Clinical neuropsychologists
a. conduct assessments that lead to identification of neurological impairments.
b. help quantify the severity of psychological deficits caused by brain injury.
c. help formulate regimens for rehabilitation and recovery from brain damage.
d. all of the above
Question 2Expert witnesses often give their opinion on whether a defendant is competent to stand trial.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 3Which of the following is NOT a goal of psychoanalysis?
a. repairing the mother-child rupture
b. intellectual and emotional insight into the causes of problems
c. strengthening the ego's control over the id and superego
d. working through the implications of insights into causes of problems
Question 4Among the sources of errors that can occur in the interview are
a. the clinician being much more intelligent than the client.
b. malingering and impression management.
c. client biases about the interview process.
d. all of the above
Question 5Several clinicians are viewing videos of interviews and then making ratings or other inferences from them. They are probably in a research study investigating
a. concurrent validity.
b. test-retest reliability.
c. interrater reliability
d. predictive validity.
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