Psych152-Ex2(pt3)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Assessment | Process of gathering information about people's symptoms and the possible causes of those symptoms |
| Diagnosis | Label attached to a set of symptoms that end to occur with one another |
| Unstructured Interview | Few open-ended interview |
| Structured Interview | Series of questions about symptoms being experienced with a particular format |
| Validity | Accuracy |
| Face Validity | Items seems to be measuring the intended measure |
| Content Validity | Extent to which a test assesses the important aspects of the phenomenon |
| Concurrent Validity | Extent to which a test yields the same results as other measures of the same behavior, thoughts or feelings |
| Predictive Validity | Predicts how a person will think, act, or feel in the future |
| Construct Validity | Extent to which the test measures what it's supposed to measure |
| Reliability | Consistency |
| Test-retest reliability | How consistent the result are over time after retesting |
| Alternate form reliability | Two separate, different(other) tests that allow consistency in participants answer |
| Internal reliability | Consistency of participants answer IN different parts of the same test |
| Interrater (interjudge) reliability | Tests that require researcher/physician to make judgment about the participant |
| Syndrome | Set of symptoms |
| Classification System | Set of syndromes and the rules for determining whether an individuals symptoms are part of limited set of syndromes |
| Major Depressive Disorder | Depressed mood/Loss of interest/ Weight loss/ Worthlessness, guilt/ Suicidal thoughts |
| Generalized Anxiety Disorder | Excessive worry/Restlessness/Irritability/ Muscle tension |
| DSM-IV Criteria for Panic Disorder | unexpected, not triggered, Panic attacks/shortness of breathe/dizziness/t\shaking/sweating/choking |
| DSM-IV Five AXES | 1.Clinical Disorders/ 2. Personality Disorders and Mental retardation/3.General medical conditions/4.Psychosocial and environmental problems/5. Global assessment of functioning |
| External Validity | Ability to generalize findings |
| As Internal Validity increases .... | External Validity decreases |
| Criterion validity | external criterion on how closely related |
| Multiple baseline | single subject design-relationship between the intervention results and the baseline |
| Sequential Design | Cross-sectional-over a sequential time periods before testing |
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