Reminders Flashcards

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What must you do when you get an electronic request for records

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Make sure a release is signed

Remove all personally identifiable information before sending

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What do you do when you get a request for info from an ethics committee

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Make sure an ROI has been signed

Comply

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Can psychologists exchange services for media advertisement

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Nope

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Sexual harassment is when…

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Someone has said it’s offensive and asks you to stop (and you don’t)

When it is significant enough to be considered abusive by a reasonable person

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Bartering is okay when…

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It’s even in scale

When it doesn’t create a problem with dual-roles
Ex. Therapist and boss

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If someone isn’t progressing in treatment and wants to stay with you

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Set a termination date if you can’t find new goals to work on

(No progress on treatment goals, no service)

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Contingent fees

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Should be avoided

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Privilege

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Legal requirement that protects client information in LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

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Thinning

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A reduction in reinforcers

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Two-factor theory of learning

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Contains elements of classic and operant conditioning

Explains avoidance conditioning

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What learning heuristic is good for learning a second language

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Keyword method

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Overcorrection

Positive punishment

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Restitution
- some kind of punishment

Positive practice
- reinforce positive, alternative behaviors

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Proactive interference

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When old information impacts the ability to learn or use new information

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Retroactive interference

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When newly learned information impacts your ability to recall previously learned material

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Mean and SD of WAIS and SBinet

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Index scores: mean of 100, sd of 15

Subtest scores: mean of 10, sd of 3

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Kaufman Tests

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KABC-II intelligence test for children

Can score with Luria’s neuropsychological processing model to remove interference from non-mainstream cultural backgrounds, language or hearing background, or autism

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PPVT

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Peabody picture vocabulary test

Measure of receptive vocabulary in people with psychosis, autism, motor or speech impairment

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Ravens PM

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Nonverbal measure of general (fluid) intelligence

Considered a useful multicultural test

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How was the Strong Interest Inventory developed

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Empirical criterion keying

Comparing the test profiles of various professionals, male and female, to the test profiles of people in general

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Holland’s RIASEC

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Realistic - technical, mechanical, outdoorsy
Investigative - scientific, mathematical, analytical
Artistic - creative, writing, designer
Social - helping professions, clergy
Enterprising - business, competitive, management, sales
Conventional - structured, unambiguous

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High LK
Low F

(On MMPI)

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Fake good - giving an overly positive impression

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High F
High F-K index

(On MMPI)

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Suggests exaggeration of sx

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Malingering on the MMPI

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Malingering when LK are around 50
And F is slightly elevated
And clinical scales are sawtoothed

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High F scale
Significant scores on clinical scales (most or all)

(On the MMPI)

