Psychological Assessment

MMPI: v-shaped L-F-K (low F, high L and K) means

“Fake good” → trying to cause a favourable impression

MMPI: inverted v-shape L-F-K (high F, low L and K)

“Fake bad”→ trying to look worse

Test that assessess the “Big Five” personality traits

NEO-PI-3

“Floor” and “ceiling” in the context of psych assessment

Degree to which a test can discriminate among who has very low levels or very high levels of something measured by the test

A test with limited floor

Cannot discriminate well among examinees with low level of the characteristic measured by the test

Does not have a sufficient number of easy items

A test with limited ceiling

Cannot discriminate well among examinees with a high level of a certain characteristic
Does not have a sufficient number of difficult items

Stanford-Binet 5 Factor Index Scores

M = 100
SD = 15

Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, 5th edition (PPVT-5) assesses?

Vocabulary of ppl aged 2 to 90+ years

Autism spectrum disorder, psychosys, cerebral palsy, other physical disabilities

Larry P., v. Wilson Riles case (IQ tests)

Prohibited schools from using IQ tests to place African American children in special education classes

Mini Mental State Exam (MMSE) problems in African American and Latino patients / how to solve these problems

False positives / lowering cutoff scores

How were the Occupational Scales of the Strong Interest Inventory developed?

Empirical criterion keying
(Items selected because they distinguished specific occupational groups from people-in-general)

Empirical criterion keying = ?

Chose items because they actually discriminate groups

Rational/theoretical keying = ?

chose items because they seem logically/theoretically related to the construct

Low K On MMPI means

Self-criticalness

(Willing to disclose personal faults)

High K on MMPI

Defensiveness

Presents in a favourable light

MMPI

High Hs and Hy

Low D

Conversion valley

Somatic complaints

Hs = Hypochondriasis

Hy = Hysteria

D = Depression

Halstead-Reitan

Broad neuropsych battery for brain damage

Luria-Nebraska

Neuropsych functioning with many functional scales

Boston Process Approach / Boston Hypothesis-Testing Approach

Understanding of how the patient solves problems, not just the final score

Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test-II

Screening for neuropsych impairment

Copy geometric designs → visual-motor integration

Benton Visual Retention Test (BVRT)

Visual perception

Visual memory

Visuo-constructive skills

Screening for:

Learning disabilities

ADHD

TBI

Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST)

Sorting cards, changing rules

Evaluates executive functioning

Specially: abstract reasoning, perseveration, shifting cognitive strategies, response to feedback

Frontal lobe disfunction

Also difficulties in:

ASD

Schizophrenia

MDD

Malingering

MMPI: Neurotic Triad

1 Hypochondriasis

2 Depression

3 Hysteria

Depression, somatic complaints, interpersonal problems, general dissatisfaction

MMPI: Paranoid Valley

High:

6 Pa (Paranoia)

8 Sc (Schizophrenia)

Low:

2 D (Depression)

MMPI: 4-9 (Pd-Ma)

Psychopathic Deviate + Hypomania

Associated with impulsive, narcissistic, antissocial tendencies and substance abuse

MMPI: 2-7 (D-Pt)

Depression + Psychastenia

Common in psychiatric populations

Associated with depression, excessive worry, physical complaints

Fagan Test of Intelligence

Measure or selective attention to novel stimuli

Good predictor of IQ in childhood, adolescence and young adulthood

Leiter-3

Measure of cognitive abilities

Age 3-75+

Nonverbal format - useful for non-English speakers / language impairments

Test based on Murray’s personality theory

Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)

Cattel-Horn-Carrol (CHC) model of cognitive ability is a theoretical foundation for which cognitive ability tests?

SB5 - Stanford-Binet

WAIS-IV

KABC-II - Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children

WJ-IV - Woodcock-Johnson

SB5

Stanford-Binet

Measures cognitive abilities

2-85+

5 factors:

Knowledge

Quantitative reasoning

Visual-spatial processing

Working memory

WISC-V

Weschsler Intelligente Scale for Children

Measures cognitive abilities

6-16:11 - School age

5 primary indexes:

Verbal Comprehension

Visual Spatial
Fluid Reasoning
Working Memory
Processing Speed

WAIS-IV

Weschsler Adult Intelligence Scale

16-90

4 indexes:
Verbal comprehension
Percepcional reasoning
Working memory
Processing speed

ADHD results on WAIS-IV

Higher verbal comprehension
Lower: working memory + processing speed

Wonderlic Personnel Test-Revised (WPT-R)

Test of general mental ability
Used to predict job success

KABC-II

Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children
3-18

5 scale scores:
Simultaneous
Sequential
Planning
Learning
Knowledge

2 global scores:

CHC - includes knowledge
Luria - excludes knowledge

Ipsative scores in occupational interest tests

Indicate the relative strength of each occupational interest assessed by the test

Wisconsin Card Sorting Test

Frontal lobe vs non-frontal lobe damage

Assesses abstract thinking and perseveration

Stroop Color and Word Test

Say ink colour, not the word → inhibition of automatic response

Frontal lobe dysfunction

ADHD, bipolar, MDD, schizophrenia

Tower of London

Planning moves before acting

Moving coloured discs

Assesses:

Problem-solving

Planning

Inhibition of impulsive/perseverative responding

Frontal lobe functioning

Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE)

Assesses cognitive impairment

Screening for neurocignitive disorder

Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)

Level of consciousness after TBI

Rancho Scale of Cognitive Functioning-Revised

Recovery levels after head injury

Vineland-3

Adaptive behaviour in real life

Used in:

Intellectual disability

ASD

Neurocognitive disorder

Special ed eligibility

Treatment planning

16PF

Cattel + lexical strategy + factor analysis

Cattel identified personality words in language and used factor analysis to reduce them into personality factors

Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (EPPS)

15 Murray’s basic needs + forced choice + ipsative scores

Strong Interest Inventory (SII)

Holland RIASEC + career interests

Used with high school students, college students and adults

Likert scale

Empirical criterion keying with occupational groups vs general employed sample

Kuder Occupational Interest Survey (KOIS)

Forced choice (chooses between options)

Generates ipsative scores