MentalStatusExaminationAffectandMoodAffect:Anindividual’soutwardexpressionofemotion.InappropriateRestrictedRangeIntensityBluntedorFlatExaggerated,Heightened,orOverdramaticMobility(decreased/excessive)MentalStatusExaminationAffectandMoodMood:Anindividual’spersonalexperienceofemotion.Euthymic=NeitherhappynorsadDysphoric=UnpleasantfeelingsEuphoric=Cheerful,elated,possiblyevenecstaticMotivationMotivationalimpairmentcanmakeevenordinarylifetasksseeminsurmountable.MentalStatusExaminationSenseofSelfDisturbancesoftheindividual’ssenseof“whoIam”include:•depersonalization•identityconfusionCognitiveFunctioning:Levelofintelligenceevidencebydetailssuchasmemoryandabstractability.ProblemsmightincludememoryimpairmentassociatedwithAlzheimer’sInsightandJudgment:Understandinganddecisionmaking.MentalStatusExaminationPsychologicalTestingWhatMakesaGoodPsychologicalTest?ValidityPredictiveContentReliabilityStandardizationWhatisintelligence?VerbalThinkingVerbalThinkingAreyouacreativeandskilledwriter?Skilledreader?Areyouacreativeandskilledwriter?Skilledreader?SpatialSkillsSpatialSkillsAreyougoodatvisualizingthroughverbalinstructions?Blueprints?Areyougoodatvisualizingthroughverbalinstructions?Blueprints?Logical&MathematicalSkillsLogical&MathematicalSkillsHasmathalwayscomeeasytoyou?Hasmathalwayscomeeasytoyou?Areyougoodatdeductivereasoningortheuseoflogic?Areyougoodatdeductivereasoningortheuseoflogic?MovementSkillsMovementSkillsDohavegoodfinemotorcoordination?Areyougoodinsports?Dohavegoodfinemotorcoordination?Areyougoodinsports?MusicalSkillsMusicalSkillsDoyouhaveanearformusic?CanyouplayamusicalinstrumentDoyouhaveanearformusic?Canyouplayamusicalinstrumentwell?well?InsightfulSkillsforUnderstandingOthersInsightfulSkillsforUnderstandingOthersAreyouapeopleperson?DoyougetalongwellwithjustaboutAreyouapeopleperson?Doyougetalongwellwithjustabouteveryone?everyone?HowardGardiner’sTheoryofMultipleofIntelligencesHowdoweinterpretIQtestresults?•DoesalowscoreonanIQtestmeansomeoneisnotsmart?–FactorsthatcanaffecttestoutcomebesidesIQ•Whatdowemakeofdifferencesinscoresbetweendifferentethnicgroups?–African-Americans(asagroup)arenotassmartasCaucasiansandAsians–IQtestsarebiasedvs.certaingroups–IQtestspredominantlymeasureacademically-orientedskills.GroupswithlessaccesstolearningtheseskillswilldomorepoorlyonIQtests•WhataboutIQteststhataresupposedtobe“Culture-free”?PersonalityandDiagnosticTestingMMPIandMMPI-2NEOPersonalityInventoryMCMI-IIISelf-ReportClinicalInventoriescontainstandardizedquestionswithfixedresponsecategoriesthatthetest-takercompletes,“self-reporting”theextenttowhichtheresponsescharacterizehimorher.