When Considering a "Normative" Approach to Interpreting a Patient's Score

question 1

Multiple Choice

When considering a "normative" approach to interpreting a patient's score on an assessment instrument, the psychologist is interested in comparing the patient's score with

• A) scores of all persons who have taken the test.
• B) earlier scores for the same patient.
• C) scores of a comparable subgroup.
• D) scores of persons not in treatment.

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Definitions:

Health Patterning Modalities

Approaches and techniques used in healthcare to promote and maintain health through the organization and modification of behaviors and lifestyle.

Therapeutic Touch

A healing technique involving the manipulation of a person’s energy field to promote health and healing without direct physical contact.

Spirituality

The aspect of human experience related to transcendence, connectedness, meaning, and existential reality, often central to patients' coping and well-being.

Causal Worldview

A perspective or belief system that interprets events and situations in terms of cause and effect relationships.