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Suggests random responding

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Bender-Gestalt
Neuropsych measure for visual-motor integration Screening for neurological impairment
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Benton Test
Test of visual memory retention For the purpose of identifying brain damage
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What percent of genes do full siblings, fraternal twins, and first degree relatives share
50% Half sibs share 25%
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Genetic disorders of males and females
Kleinfelter - Male with extra X Turner - Female with one X
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Ambivalent v Avoidance attachment styles
Ambivalent are clingy and avoidant (think borderline babies) Avoidant are rejecting and unresponsive (overbearing or absent parents)
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The symptoms of FAS are...
Lifelong and irreversible
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In what order do infants develop depth cues
Kinetic Binocular Pictorial
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What explains why normal children labeled “gifted” get more academic attention (and related improvements) than their peers
Rosenthal effect If you believe something to be true, you will treat those people accordingly
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What brain activity is responsible for negative symptoms of schizophrenia
Reduced activity in the PFC
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How many sx needed to diagnose ADHD
Five in people over 17 Six in kids
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Technique of solution focused therapists
Exception question | “When does this behavior NOT occur?”
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Howard’s three phases of treatment
1. Remoralization - instillation of hope 2. Remediation - focus on sx 3. Rehabilitation - unlearning maladaptive that caused the issue
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Boundary disturbances
Part of Gestalt Therapy When there’s a disruption between the boundary of self and the environment (can’t maintain homeostasis) Introjection(swallowing whole concepts), projection (do to others) retroflection (do to self), confluence (guilt and resentment)
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Three levels of prevention
Primary - prevent new cases (promotes health, vaccinate) Secondary - treat preexisting cases to minimize illness (screening and early intervention) Tertiary - prevent consequences of the issue (community-based)
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Duration of brief psychotic disorder
1 month
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Age groups of men and women with highest suicide rates
Men - over 75 Women - 45-64
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Three stages of group cohesiveness | Yalom
Orientation Conflict Cohesiveness
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What is regulated breathing used for
Childhood onset fluency disorder | Stuttering
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Difference between Alz neurocog and LBD neurocog
LBD neurocog starts with motor sx Alz starts with memory
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What groups have highest rates of treatment service delivery
Lesbian and bisexual women
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“Oblique”
Means correlated in factor analyses
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Spearman coefficients
Used in rank-order correlations
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When would you use a correlated samples t-test
When analyzing only two means, from one sample of participants (Within subjects design)
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Purpose of an ANCOVA
Removes the effects of an extraneous valuable (covariant) on the dependent variable
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When is history a threat to internal validity
When you have a lengthier study with only one group (You may not be sure that your tx caused the effects, could be the impact of the historical event on all your participants)
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What statistical procedure will get you the fewest number of predictors for a given outcome
Stepwise multiple regression
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The career decision making model is founded in what clinical theory
Erikson and ego identity
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Three components of expectancy theory
VIE Valence Instrumentality Expectancy (Related to employee motivation)
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Two factor theory of employee motivation
Lower level motivators - pay, materials (Leads to dissatisfaction if not met, doesn’t increase motivation) Higher level motivations - autonomy, responsivity, advancement (Don’t lead to dissatisfaction if not met, leads to motivation)
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Two NEO traits associated with good leadership
Extraversion Conscientiousness
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Leader-Member Exchange Theory
Views subordinates as in group or out group based on a number of factors
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Purpose of a behavioral interview | I/O
To see how employees have responded to work situations in the past
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Two types of integrity tests for employee selection decisions
Overt and personality
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Hemineglect results form damage to what part of the brain
Parietal | Usually right parietal
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James Lange Theory
Perception Behaviors and physiological reaction > emotion “I’m afraid because my heart is pounding and I’m sweating”
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Cannon-Bard Theory
The PNS and cortex are stimulated Then we feel emotions and bodily reactions (Bodily experiences are relatively the same for all reactions)
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Two-Factor Theory of Emotion | Schachter & Singer
Physiological arousal + cognitive interpretation = subjective emotional experience (Epinephrine study)
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The right hemisphere processes what kind of emotions
Negative emotions So damage leads to euphoria and indifference)
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The left hemisphere process what kinds of emotions
Positive emotions Do damage leads to depression and emotional volatility (catastrophic reactions)
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What NT is inhibitory and related to anxiety
GABA
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When do we see advanced sleep phases
