Practice 1 Flashcards
Loss of sensation to the finger of L hand = damage to which part of the brain
postcentral gyrus
In a normal distribution, what %age of scores falls between scores that are +/- 1, 2, and 3 SDs from the mean?
1 SD = 68
2 SDs = 95
3 SDs = 99
Briefly describe action potential as it relates to the entering/release of NA and K
NA+ channels open and NA enters the cell and depolarizes it. Then K+ channels open and K leaves the cell and repolarizes it.
What kind of research did Gibson focus on?
Perceptual development
What kind of research did Perry focus on?
dualistic and relativistic thinking of adolescents and early adults
What kind of research did Rutter focus on?
Risk and resilience
What factors are the most predictive of relapse?
negative emotion, interpersonal conflict, and social pressure
May result from kidney or liver failure or from diabetes, severe dehydration, hyper-/hypothyroidism, deliriuml - global brain dysfunction
Matabolic ecephalopathy
Gerstmann’s Syndrome = damage to which brain region
Name some symptoms
parietal lobe….acalculia, agraphia, finger agnosia
Cushing’s syndrome = high levels of _____ in the _____gland
Cortisol in the adrenal
Lesions in the thalamus and mammillary bodies results in ______ and also includes thiamine defienciy
Wernicke’s encephalopathy
Pupillary dilation, nausea, and muscular weakness are symptoms of
Stimulant intoxication
random factors that produce a nonrepresentative sample =
sampling error
regarding test bias, a slope bias occurs when
a predictor’s validity coefficient differs for different groups
Equity theory =
Buffering hyp =
Partial reinf aka =
Equity = social comparison Buffering = social support protects from stress Partial = intermittent
In managed care, the gatekeeper is considered to be the ?
primary care physician
Byrne’s law of attraction state we spend time with others who are similar in attitude because of reinforcement, schemas, social comparison, or self-monitoring?
Reinforcement - being with others confirms our effectiveness for the way we interpret the world
Sue’s study of outpatient showed improvement across all groups, especially for
Hispanic Americans
_______ said that internalization involves and internal reconstruction of an external operation
Vygotsky
An assumption underlying consultation is?
Behavior precedes attitude change
Brief test of mental stability for adults that’s used for hiring
Wonderlic Personnel Test
This estimates what a predictor’s validity coefficient will be if the predictor and/or criterion were perfectly reliable
Attenuation Formula
formula for z score
raw - mean / SD
Orthogonal means that factors are
uncorrelated
if the validity coefficient = .70, what is the variability in this score?
49% - square the validity coefficient
In research of serial positioning and malingering, researchers found that volunteers instructed to malinger are ____ likely to exhibit a _____ effect compared to TBI patients
less likely, primacy effect
Concurrent review =
Clinical Audit =
concurrent - utilization reviews conducted during tx
Audit - method of quality assurance
Would you dx depersonalization disorder?
No, it doesn’t exist as a standalone. You’d dx depersonalization/derealization dx.
When releasing records to a third party, what types of consent(s) are acceptable?
verbal OR written - document either way
Cattell-Horn-Carroll theory of cognitive abilities distinguishes between ___ broad abilities and over ___ narrow abilities
10 broad…70 narrow
In the tx of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children, what are the effects of cranial radiation AND/OR chemotherapy ?
Either one alone associated with decreased intellectual functioning and lower academic achievement
What is a challenge of mandating evidence based treatments?
The varied type and intensity of training that differs across regions
What are the two factors in Herzberge’s two factor theory?
Motivator and hygiene factors
In Herzbeg’s two factor theory, job security, pay/benefits, relationships with coworkers, working conditions, and company policies are ___ factors
hygiene
During the beginning stages of group therapy, group members…
talk through the therapist and seemingly ignore one another
A predictor’s ______ is calculated by diving the # of true positives by the # of true positives PLUS false negatives. Define this term.
Sensitivity - the ability of a test to correctly identify the disease (True Positive)
in social psych, when behaviors = short term positive outcomes but long-term negative ones, this is called
social trap
Transmission of emotions through a group is referred to as
Group contagion
A predictor’s ______ is calculated by dividing the # of true negatives by the # of true negatives PLUS false positives. Define this term.
Specificity - ability of the test to correctly identify those without the disease (True Negative)
Research on the # of years a child stays in daycare is positively correlated with
disobedience and other beh problems
Weisz’s study of outcomes of psychotherapy showed largest effect size for ____ children, adolescents, or adults?
female adolescents
A predictor’s ______ is calculated by dividing the # true positives by the # of true AND false positives. Define this term.
Positive Predictive Value - the probability that subjects with a positive screening test truly have the disease
Wernicke’s = damage to the _____ and results in _____
temporal lobe, receptive amnesia
Broca’s = damage to the ____ and results in issues with ____
frontal lobe, speech production
A predictor’s ______ is calculated by dividing the # true negatives by the # of true AND false negatives. Define this term.
Negative Predictive Value - the probability that subjects with a negative screening test truly don’t have the disease
Behavioral effects of lesions to the hypothalamus and and right cerebral cortex
hypo - aggression
r cerebral cor - indifference, apathy
