When Conducting an Assessment with a Client from an Ethnic

question 29

Multiple Choice

When conducting an assessment with a client from an ethnic minority background for whom no culturally validated measures are available,the psychologist should:

• A) avoid using scores, or indicate that the scores may not provide an optimal assessment of the client's functioning.
• B) indicate in the assessment report that accuracy and validity of results may be less than ideal.
• C) use the test only to aid in generating hypotheses about the client's functioning.
• D) all of the above.

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Definitions:

Imitation

The action of using someone or something else as a model and mimicking their behavior or actions, a fundamental part of learning and social behavior.

Mimics

The act of copying or imitating movements, speech, behavior, or sounds, often for learning or social interaction.

Visual Tracking

The ability to smoothly follow a moving object with one's gaze, crucial for various tasks and developing in early childhood.

Preferential Looking

A research technique used to study visual attention and perception, especially in infants, by measuring how long they look at one stimulus compared to another.