In older adults | When going to sleep and getting up occur earlier than what is typical
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What depth perception cues do we use up close and farthest away
Up close = retinal disparity Far away = motion parallax
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Job of an antagonist drug
To block receptor cites OR inhibit the effect of a given NT
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Floor and ceiling effects are...
The degree to which a test can DISCRIMINATE among those with very low, and those with very high levels of the thing measured by the test
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What two things modify the relationship between message discrepancy and attitude change
Credibility Source of the message
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Number of bystanders to ensure most likely to get help
One
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What route to persuasion leads to strong behavioral change
Central route
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What does a minority have to do to persuade majority opinion
Focus on behavioral style Be persistent with the message without being dogmatic and too extreme
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Your ability to have your attitudes change your behavior depends on...
Strength Accessibility Specificity
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Realistic Conflict Theory
One theory of discrimination Occurs when groups must fight or compete for resources (Robbers Cave)
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Taylor Russel tables require what three pieces of data
(Used to est percentage of new hires that will be successful) Validity coefficients Base rates Selection ratios
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Hawthorne Effect
Improvement in job performance as a result of participation in a study
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Contingency Theory | Leadership
Leadership effectiveness is the result of leadership style and favorableness of the situation Low LPC - task oriented, does well in low or highly favorable situations High LPC - relationship focused, does will in moderately favorable
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Purpose of the Position Analysis Questionnaire
To conduct worker-oriented job analyses
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Benefits of relative measures of performance
Reduce bias
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What kind of validity is most important for selection tests
Concurrent validity
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KR-20
Measures internal consistency of a measure when items are scored dichotomously
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How are reliability coefficients interpreted
Directly as percent variability 0.80 = 80% variability
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Equation for SEM
SD x Sqrt(1 - reliability coefficient)
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When the reliability coefficient is 1.0...
Standard deviation is 10 SEM 0-10
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When do you use multitrait-multimethod matrices
When evaluating construct validity
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The criterion coefficient can be no greater than...
Sqrt (1 - reliability coefficient)
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Ranges of Item Difficulty
0 (no one got the item right) - 1 (everyone got the item right)
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Shrinkage
When the validity coefficient decreases during cross-validation of a measure
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When do African American prefer a white therapist
When they’re in the conformity state of identity development
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Somatic Sx Disorder v Conversion Disorder
Somatic symptoms are bodily sx Conversion disorder are neurological sx without basis
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BD I v BD II
Bipolar 1 requires mania Bipolar 2 requires an episode of MDD
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Requirements for Tourette’s
Dx before age 18 2 motor tics and 1 vocal tic
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What is the purpose of gift giving with Asian clients
To instill hope and provide reassurance | Immediate support
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Impact of psychotherapy on medical care
Provision of psychotherapy to patients lowers expenditures on medical care
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Reaction formation
(Defense mechanism) When you behave opposite of what you believe/feel
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Positioning
Therapy technique when exaggerate the clients concerns to emphasize how ridiculous or irrational they are
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Schizoid PD v Avoidant PD
Schizoid has no desire or interest in social relationships Avoidant reportedly wants relationships but avoids the due to fear of shame or rejection
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Parataxic distortion
Transference for interpersonal therapists
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Coefficient of determination
Correlation coefficient squared Measure of shared variability
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When would you use a single sample chi square test
Single variable being measured Nominal variable
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Type one error vs type two error
T1E - incorrectly rejecting the null (Saying something is statistically significant when it’s not) T2E - incorrectly keeping the null (Saying there is no difference when there actually is)
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SEM increases as...
SD increases Sample size decreases
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T-test v ANOVA
T test for one or two groups, with one IV | ANOVA for two or more groups with one IV
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Factorial ANOVA
When you have two or more IVs
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Split Plot ANOVA
When you have multiple IVs, two of which are related
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Correlation coefficients | - Pearson R v Spearman Rho v Point Biserial
Pearson’s R: both variables are continuous (interval or ratio) Spearman’s Rho: both variables are ordinal Point Biserial: one variable is dichotomous, one is continuous (interval or ratio)
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Concordance rates for schizophrenia between monozygotic v dizygotic twins v non-twin siblings
48% monozygotic 17% dizygotic 9% nontwin
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Inability to realize you have an illness
Anosognosia
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Criteria for schizophrenia
