Beth is a speech-language pathologist who works with children with autism. She does most of her work with families in their home. As she visits, she watches carefully to gauge how often a client engages in self-injurious behavior, self-stimulatory behavior, and tantrums while she is present in the home. Beth is using which assessment method?

a. Behavioral observation
b. Self-report
c. Behavioral performance scales
d. Interviews


a

Psychology

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Honey makes daily threats that she is going to kill herself and she has had made several unsuccessful attempts. Mental health professionals who work with suicidal clients know that ____

a. Honey is trying to get attention b. Honey is not serious about taking her life c. Honey's threats should be taken seriously d. Honey is more likely to kill someone other than herself

Psychology

Dr. Kelly was interested in examining the effects of high and low quality after-school programs on children's social competence. Since the children were already attending their respective programs when the project began, Dr. Kelly had to take advantage of the natural separation of the participants into different groups and conduct a

a. quasi-experiment. c. naturalistic observation. b. meta-analysis. d. structured observation.

Psychology

Kant and Helmholtz agreed that:?

a. ?the faculties of the mind are innate b. ?the perceiver transforms what the senses provide c. ?perception is explained by unconscious inference d. ?nativism provides a better explanation of perception than does empiricism

Psychology

To temporarily numb the mother's body below the waist, a physician may administer

A) a narcotic. B) general anesthesia. C) local anesthesia such as an epidural block. D) a tranquilizer.

Psychology