Clinical 2 Flashcards
Rancho scale of cognitive functioning measures:
brain functioning and brain injury
Stevens Law
The magnitude of perceived physical stimulus
MBCT Decentering
Disengaging and accepting negative thoughts and feelings associated with depression
According to Alfred Adler, a mistaken (unhealthy) style of life is characterized by:
excessive self-interest.
Primary interventions
Primary preventions target groups of people who have not yet developed an undesirable behavior or condition (e.g., stress related to having a first child)
According to the DSM-5-TR, just under _____ of women experience a major depressive episode between birth of their offspring and 12 months postpartum.
7 %
prototype/willingness mode
a person’s willingness to engage in a behavior depends on the person’s perceived acceptability of the behavior which, in turn, is determined by the person’s prototype (social ima
The presence of which of the following would be least useful for confirming a DSM diagnosis of binge-eating disorder?
overvaluation of body weight and shape
The research suggests that combining motivational interviewing with CBT when treating generalized anxiety disorder
is more effective for reducing worry than is providing CBT alone, especially for individuals who initially have high worry severity.
Which aspect of an item characteristic curve (ICC) indicates the probability of choosing the correct answer to the item by guessing alone?
the point at which the curve intercepts the y-axis
Kirkpatrick’s evaluation model distinguishes between four levels of training program
reaction, learning, behavior, and results.
acrostic
phrase or sentence consisting of familiar words is created, with each word beginning with the first letter of one of the words to be memorize
The left hemisphere is the dominant hemisphere for language for about _____% of right-handed people and _____% of left-handed people.
95%; 70%
Which of the following treatments for alcohol use disorder causes nausea, vomiting, dizziness, confusion, and other unpleasant symptoms when taken in conjunction with alcohol?
disulfiram (Antabuse)
theory of planned behavior
a person’s intention to perform a particular behavior is the best predictor of whether or not he or she will engage in the behavior.
a person’s intention to perform a particular behavior is the best predictor of whether or not he or she will engage in the behavior.
face recognition
A practitioner of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) would most likely identify eliminating or decreasing all of the following as the primary goals of individual therapy except:
self-triggering behaviors.
Research investigating the effectiveness of various nonpharmacological treatments for migraine headache has found that:
temperature biofeedback plus relaxation training is more effective than either temperature biofeedback or relaxation training alone.
The use of participant observation to study a cultural group is most associated with which of the following approaches to qualitative research
ethnography
According to the DSM-5, the median age of onset of specific phobia is between _____ years of age.
7 and 11
Adele Alvarez, age 23, is brought to therapy by her mother who says that Adele “has always been a little different.” Adele says that she sometimes feels like she’s detached from her body and is watching “what’s going on from some other reality.” She also tells you that, for as long as she can remember, she’s been “able to read people’s minds” and that she thinks that people try to avoid her because of this ability. Adele tells you that she doesn’t have any close friends and feels “kind of nervous” when she’s around other people. During the entire session, Adele’s mood is neutral. Of the following, the most likely diagnosis for Adele is:
schizotypal personality disorder.
Avoidance conditioning is an example of two-factor learning and combines:
classical conditioning and negative reinforcement.
A meta-analysis of research on sex differences in leadership style by Eagly, Johannesen-Schmidt, and van Engen (2003) found that
Men tend to be more transactional than women are in terms of active and passive management by exception, while women tend to be more transformational than men are and more transactional in terms of contingent rewards.
Bilateral damage to the medial temporal lobe produces deficits in
declarative memory.
The medial temporal lobe includes the hippocampus, parahippocampal cortex, perirhinal cortex, and entorhinal cortex important in
The formation of long-term declarative (semantic and episodic) memories.
Which of the following distinguishes between the anticipation and implementation phases of career decision-making?
Tiedeman’s career decision-making model
Krumboltz’s social learning theory of career decision-making
beliefs and learning experiences in the environment
Which of the following is most useful for explaining why social loafing occurs?
diffusion of responsibility
Kevin Keene, age 18, is brought to therapy by his mother who says Kevin seemed like “a regular kid” until two months ago, when he started complaining about hearing voices and seeing the ghosts of his dead grandparents. She says he has also been unable to carry on a conversation because he jumps from one topic to another and sometimes makes up words. Assuming that Kevin has never had these symptoms before and they’re not due to drug use or a medical condition, the most likely diagnosis is
schizophreniform disorder.
self-perception theory
Look to their circumstances to find an explanation.
A factor matrix indicates that one of the tests included in the factor analysis has a factor loading of .30 for Factor I. This means that ____ of variability in test scores is explained by Factor
9 %
The standard error of measurement is used to
construct a confidence interval around an examinee’s obtained score.
With regard to the transtheoretical model, self-reevaluation is most useful for helping clients transition from the:
contemplation to the preparation stage.
The best conclusion about the use of St. John’s wort as a treatment for depression is that it:
should not be taken with an SSRI because doing so can cause serotonin syndrome.
As described by Helms (1993), a person in the __________ stage of White identity development is oblivious to racial/cultural issues and has a race- or culture-neutral perspective
contact
Helms’s White racial identity development mode
contact, disintegration, reintegration, pseudo-independence, immersion-emersion, and autonomy. According to this model, people in the initial contact stage have little awareness of racial or cultural issues.
To determine the degree of association between age in years and reaction time in seconds, you would use which of the following correlation coefficients?
Pearson r
An infant’s babbling initially includes sounds from all languages but begins to narrow to the sounds of the infant’s native language by about ___ months of age.
9 months
Which of the following includes subtests that evaluate attention, memory, visualization, and reasoning?
Leiter-3
Hypnopompic hallucinations occur:
during the transition from sleep to wakefulness
Generalized onset seizures always
include a loss of consciousness