Two active phases symptoms for at least one month (delu, halu, disorganized speech) Continuous signs for at least six months (avolition, anhedonia, odd behaviors)
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Peter Lewinsohn’s theory of depression is based on...
Operant conditioning
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Subthreshold sx of mania and depression must be present for how long to dx cyclothymia
Two years | 1ys for children
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How long do you need sx for to diagnose bulimia
Three months
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Hypnagogic hallucinations occur when
Just before falling sleep | Narcolepsy
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Hypnopompic hallucinations occur when
Just after awakening from sleep | Narcolepsy
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When does sleepwalking or sleep terrors occur
Stage 3 or 4 First third of the sleep period
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Nonpharmacological treatment of choice for insomnia
CBT - stimulus control - sleep restriction - sleep-hygiene edu - relaxation - cognitive tax
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Age to dx pedophilic disorder
16
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Age cutoff for IED
Six years old
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Three categories of ODD sx
Argumentative/defiant Vindictiveness Angry/irritable mood
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Dx if conduct disorder (time stamps)
At least three sx in last 12mo | At least one sx in last 6mo
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ODD v CD
Emotional dysregulation
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An amnestic-confabulatory type alcohol-induced major neurocognitive disorder is linked to a
Thiamine deficiency
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Sx opioid withdrawal
Nausea or vomiting Diarrhea Fever (Flu-like symptoms)
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Sx of etoh withdrawal
Autonomic hyperactivity Hand tremor Hallucinations Anxiety
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Four categories of substance use sx
Impaired control Social impairment Risky use Pharmacological (tolerance and withdrawal)
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What is required for a diagnosis of delirium
Impaired attention and awareness
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Alzheimer’s NCD vs depression
Alzheimer’s NCD is related to gradual onset, and minimization of new (memory) deficits
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``` Cognitive and motor symptoms in NCD Parkinson’s NCD Lewy Bodies NCD Alzheimer’s NCD Prion ```
NCD Parkinson’s starts with motor sx, then cognitive sx NCD Lewy Bodies starts with cog sx, then motor sx NCD Alzheimer’s starts with early memory loss (low Ach) NCD Prion has a rapid progression of impairment in motor and cerebellar sx
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Schizoid PD v Schizotypal PD
Schizoid - no desire to form relationships | Schizotypal - avoid interaction due to a fear of people (unusual thinking)
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According to Rogers, incongruence between self and experience is impacted by
Self worth
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Individuation
Carl Jung The process by which a person becomes a psychological “individual” and unique...during the second half of life
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Introjection
The boundary disturbance that involves uncritically accepting values, standards, and beliefs of other people Gestalt
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Motivation for behavior in reality therapy is driven by
Basic needs - survival, love, power, freedom, fun Willam Glasser
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Mistaken style of life is associated with which therapy modality
Adler Individual psychology
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The transtheoretical model of therapy assumes a persons motivation to change is affected by what three factors
Decisional balance Self-efficacy Temptation
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Four problem areas talked about in interpersonal therapy
Role disputes Role transitions Interpersonal deficits Grief
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What is an “exceptional circumstance”
Narrative family therapy An exceptional circumstance or unique outcome, one that is not predicted by problem-saturated narratives (can be used to help develop alternative narratives)
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“Differentiation” | Intrapersonal aspect
Inability to distinguish ones thoughts from feelings | Cannot separate emotionL and intellectual functioning
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“Differentiation” | Interpersonal aspect
Cannot separate ones own emotional functioning from the functioning of others
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Differentiation is a component of what therapy
Extended family systems therapy (Bowen)
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Three techniques used in strategic family therapy
Prescribing the symptom - engage in the problematic behavior in an exaggerated way Restraining - telling family not to change or not to change too quickly Ordeal - give family member an unpleasant task to complete when they engage in the undesirable behavior
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Primary goal of mindfulness based CBT is
Accepting and separating from distressful thoughts
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Three phases of stress inoculation training
Conceptualization and education Skills acquisition and consolidation Application and follow through
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The average psychotherapy patient was better off than _____ of patients who did not receive psychotherapy
80%
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What accounts for the greatest amount of variability across psychotherapy outcomes
Patient contributions 40% - unexplained variance 30% - patient contributions 12% - therapeutic relationship
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Caplan’s four obstacles to providing effective mental health services
Lack of knowledge Skills Confidence Objectivity (caused by interference)
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Eyesenck determined that symptom improvement in psychotherapy was less than improvements due to...
Spontaneous remission
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Etic v emic
``` Etic = universal Emic = culture-specific ```
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High communication vs low communication.
