Abnormal
Psychology
Fifth Edition
Nevid, Rathus and Greene
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PowerPoint Presentation
Prepared By
Fred W. Whitford
Montana State University
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Chapter 3
Classification and Assessment of
Abnormal Behavior
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Classification of Abnormal
Behavior
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• The DSM and Models of Abnormal
Behavior
– Features of the DSM
• Specific diagnostic criteria are used
• Abnormal behavior patterns are grouped
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Classification of Abnormal
Behavior
– Features of the DSM
• The system is multiaxial
– Axis I clinical syndromes
– Axis II personality disorders
– Axis III general medical conditions
– Axis IV psychosocial and environmental
problems
– Axis V global assessment of function
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Classification of Abnormal
Behavior
– Culture-bound syndromes
– Evaluating the DSM system
• Reliability
• Validity
• Predictive validity
– Advantages and disadvantages of the
DSM system
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Issues of Reliability and
Validity in Assessment
• Reliability
– Internal consistency
– Temporal stability
– Interrater reliability
• Validity
– Content validity
– Criterion validity
– Construct validity
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Issues of Reliability and
Validity in Assessment
• Sociocultural and Ethnic Factors in
the Assessment of Abnormal
Behavior
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Methods of Assessment
• The Clinical Interview
– Differences in theoretical approaches
– Interview formats
• Unstructured
• Semistructured
• Structured
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Methods of Assessment
• Psychological Tests
– Intelligence tests
– Self-report personality tests
• MMPI-2
– Projective tests
• Rorschach test
• TAT
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Items of Wechsler Intelligence Test
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Normal Distribution of IQ Scores
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Methods of Assessment
• Neuropsychological Assessment
– Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test
– Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological
Battery
– Luria Nebraska Test Battery
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Methods of Assessment
• Behavioral Assessment
– Psychometric approach
– Self-monitoring
– Analogue measures
– Behavioral rating scales
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Methods of Assessment
• Cognitive Assessment
– Methods of cognitive assessment
• Physiological Measurement
– Galvanic skin response (GSR)
– Electroencephalograph (EEG)
– Electromyograph (EMG)
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Methods of Assessment
• Physiological Measurement
– Concept response systems
– Brain imaging techniques
• Computerized tomography (CT scan)
• Positron emission tomography (PET scan)
• Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
• Functional magnetic resonance imaging
(fMRI)
• Brain electrical activity mapping (BEAM)
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