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EPPP general review
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Psychology
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06/26/2012

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Term
______proposes that a good outcome depends on the degree to which a leader could control and influence their subordinate. Called____
Definition
Fiedler

Fiedler's Contingency Theory
Term
High LPC leader describes their least preferred coworker in _____ terms, and are relationship oriented
Definition
Positive
Term
_____ linked neurotic depression to _____ and considered ___________ to be an effective tx
Definition
Wolpe; anxiety; syst desens
Term
To reduce liability risk, managed care organizations are most likely to ______
Definition
Make sure providers are credentialed
Term
Identity assimilation
Definition
maintaining self-consistency
Term
Identity accomodation
Definition
Making changes to the self
Term
balance, related to __________ awareness; most conducive to _____
Definition
Maintaining a sense of self but changing when necessary; internal state; most conducive to successful aging
Term
Positive skewness, "pulls" the mean to _____
Definition
Some outliers way over on positive side of curve; right
Term
In positively skewed curve order of mean, median and mode
Definition
mode, median, mean
Term
Most helpful tx for factitious dx
Definition
Good tx relationship and supportive tx
Term
Early signs of Huntington's
Definition
Affective change (irritability or depression); may mimic mood dx
Term
Concept of long-term potentiation most closely related to

refers to _______
Definition
Memory and learning; facilitation or increase in synaptic activity that is long-lasting, learning is oucome of this (through hippocampus)
Term
In consultee-centered consultation, consultant resembles
Definition
Supervisor
Term
"Business necessity" and "job relatedness" are related to _____, relevant to
Definition
Adverse impact; Americans w/disabilities act
Term
Most commonly associated sx of Tourette's
Definition
Obsessions and compulsions
Term
Narcolepsy is associated w/ _____ muscle tone
Definition
loss of
Term
Most important to keep in mind while deciding whether or not to use tricyclics
Definition
pt's suicide risk
Term
Least effective smoking cessation tool
Definition
nicotine replacement
Term
Biofeedback/other stress reduction techniques are designed to induce a _____ state

If wanted to increase blood flow to change body temperature... _____
Definition
positive parasympathetic state; sympathetic
Term
Rationalist tx most likely to involve
Definition
cognitive restructuring, reducing aut thoughts, thought stopping
Term
Rationalist vs constructivist tx
Definition
increase rational thought processes, core problems are related to irrationality; more abstract, uses unconscious, developmetnal processes
Term
Item difficulty ("p") index yields info about the difficulty of test items in terms of an ______ scale of measurement
Definition
ordinal
Term
Flooding based on theoretical technique of ____________
Definition
classical extinction (repeatedly presenting UCS w/out CS)
Term
_____ have more trouble adjusting to mother's remarriage than _____, but ____'s problems more likely to persist
Definition
girls;boys;boys
Term
Transactional-transformational leadserhip theory
Definition
Universality in wide range of organizations and culture
Term
Marlatt and Gordon--relapse related to
Definition
negative affects
Term
_______ associated w/higher levels of productivity for cohesive groups
Definition
supportive mgmt
Term
divorce rates highest for women who
Definition
marry earlier, have less education, had child when got married, lower income, no religious affiliation
Term
Cross's pre-encounter stage
Definition
whites are seen as ideal, AA's denigrated
Term
Cross's Encounter stage (2nd)
Definition
interest in developing AA identity and preference for t-pist of own race
Term
Cross's third stage
Definition
Immersion/Emersion; struggle between old and emerging ideas about race. Initial idealization of AA and denigration of whites
Term
Cross's fourth stage
Definition
Internalization/commitment; adopts AA world view
Term
_______ may precede dx of vaginismus
Definition
sexual trauma
Term
Best intervention for aggressive kids
Definition
social skills training
Term
Hypnagogic state
Definition
semiconsciousness between awake and asleep
Term
In order to decrease job turnover, employer should rely on
Definition
biodata
Term
Concept of "identical elements" most relevant to
Definition
employee training
Term
Theorists who relate career development to ego development
Definition
Tiedeman and Ohara
Term
Least likely to attenuate measure of correlation
Definition
homoscedacity
Term
homoscedacity
Definition
even scatter around regression line
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