(Hall) High - group understanding, nonverbal messages, context (characteristic of several cultural minority groups) Low - relies on verbal message, independent of context, characteristic of while mainstream culture
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Part of the brain associated with Parkinson’s
Degeneration of DA-producing cells in the substantia nigra Basal ganglia
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Part of the brain responsible for procedural, automatic memories
Cerebellum
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Hippocampus’s job with memory
Transfer declarative memories from STM to LTM Injury = memories of incident not transferred to LTM
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Brain structure involved in Tourette’s
Basal ganglia
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Fxn of the hindbrain structures Medulla Pons Cerebellum
Medulla - involuntary mouth mvmts, respiration, heart rate Pons - coordinate mvmt between two sides of body Cerebellum - posture, balance, procedural memories
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Function of midbrain structures Retic Formation Substantia Nigra
RF - consciousness and arousal | SN - reward seeking Assc Parkinson’s
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Another word for absent seizures
Generalized onset non-motor Blank stare with few other sx
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Migraines are assc with what NT
Serotonin | Low serotonin
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How Wernicke’s and Broca’s aphasias are alike
Alike - impaired repetition and anomia (can’t recall names of familiar objects)
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Damage to dlPFC
Perseveration responses
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Damage to orbitofrontal cortex
Acquired sociopathy | Behavioral disinhibition
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Damage to mediofrontal cortex
Decreased motivation and initiative
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Effects of Broca’s and Wernicke’s area damage
Broca - (expressive aphasia) slow, labored speech of primarily nouns & verbs, anomia, impaired repetition, Comprehension is ok - Frontal lobe Wernicke - (receptive aphasia) poor comprehension of written and spoken, fluent but nonsensical speech - Temporal lobe
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H.M.
Major issue was anterograde amnesia | Inability to form new, long-term, declarative memories
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Parts of the brain for prospective memory
Prefrontal cortex - event-based prospective memory Cingulate cortex - time-based prospective memory
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MAOI that causes sexual dysfunction
Phenelzine
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Antidepressant least likely to cause sexual side effects
Bubropion | NDRI
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Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
Side effect of antipsychotics Muscle rigidity, fever, autonomic dysfunction, altered mental state
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Side effects of SGAs
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome Agranulocytosis (low WBCs) Metabolic syndrome (weight gain, high BP, insulin resistance)
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Serotonin syndrome
SSRI + MAOI (or Lithium) Agitation, confusion, autonomic instability, tremor, delirium, hyperthermia
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Early memory loss in Alzheimer’s is due to what NT
Low levels of Ach in entorhinal cortex and hippocampus
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Drugs for OCD
SSRIs Serotonin deficiency found in OCD, so you want SSRIs to increase serotonin
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What theory of emotion is this: | Bite a pencil > smile > happy
James Lange I am happy, because I’m smiling
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Lazarus Cognitive appraisal theory
Emotional reactions are due to appraisal of events Primary appraisal - beliefs, values, motivation Secondary appraisal - identifies coping skills and likelihood they’ll work Reappraisal - changes appraisals if appropriate
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What do you consider when using automated licensing and scoring programs
Validity Other psychometric properties
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Age of fetal viability
22-26 weeks
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Cause if Prader-Willi and Angelman Syndromes
Chromosomal deletions
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Overregularization
When a child misapplies rules for forming plurals and past tense
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Support for Chomsky’s theory of language development
All languages have the same underlying grammatical structure and rules
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Age of telegraphic speech
18-24mo
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Overextension
Language error Child uses a word too broadly
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Underextension
Child using a word too narrowly Language error
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Three language errors
Underextension Overextension Overregularization
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Number of sub stages in sensorimotor stage | And when does intentional, goal-directed behavior begin
Six stages Intentional and goal-oriented behavior begins during sub stage 4, coordination of secondary circular reactions
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What happens to memory with age
Decline in long-term, secondary, memory STM (primary memory) and remote LTM (tertiary memory) stay intact
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Occupational development per Marcia
Three stages: identity foreclosure - job because your parents have it Identity achievement - making a personal decision to be a certain job Identity diffusion - not thinking about it until absolutely have to Identity moratorium - considered options with no decision
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Kohlbergs states of gender identity development
Gender identity Gender stability Gender constancy
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Rothbart’s three aspects of temperament
Surgency/extraversion Negative reactivity (Related to reactivity) Effortful control (Related to self-regulation)
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Family intervention based on Patterson et al research on coercive family interactions
PMT Parental training in effective parenting skills
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Insecure/resistant v insecure/avoidant attachment styles
Insecure/resistant - ambivalent - scared of stranger regardless, close to mom, angry at her when she returns Insecure/avoidant - indifferent, avoidant, similar with stranger
