1、Mental Status Examination Affect and Mood Affect:An individuals outward expression of emotion.Inappropriate Restricted Range Intensity Blunted or Flat Exaggerated,Heightened,or Overdramatic Mobility(decreased/excessive)Mental Status Examination Affect and Mood Mood:An individuals personal experience
2、 of emotion.Euthymic=Neither happy nor sad Dysphoric=Unpleasant feelings Euphoric=Cheerful,elated,possibly even ecstatic Motivation Motivational impairment can make even ordinary life tasks seem insurmountable.Mental Status Examination Sense of Self Disturbances of the individuals sense of“who I am”
3、include:depersonalization identity confusion Cognitive Functioning:Level of intelligence evidence by details such as memory and abstract ability.Problems might include memory impairment associated with Alzheimers Insight and Judgment:Understanding and decision making.Mental Status Examination Psycho
4、logical Testing What Makes a Good Psychological Test?Validity Predictive Content Reliability Standardization What is intelligence?Verbal Thinking Are you a creative and skilled writer?Skilled reader?Spatial Skills Are you good at visualizing through verbal instructions?Blueprints?Logical&Mathematica
5、l Skills Has math always come easy to you?Are you good at deductive reasoning or the use of logic?Movement Skills Do have good fine motor coordination?Are you good in sports?Musical Skills Do you have an ear for music?Can you play a musical instrument well?Insightful Skills for Understanding Others
6、Are you a people person?Do you get along well with just about everyone?Insightful Skills for Self-Understanding Are you well in touch with your thoughts and feelings?Howard Gardiners Theory of Multiple of Intelligences How do we interpret IQ test results?Does a low score on an IQ test mean someone i
7、s not smart?Factors that can affect test outcome besides IQ What do we make of differences in scores between different ethnic groups?African-Americans(as a group)are not as smart as Caucasians and Asians IQ tests are biased vs.certain groups IQ tests predominantly measure academically-oriented skill
8、s.Groups with less access to learning these skills will do more poorly on IQ tests What about IQ tests that are supposed to be“Culture-free”?Personality and Diagnostic Testing MMPI and MMPI-2 NEO Personality Inventory MCMI-III Self-Report Clinical Inventories contain standardized questions with fixed response categories that the test-taker completes,“self-reporting”the extent to which the responses characterize him or her.
