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Probing statements
 
  a. will put the interviewee on the defensive.
  b. do not carry judgmental overtones.
  c. should usually be avoided in an interview.
  d. communicate a deep sense of empathy.

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If you score in the upper quartile,
 
  a. you scored in the 25th percentile or higher.
  b. you scored in the 75th percentile or higher.
  c. you scored better than 1/4 of all people.
 d. you scored better than 40 of all people.

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The fact that Roger is more impressed by how much his therapist appeared to care, rather than the numerous diplomas and certificates on the therapist's walls, suggests that Roger will likely evaluate the quality of the interview as
 
  a. poor.
  b. average.
  c. high.
  d. indeterminate.

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Within the quartile system, the 2nd quartile is the
 
  a. 20th percentile.
  b. 50th percentile.
  c. 75th percentile.
  d. 80th percentile.

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Deliberately inducing discomfort or anxiety in an interviewee
 
  a. should always be avoided.
  b. is likely to increase how much information an interviewee reveals.
  c. is related to the interviewer's training.
  d. is appropriate for certain types of interviews.

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What system is standardized to have a mean of 5 and a standard deviation of approximately 2?
 
  a. Decile
 b. McCall's T
  c. Stanine
 d. Quartile

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In social psychology, the degree to which people share a feeling of understanding, mutual respect, and similarity is known as
 
  a. social facilitation.
  b. interpersonal influence.
  c. interpersonal attraction.
  d. halo effect.

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Three fourths of all scores in a distribution fall
 
  a. below Q2.
  b. above Q2.
  c. below Q3.
  d. above Q3.

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One study (Saccuzzo, 1975) found that the most important factor in a patient's evaluations of the quality of an interview was
 
  a. the seriousness of their concerns.
  b. their mood state.
  c. the therapist's orientation.
  d. their perceptions of the interviewer's feelings.

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Interquartile range is bounded by the
 
  a. bottom 25 of the distribution.
  b. middle 25 of the distribution.
  c. middle 50 of the distribution.
  d. top 50 of the distribution.

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