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Three stages of Piaget’s morality development
Premoral - no consideration Heteronomous - behavior and consequence focused (unsophisticated) Autonomous - rules can be changed, judge behavior on actors intentions
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Biggest predictor of divorce | Communication style by Gottman and Leveson
Contempt Also: criticism, defensiveness, stonewalling
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Outcomes of high-quality daycare
Increase behavioral problems Improved cognitive and language abilities, social skills Similar to non-daycare attachment
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For second order conditioning,
The CS acts as a US
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Most effective conditioning procedure
Delayed
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Covert sensitization
Pair an image of a stimulus associated with the problem behavior, with an image of a stimulus that naturally produces an incompatible dad undesirable response.
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Implosive therapy
Always imaginative Incorporates psychodynamic elements
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EMDR is effective because...
Repeated exposure to the feared object or event
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Positive v negative discriminative stimulus
Positive - reinforcement will be provided Negative - signals reinforcement will follow
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Matching Law is used for...
Talks about understanding rates of reinforcement Proportionality of frequency is related to the reinforcement schedule
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Premack Principle
Using a preferred action to reinforce a behavior
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Three components of the working memory | Per Baddeley
Visuospatial sketchpad Phonological loop Episodic buffer (integrates verbal and visual info)
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Four processes in Banduras observational learning
Attention Retention Production Motivation
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When previously learned information interferes with new learning
Proactive interference (PRevious knowledge interferes, PRoactive interference
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What supports the serial position effect
STM | LTM
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Item discrimination index (D)
Ranges -1 to +1
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How to calculate item discrimination index (D)
High scoring minus low scoring | 90%, 20%... 0.90-0.20=0.70
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Acceptable level of item difficulty
D = 0.30
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How to calculate 68% confidence interval
add and subtract one SEM
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How to calculate 95% confidence interval
Add and substance two SEMs
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How to calculate 99% confidence interval
Add and subtract three SEMs
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An item response curve represents
Relationship between difficulty, discrimination (slope), probability of guessing correctly (y-axis) Steeper the slope, the better the discrimination
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Kendall’s coefficient
Interrater reliability on a nominal scale
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Chronbachs alpha
Average inter-item consistency
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Spearman Brown prophecy formula
Effects of lengthening or shortening a test
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How to calculate variability from a factor loading
Square the factor loading to get the percent variability accounted for by that factor Factor loading of 0.70 = that factor explains 49% of the variability
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Sensitivity v specificity
Sensitivity - ability to accurately identify people with the thing Specificity - ability to accurately identify people without the thing
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Incremental validity
When a test improves decision-making accuracy
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Shape of percentile rank distributions
Always rectangular
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Expectancy tables interpret scores in terms of...
Likely criterion performance
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Z score of 0...
T score of 50 Stanine of 5
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Which personality tests were based on Murray’s theory of human needs
EPPS, TAT
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The TAT involves considering the characters...
Needs and press | Internal and external causes for their behavior...and the outcome for each story
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Which personality test was based on Jung’s personality theory
MBTI
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Confabulation on the Rorschach is most indicative of...
Brain injury Cog impairment Schizophrenia
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The lexical strategy was used to create which personality tests
16 PF | NEO-PI
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What subtests are used on the SB5 to determine starting levels
Object Series/Matrices Vocabulary
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WAIS strengths and weaknesses for someone with Alzheimer’s
For neurocog: Highest is VCI Lowest is PSI
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WISC strengths and weaknesses for someone with autism
Highest: Fluid Reasoning Lowest: Processing Speed
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Test that can be scored with the CHC model
KABC | Luria and CHC
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Fagan Test
Measure of selective attention and recognition memory in infants
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Evaluate mental ability of job applicants
WPT-R
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Leiter3
Measure of cog abilities For those with cog delay, hearing or speech impediments, ASD
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Bayley III
Used to determine developmental status of toddlers and infants
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Halstead Impairment Index
Scores range 0-1 0-.2 normal .3-.4 mild .5-.7 moderate .8-1 severe
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Cutoff score for the MMSE
24 | Lower the score, greater the impairment
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3 scales of the Kuder occupational interest survey (KOIS)
Occupational scales College major scales Vocational interest estimates
