Forensic Health Clinicians May Use a Number of Psychometrics While

question 64

Multiple Choice

Forensic health clinicians may use a number of psychometrics while assessing a patient suffering from a paraphilic disorder to determine the likelihood that they will return to the behaviour. They are looking for rates of what?

• A) Recidivism
• B) Malingering
• C) Volumetrics
• D) Plethysmography

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Definitions:

Face-to-face

Direct interaction or communication between people in the same physical space.

Null Hypothesis

A default hypothesis that there is no significant effect or difference for a particular population or phenomenon.

Significance Level

The probability of rejecting the null hypothesis in a statistical test when it is actually true, denoted by alpha.

Face-to-face

A form of communication or interaction that takes place in person as opposed to through electronic means.