Pocket Prep Questions Flashcards
Wayne is a psychologist who has done a great deal of research into trauma. He also teaches university classes concerned with trauma. Is Wayne allowed to use confidential information from his research to help teach his class?
1. Yes, as he has proprietary control over his research.
2. No, under no circumstances
3. Yes, if he takes steps to disguise the individual described.
- Yes, if he takes steps to disguise the individual described. —According to APA code of conduct it is permissible to disclose confidential information gained in research if there is a legal reason to do so, if the patient has given their consent, or if the person making the disclosure has taken reasonable steps to disguise the individual described.
Which of the following is an accurate definition of slope in terms of behavior change.
1. The difference between the fairest data point in a phase and the last data point in the phase immediately prior.
2. The average frequency of an outcome across the duration of the experiment.
3. The amount of measurable change.
4. The rate of change
- The rate of change. In terms of behavior change, slope can be defined as the rate of the change in different phases. This slope is calculated by dividing the difference between two points on the y-axis by the difference between two points on the x-axis. The average frequency of an outcome across the duration of the experiment is the mean change. The difference between the first data point in a phase and the last data poin in the phase immediately prior is a level shift. The amount of measurable change is not an accurate definition of slope.
What is one advantage of conducting statistical analyses on latent variables?
1. The statistical power increases
2. The interventions become effective immediately.
3. The measurements are easier to calculate.
4. The internal reliability increases.
- The statistical power increases. When a researcher conducts statistical analyses on latent variables, the statistical power increases due to the fact that the measurement error is removed. This is achieved by using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to measure variance across measures in the form of a latent variable. Statistical analyses on latent variables do not necessarily mean that interventions become effective immediately, that measurements are easier to calculate or that the internal reliability increases.
A client’s family is interviewed to gather information about the client’s strengths and talents. This is an example of what type of assessment?
1. Quantitative
2. Qualitative
3. Cognitive
4. Developmental
- Qualitative— qualitative assessments gather info by asking open-ended questions and allowing participants to add to the data. An interview of a child’s family is qualitative, as it allows the family to provide lots of info in order to give the clinician a better understanding of the child.
What are quantitative assessments
Gather numerical or specific data by using close ended questions and include standardized questionnaires and inventories.
A client discloses they feel physically attracted to you. What should you do?
1. Ask the client to leave and immediately terminate services.
2. Explain the limits of sexual and personal boundaries in the therapist client relationship and refer them to someone else if these feelings persist.
3. Admit you feel attracted to the client as well.
4. Encourage the client to keep talking.
- Explain the limits of sexual and personal boundaries in the therapist-client relationship and refer them to someone else if these feelings persist. Ethical code 10.05 states that sexual relationships between therapist and clients (or former clients) are unethical and unacceptable. The therapist must clearly explain this to the client and then make a referral if the client cannot move past these sexual feelings. Unless the client is sexually aggressive, it is probably not necessary to insist they leave before processing these feelings.
Which of the following is defined as an organized set of beliefs about a phenomenon?
1. Hypothesis
2. Theory
3. Trial
4. Experiment
- Theory— theories pervade all of science and help us understand what and how we think about the world.
Piaget developmental theory
Children move through specific stages of development due to their capacity to observe and collect information about the world around them.
What is a hypothesis?
A prediction about the association between variables that is often derived from a larger theoretical framework.
What is the battery for health improvement- second edition (2003) designed to do?
1. Find a correlation between poor physical health and poor mental health.
2. Find ways to use psychological approaches to increase compliance with medical treatment.
3. Assess psychological issues that impact the treatment of those with medical disorders.
4. Collect information from children and adults to determine the reasons behind psychiatric hospitalizations.
3 Assess psychological issues that impact the treatment of those with medical disorders. The BHI-2 is designed to assess psychological issues that impact the treatment of adults aged 18-65 with medical disorders. The results of the BHI-2 can then be used to develop treatment plans and hopefully increase treatment adherence.
Which of the following models of psychotherapy was proposed by Sigmund Freud?
1. Family therapy
2. Psychoanalysis
3. Existential psychotherapy
4. Analytical psychotherapy
- Psychoanalysis- Freud speculated that a persons thought, beliefs, and awareness work on conscious, preconscious, and unconscious levels and that mental health is largely influenced by childhood experience and progression through stages of development.
Freud research and work focused heavily on working with individuals, not their families.
What is existential psychotherapy
Developed by a variety of European philosophers and psychologists who believed that individuals’ perceptions of the world differ and that the experience of the individual is the most important aspect of therapy.
Who developed analytical psychotherapy
Carl Jung
What did Carl Jung believe about analytical psychotherapy?
He regards the relationship between a client and therapist as the general prototype of the client’s relationship pattern.
General occupation themes, basic interest scales, personal style scales, and occupational styles are all included in what vocational assessment?
1. Kundera Occupational Interest Survey
2. Strong Interest Inventory
3. Campbell Interest and Skill Survey
4. Self- Directed Search
- Strong Interest inventory
