Question : 11.While many clinicians believe that developing more descriptive assessments would : 1181902

11.While many clinicians believe that developing more descriptive assessments would be of benefit in both research and clinical settings, this is unlikely to happen because

a.the benefit of an efficient shorthand for communicating about disorders outweighs all other considerations.

b.it would never be reliable and valid.

c.they are time consuming and therefore expensive.

d.the different theoretical approaches will probably never be able to agree on the descriptions.

12.Which of the following statements accurately reflect the role of assessment in treatment planning?

a.Since diagnoses based on thorough assessments tend to be very distinct, it has been possible to define specific treatments for those diagnoses.

b.Psychodiagnostic assessment fits very neatly into the medical model.

c.Assessment cannot only assist in the development of a treatment plan, but can be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the treatment as well.

d.In real, every day practice, assessment has little relationship to treatment planning.

13. The main reason that it is so difficult to predict dangerousness is that

a.no relevant, valid measures exist to measure this behavior.

b.most clinicians refuse to work with clients who have been assaultive in the past, so little data is available to use in making such predictions.

c.dangerousness is often comorbid with drug and alcohol abuse, which renders our instruments much less reliable.

d.the base rate for such behaviors is very low for most groups of people.

14. Which of the following is an example of a true negative outcome?

a.Mary’s pregnancy test came back negative, but she is actually pregnant.

b.Joe’s car was clocked speeding by a radar gun while he was going faster than the posted speed limit.

c.Anna failed an exam because she hadn’t learned the information it covered.

d.Tony’s strep test came back negative, but he didn’t recover without antibiotic treatment.

15. Research indicates that clinical intuition is

a.a result of highly developed specialized memory capacities.

b.based on excellent information-processing abilities.

c.often based on the same cognitive habits and biases common to all humans.

d.more accurate when based on larger amounts of information.

16. Research that utilizes data and findings from many previous studies, and attempts to increase the power of the conclusions, is being done on assessment outcomes. These studies are called

a.empirical validations.

b.actuarial predictions.

c.meta-analyses.

d.criterion analyses.

17. Which of the following is NOT likely to improve the likelihood that a clinician’s reasoning will be more explicit than implicit?

a.changing graduate training programs to emphasize the use of statistical models

b.discussing the common inference errors in core graduate courses

c.require that all clinicians carry out research on their assessment tools

d.continuing education on the appropriate use of formal models of decision-making

18. When a measure exhibits consistency, both internally or between administrators, we say that that measure

a.is valid.

b.has good bandwidth.

c.is reliable.

d.is useful.

19. When statistical analyses indicate that a measure measures the construct it is supposed to measure, we say that it

a.is valid.

b.has good bandwidth.

c.is reliable.

d.is useful.

20.The breadth of an assessment device is referred to as its ____________; the depth of an assessment device is called its ________________.

a.fidelity; bandwidth

b.bandwidth; fidelity

c.reliability; criterion validity.

d.construct validity; test-retest reliability.