MentalStatusExaminationAffectandMood精神状态检查影响和心情

1、Mental Status ExaminationAffect and MoodAffect: An individuals outward expression of emotion. Inappropriate Restricted Range IntensityBlunted or FlatExaggerated, Heightened, or Overdramatic Mobility (decreased/excessive)第一页，共十页。Mental Status ExaminationAffect and MoodMood: An individuals personal ex

2、perience of emotion.Euthymic = Neither happy nor sadDysphoric = Unpleasant feelingsEuphoric = Cheerful, elated, possibly even ecstatic第二页，共十页。MotivationMotivational impairment can make even ordinary life tasks seem insurmountable.Mental Status ExaminationSense of SelfDisturbances of the individuals

3、sense of “who I am include: depersonalization identity confusion第三页，共十页。Cognitive Functioning:Level of intelligence evidence by details such as memory and abstract ability. Problems might include memory impairment associated with AlzheimersInsight and Judgment:Understanding and decision making.Menta

4、l Status Examination第四页，共十页。Psychological Testing What Makes a Good Psychological Test? ValidityPredictiveContent Reliability Standardization第五页，共十页。What is intelligence?第六页，共十页。Verbal Thinking Are you a creative and skilled writer? Skilled reader?Spatial Skills Are you good at visualizing through v

5、erbal instructions? Blueprints? Logical & Mathematical 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 ins

6、trument well? Insightful Skills for Understanding Others 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第七页，共十页。How do we interp

7、ret IQ test results?Does a low score on an IQ test mean someone is not smart?Factors that can affect test outcome besides IQWhat do we make of differences in scores between different ethnic groups?African-Americans (as a group) are not as smart as Caucasians and AsiansIQ tests are biased vs. certain

8、 groupsIQ tests predominantly measure academically-oriented skills. Groups with less access to learning these skills will do more poorly on IQ testsWhat about IQ tests that are supposed to be “Culture-free?第八页，共十页。Personality and Diagnostic Testing MMPI and MMPI-2 NEO Personality Inventory MCMI-IIISelf-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.第