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Bronfenbrenner's concept of a microsystem in his ecological model deals with?
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individual's immediate environment & includes parents, siblings, classmates, & teachers
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A period of persistently elevated, expansive, or irritable mood demonstrates what episode?
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Hypomanic Episode
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Individuals in a hypomanic epidsode may demonstrate positive qualities such as...
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increased productivity, efficiency, and creativity
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The "classic" performance equation is P = f{A X M} means...
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performance is a function of ability and motivation
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What 2 characteristics have not found to be highly correlated with performance?
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neither interest nor satisfaction
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Which 2 types of drugs may lead to anticholinergic effects?
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tricyclics & heterocyclics
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Which drug type will not likely lead to anticholinergic effects?
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SSRI's
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What is the most commonly associated features of Tourette's Disorder?
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obsessions & compulsions
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What affect does maternal deprivation in the first few years of life have on children developing attachments to their adopted parents?
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does not necessarily prevent children from developing strong attachments even if adoption occurs as late as 4-6 years old
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Blocking occurs when?
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a CS is presented simultaneously with a second stimulus just before the US
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What does the ethics code say about sliding scales?
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it does not explicitly talk about sliding scales so as long as they are fair and serve the best interests of the client, sliding scale fees are generally considered acceptable
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The variable most directly associated with a need for personal space?
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cultural background
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What happens when interviewers are given biodata information about an interviewee prior to the interview?
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interviewers give less credence to interview information when the biodata is not supportive of a decision to hire
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What do IPT therapists focus on?
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not the past - they focus on the connection between the presenting problem and client's current relationships
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Sexual dimorphism is...
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any consistent differences between males and females in size or shape
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What is the relationship between thermal & relaxation?
What is the relationship between EMG & relaxation? |
thermal > relaxation
EMG = relaxation |
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The most important factor found to exist as a criterion for initial attraction between people who have just met is
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physical attractiveness
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Administrative decision making involves making what type of choice?
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a satisficing one... meaning the one that is minimally acceptable
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What is the difference between the multiple hurdle and the multiple cut-off selection technique?
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in multiple hurdle, not all predictors are administered to all examinees
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Research has found that flexible work schedules have the greatest impact on
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absenteeism
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George Kelly, the first cognitive theorist, emphasized that people view the world through...
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cognitive schemas
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What does the Self-in-relation theory say about infant to adult development?
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individuals progress from infantile dependency to mature interdependency
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Adler states psychopathology is caused by?
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maladaptive "style of life"
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Suicide rate is highest for
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white males
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Suicide occurs most @ what age for whites AND at what age for blacks?
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whites- near end of life cycle
blacks- age 20-34 |
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Memory loss in malingering identified by...
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memory loss of personal identity but intact memory for other past events
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Dissociative disorder different from malingering because...
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involves memory loss of personal identity and loss of memory for other information
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Eating foods containing tyramine while taking MAOIs is likely to cause a
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hypertensive crisis
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Retrograde amnesia in Korsakoff's syndrome involves...
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loss of recent long-term memories
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Relationship between therapist experience and patient outcome is strongest when...
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patient symptoms are severe
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What effect can neurotransmitters have on post synaptic cells?
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excitatory or inhibitory
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Cocaine blocks the reuptake of which neurotransmitter?
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dopamine
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Decreased need for sleep, inflated self-esteem, & excessive involvement in pleasurable activities that are likely to result in painful consequences describes a...
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manic episode
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Drowsiness, impaired psychomotor abilities, & impaired short-term memory (particularly anterograde amnesia) are side effects of which drug...
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benzodiazepines
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Huntington's disease is associated with decreased levels of
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GABA
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Alzheimer's dementia affects which memory?
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declarative memory
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When can psych's withhold a client's record due to nonpayment?
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when records are not needed for emergency treatment
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Reduced awareness of environment, distractibility, changes in cognition, memory loss, disorientation to time and place, & impaired language indicate...
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delirium
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A term associated with multiple-regression in which two or more predictors are highly correlated with each other...
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multicollinearity
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Psychoanalytic theory and ethology both emphasize...
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critical periods
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Yalom argues that the most important characteristic of a group member is...
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motivation
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How does non-consensual childhood sexual abuse affect males or females?
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affects both similarly
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Ellen Berscheid's Emotion-in-Relationships Model states partners underestimate their investment when...
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things are running smoothly
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“Terminal drop” means...
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months before death, a substantial drop in all facets of intelligence occurs
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Who has the highest rates of admission to inpatient mental health facilities?
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never married men
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Study that would be considered most unethical in today's times is...
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Milgram's
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Buckely Amendment or the Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act state what 2 things...
