension are distinguished by - Answer a dimension is continuous whereas a category is a discrete grouping after assessing Billy, three different clinicians all agree on his diagnosis. This suggests that the diagnostic system t...

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PSYCH 335 Midterm Exam 2 Questions
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in considering systems of classification, the terms category and dimension are distinguished by - Answer
a dimension is continuous whereas a category is a discrete grouping



after assessing Billy, three different clinicians all agree on his diagnosis. This suggests that the diagnostic
system the clinicians used has good - Answer interrater reliability



interrater reliability - Answer are ratings by different people correlated



test-retest reliability - Answer stability of rating over time



validity - Answer does the diagnosis give us important info beyond just a label



a categorical approach to classification assumes that the difference between normal and pathological is -
Answer one of kind rather than degree and that distinctions are made between qualitatively different
types of disorders



the term comorbidity refers to - Answer a child meeting the criteria for more than one disorder



in projective tests the term "projective" refers to the fact that - Answer the test is derived from ideas
related to a particular psychoanalytic defense mechanism



developmental scales emphasize - Answer sensorimotor and simple social skills



play therapy... - Answer often uses play as a way to adapt more verbal psychotherapeutic approaches
to children in order to facilitate communication

,the term empirically supported treatments refers to - Answer treatments for which there is adequate
research support regarding effectiveness



concerns that exist regarding DSM classification systems - Answer - you either meet criteria or you
don't

- push to use a more spectrum way of diagnosing so that degrees of the disorder, and current
classification system does not allow for a more "inbetween" diagnosis



two things, beyond issues of the reliability of the instruments, that may impact interrater reliability
(correlations of Achenbach scores) - Answer validity and test-retest



structured clinical interviews - Answer more reliable, developed for more limited purpose of deriving a
diagnosis based on a particular classification scheme; set of questions, rules and guidelines for scoring



unstructured clinical interviews - Answer no particular questions, no designated format, no stipulated
method to record information



domains and assessment methods used in neurological assessment - Answer - motor function: grooved
pegboard

- arousal/attention: stroop, card sorting

- processing speed: symbol search



3 modes of treatment employed to address the behavior disorders of children and/or adolescents -
Answer 1. medication

2. cognitive-behavioral therapy

3. parent/family training



3 ways in which pharmacological treatments affect neurotransmission - Answer 1. altering
neurotransmitter production

2. interfering with neurotransmitter storage

3. altering the release of a neurotransmitter

4. interfering with the inactivation of a neurotransmitter

, 5. interfering with the re-uptake of a neurotransmitter

6. interacting with receptors for a neurotransmitter



types of interventions involved in parent training - Answer psycheducation

- helping parents understand some of the definitions of the terms we commonly use and helping them
understand some of the reasoning behind the therapy being used



classic and operant conditioning

- finding ways for them to use these with their children

- common to teach that positive punishment is not as effective as changing behaviors as
positive/negative reinforcement (ex: starting star char, giving stickers)



DSM-5 diagnosis - Answer - categorical approach

- clinically derived

- comorbidity (mixed symptoms, shared risk factors, cumulative risk, developmental progression)



empirical approach to classification - Answer - others report on childs behavior

- statistics are used to "cluster" symptoms together



broadband

- internalizing

- externalizing



narrowband

- anxious/depressed

- withdrawn/depressed

- somatic complaints

- social, thought, attention problems

- rule-breaking/aggressive behavior

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