5 Written Questions

1. A form of behavioral assessment that entails careful observation of a person's overt behavior in a particular situation.
2. The process of constructing an assessment procedure that has norms and meets the various psychometric criteria for validity and reliability.
3. A technique for assessing a person's thoughts and feelings. It involves having the person recall his or her reactions while watching a videotape of a previous tim when they were engaged in a task.
4. Brain wave potentials that can be used for cognitive assessments. ERPs are evaluated when a person is asked to perform a cognitive task.
5. The discipline concerned with the bodily changes that accompany psychological events.

5 Matching Questions

1. Construct Validity
2. Self-Monitoring
3. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
4. Reactivity (of Behavior)
5. Neuropsychologist

1. a In behavioral assessment, a procedure whereby the individual observes and reports certain aspects of his or her behavior, thoughts, or emotions.
2. b A projective test consisting of a set of black-and-white pictures reproduced on cards, each depicting a potentially emotion-laden situation. The examinee, presented with the cards one at a time, is instructed to make up a story about each situation.
3. c A psychologist concerned with the relationships among cognition, affect, and behavior on the one hand, and brain function on the other.
4. d The phenomenon whereby behavior is changed by the very fact that it is being observed.
5. e The extent to which scores of rating on an assessment instrument rated to other variables or behaviors according to some theory or hypothesis.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. A conversation between a clinician and a patient that is aimed at determining diagnosis, history, causes for problems, and possible treatment options.
   1. Structured Interview
   2. Cultural Bias
   3. Psychological Tests
   4. Clinical Interview
2. A graphic recording of electrical activity of the brain, usually of the cerebral cortex, but sometimes of lower areas.
   1. Electroencephalogram (EEG)
   2. Neuropsychological Tests
   3. Electrocardiogram
   4. Electrodermal Responding
3. Psychological tests, such as the Luria-Nebraska, that can detect impairment in different parts of the brain.
   1. Neuropsychologist
   2. Neurologist
   3. Psychological Tests
   4. Neuropsychological Tests
4. The notion that highly unstructured stimuli, as in the Rorschach inkblot test, are necessary to bypass defences in order to reveal unconscious motives and conflicts.
   1. Projective Hypothesis
   2. Projective Test
   3. Rorschach Inkblot Test
   4. Intelligence Testing
5. The adjustment of the family system as a whole in terms of family environment and performance of assigned roles to family members.
   1. Thought Listing
   2. Intelligence Testing
   3. Self-Monitoring
   4. Family Functioning

5 True/False Questions

1. CT scan → Computerized axial tomography, a method of diagnosis in which X-rays are taken from different angles and then analyzed by computer to produce a representation of the part of the body in cross section; often used on the brain.

   True        False

2. Reliability → The extent to which a test, measurement, or classification system produces the same scientific observation each time it is applied.

   True        False

3. Thought Listing → A cognitive assessment technique that involves a person writing down his or her thoughts upon experiencing an event, such as taking a test or meeting a person.

   True        False

4. Electrocardiogram → A recording of the electrical activity of the heart, made with an electrocardiograph.

   True        False

5. Criterion Validity → The extent to which a measure adequately samples the domain of interest.

   True        False