M2 - Practice Questions Flashcards
An interview is an _________?
conversation with a purpose or goal
A researcher is likely to reveal the true purpose of a just-completed research procedure during a(n) _________ interview
debriefing
Lack of interviewer cultural competence can contribute to the problem of ______ among racial and ethnic minority clients
underutilization of mental health services
An unstructured format would be least appropriate for use in a _____ interview
crisis
Which interview format would be most appropriate for use by interviewers who have no clinical training?
structured
Which interview format is associated with the highest fidelity (level of detail) but the lowest bandwidth (breadth of topics)?
unstructured
The interviewer’s primary goal at the beginning of an interview is to___________
make the client feel comfortable
“How old were you when you first noticed that you have a problem with alcohol?” is an example of a ___________ question
directive
Seeing tears in a client’s eyes, an interviewer says “That day must have been very difficult for you.” The interviewer is paying attention to the client’s________ behaviour and using a non-directive technique called ________.
nonverbal; reflection
Interviewers whose conclusions about a particular client are affected by what they expect from such a client illustrate the impact of ____________
confirmation bias
The generally higher validity of structured interviews is largely based on the fact that they pose________ questions to every client
the same
In some cases, adding data from unstructured interviews can ______ the validity of clinical judgments based on standardized psychological tests
reduce
Observers’ reports can be affected by what they expect to see in a client’s behaviour. This is an example of ___________ at work
confirmation bias
Traditional clinical psychologists see observational data as ______ of relatively stable cross-situational client traits, whereas behavioural clinicians see those data as ______ of behaviour in particular situations
signs; samples
When multiple observers learn to code behaviour consistently by comparing notes after they have all watched the same behaviour, the process is called ___________
calibration
Because thoughts cannot be observed by others, the best way to collect observational data on the frequency of a client’s depressive thoughts is through _______
self-monitoring
Using virtual reality systems to assess client reactions to specific stimuli or situations is a form of__________observation
controlled
Arranging for a clinical assistant to talk to a client at a shopping center to assess the client’s social skills combines _______ and _______ observation
naturalistic; controlled
A 10-category observational coding system is likely to produce ______ inter-rater reliability than a 25-category system
lower
Inter-rater reliability tends to ______ as teams of observers continue to use a coding system overtime
decrease
Asking observers to code as “violence” anything a person does without smiling would probably lead to data that has ____ inter-rater reliability but ____ predictive validity
high; low
If a test is designed to be administered in whatever way a clinician thinks is best, that test would not be _________
standardized
if a test contains items that don’t appear related to what the test is supposed to measure, it was probably constructed using an _________ approach
empirical
A client who fakes test responses in order to create a false impression is said to be ____________
malingering
Most psychologists see intelligence as composed of the ability to _________, to ______, and to_______.
think or reason; solve problems; learn
