PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT - EXAMPLE

From the psychological examination of a 7-year-old boy, the psychologist infers that his disruptive and aggressive behavior at school during half of a month is due to an externalizing or behavioral problem. At what level of inference can this statement be placed?

• Level I

• Level II

• Level III

• Level IV

During the two world wars, the main area of application of psychological assessment was:

• Educational assessment

• Military personnel selection

• Business management

• Clinical treatment

What is one of the primary disadvantages of computer-based psychological assessments?

• Low initial cost

• Higher security vulnerability

• More administration expenses

• Savings on procedures

The correlational process of assessment is characterized by:

• Consider that the person variables are intern and cannot be observed direcly

• Emphasize the influence of the environment in the human behavior

• Being optimistic about the behavioral change

• Integrate all the psychological assessment perspectives or types

The structure and integration of the consultation, from a concrete psychological perspective, corresponds to

• Phase 1: Respond to the request for psychological examination

• Phase 2: Reformulation of the demand in psychological terms and hypothesis formulation

• Phase 3: Collection of information and verification of diagnostic hypotheses

• Phase 4: Diagnostic formulation

The WISC-V scale that measure the child’ ability to access and use the language is:

• Full scale IQ

• Fluid reasoning index

• Verbal comprehension index

• Processing speed index

If is needed to evaluate the cognoscitive abilities of a 43-year-old French man who has recently arrived in our country and only speaks and understands French. Which of these tests do you consider most appropriate to administer in its entirety?

• WAIS

• DAT-5

• Raven

• PMA

In an interview with the mother of a 12-year-old boy, who consults for a behavioral problem, how is the mother's phrase interpreted: you already make the diagnosis? (when she observes that the psychologist is writing)

• As a nomothetic interrogation

• As an element of reactivity

• As an element of transference

• As a element of countertransference

To stablish a positive rapport, the psychologist should:

• Adapt the assessment process to the personal needs

• Understand possible apprehension, skepticism or even anxiety in the patient

• Start using open questions to allow the patient talk freely

• Be empathetic

In relation to clinical history:

• Contains all the relevant patient data

• It covers from birth to the present day

• It is integrated into the anamnesis

• None of the is correct