Arco Praxis Ii School Psych Questions

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Drug therapy has been effectively used in treating children with behavior problems. Of the following, the best type of medications for children who have personality disorders and psychoses are:

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Psychotropic drugs

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Psychological testing is used for all the following except:

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Determination of academic achievement

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A technique in which a psychologist compares two interpretations of a single set of behaviors -- e.g. idealistic and real points of view is called

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life-space interview, existential

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A troublesome student is sent by a teacher to the school psychologist, along with a note. Which one of the notes below describes an inappropriate use of the psychologist's counseling services?

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I don't want him in m room. Keep him until the bell rings. He's out of control again.

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A psychologist recommends a commercial program designed to teach affective skills. She recommends a program in which teacher-led discussions take place using a structured approach in order to help students develop skills in self-control, responsibility, and role expectations and in creating satisfactory peer relations. The clinician is describing:

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Magic Circle

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A type of therapy that combines value clarifications and social-skills learning using a modified behavioral approach has been developed by:

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Meichenbaum

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What is a major problem with intelligence tests, such as the WISC III and the STanford-Binet, as a measure of mental deficiency?

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These tests are heavily loaded with verbal content.

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Planned ignoring, signal interference, and proximity control are techniques used in:

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Managing surface behavior

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A 7 year old student who has normal hearing and vision but cannot pronounce even initial sounds when attempting to talk needs to be evaluated for her intellectual potential. The best test to use is the

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Leiter Scale

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In which situation is a middle grade student considered a danger to himself and to others?

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throwing a temper tantrum

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All of the following are steps in the consultation process except:

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initiating the plan

Front 12

The classroom is out of control. The teacher constantly yells at her students in a hostile fashion, has negative things to say about many students in the class. She wants you to help her find a way to improve her class. All of the following must be considered in such a situation except that:

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it can be correctly assumed that the problem rests wholly with the students

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Which author believed that tests of sensory discrimination could serve as a means of guaging a person's intellect?

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Galton

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All of the following are projective counseling techniques used by psychologists to help students express feelings they may not reveal in conversation except:

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reality therapy

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An event that is imposed or occurs regularly after a behavior and increases the frequency or duration of that behavior is an example of:

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reinforcement

Front 16

Drug therapy has been effectively used in treating children with behavior problems. Of the following, the best type of medications for children who have personality disorders and psychoses are:

Back 16

Psychotropic drugs

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Psychological testing is used for all the following except:

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Determination of academic achievement

Front 18

A technique in which a psychologist compares two interpretations of a single set of bheaviors -- e.g. idealistic and real points of view is called

Back 18

life-space interview

Front 19

A troublesome student is sent by a teacher to the school psychologist, along with a note. Which one of the notes below describes an inappropriate use of the psychologist's counseling services?

Back 19

I don't want him in m room. Keep him until the bell rings. He's out of control again.

Front 20

A psychologist recommends a commercial program designed to teach affective skills. She recommends a program in which teacher-led discussions take place using a structured approach in order to help students develop skills in self-control, responsibility, and role expectations and in creating satisfactory peer relations. The clinician is describing:

Back 20

Magic Circle

Front 21

A type of therapy that combines value clarifications and social-skills learning using a modified behavioral approach has been developed by:

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Meichenbaum

Front 22

What is a major problem with intelligence tests, such as the WISC III and the STanford-Binet, as a measure of mental deficiency?

Back 22

These tests are heavily loaded with verbal content.

Front 23

Planned ignoring, signal interference, and proximity control are techniques used in:

Back 23

Managing surface behavior

Front 24

A 7 year old student who has normal hearing and vision but cannot pronounce even initial sounds when attempting to talk needs to be evaluatd for her intellectual potential. The best test to use is the

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Leiter Scale

Front 25

In which situation is a middle grade student considered a danger to himself and to others?

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throwing a temper tantrum

Front 26

All of the following are steps in the consultation process except:

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initiating the plan

Front 27

The classroom is out of control. The teacher constantly yells at her students in a hostile fashion, has negative things to say about many students in the class. She wants you to help her find a way to improve her class. All of the following must be considered in such a situation except that:

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it can be correctly assumed that the problem rests wholly with the students

Front 28

Which author believed that tests of sensory discrimination could serve as a means of guaging a person's intellect?

Back 28

Galton

Front 29

All of the following are projective counseling techniques used by psychologists to help students express feelings they may not reveal in conversation except:

Back 29

reality therapy

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An event that is imposed or occurs regularly after a behavior and increases the frequency or duration of that behavior is an example of:

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reinforcement

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An example of a peer-nominating technique is

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Class pictures in which a child chooses among photographs of students engaged in maladjusted or neutral behavior

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All are good ways to improve your own interview skills as a psychologist during counseling except:

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keep extensive notes during the interview of how you responded

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Which of the following are examples of good interview techniques to be employed by a clinician?

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Avoid answering any direct questions posed by the respondent.

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The purpose of a Rapid Deployment team is to:

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counsel students, parents, and staff in case of a death or fatal injury of a student or teacher

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This behavioral checklist is unique because it was five subscales that deal with behavior that are indicative of the five components of the federal definition of emotional disturbance. This checklist is called the:

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Behavior Evaluation Scale

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The term describing the consistence of a test is:

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reliability

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dependent variable

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The behavior to be changed through intervention.

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Duration Recording

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Recording the amount of time between the initiation of a response and its conclusion: an observational recording procedure

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Event Recording

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Recording a tally or frequency count of behavior as it occurs within an observation period; an observational recording procedure.

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Extinction

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Withholding reinforcement for a previously reinforced behavior to reduce the occurrence of the behavior

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Frequency

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The number of times a behavior occurs during an observation period.

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Independent Variable

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The treatment or intervention that the experimenter manipulates in order to change a behavior.

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Fixed interval schedule

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The interval of time is standard

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Variable interval schedule

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The interval of time varies

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Negative reinforcement

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The contingent removal of an averside stimulus immediately following a response. Negative reinforcement increase the future rate and/or probability of the response

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Observational Recording Systems

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Methods of data collection used to record aspects of behavior while it actually occurs

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Operating Conditioning

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The arrangement of environmental variables to establish a functional relationship between a voluntary behavior and its consequences.

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Postive Reinforcement

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The contingent presentation of a stimulus immediately following a response, which increases the future rate and/or probability of the response.

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Premack principle

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A principle stating that any high-probability activity may serve as a positive reinforcer for any low probability activity

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Punishment

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The contingent presentation of a stimulus immediately following a response, which dcreases the future rate and/or probability of the response.

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Fixed ratio

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the number of appropriate responses required for reinforcement is held constant

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Variable ratio schedule

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the number of appropriate responses required for reinforcement varies

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Response duration schedules

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Schedules for the delivery of reinforces contingent on how long a student engages in a continuous behavior

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Fixed response duration schedule

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The duration of the behavior required for reinforcement is held constant

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Variable response duration schedule

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The amount of time required for reinforcement varies.

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Time sampling

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An observational recording system in which an observation period is divided into equal intervals; the target behavior is observed at the end of each interval