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What scale on the SII used empirical criterion keying
Occupational scales
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Interest inventories are least predictive of...
Job performance and success | Generally ok at predicting satisfaction, choice, and persistence
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Ipsative scores
Provide information in someone’s RELATIVE strengths
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Advantage of behaviorally anchored rating scales | BARS
Provide information that’s useful for performance feedback
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Frame-of reference training is used for...
Making sure trainees understand the nature of the job and what successful performance looks like (and giving them opportunities to practice themselves)
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Job evaluation v Job analysis
Job evaluation - used to establish comparable worth (compensation decisions) Job analysis - to identify knowledge, skills, abilities, and other things workers must have to be successful
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General mental ability tests as predictors of job performance...
Good - most valid predictors across different jobs and performance measures Bad - adverse impact for some racial and ethnic groups
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Most frequently used exercises in assessment centers
Leaderless group discussion (evaluate leadership potential) In-basket exercise (respond to sample memos, messages, etc.)
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Incremental validity is related to
Decision making accuracy
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A new selection test will improve decision making accuracy when the base rate is
0.5
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Formative v summative
Formative - conducted during | Summative - conducted immediately after to see if program met its goals
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Needs analysis v job analysis
Needs analysis - identify company’s training needs Job analysis - identify skills and knowledge in workers to make them successful
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Kirkpatrick’s four levels of training program evaluation
Reaction Learning Behavior Results (Least to most informative)
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Two phases of Tiedeman’ career decision making model
Anticipation Implementation
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Super’s five stages in the life-span, life-space theory
``` Growth Exploration Establishment Maintenance Disengagement ```
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What two key concepts are used in Dawis and Lofquist’s theory of work adjustment
Satisfaction (job satisfaction) Satisfactoriness (employers satisfaction with the employee)
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Components of Katz & Kahn’s open-system theory | I/O psych
Inputs Throughputs Outputs
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McGregors two types of managers
Theory X - believe employees lack ambition and are lazy Theory Y - believe everyone will do a good job if you let them
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Self managed work teams (SMWTs)
Employees have total control over their work and assignments, schedules, employee selection and training, and performance appraisal
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Bases for social power | French and Raven, IO Psych
``` Reward Coercive Legitimate Expert Referent ```
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Two dimensions of leader behaviors | OSU Study
Initiating Structure Consideration
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Path-Goal Theory | IO Leadership
Optimal leadership styles (directive, achievement oriented, supportive, participative, depend on characteristics of the employee and work environment
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What persists the best leadership according to Hersey and Blanchard
(Situational leadership model) Employees job maturity
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VIE
Expectancy - effort will lead to successful performance Instrumentality - successful performance will lead to certain outcomes Valence - belief about the value of the outcomes
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Workers job motivation is attributed to his social comparisons
Equity theory
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Three main types of organizational commitment
Continuance Affective Normative
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Three characteristics of hardiness | Kobasa
Commitment fatigue family and work Sense of control over your life See new experiences as a challenge
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Three types of organizational justice
Procedural Distributive Interactional
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What percentage of genetic factors explain variability in job satisfaction
30%
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Purpose of superordinate goals
Reduce intergrouphp hostility and competition
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Allports hypothesis to reduce prejudice between two groups
Equal status Superordinate goals No competition Support form authorities
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Pluralistic ignorance
When someone doesn’t intervene in an emergency because they believe since others aren’t acting, it must not be important
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Mere exposure effect is most often associated with
Interpersonal attraction
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People are most likely fo attribute the behavior of another person to external causes when...
Consensus, consistency, and distinctiveness are high | Covariation model
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Disjunctive task
When group members choose a best solution from what is offered by everyone
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Components to Heiders balance theory
Person Another person An attitude object
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Sleeper effect | Social psych
When people remember the message, but not who the message came fro
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Subject of GAD in children
Athletic/academic performance Natural disasters (catastrophic events)
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OCD onset between genders
Earlier onset in males Males more likely to have comorbid tic
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Onset of vascular dementia
Can be acute or step-wise Can contain plateaus (Depends on the nature of the vascular issues)
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Erotomanic delusions
That people are IN LOVE WITH you | Not necessarily sexual
