Abnormal Psych Ch 4

The process of gathering information about people's symptoms and the possible causes of these symptoms

A label attached to a set of symptoms that tend to occur with one another

A determination of which of several possible disorders an individual may be suffering

The extent to which a person identifies with his or her group of origin and its culture or with the dominant, mainstream culture

An interview with a few questions that are open-ended

The clinician asks the respondent a series of questions about symptoms he or she is experiencing or has experienced in the past, and the clinician uses concrete criteria to score the person's answers to each question

In psychodynamic therapy, when a client finds it difficult or impossible to address certain material, the client's resistance signals an unconscious conflict, which the therapist then tries to interpret

The accuracy of a test in assessing what it is supposed to measure. the results of the test should yield the same information as an objective and accurate indicator of what the test is supposed to measure

When the items seem to be measuring what the test is intended to measure

The extent to which a test assess all the important aspects of a phenomenon that it purports to measure

The extent to which a test yields the same results as other measures of the same behavior, thoughts, or feelings

Test predicts the behavior it is supposed to measure

The extent to which the test measures what it is supposed to measure, not something else altogether

An indicator of the consistency of a test in measuring what it is supposed to measure

An index of how consistent the results of a test are over time