Ethics!
What case established that mental health providers are required to break confidentiality if their patient is seriously at risk of harming another individual?
Tarasoff Case
No, there are exceptions to confidentiality (under age 18, harm to self or others, court ordered)
What is the role of the a placebo group?
provide a baseline to be used as a comparison
What is countertransference?
Strong emotional reaction that a therapist has towards a patient (it can be because the patient reminds the therapist of someone in their life)
Dr. Ehman has concerns about Dr. Smith’s behavior and believes Dr. Smith has committed an ethical violation related to confidentiality. What should Dr. Ehman do?
Do all of the mental health related professionals, such as Psychologists, Counselors, Social Workers, Psychiatrists, etc. follow the exact same code of ethics? Why or why not?
No, they do not follow the same ethics codes. Each job has its differences, which creates different variations of the ethical code to fit these professions.
Can correlational studies determine the cause of an issue?
No, they cannot!
What is free association?
This is a tool used by therapists to help patients access their unconscious thoughts
Multiple relationships- cannot see a person for therapy if you are their professor/ know them in another context
Which term refers to the process of examining one's own cultural assumptions and biases to better understand and serve diverse populations?
Cultural self-awareness
What is the difference between reliability and validity?
Reliability is how consistent the results are and validity is how accurate the results are
Explain the differences between id, superego, and ego.
Id is responsible for impulsive/ aggressive behavior, superego is responsible for moral/ conscientious behavior, and ego is intended to mediate between the two.
Sarah is a mental health provider seeing Chamar, a sixteen-year-old patient with a history of depression. After a couple sessions, the patient, Chamar, informs Sarah that they have recently become sexually active with a romantic partner. After the session, Chamar’s parents approach Sarah and ask for details of Chamar's session. Sarah refuses to answer their questions, citing her ethical commitment to confidentiality. Is Sarah correct? Why or why not?
No Sarah is not correct, Chamar is a minor and therefore their parents technically have a right to their confidential information (even if it is invasive)
What is Kimberlee Crenshaw best known for? Explain this concept.
She coined the term intersectionality, which is the intersection between many identities (considering race, gender, ethnicity, or any minority group). It is important to study this as it can suggest how certain individuals have a unique combination of discrimination and privileges.
What is the difference between within and between subjects research design?
Within is when participants experience all conditions of the study. Between is when each participant is only experiencing one condition
Name the women that contributed to modern psychodynamic theory.
Karen Horney
Nancy Chodorow
Carol Gilligan
What are the five general principles of psychological ethics?
Beneficence/Nonmaleficence, Fidelity/Responsibility, Integrity, Justice, and Respect for People’s Rights & Dignity
Why was the APA code of ethics developed? What method was used to do so?
It was made to help guide different psychologists through challenges that may arise in research, practice, and education. Mental health providers were surveyed about ethical dilemmas they’d experienced (also called the “critical incident method”)
What is the difference between analogue and fieldwork and provide an example for one of the terms.
Analogue is when conditions are set up to approximate the real world while Fieldwork is investigating real people in the real world
What are some of the core assumptions for Frued's Psychoanalytic theory?
Our behaviors & mental health problems are caused by the unconscious
These unconscious processes stem from unresolved childhood experiences