Deck 8: Dionysus: Rooted in Earth and Ecstasy

Question 1

Eye contact, body language, vocal qualities, and verbal tracking are specific types of

A) behavioral psychotherapy techniques.
B) attending behaviors.
C) rapport.
D) directive interviewing.

Answer 1

attending behaviors.

Question 2

____________ refers to a positive, comfortable relationship between interviewer and client, or an interpersonal "connection" as perceived by the client.

A) Rapport
B) Verbal tracking
C) Nondirective interviewing
D) Directive interviewing

Answer 2

Rapport

Question 3

Effective interviewers are skilled at _______________, or repeating key words and phrases back to their clients to ensure the clients that they have been accurately heard.

A) verbal tracking
B) eye contact
C) developing positive relationships
D) quieting themselves

Answer 3

verbal tracking

Question 4

________ of clinical psychologists use clinical interviews as part of their assessment processes.

A) About half
B) The vast majority
C) About 25%
D) Less than 5%

Question 5

In the context of the clinical interview, the term "quieting yourself" is best described as

A) the client's efforts to remain quiet in order to fully attend to the interviewer's questions.
B) the interviewer's efforts to control the volume of his or her speaking voice to match that of the client.
C) the interviewer's efforts to control his or her own internal, self-directed thinking pattern in order to enhance listening.
D) the interviewer's policy of remaining entirely silent during the interview in order to facilitate transference.

Question 6

The type of clinical interview that is most often conducted in medical settings for the primary purpose of quickly assessing a client's current level of functioning is the

A) mental status exam.
B) crisis interview.
C) diagnostic interview.
D) intake interview.

Question 7

Which of the following can enhance rapport in a clinical interview?

A) efforts by the interviewer to put the client at ease, especially at the beginning of the interview
B) acknowledgment by the interviewer that the clinical interview is a unique, unusual situation
C) efforts by the interviewer to notice how the client uses language, and then following the client's lead
D) all of the above

Question 8

Cultural variables are important in the context of a clinical interview. For example, compared to people from North America or Britain, people of Middle Eastern or Latino/Latina cultures tend to

A) prefer a greater amount of personal space.
B) prefer a smaller amount of personal space.
C) expect the clinical interviewer to offer food or drink during the interviewer.
D) view the clinical interviewer as an expert.

Question 9

Whereas a ___________ echoes the client's words, a ___________ echoes the client's emotions.

A) paraphrase; confrontation
B) paraphrase; reflection of feeling
C) clarification; reflection of feeling
D) conclusion; reflection of feeling

Question 10

It is important for clinical interviewers to appreciate how communication styles tend to differ across cultures. For example,

A) Asian Americans tend to speak more loudly than Whites.
B) Whites tend to speak more quickly than Native Americans.
C) all of the above
D) none of the above

Question 11

It is important for clinical interviewers to appreciate how communication styles tend to differ across cultures. For example,

A) when responding to another person, African Americans and Whites tend to respond rather quickly, while Native Americans and Asian Americans may demonstrate a mild delay.
B) Asian Americans tend to establish a prolonged, direct eye-contact gaze with those they perceive as authority figures.
C) all of the above
D) none of the above

Question 12

Dr. Fong, a clinical psychologist, is conducting a clinical interview in which the primary purpose is to assign a label from the current DSM to the client. In other words, Dr. Fong is conducting a

A) diagnostic interview.
B) mental status exam.
C) intake interview.
D) crisis interview.

Question 13

Communication styles often differ between men and women. For example,

A) women tend to use talk to assert themselves and achieve goals, whereas men tend to use talk to build relationships.
B) women tend to avoid self-disclosure because it brings vulnerability, whereas men tend to engage in self-disclosure because it brings closeness.
C) all of the above
D) none of the above

Question 14

Interviewers use _____________ questions when they notice discrepancies or inconsistencies in a client's comments.

A) open-ended
B) closed-ended
C) clarification
D) confrontation

Question 15

Interviewers who use a _______ style of interviewing get exactly the information they need by asking clients specifically for it.

A) directive
B) nondirective
C) rapport-building
D) evidence-based

Question 16

Of all the available assessment procedures, clinical psychologists rely most frequently on the

A) Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale.
B) Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children.
C) clinical interview.
D) Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory.

Question 17

Cultural variables are important in the context of a clinical interview. For example, compared to traditional Western culture, Asian cultures tends to feature

A) more eye contact, especially between members of the opposite sex.
B) less physical touch.
C) all of the above
D) none of the above

Question 18

In recent years, the most prominent structured interview has been

A) the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Disorders.
B) the Acute Stress Disorder Interview.
C) the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule--Revised.
D) the Bipolar Disorder Structured Clinical Interview.

Question 19

An important skill for a clinical interviewer is _________, which is best described as the ability to know how he or she tends to affect others interpersonally and how others tend to relate to him or her.

A) being self-aware
B) developing positive working relationships
C) establishing rapport
D) quieting yourself

Question 20

Dr. Harris, a clinical psychologist, is interviewing a client with the primary purpose of determining whether the agency where Dr. Harris works can provide the services required by this client. In other words, Dr. Harris is conducting a(n)

A) mental status exam.
B) structured interview.
C) diagnostic interview.
D) intake interview.

Question 21

Briefly explain some gender-based differences in communication styles that are important for a clinical interviewer to appreciate.

Question 22

How does paraphrasing differ from reflection of feeling?

Question 23

___________ is the extent to which an assessment technique measures what it claims to measure.

A) Validity
B) Test-retest reliability
C) Clinical utility
D) Interrater reliability

Question 24

___________ is the extent to which an assessment technique correlates with other techniques that measure the same thing.

A) Reliability
B) Clinical utility
C) Convergent validity
D) Discriminant validity

Question 25

___________ is the extent to which an assessment technique yields consistent, repeatable results.

A) Discriminant validity
B) Clinical utility
C) Reliability
D) Content validity

Question 26

What is the main purpose of the mental status exam, and what areas does it cover?

Question 27

What are the advantages and disadvantages of note-taking during the clinical interview?

Question 28

Compare and contrast the directive and nondirective styles of interviewing.