A Clinician Uses Interview Data to Make the Clinical Judgment

question 33

Multiple Choice

A clinician uses interview data to make the clinical judgment that a client "is competent in many areas,but in other areas her performance may be hindered by a lack of confidence." Although the client may acknowledge the accuracy of this statement,its lack of specificity suggests that it exemplifies

• A) the Stroop effect.
• B) the Barnum effect.
• C) stereotyped beliefs.
• D) illusory correlation.

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Definitions:

Projective Test

A type of personality test in which the individual offers responses to ambiguous scenes, words, or images, revealing hidden emotions and internal conflicts.

Objective Test

A form of assessment with questions that have a single correct answer, minimizing subjectivity in grading.

Double-blind Test

An experimental procedure in which neither the participants nor the experimenters know who is receiving a particular treatment, to prevent bias in research results.

Single-blind Test

An experimental setup where the participants do not know which group (control or experimental) they belong to, but the researchers do.