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Acc. to classical test theory, the variance of the obtained test scores is equal to:
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sum of the true score variance & the error variance
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Classic "aging pattern" is what decline on the WISC?
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All Performance subtests
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Inability to understnd words. w/o any loss of ability to speak or hear words is:
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Sensory aphasia
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Standard error of measurement indicates:
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How close an obtained score is to a true score
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Gestalt therapy is designed to achieve integration of:
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Thought, feeling, & action
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Sampling error refers to:
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the tendency of sample statistics to differ from population parameters
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Records should include:
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identifying data, dates of service, fess, treatment plans, summary reports, consultation
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A significant finding for a one-way ANOVA indicates that the _________ means were different:
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population
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Validity is never higher than:
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The square root of the relaibility coefficient
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Diagnosis most associated with completed suicides?
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MDD w/Psychotic Features
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Hippocampus is involved in which 3 aspects of memory:
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Working, explicit, & spatial
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Acc. to feature integration theory, the perception of an object as an entity relies on __________ attention?
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Focused
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Which leadership model uses a "decision tree"?
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Vroom & Yetton's model
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Acc. to IPT, what are the 3 componenets of depression?
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Interperosnal relations, symptom formation, & personality
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Signs of Cocaine & Amphetamine Intoxication:
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Vomiting, pupillary dilation, & confusion
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Beta is the proabability of making a Type ___ error:
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II - retaining a false null hypothesis (failing to detect a true effect)
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Acc. to classical psychoanalytic theory, a Specific Phobia is
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a displacement of unresolved Oedipal fears
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Acc. to Carl Roger's person-centered-therapy, psychopathology is due to:
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Incongruence between the real self and the ideal self
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Acc. to social comparison theory, an individual is more likley to join a group if compared to the individual the group members are_________ in perosnality & ____________ competent
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Similar; equally
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Reframing in family therapy serves to:
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(relabelling or redefining a problem behavior, in order to get the family to see it in a new light)
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The error inherent in the best fit regression line is the standard error of the ________
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estimate (how far off can we expect to be when making predictions based on a regression (predicition) equation)
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Which factors cause attentuation?
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Restricted range, heteroscedasticity, curvilinear relationships
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Behavioral assessments are useful for determining behavioral _________
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Contingencies
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Goal of reality therapy:
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Help clients accept responsibility, by clarifying clients values and evaluating current behavior in relation to these values
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IQ Correlations:
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Sibling reared together = .50
Siblings reared apart = .25 Twins = .75 Parent/child = .45 |
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Brief psychotherapy is to crisis intervention as:
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Improve is to restore
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Key principle underlying Montessori schhols:
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cognitive development is enhanced by exposure to sensory-motor stimuli
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Types of attention:
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Selective = focus on 1, while ignoring others
Sustained = maintaining attention Divided = attention split btw. diff. stimuli Simultaneous = focusing on diff. stimuli |
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Psychoanalytic perspective on borderline focuses on:
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abandonment rage
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When score are subtracted from the mean & then divided by the SD, the result is:
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Z-scores
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Memory deficits in elderly are most associtaed with:
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shrinkage of the hippocampus
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Most likley to trigger an alcohol relpase?
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Negative emotions
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Biofeddback is most effective for?
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Tension headaches
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Which reinforcement schedule has the lowest resistance to extinction?
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Fixed interval
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It is difficult to diagnose ADHD prior to age 4-5, becuase:
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normative developmental variation
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Anomic aphasia
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inability to name objects
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Acc. to psychoanalytic theory, phobias...
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involve transferring one's feelings from one object to another
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In terms of attitude change, people are least influenced by:
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Knowledge of the facts
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Alloplastic vs. autoplastic interventions:
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Alloplastic = altering env. conditions
Autoplastic = changing the individual |
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Lifetime prevalance of Bipolar I:
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.4-1.6%
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Cortisol is a steroid secreted by the:
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adrenal cortex
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Rescorla-Wagner theory predicts:
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In classical conditioning, the more surprising the coneection between the CS & US is, the more conditioning
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Kaufman's ABC reflects ______ theory of intelligence?
