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Psychology
Post-Graduate
12/08/2016

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Nonmaleficence
Definition
means "do no harm"
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Self-determination
Definition
the client's right to autonomy, to make decisions about their own life without the influence from outside sources
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Defamation
Definition
the act of divulging communication or information that has the potential to damage or harm someone's reputation
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Slander
Definition
defaming statements made verbally are known as
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Informed consent
Definition
explaining to clients everything that they can expect from counseling services
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Confidentiality
Definition
client's right to expect privacy and that what they share in counseling will be kept confidential and not be shared with others
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Privileged communication
Definition
what a client discloses is considered
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Duty to warn
Definition
if a client presents as a threat of violence or as an imminent risk of danger to him or herself or other, then the counselor must take action to contact the proper authorities to prevent harm from occurring to the client or the parties identified by the client
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Dual relationship
Definition
counselor is simultaneously engaged in a counseling relationship as well as some other relationship with that same client at the same time
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The Counseling Relationship
Definition
which section of the ACA: counselors are aware of and avoid imposing their own values, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors. respect the diversity of clients, trainees, and research participants and seek training in areas in which they are at risk of imposing their values onto clients
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Treatment plan
Definition
a written approach to counseling treatment that has been discussed
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Self-report tests
Definition
tests that measure criterion based on
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Intelligence
Definition
WISC-III is what kind of test
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Projective
Definition
the Thematic Apperception Test is a _________ test that uses pictures for client's to interpret
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Concurrent
Definition
having high _______ validity means the test in question has a high validity correlation to an already valid test
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Content
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_______ validity is concerned with a tests ability to include or represent all of the content of a particular construct.
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.70
Definition
most psychological tests have a reliability co-efficient of ______
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Accurate
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.60 reliability co-efficient means that 60% of the scores are ________
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Spiral
Definition
this kind of test includes items which become progressively more difficult
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Cyclical
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this kind of test contains several sections of spiral tests
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Binet
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he was appointed by the French government to develop and lead a commission to identify children in need of enhanced education
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Cultural test bias
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the phenomenon of a test's reliability measured with certain cultural elements
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Subjective interpretation bias
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occurs when a test taker determines personal meaning from test questions
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Aptitude
Definition
this test will address a client's concerns about his or her potential to succeed
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Forced or recognition
Definition
this type of test allows you to select an answer from the choices given. Example: MMPI
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Plausible error
Definition
determined by multiplying the reliability coefficient by 100 and then subtracting the reliability coefficient from 100
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10%
Definition
a .90 reliability coefficient has a plausible error of _____
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.70
Definition
the generally acceptable level for most psychological attributes is a reliability coefficient of what
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Screening, brief intervention, referral, and treatment
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SBIRT stands for what
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Personality
Definition
MMPI-2 measures what?
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Projective
Definition
the Rorschach test is what kind of test?
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Intelligence
Definition
Spearman's g is the idea that there is one general intelligence
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Flynn Effect
Definition
the increase in average test scores on intelligence test scores all over the world
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Hawthorne effect
Definition
related to increased performance when people know they are being studied
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Yerkes-Dodson law
Definition
relates to an increase in performance when anxious
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100
Definition
a score of _____ on the Standford Binet is considered average.
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Culture fair
Definition
Raymond Cattell developed the ________ IQ test
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Fluid and crystal
Definition
Raymond Cattell determined that there were two types of intelligence:
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Construct
Definition
this validity is the extent to which a test measures what it claims to measure
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Criterion
Definition
this type of validity is based on specific variables and how one set of variables predicts an outcome on another set
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Aptitude
Definition
the SAT is what kind of test
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Response set bias
Definition
answering all questions with the same response
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External
Definition
this type of validity refers to the extent to which researchers can generalize their findings from a research study to real world settings
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Examiner bias
Definition
this occurs when the examiner's expectations about the outcome of the experiment influence the participants
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Measurment
Definition
the systemic procedure of assigning scores to determine the dimensions of human attributes, traits, characteristics or behaviors
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Achievement
Definition
the counselor preparation comprehensive examination (CPCE) is an example of what kind of test
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Aptitude
Definition
test designed to assess a person's capability to perform given the right training or information
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Barnum effect or Forer effect
Definition
a general description of a personality trait or characteristic that is so vague that it could apply to anyone
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Cognitive instrument
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a test that assesses cognition
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Psychological construct
Definition
a variable that cannot be observed directly because it represents a tendency to behave in certain ways or a complex pattern of behavior and internal processes
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Sequential processing
Definition
the mental ability to arrange stimuli in sequential or serial order in which to process information
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