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A psychologist conducting a neuropsychological evaluation suspects a client has frontal lobe damage. Which test is MOST sensitive to executive function deficits?
Answer: Wisconsin Card Sorting Test
The Wisconsin Card Sorting Test is specifically designed to measure executive functions including set-shifting, cognitive flexibility, and working memory, which are mediated by the prefrontal cortex.
Under HIPAA, a covered entity may disclose protected health information without patient authorization in which of the following situations?
Answer: To report imminent danger to an identified third party
HIPAA permits disclosure without authorization when necessary to prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to the health or safety of an identified person.
Which therapeutic modality is most strongly evidence-based for treating panic disorder with agoraphobia?
Answer: Cognitive-behavioral therapy with interoceptive exposure
CBT incorporating interoceptive exposure (deliberate induction of feared bodily sensations) is the gold-standard, empirically supported treatment for panic disorder with agoraphobia.
A researcher uses a repeated-measures ANOVA and finds a significant main effect. What assumption must be checked that is unique to this design?
Answer: Sphericity
Sphericity (equal variances of differences between all pairs of repeated measures) is the unique assumption for repeated-measures ANOVA, often tested with Mauchly's test.
Which of the following best describes the concept of 'countertransference' in psychotherapy?
Answer: The therapist's emotional reactions to the client influenced by the therapist's own unresolved issues
Countertransference refers to the therapist's conscious and unconscious emotional reactions to the client, often rooted in the therapist's own history and psychological material.
In the context of supervision, which ethical obligation does a supervisor have when a supervisee engages in a boundary violation with a client?
Answer: Report the violation to the appropriate licensing board if client harm occurred
Supervisors are ethically and legally obligated to report boundary violations that result in client harm to protect the public and uphold professional standards.
A psychologist working in a correctional facility is asked by the warden to participate in designing interrogation procedures. According to APA ethics, the psychologist should:
Answer: Refuse participation if the procedures could cause harm or constitute torture
APA ethics and position statements prohibit psychologists from participating in interrogations that involve torture, cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment, regardless of institutional context.