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Question 1

clinical vs. organizational consultation

Answer 1

clinical: how to best assess, understand, or treat a client
organizational: developing a prevention/intervention program, evaluating how well an organization is doing in providing a health care or related service, or providing an opinion of policies of an organization
same: provision of information for people
different: clinical - 1 client; organization - organization

Question 2

clinical vs. research supervision

Answer 2

clinical: practicum, internship/residency, real-world in community
research: understanding + conceptualizing research literature, ethics, study design, sampling, measurement, statistical analysis, interpretation + presentation
same: supervision of graduate students
different: clinical (real-world) setting; research (lab/experimental) setting

Question 3

assessment-focused vs. intervention-focused services

Answer 3

assessment: stand alone, provide conclusions + recommendations about person’s functioning
intervention: integrated; determine what intervention is appropriate
same: assessments

Question 4

assessment vs. testing

Answer 4

assessment: answers a specific question, multiple sources of data
testing: yields a score on a measure, requires standard administration + scoring
same: answer something

Question 5

psychological treatment vs. psychotherapy

Answer 5

treatment: defines the growing number of specific, evidence-based interventions designed to treat clinically significant DSM disorders
psychotherapy: describes interventions that address difficulties of subclinical intensity
same: interventions

Question 6

practicum vs. internship

Answer 6

practicum: initial supervised training in the provision of psychological services that is a requirement of the doctoral degree; part-time
internship: the period of supervised training in the provision of psychological services that is a requirement of the doctoral degree; one year, full-time