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What are the prevalence rates of mental health disorders in Canada? - correct answer ✔✔1/3 will have a
MHD; 1/10 in the past year; veterans = 16.5% in past year
Discuss the person-situation debate - correct answer ✔✔What contributes to the accurate prediction of
a person's behavior? The situation or personality?
It was believed that the more an individual possessed a trait the more likely they were to behave in a
manner consistent with that trait in any situation.
Mischel questioned whether there was a direct connection between personality traits and actual
behaviour. Specifically suggested that the type of situation may account for as much, if not more, of the
variability in a person's behaviour. The link between trait scores and behaviours rarely exceeded .3
Describe the relationship between the psychotherapy process and process-outcome research - correct
answer ✔✔Psychotherapy can be analyzed in terms of how you win as well as whether you win.
Process-outcome research ask about how an intervention works. It's been useful to look at recordings of
psychotherapy sessions and standardized measures of clients' and therapists experiences of the
treatment process. By doing this we learn a great deal about how therapy itself work and how we can
improve upon it.
Discuss the limitations of confidentiality and when it can be broken - correct answer ✔✔Protection from
harm (attempting suicide, harm to others, child in need of protection, sexual abuse by health
professional)
Legal obligations to disclose to a judge when requested; do not have "client privilege" like lawyers.
Must explain these limits BEFORE entering into services
What are the strengths and weaknesses of meta-analysis? - correct answer ✔✔Strengths answered in a
different question. Weaknesses: garbage in, garbage out; uses all findings from a study rather than an
average (studies with lots of analyses are given more weight); risk overestimating effects due to
publication bias; effect sizes ignore the fact that a sizable portion of clients continue to experience
symptoms; data sets may overlap
,What are the various models of training in clinical psychology? - correct answer ✔✔Scientist-practitioner
model - students must develop and demonstrate competencies in research and psychological service
provision. Undertake original research, develop clinical skills through practicum training, clinical skills
enhanced during internship year
Clinical scientist model - strongly promote the development of research skills. Primary goal is to train
students to contribute to the knowledge base of psychology and related disciplines. More research.
Practitioner-scholar model - unhappy with how S-P is applied. Research training overrated. Most clinical
psychologists work in practice settings; emphasizes training in clinical skills. Generally award Psy.D.
What are the major professional roles of clinical psychologists? - correct answer ✔✔Assessment,
Diagnosis, Intervention, Psychotherapy, Consultation, Research, Teaching, Supervision, Administration
Stepped Care Model for Depression - correct answer ✔✔Step 1: Primary Care/IAPT services. Problem
recognition and watchful waiting.
Step 2: Low Intensity Service. Self help, guided self-help, computerized CBT, psychoeducation.
Step 3: High Intensity. CBT.
Step 4: Refer to specialist services.
What is clinical neuropsychology? - correct answer ✔✔Apply knowledge of brain-behaviour relationships
in the assessment and remediation of neurological injury/illness. Address the effects of neurological
problems on functioning (neurodegenerative diseases, chemo effects)
What is health promotion? - correct answer ✔✔Programs designed to increase activities that are
beneficial to many aspects of physical health. Lifestyle factors associated with many health problems
(good nutrition, exercise, etc.). Definition of health is NOT the opposite of illness.
What was Barlow's distinction between psychological treatment and psychotherapy? - correct answer
✔✔Psychotherapy: should be used to describe interventions that address difficulties of a subclinical
intensity, such as relationship issues
Psychological treatment refers to evidence-based interventions to treat clinically significant problems;
should be used to define the growing number of clinically significant problems.
Discuss the difference between assessment focused verses intervention focused services - correct
answer ✔✔AF: these are standalone. Provide conclusions and recommendations about a person's
, functioning (child custody, psychosocial functioning, etc.). Purpose to evaluate current level of
functioning, suitability for services, provide recommendations
IF: most common type; to help improve functioning, first step in providing intervention, determine what
intervention appropriate, useful comparison point for subsequent assessments
What are common threats to internal validity? - correct answer ✔✔Extraneous variables
Maturation (changes in participants due to development)
Repeated testing (can cause familiarity and/or memory effects)
Instrumentation (long., changes in the definition of constructs/measurements can make interpretation
difficult)
Statistical regression (extreme scores tend to be less extreme on retesting)
Selection biases (impact of exclusion criteria)
Attrition
What are self-presentation biases? - correct answer ✔✔People may be motivated to present themselves
in a particular light. Most scales include validity scales focusing on three types of distorted answers:
emphasizing positive (faking good), emphasizing negative (faking bad), and random/inconsistent
responses.
Discuss the client variables that influence treatment - correct answer ✔✔Client characteristics,
sociodemographic characteristics, personality characteristics, psychological functioning
WEIRD research - correct answer ✔✔Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic
What are the ethical considerations in interventions? - correct answer ✔✔Regulated professions (are
required by law to be ethical and are accountable, must meet rigorous entry requirements), informed
consent (agreement on services and likely outcomes; right to know about evidence-based treatments;
civil commitment is involuntary admission of people suffering a mental disorder on the grounds that
they pose a risk to themselves or others; kids can't give consent usually but still have right to have
procedures explained in a simple manner), confidentiality, monitor effectiveness of treatment, evidence-
based practice (may not be RCT for a problem, but there is likely uncontrolled trials or case reports, go
with the best available evidence)
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