PSYC 421 CH 14 & 15 EXAM QUESTIONS WELL ANSWERED LATEST UPDATE 2026
clinical psychology p489 - Answers the branch of psychology that has as its primary focus the
prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of abnormal behavior
counseling psychology p489 - Answers branch of psychology that is concerned with the prevention,
diagnosis, and treatment of abnormal behavior
DSM-IV - Answers p492
evolutionary view of mental disorder p492 - Answers the internal mechanisms that break down or fail
are viewed as having been acquired through the Darwinian process of natural selection
biopsychosocial assessment p494 - Answers a multidisciplinary approach to assessment that includes
exploration of relevant biological, psychological, social, cultural, and environmental variables for the
purpose of evaluating how such variables may have contributed to the development and
maintenance of a presenting problem
fatalism, self-efficacy, social support - Answers p495
therapeutic contract p495 - Answers an agreement between client and therapist setting forth goals,
expectations, and mutual obligations with regard to course of therapy
stress interview p496 - Answers general name applied to any interview where one objective is to
place the interviewee in a pressured state for some particular reason
hypnotic interview - Answers p496
cognitive interview - Answers p497
collaborative interview - Answers p497
mental status examination p498 - Answers a special clinical interview conducted by a clinician; used
to screen for intellectual, emotional, and neurological deficits, tyically includes questioning or
observation with respect to each area...``
orientation p499 - Answers assessed by straightforward questions such as "What is your name?" and
"Where are you now?"
test battery p503 - Answers a group of tests administered together to gather info about an individual
from a variety of instruments
standard battery p503 - Answers group of tests including one intelligence test, at least one
personality test, and a test designed to screen for neurological deficit
culturally informed psychological assessment p504 - Answers an approach to evaluation that is
keenly perceptive and responsive to issues of acculturation, values, identity, worldview, language, and
other culture-related variables as they may impact the evaluation process or the interpretation of
resulting data
shifting cultural lenses p505 - Answers steven roger lopez
ADRESSING p506 - Answers age, disability, religion, ethnicity, social status, sexual orientation,
indigenous heritage, national origin, and gender
managed care p507 - Answers a healthcare system wherein the products and services provided to
patients by a network of participating health care providers are mediated by an administrative agency
of the insurer that works to keep costs down by fixing schedules of reimbursement to service
providers
reacculturation p510 - Answers recovery from a drug addiction that has itself been conceptualized as
a socially mediated process that can result in a new sense of identity
forensic psychological assessment p510 - Answers the theory and application of psychological
evaluation and measurement in a legal context
duty to warn p512 - Answers if the assessor determines that a homicide is imminent, the assessor has
a legal [duty to warn] the endangered third party--a duty that overrides privileged communication
between psychologist and client
competence to stand trial p512 - Answers has to do largely with a defendant's ability to understand
the charges against him and assist in his own defense
insanity p515 - Answers legal term by which psychological assessors could identify the insane
M'Naghten standard p515 - Answers "right or wrong" test
Durham standard p516 - Answers if his unlawful act was the product of a mental disease or defect
ALI standard - Answers p516
psychopath p516 - Answers a person diagnosed with psychopathology
emotional injury p517 - Answers psychological har or damage; mental suffering, pain and suffering
clinical psychology p489 - Answers the branch of psychology that has as its primary focus the
prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of abnormal behavior
counseling psychology p489 - Answers branch of psychology that is concerned with the prevention,
diagnosis, and treatment of abnormal behavior
DSM-IV - Answers p492
evolutionary view of mental disorder p492 - Answers the internal mechanisms that break down or fail
are viewed as having been acquired through the Darwinian process of natural selection
biopsychosocial assessment p494 - Answers a multidisciplinary approach to assessment that includes
exploration of relevant biological, psychological, social, cultural, and environmental variables for the
purpose of evaluating how such variables may have contributed to the development and
maintenance of a presenting problem
fatalism, self-efficacy, social support - Answers p495
therapeutic contract p495 - Answers an agreement between client and therapist setting forth goals,
expectations, and mutual obligations with regard to course of therapy
stress interview p496 - Answers general name applied to any interview where one objective is to
place the interviewee in a pressured state for some particular reason
hypnotic interview - Answers p496
cognitive interview - Answers p497
collaborative interview - Answers p497
mental status examination p498 - Answers a special clinical interview conducted by a clinician; used
to screen for intellectual, emotional, and neurological deficits, tyically includes questioning or
observation with respect to each area...``
orientation p499 - Answers assessed by straightforward questions such as "What is your name?" and
"Where are you now?"
test battery p503 - Answers a group of tests administered together to gather info about an individual
from a variety of instruments
standard battery p503 - Answers group of tests including one intelligence test, at least one
personality test, and a test designed to screen for neurological deficit
culturally informed psychological assessment p504 - Answers an approach to evaluation that is
keenly perceptive and responsive to issues of acculturation, values, identity, worldview, language, and
other culture-related variables as they may impact the evaluation process or the interpretation of
resulting data
shifting cultural lenses p505 - Answers steven roger lopez
ADRESSING p506 - Answers age, disability, religion, ethnicity, social status, sexual orientation,
indigenous heritage, national origin, and gender
managed care p507 - Answers a healthcare system wherein the products and services provided to
patients by a network of participating health care providers are mediated by an administrative agency
of the insurer that works to keep costs down by fixing schedules of reimbursement to service
providers
reacculturation p510 - Answers recovery from a drug addiction that has itself been conceptualized as
a socially mediated process that can result in a new sense of identity
forensic psychological assessment p510 - Answers the theory and application of psychological
evaluation and measurement in a legal context
duty to warn p512 - Answers if the assessor determines that a homicide is imminent, the assessor has
a legal [duty to warn] the endangered third party--a duty that overrides privileged communication
between psychologist and client
competence to stand trial p512 - Answers has to do largely with a defendant's ability to understand
the charges against him and assist in his own defense
insanity p515 - Answers legal term by which psychological assessors could identify the insane
M'Naghten standard p515 - Answers "right or wrong" test
Durham standard p516 - Answers if his unlawful act was the product of a mental disease or defect
ALI standard - Answers p516
psychopath p516 - Answers a person diagnosed with psychopathology
emotional injury p517 - Answers psychological har or damage; mental suffering, pain and suffering
