AB PSYCH CLINICAL ASSESSMENT

Question 1

In a clinical interview, when does the law regarding privileged communication apply?

Accepted Answer

if the patient relates a history of sexual abuse.

Question 2

The DSM5 eradicated the problem of comorbidity, the identification of two or more disorders in an individual at one time

Accepted Answer

False

Question 3

Self-monitoring is an alternative to direct observation by a clinician.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

The Thematic Apperception Test differs from the Rorschach inkblot test in administration in this manner

Accepted Answer

tell a complete story about a picture

Question 5

Which of the following is used to measure electrical activity in the brain?

Accepted Answer

electroencephalogram

Question 6

The following is particularly important to assess when making a differential diagnosis

Accepted Answer

the client's past history of psychological disorders

Question 7

What kind of test is the Stanford-Binet test?

Accepted Answer

intelligence

Question 8

An individual describing what he or she sees in the ambiguous stimuli of the Rorschach test is assumed to reveal

Accepted Answer

unconscious thoughts

Question 9

A danger in psychological classification is that a diagnostic label might be used to characterize the total individual.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

How does the CAT scan neuroimaging technique work?

Accepted Answer

uses X-rays to portray brain structures.

Question 11

Which of the following is a part of the intellectual functioning component of a mental status exam?

Accepted Answer

noting a person’s vocabulary

Question 12

Teachers' assessments of children are almost always the same as assessments made by trained clinicians.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 13

The terms “taxonomy” and “nosology” refer to

Accepted Answer

classification of entities or disorders in a scientific context

Question 14

Provides a picture of the activity in the brain

Accepted Answer

position-emission tomography (PET)

Question 15

If an assessment measures what it is intended to measure it is said to be considered to be which of the following?

Accepted Answer

VALID

Question 16

Neuropsychological tests used to assess

Accepted Answer

brain dysfunction

Question 17

If two or more clinicians agree on a patient’s classification, the assessments are said to be valid.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 18

The Bender-Gestalt Test is an example of a

Accepted Answer

neuropsychological test.

Question 19

What is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders?

Accepted Answer

a classification system for abnormal behaviour

Question 20

Classical approach to disorder classification assumes there is only one set of causative factors without overlap between

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

What organization publishes the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders?

Accepted Answer

American Psychiatric Association

Question 22

What are the ABCs of behavioural observation?

Accepted Answer

antecedent, behaviour, consequences

Question 23

The Beck Depression Inventory is used as both an assessment tool and a monitoring tool.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 24

What is one problem with projective tests?

Accepted Answer

not standardized across clinicians.

Question 25

Process of determining whether an individual’s symptoms meet the criteria for a specific psychological disorder

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DIAGNOSIS

Question 26

As in earlier versions, DSM-5 retains a distinction between organically and psychologically based disorders.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 27

How is a mental status exam related to a clinical interview?

Accepted Answer

It is used to organize the information obtained during the interview.

Question 28

Which of the following is NOT a category covered in a mental status exam?

Accepted Answer

physical symptoms

Question 29

Psychophysiological Assessment covers the entire nervous system and its effect on emotions and cognition.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 30

With regard to a mental status exam, which of the following questions is NOT related to the concept of sensorium?

Accepted Answer

How old are you?

AB PSYCH CLINICAL ASSESSMENT

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