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Luria's (sequential & simultaneous processing)
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In developing a job performance measure, the "ultimate criterion" is:
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A construct that cannot actually be measured
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Helm's interaction model of counseling notes 4 types of relationships based on attitudes about whites and blacks:
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Parallel = they share similar attitudes
Crossed = oppossing attitudes (bad) Progressive = Counselor is a stage or more advanced than client Regressive = Client is a stage or more advanced |
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Memory impairment in Korsakoff, are due to damage to the:
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Mammillary bodies
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Nicotine may enhance memory & alertness by mimicking______?
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acetycholine
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Woodcock-Johnson is based on:
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Cattel-Horn-Carrol approach to cognitive abilities
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___________ proposed that orginizational culture acts as a defense maechanism agaisnt anxiety:
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Edgar Schein
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Herbert Simon is known for:
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Bounded rationality & artificial intelligence
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Sampling error is due to:
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randon factors that prduce a nonrepresentative sample
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Postpartum blues rates:
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50-80% (10-15% - PP depression)
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Sue found which ethnic group to have bext & worst therapy outcomes?
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Hispanics/Blacks
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Petit mal seizures begin in the:
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Thalamus
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At-risk kids for antisocial behavior, are best protected when they have:
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Good relationship with caretaker, social resposivity, & higher IQ's
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Leadership styles in Hersey & Blanchard' model:
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Telling = low ability & willingness
Selling =low ability, high willing Participatory = high ability & low willing Delegating = high ability & wiling |
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Sources of self-efficacy beleifes acc. to Bandura:
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past accomplishments, observations of others, verbal persuasion, & logical verification
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Best predictor of "contextual performance" (extrattask behaiors, i.e.prosocial activities) in orinizations:
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Personality measures
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Patient with Broca, is also likely to manifest:
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Intense anxiety & depression (Wernickes = indifference & paranoia)
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Perry (1986) found that aggressive children....
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beleive that aggression will reduce aversive tx by others
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Lowest score on WISC by deaf child:
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Verbal = Digit span
Performance = Pic Arrangement |
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Tricyclic drugs block the effectsof:
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AcH in the parasympathetic system
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Amato & Keith found that divorce exerted most negatove effect on:
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Fatherchild relationship, followd by conduct
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We use stepwise multiple regression when we want to:
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identify the fewest number of predictors needed to account for criterion variabiity
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Communality refers to;
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prpoportion of variance accounted for by multiple factors in a single variable
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Primary goal of Helm's in developing her racial identity model:
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diagnose and resolve race-related tensions in the counseling relationship
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Patient with Alzheimer's scores lowest on which 2 WAIS-III factor indexes?
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Processing speed & perceptual orginization
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Acc. to ___________ theory, a person's behavior is motivated (pulled) by the goals he wants to achieve:
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Incentive
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Situations where DSM allows for NOS diagnosis:
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1)Clients symptoms don't meet criteria
2)Symtoms meet criteria for a diagnosis included "Axes for further study" 3)Uncertantity regarding the etiology (medical, substance related) 4) Symtoms seem to fit, but time didn't permit complete data gathering |
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Acc. to Piaget, what underlies cognitive development:
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Biological maturation & environmental stimulation
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Acc. to the central limit theorem:
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As sample size increases, the shape of a sampling distribution of means becomes more normal
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Connection between psych factors & cancer:
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Role in cure, but not onset
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Anosognosia involves:
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failure to recognize one's own neurological symptoms (such as paralysis)
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Diagnosis of Antisocial Personality requires:
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pervasive pattern of disrefgard for rights of others since age 15, hx of conduct disorder symptoms before 15, & current age of 18 or older
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Troiden's homosexual identity stages:
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sensitization, confusion, assumption, integration
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Male Erectile Disorder requires:
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inability to maintain or attain an erection until completion of sexual activity
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Research on applying goal-setting to groups notes that:
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Performance feedback plus group goals is MORE effective than either alone
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Children with ADHD score lowest on:
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Symbol search, coding, Arithmetic, Digit Span (SCAD)
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Larger groups lead to more social loafing, possibly due to:
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decreased self-attention
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Prosopagnosia is due to damage to the:
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bilateral occipitotemporal area
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