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1. right of access to to educational records & can challenge any content.
2. records that are no longer useful or relevant are to be destroyed |
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How is the recall in depression different from recall in dementia?
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In depression, recall memory is affected but recognition memory is not; in dementia, both are impaired
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What did Cattell and Horn believe about crystallized & fluid intelligence?
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these two aspects of intelligence are highly correlated
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How did Cattell & Horn believe that crystallized intelligence develops?
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crystallized intelligence develops through the use of fluid intelligence
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Yalom stated procedural norms are...
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procedures that a group follows
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Vygotsky's work has most influenced which of the teaching strategy?
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reciprocal teaching
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When are researchers obligated to inform subjects about the effectiveness of a treatment?
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at the end of the study
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Which agency's publication provides information about styles of research writing, such as how to refer to various minority groups?
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APA
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VIQ > PIQ may indicate...
PIQ > VIQ may indicate... |
depression or alot of educational experiences
low SES, delinquency, or lack of educational experiences |
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Dementia due to Head Trauma is usually nonprogressive when...? When is it progressive...?
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a single head trauma
repeated head trauma |
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Stuttering onset is commonly around...
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age 5 but rarely after age 10
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Parents who raise kids to be aggressive tend to be what 2 things:
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laissez-faire rules & intermittently violent
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Psychoanalytic theory believes that mania represents a defense against?
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depression
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Which theorist talked about a shift from “time from birth” to “time to death”?
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Neugarten
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1. Can psychologists refuse to service clients with certain disorders?
2. If they decide not to service them, what MUST they do? |
1. Yes
2. make appropriate referral |
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Acetylcholine causes muscles to...
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contract
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How is acetylcholine different from GABA?
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although absence of GABA may lead to muscle contraction, acetylcholine specifically related to muscle contraction
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Norepinephrine helps to regulate....
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mood, dreaming, & arousal
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Serotonin is associated with...
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moods, drives, & personality
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In psychoanalytic practice, transference is a sign that...
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treatment is having an effect & is discussed so that the patient is made conscious of it
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Why is a speeded test completely opposite of a power test?
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speeded- very little time for easy items
power- lots of time for easy to difficult items |
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Sue & Sue (2003) define an invisible veil as lack of awareness of one's...
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world views
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When are environmental factors likely to have a greater impact on Bipolar disorder?
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during the early stages of the disorder
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Ethnic matching of therapist and client improves therapy outcome and reduces premature termination for... but not for...
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Asians, Hispanics,
but not for Blacks |
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What is not a proposed axis for further study according to the DSM-IV-TR?
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Sickness Impact Profile
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Although Buckley Amendment has several rules about student records what 2 things are NOT required?
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1. written consent to release info. to child's new school
2. consent to release non-identifying info. to evaluate a federally funded program |
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Reasoning from a particular fact to a general rule is...
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inductive reasoning
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Understanding that one thing can stand for another
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symbolic thought
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Reasoning from a general law to a particular case
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deductive reasoning
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Disorder that may or may not have a physiological component but are not directly caused by a known physiological factor.
Give an example... |
funtional disorder
depression |
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What long term effectiveness does nicotine replacement interventions have?
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only effective long-term when combined with other interventions
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Rapid onset, insomnia, decreased heart rate, increased appetite, & depressed or dysphoric mood describes...
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nicotine withdrawal
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Engineering psychology focuses on...
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fitting aspects of the job to the worker
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A therapeutic approach designed to help clients build commitment, resolve ambivalence, and reach a decision to change
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motivational interviewing
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Classical Adlerian psychotherapy has how many stages?
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progression through 12 stages
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Infant IQ not a good predictor of adult IQ but...
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predicts better for low IQ babies so good as a screener for high risk babies
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The gonadotropic hormones, in males and females, are released by...
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pituitary gland
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Brainstorming as a group technique is generally not too effective because...
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produces fewer ideas & the quality is poorer
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A lower estrogen level can cause ___ during intercourse
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discomfort
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Backwards conditioning occurs when...
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the UCS is repeatedly presented before the CS
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Bandara's study showed that when the model is punished, ___ decreases but ___ does not decrease..
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performance of aggressive behaviors is reduced BUT not learning of aggressive behaviors is not reduced
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Whenever you see any symptoms that might have a medical or psychiatric basis it's always good to recommend a ___... but if it's not available recommend a ___
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a physical exam
psychiatric |
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The greater the range of scores in the predictor(s) & the criterion score
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the higher the validity coefficient
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Super's (1992) concept that relates the five life stages of growth, exploration, establishment, maintenance, and disengagement to nine major life roles is called...
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life career rainbow
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