Psych history and contemporary clinical approach: Chapter 1-3 Flashcards
accreditation:
a process designed to ensure that training programs maintain standards that meet the profession’s expectations for the education of clinical psychologists.
practitioner-scholar model:
a training model that emphasizes clinical skills and competencies as a research consumer.
clinical consultation:
the provision of information, advice, and recommendations about how best to assess, understand, or treat a client.
clinical scientist model:
a training model that strongly promotes the development of research skills.
informed consent:
an ethical principle to ensure that the person who is offered services or who participates in research understands what is being done and agrees to participate.
internship:
the period of supervised training in the provision of psychological services that is a requirement of the doctoral degree; sometimes referred to as residency; usually a one-year, full-time period.
licensure:
regulation to ensure minimal requirements for academic and clinical training are met and that practitioners provide ethical and competent services; regulation of the profession helps to ensure the public is protected when receiving services.
organizational consultation:
services to an organization focused on developing a prevention or intervention program, evaluating how well an organization is doing in providing a health care or related service, or providing an opinion on policies on health care services set by an organization.
practicum:
the initial supervised training in the provision of psychological services that is a requirement of the doctoral degree; usually part-time.
scientist-practitioner model:
a training model that emphasizes competencies in research and psychological service provision.
classification:
classified entities differ in the extent to which they possess certain characteristics or properties.
categorical approach to classification:
an entity is determined to be either a member of a category or not.
prototype model:
members of a diagnostic category may differ in the degree to which they represent the concepts underlying the category.
diagnostic system:
a classification based on rules used to organize and understand diseases and disorders.
dyscontrol:
the impairment resulting from a disorder must be involuntary or not readily controlled.
