Types of Test
Assessment
Psychometric
History
General
100
Companies use this psychological test to screen for emotional stability for a sensitive position
What is Sixteen Personality Factors (16PF)
100
What is considered the number one risk factor when assessing for suicide?
What is Previous Attempts?
100
An IQ test is given to a child on Tuesday. When given the test again on Thursday, the child's scores differ significantly. This is an issue of what?
What is reliability?
100
This earliest known practitioner believed that brain dysfunction, not demons and evil spirits, was the cause of abnormal behavior
Who is Hipprocrates?
100
This association features 155,000 psychologists who list clinical psychology as their specialty by a margin of 4 to 1 over any othe rarea
What is the APA (American Psychological Association)
200
This intelligence test is used to learn more about a person's overall cognitive strengths and weaknesses.
What is the Stanford-Binet?
200
Considered to be a potential threat to effective interviewing?
What is Interview Bias?
200
This means that the designers of the test or other assessment tools have given the test to a large, representative sample of persons and analyzed it scores and determine it's average score in the population
What is standarization?
200
This person is the father of psychiatric classification and a major contributor to the biological model. Used case studies of pathology to reveal general principles about healthy and unhealthy workings of the mind
Who is Emil Kraepelin
200
Beyond academic credentials, Jennifer Lopez, a clinical psychologist must have________ in order to practice independently.
What is a state licensing board certification
300
This pojective test uses ambiguous or unstructured testing stimuli to which a person responds freely to the testing stimuli. What is an example of this type of testing?
What is the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)?
300
This type of assessment determines whether a depressed client with frequent suicidal thoughts has formulated a detailed plan
What is the Crisis Interview?
300
The assessment method reflects the degree to which it measures what it is suppose to measure.
What is validity?
300
This person developed a battery of tests to assess mental processes in children; administered tests to large numbers to develop norms.
Who is Alfred Binet?
300
This is a multicultural issue for any of the psychological instruments customarily used in the United States
What is Level of Acculturation?
400
This objective personality inventory is an analytically derived test based on Jung's psychoanalytic personality-type classification system.
What is the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)?
400
Lindsey Lohan, a 20-year old college student, comes in for an evaluation. When the clinician asks her what brings her in for therapy, she answers, "I wanted to know how to get rid of the fairies in my dorm room. They come out every night, and their pixie dust makes me sneeze, so I can't go to sleep." Based on Lindsey's answer, which of the following is the most appropriate tool to use for further assessment?
What is the Mental Status Interview?
400
Beyonce, a 9 year old girl, complains that other children are not letting her play with them during recess or that they do not play fair. What would be the most effective approach to assess the interactions between Beyonce and her playmates
What is Naturalistic Observation?
400
This person became the first clinical psychologist and simultaneously began an enterprise taht became the world's first psychological clinic.
Who is Lightner Witmer?
400
The five models that mental health professionals have developed are the 1) biological, 2)psychodynamic, 3) humanistic, 4) cognitive behavioral, and the _______models.
What is sociocultural?
500
This objective test presents specific questions or statements to which a person responds by using specific answers or a scale. What is an example of this type of testing
What is the MMPI
500
Jay Z is a single, 40 year old male who runs his own business. Lately, he feels tired all the time, lacks motivation and appetite, and is not enthusiastic about anything. Based on his symptoms, which of the interview is most appropriate to use?
What is the Diagnostic Interview?
500
LeBron and Usher, 5th graders, frequently gets aggressive when frustrated. Their teacher has had to separate them from others to keep things from escalating. This is considered the most effective approach to assessing both boys behavior.
What is controlled observation?
500
This person said, "It is my conviction that these mentally ill are intractable only because they are deprived of fresh air and liberty"
What is Philip Pinel?
500
Michael Tyson is a 7 year old boy who is experiencing problems with receptive language. he seems to understand some but not all of what is said to him. His verbal and nonverbal responses are sometimes inappropriate. His parents and teachers want more information about Michael's cognitive functioning. This test is considered the most appropriate test to assess Michael.
What is Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children -Fourth edition (WISC)
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