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IQ criteria for Intellectual Disability
Two SD below the mean of the test
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Length of sx in schizophreniform
1-6mo Schizophrenia is 6mo+
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Purpose of ACT
Teach mindfulness skills See symptoms as uncomfortable or harmless transient states
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Goal of gestalt therapy
Achieve here and now awareness of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
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How style of life is determined in Adlerian psychotherapy
Determined by social interest If you achieve superiority in a prosocial way (healthy) vs. if you achieve superiority in a way that is antisocial and competitive (mistaken)
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Primary Secondary Tertiary prevention
Primary - prevent new cases (immunizations) Secondary - lessen duration of current cases (provide tx) Tertiary - lessen severity, risk of relapse, reduce impact on community (Ex. Prevention programs, relapse prevention skills)
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``` Reintegration stage (Helms model of white identity theory) ```
Recognize your racist views and justify them (thinking minority is less motivated, more ignorant, etc.)
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Individuation
(Jung) Integrating conscious and unconscious into a unique identity
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Goal of Bowen’s extended family systems therapy
Increase differentiation
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Gerstman syndrome
Damage to dominant parietal lobe Agnosia Agraphia Left and right confusion
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Classic v common migraines
Classic comes with auras ClAssic = Aura
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SSRIs vs TCAs
SSRIs come with sexual dysfunction TCAs come with cardiovascular risks and anticholinergic effects
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Stroke in dominant vs nondominant hemisphere
Dominant - dysarthria, aphasia Nondominant - apraxia, sensory neglect
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Areas impacted in Kluver-Bucy syndrome
Amygdala Temporal Hippocampus
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If a patient begins to experience symptoms of neuroleptic malignant syndrome...
Discontinue the medication immediately | Antipsychotics
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Glutamate
Alzheimer’s Huntington’s Other neurocog (Excitotoxicity)
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Neglected vs rejected children
Neglected have more positive outcomes | - more prosocial, will likely experience a status change in a new peer group
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At what age does separation anxiety emerge
6-8mo
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At what age do infants recognize themselves in a mirror
12mo
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Sensory memory
Large capacity | Brief duration
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Law of effect
Thorndike Cats in puzzle boxes Behaviors with successful outcomes are learned more quickly
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Psychologist credited with coining “insight”
Kohler
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Highest and lowest WAIS in kids with ADHD
Highest is VCI Lowest is PSI
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What test is based in Murray’s theory of personality
TAT
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Fagan test says what is the best predictor of IQ in later development
Attention to novel stimuli
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Power
The ability to correctly reject a false null | The ability to accurately find a significant difference when one exists
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What does the Solomon 4-group design help with
Reduce effects of protest sensitization
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What test helps you to categorize people
Discriminant functional analysis
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Best way to control for extraneous variables
Random assignment
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Eta
Interval or ratio variables RELATIONSHIP IS NONLINEAR (Correlation)
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ANOVA v MANOVA
ANOVA has more than one IV, one DV MANIVA has more than one DV
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How to construct confidence intervals
Use the standard error estimate
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How long to keep records
7 years or 2 years after client turns 18 | Whichever is longer
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Doing research with kids
Parents permission Assent from children
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Under what circumstances can APA take additional action against you
1. Suspended or expelled from your state psychological board | 2. Convicted of felony
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Four conditions for malpractice
1. Must have had a legal duty to treat the client 2. Didn’t meet standard of care 3. Client was harmed 4. Harmed cause by breech of duty
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Leadership styles of Hersey and Blanchard
Telling Selling Delegating Participating
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Components of a needs analysis
Organizational analysis Task analysis Person analysis Demographic analysis
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What determines occupational choice per Donald Super
Self-concept
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Factors of career decision making per Krumboltz
Genes Environmental conditions Learning experiences Task approach skills
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Four components of transformational leadership
Idealized influence Inspirational motivation Intellectual stimulation Individual consideration
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Reasons for bystander apathy
Pluralistic ignorance Evaluation apprehension Diffusion of responsibility
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When does the primacy effect occur when listening to arguments
When both arguments are one after another | Assess attitude change one week later
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Social judgement theory...
Depends on your level of EGO INVOLVEMENT with the issue
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Overjustification
When intrinsic motivation declines as a result of being given an external reward for a behavior you enjoyed
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Influences of behavioral intention
Attitude Subjective norms Perceived behavioral control