PsyD Names & Titles
Defense Shields at Maximum
ABCs of Anxiety
Policies & Protocol
Test & Measures
100
The current PsyD Program Director
Who is Dr. Kuba?
100
The converting of unwanted or dangerous thoughts, feelings or impulses into their opposites.
What is reaction formation?
100
The most basic anxiety response to a perceived incompatibility of actions or goals.
What is conflict?
100
This is a written resource for getting information about practicum and internship procedures. It provides clarification on required supervision hours for each of the enrollment years per APA guidelines.
What is the OPT Manual?
100
This is the full name for a psychological test that was developed from a common children's game. Scores on this test come in shades, textures, and tints.
What is the Rorschach Inkblot Method?
200
The current PSC supervisor
Who is Dr. Bassman?
200
The misattribution of a person’s undesired thoughts, feelings or impulses onto another person who does not have those thoughts, feelings or impulses.
What is projection?
200
This type of anxiety may occur when a person realizes that he/she has acted contrary to her/his attitudes or made a decision favoring an alternate decision despite having reasons for favoring another.
What is cognitive dissonance?
200
This written resource has information on Due Process, Student Termination, and Grievance Policies.
What is the Graduate Student Handbook?
200
This test only looks for mean differences in between-subject research designs. The null hypothesis for this statistical test could be: There is no difference between the mean for population 1 and the mean for population 2. Steps in the calculation fo this test include finding the standard error and computing the pooled variance.
What is an Independent Measures T-Test?
300
This PsyD faculty member is an Associate Professor and Syllabus Review Coordinator.
Who is Dr. Bekerian?
300
This defense is characterized by time loss, depersonalization, and is often associated with traumatic abuse.
What is dissociation?
300
A general term for the release of repressed anxiety. In Ancient Greek, it meant "to purge."
What is catharsis?
300
Several courses are offered online. Students may complete up to 2 foundational science courses, 2 other required courses and up to 11 units of electives in an online/distributed learning format. A student may also take 1 of these type of courses in an online format.
What is ethics courses?
300
This is the full name for a psychological test that comprises 21 questions, for a total computed score of 63 points, with a rating scale of 0-3. One category of this test requires a person to report on whether they cry more than they used to.
What is the Beck Depression Scale?
400
This PsyD faculty member is a Visiting Professor.
Who is Dr. Tanner?
400
This is considered to be a more mature defense mechanism that acts by channeling unacceptable impulses, thoughts and emotions into more acceptable ones.
What is sublimation?
400
This anxiety was first formulated by Freud after his observations on Little Hand, a five-year-old boy, who had a fear of horses. The theoretical developmental consequence of this anxiety was the internalization of the father's authority as superego.
What is castration anxiety?
400
This is the last name of the Alliant PsyD contact that is most appropriate resource to go to for a problem you may be having with your practicum supervisor.
What is Greer?
400
This is the name of a subtest category in a commonly-used cognitive assessment measure. In this timed subtest, one of rules is that the testor choose three options to complete the answer. Options cannot cover each other.
What is Visual Puzzles?
500
This faculty member served as Director of the Office of Professional Training for 20 years.
Who is Dr. Forbes?
500
Find the defense mechanism that is most likely at work in the following vignette: Greg learns that he has cancer from his doctor. He is stunned. He calls his best friend and tells him the news. He also calls his boss to let her know that he is taking a few days off for health reasons. He begins to to learn everything he can about the illness, reading books, journal articles, and the latest experimental research. Greg has been back at work two weeks, when he reports suffering from severe anxiety "border-lining on panic" in the middle of his university lecture. During the intake session he reports: "I have diagnosed with cancer. I was shocked at first, but then I realized it was not such a ominous thing as it used to be. I have been reading up on a lot of research and, with proper treatment, the chances of full recovery are quite high." Greg reports he has felt "calm" about his diagnosis "in the face" of this event. He is not sure why the panic attack occurred. Greg's response to his diagnosis is best explained by which defence mechanism?
What is intellectualization?
500
This is a common drug that may cause anxiety. It has been shown to cause addiction and dependence. It's primary biological mechanism of action is to suppress adenosine, an inhibitory neurotransmitter.
What is caffeine?
500
A student will be informed of progress in the program by letter each semester after this meeting this faculty-wide meeting happens. This phrase does not includes numeric values.
What is Global Evaluations?
500
The DSM-IV uses various rubrics to assess the presence of disorders. This the name that the DSM-IV ascribes to the steps that determine whether a particular disorder is identified as being present.
What is Diagnostic Criteria?