Psychology 230 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS A+ ALREADY GRADED
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Psych 230
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Psych 230
Psychology 230 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
A+ ALREADY GRADED
Retrograde amnesia is usually less severe for _________ memories. - ANSWER
remote
Elaborative rehearsal of a word will LEAST likely be accomplished by -
ANSWER repeating it over and over.
Hebb's idea of long-term...
Psych 230 Final Exam
Questions and Answers
A+ Graded
ICD-10 - ANSWER ✔ international classification of diseases-10th revision
published by who
DSM-II - ANSWER ✔ First revision; provides common language for talking
about disorders in 1968
DSM-III - ANSWER ✔ The third edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
for Mental Disorders, published in 1980. The DSM-III introduced revolutionary
changes in the diagnostic system, including explicit, etiologically neutral
diagnostic criteria and a multiaxial system of diagnosis.
DSM-IV - ANSWER ✔ a widely used system for classifying psychological
disorders in 1994
eliminated distinction between psychological and organic mental disorders
DSM-5 - ANSWER ✔ Removed axial system
Clear inclusion and exclusion criteria for disorders
Disorders are categorized under broad headings
Empirically-grounded, prototypic approach to classification
Polythetic - ANSWER ✔ an individual may be diagnosed with only a certain
subset of symptoms without having to meet all criteria
Issues with DSM-5 - ANSWER ✔ - comorbidity
- gender and cultural bias
- Politically correct
- negative connotations
Reliability - ANSWER ✔ The degree to which assessment tool produces
consistent results when repeated measurements are made
, Validity - ANSWER ✔ The extent to which the assessment tool measures what it
is intended to measure
Standardization - ANSWER ✔ Ensures consistency in the use of a technique
provides population benchmarks for comparison
Clinical Interviews - ANSWER ✔ conversations between an interviewer and a
patient whose purpose is to gather information and make judgments related to
assessment goals
Mental Status Exam - ANSWER ✔ a set of interview questions and observations
designed to reveal the degree and nature of a client's abnormal functioning
-appearance and behavior
- thought processes
- mood and affect
- intellectual functioning
- sensorium
Projective tests - ANSWER ✔ Projects aspects of personality onto ambiguous test
stimuli
- inkblot test and thematic apperception test
- reliability and validity data tend to be mixed/low
Objective Tests - ANSWER ✔ Personality tests that are administered and scored
in a standard way. Less ambiguous
Intelligence Tests - ANSWER ✔ a method for assessing an individual's mental
aptitudes and comparing them with those of others, using numerical scores
- IQ test
- Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale
IQ Controversy - ANSWER ✔ Iq is not equal to intelligence, only a measure of
one aspect
, IQ tests have a dark history and have been used to discriminate against racial and
ethnic groups
Neuropsychological Testing - ANSWER ✔ assessment of brain and nervous
system functioning by testing an individual's performance on behavioral tasks
Luria-Nebraska and Halstead-Reitan batteries - ANSWER ✔ Designed to assess
for brain damage
Test diverse skills ranging from grip strength to sound recognition, attention,
concentration
Neuropsychological Test
Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test - ANSWER ✔ Test used to assess level of
maturity in visual-motor perception.
Neuropsychological Test
Problems with Neuropsychological testing - ANSWER ✔ 1. false positives:
mistakenly shows a problem where there is none
2. false negatives: fail to detect a problem that is present
Behavioral Assessment - ANSWER ✔ direct measures of an individual's behavior
used to describe personality characteristics
Focused on the present
Identify antecedents, behaviors and consequences (ABC)
ABCs of behavioral assessment - ANSWER ✔ Antecedents
Behavior
Consequences
Neuroimaging - ANSWER ✔ Pictures of the brain to understand brain structure
and function
MRI - ANSWER ✔ Magnetic resonance imaging utilizes strong magnetic fields
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