Test Questions Flashcards
What’s potentiation?
when short term memories become long term memories
What’s:
1. Parallel process
2. Projective identification
3. Countertransference
4. Acting out
- A parallel process: is when a therapist’s relationship with a supervisor mirrors the relationship between the therapist and their client
- Projective identification: a defense mechanism in which a person unconsciously projects unacceptable qualities onto another person. The other person then internalizes the projected qualities and believes they are their own
- Countertransference: a therapist’s emotional reactions to a patient
- is a defense mechanism that can be used when someone is unable to manage conflicting thoughts or feelings
What type of withdrawal is someone experiencing with symptoms of: dysphoria, fatigue, unpleasant dreams, increased appetite, psycho-motor agitation or retardation, insomnia or hypersomnia
Amphetamine withdrawal
What is someone experiencing medically when they have the following symptoms: sweating, trembling, restlessness & dizziness
Hyperthyroidism
What is someone experiencing medically when they have the following symptoms: weight gain, sluggishness, fatigue, impaired memory and intellectual functioning & sensitivity to cold
Hypothyroidism
What’s a key distinction between behavioural and traditional assessments?
- Behavioural assessments tend to be ongoing
- Traditional assessments tend to be completed at one time & typically do NOT include pre & post testing
James Papez proposed a neural circuit in the brain to explain:
a. emotional expression
b. fight flight response
c. movement
d. hemispheric communication
Emotional expression
- A test’s correlation with itself describes reliability or validity
- Does a test’s reliability with a different test describe reliability or validity?
- Reliability
- Validity (Criterion validity)
Definitions of:
1. Primary prevention
2. Secondary prevention
3. Tertiary prevention
- Prevention of a disease
- Early detection & intervention for a disease
- Managing a diagnosed disease to minimize its impact
What is criterion contamination?
When the validity coefficient is exceptionally high because the knowledge of ratings on the predictor contaminates the criterion ratings (e.g., a teacher’s knowledge of the students IQ scores impacts how they grade the student’s tests)
Difference between these two reactions to stress:
1. Alloplastic
2. Autoplastic
- Alloplastic: trying to change or blame the external environment
- Autoplastic: changing oneself or blaming oneself
Difference between:
1. eta
2. Trend analysis
- eta: analyzes the correlation between two variables when the relationship is curvilinear
- Trend Anaylsis: shows the ups and downs in data; is the relationship linear or non-linear (quadric or cubic)
When do you use:
1. ANCOVA
2. MANCOVA
- ANCOVA: when there’s covariate or potential confounding variables
A = adjusting - MANCOVA: when there are multiple dependent or outcome variables
M= multiple - Structural Equation Modeling: tests many different causal pathways, involving multiple predictor and criterion variables
- used to test theories that only include one criterion variable and do not test multiple pathways
The difference between
1. Object permanance
2. Object constancy
- Object permanance: objects & people continue to exist, even if the child can’t see them
- Object constancy: maintaining an image of someone when they aren’t present & ability to unify the good and bad aspects of a person (i.e., mother)
What would waiving a client’s co-payment fee mean in terms of an ethical & legal standpoint?
Illegal and unethical
*unless the insurance company pre-approves that and the therapist does not increase the rates so the insurance pays more
Which career development concept goes with which theory (Super’s life/career rainbow theory vs Krumboltz)
1. Self-esteem theory
2. Self-concept theory
3. Social learning theory
4. Two factor theory
- Self-concept theory = Super’s life/career rainbow theory
- Social learning theory = Krumboltz
Chronic alcohol use causes a deficiency in what?
Thiamine
Which neurotransmitter is implicated in the etiology of Alzheimer’s disease?
1. Dopamine
2. Norepineprine
3. Serotonin
4. Acetylcholine
Acetylcholine
- decreased acetylcholine in the brains of alzheimer’s disease patients
“Reversibility in symptoms and clouding of consciousness” goes with delirium or pseudodementia?
Delirium
“Improvement in cognitive abilities and memory after treatment” goes with delirium or pseudodementia?
Pseudodementia
What’s a child-onset fluency disorder, and when can it be diagnosed?
It usually means stuttering
Won’t be diagnosed until after age 2
What’s an empirical criterion keying approach?
Choosing items that can discriminate between different criterion groups
What’s a well-known example of a projective test that can reveal unconscious motivation and personality characteristics?
Rorschach
What does decalage mean in terms of development?
Unevenness in development
What accounts for the most significant factor in violence and death among black adolescents, suicide or homicide?
Homicide
With job context and lower level needs, how does it impact satisfaction and dissatisfaction?
With job content and higher level needs, how does it impact satisfaction and dissatisfaction?
Job context/lower level needs: Result in dissatisfaction if not met but does not produce satisfaction if they are met
Job content/higher level needs: Results in satisfaction if met but does not produce dissatisfaction if they aren’t met
People with amnesia experience impairment in all except:
a. immediate memory
b. anterograde memory
c. long-term memory
d. source memory
Immediate memory, which is also called sensory memory
When do you use:
1. Structural Equation Modeling
2. Hierarchal multiple regression
- Structural Equation Modeling: tests many different causal pathways, involving multiple predictor and criterion variables
- used to test theories that only include one criterion variable and do not test multiple pathways
Withdrawal from a benzodiazepine (e.g., Valium) can be:
Fatal
Raven & French’s 5 types of power (definitions of each)
1. Legitimate power
2. Reward power
3. Expert power
4. Referent power
5. Coercive power
- Legitimate: based on a position or role
- Reward: ability to give positive outcomes
- Expert: based on knowledge, skill or experience
- Referent: based on being liked & respected (role model)
- based on the threat of force like punishment
What disease is associated to an APP gene?
Alzheimer’s disease
Neurologically, where do problems with OCD, and tourette’s syndrome come from in the brain?
Basal Ganglia
The formula for measuring:
1. Sensitivity
2. Specificity
- Sensitivity: TP / (TP/FN)
- Specificity: TN / (TN/FP)
Lazaurus’s theory of cognitive appraisal:
1. Primary appraisal
2. Secondary appraisal
3. Re-appraisal
- Primary: Initial judgement of something as positive, stressful or irrelevant
- Secondary: Evaluation of resources
- Re-appraisal: Reflection and alterations of the coping strategies
