Exam 9: Assessment Integration and Clinical Decision-Making

The tendency to take more personal credit for successes than for failures,by attributing success but not failure to internal,stable,and global causes is referred to as

In assessing an older adult who is exhibiting symptoms of dementia,a clinical neuropsychologist ought to

When completing the written report following an assessment,the psychologist ought to be mindful of

Using data that rely on people to remember events that happened to them at some point in the past is known as:

Case formulation is required when:

A psychologist who assumes that a particular pattern of responses on a test is indicative of a specific diagnosis,but does not take into account the probability of both the pattern of test responses and of the diagnosis,s/he is engaging in a(n)I

What is retrospective recall,and what has research generally shown regarding people`s abilities to engage in retrospective recall? Under what circumstances are the worst results likely to occur?

The advantage(s)of the written report following an assessment is that it

What is a case formulation? Describe two benefits of having a case formulation.

Maria is driving in traffic,when suddenly another car cuts her off.She mutters to herself "That driver is a nasty person,why can't s/he learn to drive?" This overestimation of the influence of personality traits and underestimation of the influence of situational effects on another person's behaviour is known as

Providing assessment feedback to a client:

A psychologist who relies on psychological tests that are directly relevant to the assessment task that have strong psychometric qualities and uses normative data and base rate information whenever available,s/he is

The process whereby a psychologist develops a clinical hunch and then gathers information to support his/her predictions is referred to as a(n)

Research has found that adolescents' retrospective recall poorest for:

In preparing a treatment plan,a psychologist must consider the

Research conducted by Halford et al.(2002),which compared the daily records of a couple's life with a recalled description about that same week provided at a later date,revealed that couples with low relationship satisfaction reported the week's relationship events in overly negative terms.This suggests that:

Clinical case formulation is especially helpful in that it:

Smith and colleagues' (2007)survey of opinions regarding providing assessment feedback found that most psychologists,regardless of type of assessment,believed that feedback promoted clients'

When interpreting self-report checklists,psychologists ought to know that

Describe two advantages of reviewing assessment reports with clients?