Abnormal Psychology. Classification and Assessment of Abnormal Behavior
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Classification and Assessment of Abnormal Behavior
CHAPTER OUTLINE
HOW ARE ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR PATTERNS METHODS OF ASSESSMENT 80–99 CLASSIFIED? 70–77 The Clinical Interview The DSM and Models of Abnormal Behavior Computerized Interviews Psychological Tests STANDARDS OF ASSESSMENT 77–80 Neuropsychological Assessment Reliability Behavioral Assessment Validity Cognitive Assessment Physiological Measurement SOCIOCULTURAL AND ETHNIC FACTORS IN ASSESSMENT 99–100 SUMMING UP 100–101
T R U T H or F I C T I O N
“Jerry Has a Panic Attack on the Interstate”
Interviewer: Can you tell me a bit about what it was that brought you to the clinic? Jerry: Well, . . . after the first of the year, I started getting these panic attacks. I didn’t know what the panic attack was. Interviewer: Well, what was it that you experienced? Jerry: Uhm, the heart beating, racing . . . Interviewer: Your heart started to race on you. Jerry: And then uh, I couldn’t be in one place, maybe a movie, or a church . . . things would be closing in on me and I’d have to get up and leave. Interviewer: The first time that it happened to you, can you remember that? Jerry: Uhm, yeah I was . . . Interviewer: Take me through that, what you experienced. Jerry: I was driving on an interstate and, oh I might’ve been on maybe 10 or 15 minutes. Interviewer: Uh huh. Jerry: All of a sudden I got this fear. I started to . . . uh race. Interviewer: So you noticed you were frightened? Jerry: Yes. Interviewer: Your heart was racing and you were perspiring. What else? Jerry: Perspiring and uh, I was afraid of driving anymore on that interstate for the fear that I would either pull into a car head on, so uhm, I just, I just couldn’t function. I just couldn’t drive. Interviewer: What did you do? Jerry: I pulled, uh well at the nearest exit. I just got off . . . uh stopped and, I had never experienced anything like that before. Interviewer: That was just a . . . Jerry: Out of the clear blue . . .
CHAPTER
Classification and Assessment of Abnormal Behavior
CHAPTER OUTLINE
HOW ARE ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR PATTERNS METHODS OF ASSESSMENT 80–99 CLASSIFIED? 70–77 The Clinical Interview The DSM and Models of Abnormal Behavior Computerized Interviews Psychological Tests STANDARDS OF ASSESSMENT 77–80 Neuropsychological Assessment Reliability Behavioral Assessment Validity Cognitive Assessment Physiological Measurement SOCIOCULTURAL AND ETHNIC FACTORS IN ASSESSMENT 99–100 SUMMING UP 100–101
T R U T H or F I C T I O N
“Jerry Has a Panic Attack on the Interstate”
Interviewer: Can you tell me a bit about what it was that brought you to the clinic? Jerry: Well, . . . after the first of the year, I started getting these panic attacks. I didn’t know what the panic attack was. Interviewer: Well, what was it that you experienced? Jerry: Uhm, the heart beating, racing . . . Interviewer: Your heart started to race on you. Jerry: And then uh, I couldn’t be in one place, maybe a movie, or a church . . . things would be closing in on me and I’d have to get up and leave. Interviewer: The first time that it happened to you, can you remember that? Jerry: Uhm, yeah I was . . . Interviewer: Take me through that, what you experienced. Jerry: I was driving on an interstate and, oh I might’ve been on maybe 10 or 15 minutes. Interviewer: Uh huh. Jerry: All of a sudden I got this fear. I started to . . . uh race. Interviewer: So you noticed you were frightened? Jerry: Yes. Interviewer: Your heart was racing and you were perspiring. What else? Jerry: Perspiring and uh, I was afraid of driving anymore on that interstate for the fear that I would either pull into a car head on, so uhm, I just, I just couldn’t function. I just couldn’t drive. Interviewer: What did you do? Jerry: I pulled, uh well at the nearest exit. I just got off . . . uh stopped and, I had never experienced anything like that before. Interviewer: That was just a . . . Jerry: Out of the clear blue . . .