There are several important sources to consult when attempting to identify an appropriate test. Name two of these and where would you locate these resources.
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: These include The Sixteenth Mental Measurements Yearbook (Plake & Spies, 2005) and Tests in Print VIII (Murphy, Geisinger Carlson, & Spies, 2011). Typically, you will be able to find these books in the references section of your library. They provide descriptions of the tests and information about test properties, such as reliability and validity.
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Given the proclivity of existential clinicians to acknowledge daimonic affects (i.e., anger and despair) as universal, and to avoid using stigmatizing labels to describe their patients, what is the position of existential psychotherapists on the process of psychiatric diagnosis and psychopharmacology?
a. existential psychotherapists actively refuse to diagnose clients and actively avoid the use of psychotropic medication at all costs b. existential clinicians do not dismiss the diagnostic process, however they actively avoid the use of psychotropic medication at all costs c. existential clinicians believe that it would be a critical error to completely dismiss the diagnostic process and the appropriate use of psychotropic medication d. existential clinicians believe that it would be a critical error to completely dismiss the appropriate use of psychotropic medication, but actively refuse to diagnose their patients
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A. smallest B. largest C. most robust D. leading
Researchers explored the trajectories of substance use. Four trajectories emerge and include all but
a. A low or nonusing trajectory b. A moderate use trajectory c. A persistently high use trajectory d. A trajectory of high use that declines over time