According to the text, which of the following legal situations do many mental health professionals consider the most ethically challenging and clinically difficult?
a. psychological autopsies
b. advance medical directives
c. child custody and parental fitness evaluations
d. competency hearings
Question 2Individuals tend to pay much more attention to information that supports their beliefs than that which refutes them. This is called the
a. confirmation bias.
b. attributional bias.
c. explicit belief schema.
d. tendency to catastrophize.
Question 3Carrie is a third grader recently diagnosed with reading disorder. Carrie's test results
show that her IQ is in the above average range and her parents have arranged for her
to receive extra help outside of school to improve her reading ability.
Which of the
following statements is(are) probably true about Carrie?
a. She will continue to have difficulties in school, but will probably succeed in
acquiring the reading skills she is lacking.
b. She will probably still have a diagnosis of reading disorder in high school.
c. She will continue to have difficulties in her adult years, and will probably have
difficulty obtaining and maintaining a job.
d. a and b
e. b and c
Question 4In planning an assessment, clinicians would typically seek more information in the categories that are most relevant to the assessment goals.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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