CLN

Question 1

The goal that binds clinical psychologists together

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The mental health needs of people everywhere

Question 2

Clinicians must formulate and test hypotheses regarding the status of their culturally different clients is the characteristic called

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scientific mindedness

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This approach is used to estimate the prevalence and incidence of a disorder or condition in the population.

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epidemiological

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A group of symptoms that tends to occur together.

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syndrome

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He established the first psychological clinic

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Witmer

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This research approach is powerful because it enables scientists to evaluate cause–effect questions and to exert control over a number of potentially important factors that affect the behavior in question.

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experimentation

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This involves the intensive study and description of one person in treatment.

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case study

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The need for therapists to be aware of global differences in people’s way of life is called

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multicultural sensitivity

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When the condition creates some degree of social (interpersonal) or occupational problems for the individual, this criteria is used to define abnormality

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Dysfunction

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In all their activities, psychologists strive to be accurate, honest, and truthful. This is called

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Integrity

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Clinicians that employ the techniques of more than one theoretical orientation

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Eclectics

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The approach that emphasizes individual differences over general behavioral principles. This approach is associated with subjectively oriented clinical practice.

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Idiographic

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When a person’s behavior becomes patently deviant or outrageous, this can be the basis for defining a disorder

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conformity to norms

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The most important, a primary function of diagnosis in clinical psychology is

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communication

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A therapist was legally remiss for not informing all appropriate parties of a client’s intention to harm.

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Tarasoff case

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The therapist should know the __________________________ of the client so that he can use language that the client can understand.

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background

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“Please tell me about your family,” is an example of a ________________________ question.

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open-ended

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Under no circumstances should note taking during the interview be done without the patient’s

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consent

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___________________________ requires attitudes of acceptance, understanding, and respect for the integrity of the patient.

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rapport

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If the client says, “You are a lousy therapist,” the therapist should

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try to understand the client

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The _____________________________ interview is to determine why the patient has come to the therapist

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in-take admission

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When the therapist discovers that he has similar problems with the client, the therapist should

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maintain focus on the client

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The purpose of a ___________________________ is to deflect the potential for disaster and to encourage callers to enter into a relationship with the clinic or make a referral so that a longer term solution can be worked ou

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crisis interview

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_________________________________is typically conducted to assess the presence of cognitive, emotional, or behavioral problems.

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MSE

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A good interview is one that is carefully planned, deliberately and skillfully executed, and ______________ oriented throughout.

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GOAL

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According to Cattell _______________________ can be attributed to culture-based learning.

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fluid

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According to _________________________, intelligence involves a set of problem-solving skills that enable the person to resolve problems or difficulties.

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GARDNER

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________________ test was the first test used to identify individual differences in mental functioning.

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Binet-Simon

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The degree to which test items adequately measure the various aspects of the construct

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content validity

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The statistical tool used to measure internal consistency reliability

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Cronbach's alpha

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Adaptation, shaping and selection form _________________________ of Sternberg's Theory

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contextual

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If a person is 20 years old but has a mental age of a 10-year old, his IQ score would be ____________.

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50

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Once an individual gains entry into a job, however, the success in the job may be dependent on

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non-intellectual factors

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According to ________________________ the elements unique to a given test are S factors

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Spearman

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There are 14 subtests of the _______________________ test. *

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WAIS

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____________________________ are techniques that use people’s responses to ambiguous test stimuli to make judgments about their adjustment–maladjustment.

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Projective tests

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______________________________ observation is sometimes referred to as analogue behavioral observation.

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CONRTROLLED

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A ___________________________________ is the length of time observations will be made, along with the type and number of responses to be considered.

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unit of analysis

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According to Cattell, the following IS one of the 16 personality factors

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SOCIAL BOLDNESS

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The __________________________ is based on the Five Factor Model of personality

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NEO PI-R

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Clinicians have been relying increasingly on ____________________________, in which individuals observe and record their own behaviors, thoughts, and emotions.

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self-monitoring

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In ___________________ observation, observers are not allowed to interact with family members

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HOME

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According to MBTI, the following are "present" personality types EXCEPT:

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Interceptor

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According to MBTI, _______________________ is a "logical" personality type.

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PROMPTER

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“Now, I want you to make up a story about each of these pictures. Tell me who the people are, what they are doing, what they are thinking or feeling, what led up to the scene, and how it will turn out. OK?” is the instruction given to the client in _____________________ *

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TAT

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Many clinicians would argue that unless those people are directly observed in their ______________________ environments, true understanding will be incomplete.

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NATURAL

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MMPI stands for *

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Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

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_________________________ personality measures involve the administration of a standard set of questions or statements to which the examinee responds using a fixed set of options.

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OBJECTIVE

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Carl Jung's personality theory was the foundation of the

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MBTI

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_________________________________ is the situation in which different decisions or predictions are made for members of two groups, even when they obtain the same score on an instrument.

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TEST BIAS

Question 50

When the validity of a test varies across groups, this demonstrates __________________________

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TEST BIAS

Question 51

According to Cattell, the following is NOT one of the 16 personality factors

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Operator

Question 52

The best known and most widely used of the sentence completion techniques, consisting of 40 sentence stems.

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Incomplete Sentence Blank

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To change an undesirable behavior, the clinician must (a) identify the stimulus conditions that precipitate it and (b) determine the _______________________________ that follow.

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REINFORCEMENT

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In Rorschach, _________________________ refers to the area of the card to which the patient responded

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Determinants

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Is the client’s behavior today typical, or is it the product of some uncharacteristic stimulus? This is

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ECOLOGICAL VALIDITY

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Complexity of Target Behavior means that the more complex the behavior to be observed, the greater the opportunity for ______________________.

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UNRELIABILITY

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According to MBTI, the following are "possible" personality types EXCEPT:

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SUPERVISOR

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Crucial to a functional analysis is careful and precise ____________________________.

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DESCRIPTION

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In Rorschach test, this refers to those aspects of the card that prompted the patient’s response

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DETERMINANT

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In the context of projective testing, the phenomenon by which certain test responses become associated with specific personality characteristics

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ILLUSORY CORRELATION

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Patients or study participants sometimes respond to the fact that they are being observed by changing the way they behave. This is called

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REACTIVITY

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This test attempts to reveal the patients’ basic personality characteristics through the interpretation of their imaginative productions in response to a series of pictures.

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TAT

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Cattell's 16PF came from the list of personality traits by *

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ALLPORT