A clinical psychologist notes that a client wears his clothes inside out, that his hair is matted, and there is
dirt under his fingernails. This information is known as
A) an observational decision tree. B) clinical observation.
C) a dynamic formulation. D) self-monitoring.
B
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Which of these is true if a test has low validity?
a. People's scores improve only slightly with practice. b. People's scores do not accurately predict their performance on another task. c. Very few people have scores that are close to the mean for the population. d. Very few psychologists have experience in using the test.
Which type of pain is correctly matched with an example?
A. progressive pain--Elise shakes her hand rapidly after a paper cut. B. recurrent acute pain--Sandy lies down to rid herself of a blinding migraine. C. intractable-benign pain--Jamal’s lower back always seems to be hurting. D. acute pain--Grover’s arthritis has become so bad the pain is now almost crippling.
An outcome of using the cognitive interview technique is that an eyewitness is:
A. more likely to reconstruct memories about the incident B. less likely to be influenced by the questions and therefore not likely to experience source misattribution C. likely to block out prior information that may have been influential D. more likely to experience state-dependent memory
In the United States and other Western nations, when doctors engage in voluntary euthanasia with patients near death and suffering profoundly, __________
A) about 70 percent of the population disapproves B) judges are usually strict, sentencing them to jail terms C) they often do so without the patient’s consent D) judges are usually lenient, granting suspended sentences or probation