Exam 15: Consumer Guide to Abnormal Psychology

When typists supposedly translate what a nonverbal child with autism wants to communicate to parents and others, they are performing

People who are members of racial or ethnic minorities have ____ access to mental health care.

For a psychologist, giving a clinical personality test to people at a party would be considered

Employing high moral standards in one's work is referred to as

When research articles use less than ideal methods, procedures, subject pool, measures, diversity, and follow-up, your textbook authors rightly point out that the research is

The main problem with evaluating research-based specialized clinics versus general private practice treatment is that researchers tend to be

Who is a counseling psychologist most likely to provide treatment to?

Some group homes are ____ restrictive as larger residential facilities, which may hinder certain skills.

Use of managed care can ____ services clients receive under certain coverage plans because insurance companies have essentially set the rules for what type of assessment and therapy a client can receive.

Some therapists are bad-tempered or abrasive and may not be suitable for certain clients. A client may

Prescriptive treatment is important when seeking therapy. Clients should expect any therapist to conduct a thorough assessment of their problem to determine the

Which intervention is most consistent with the traditional roles and responsibilities of a social worker?

Identify and explain the various responsibilities and ethical factors involved in treatment of mental disorders.

Movement to smaller, community-based facilities is based on ____, or the belief that people living in more typical circumstances will behave less unusually and be more valued by others.

Andrea wants to go to graduate school in clinical psychology. Which of the following would be most helpful to her?

Lionel is a therapist who is working with a client with major depressive disorder. The client has not responded well to to medication or therapy and remains in a suicidal state. Lionel is recommending shock treatments, and has spent the last hour discussing what this treatment would entail, the risks of it, the potential benefits associated with it, and answering his client's questions about the treatment. This discussion is part of the ____ process.

Process variables are aspects of therapy that are

Which type of psychologists tend to focus on people with less severe problems, such as those needing vocational counseling or marriage and family therapy?

Unless a study is justified from a scientific perspective, and participants know about aspects of the study that might influence their decision to participate, psychologists are expected to ____ deceptive research

When a clinician lets a client know how he/she is doing on a particular skill, the clinician is best described as offering the client