How do ratings by lay professionals using the Diagnostic Interview Schedule compare to ratings by professionals using the same tool?
a) Lay professionals and professionals agree.
b) Lay professionals underestimate problems.
c) Lay professionals are generally unreliable raters.
d) Lay professionals tend to overestimate problems.
Question 2
A newly admitted patient at a psychiatric hospital is being administered
a battery of psychological tests. Before each test is administered, he wants a description of the activities he will be asked to engage in during the test.
If the next test to be administered is the Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test, what is
the psychologist likely to say?
a) You will be asked to look at some pictures and tell me what you see.
b) You will be asked to look at some drawings and use blocks to make similar figures.
c) You will be asked to look at some geometric figures and then draw what
you have seen.
d) You will be asked to watch me as I illustrate some motor movements and then I will ask you to do what I just did.
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