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PA State Law Exam || Questions
& Answers (Graded A+)
Conceptial Research ||
, PA State Law Exam || Questions &
Answers (Graded A+)
APA - ANSWER - American Psychological Association
ASPPB - ANSWER - Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards
Accredited College or University - ANSWER - Recognized as institution of higher
learning (22 Pa.Code)
Accredited by regional association by Commission of Recognition of Postsecondary
Accreditation
Accredited Hospital - ANSWER - Recognized as hospital under 28 Pa Code
Defined as health care facility in section 103 of Health Care Facilitices Act (35 P. S.
448.103)
Act - ANSWER - Professional Psychologists Practice Act
Board - ANSWER - State Board of Psychology of the Commonwealth
Bureau - ANSWER - Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs of the Department
of State of the Commonwealth
CPA - ANSWER - Canadian Psychological Association
ChildLine - ANSWER - Unit of Department of Public Welfare
Operates 24/7
Toll free phone line for receiving reports of suspected child abuse, referring reports for
investigation, maintaining reports in the appropriate file.
Child Abuse (i) - ANSWER - Recent act or failure to act by perpetrator causing
nonaccidental serious physical injury to child under 18yoa
Child Abuse (ii) - ANSWER - Act of failure to act by a perpetrator which causes
nonaccidental serious mental injury to or sexual abuse or sexual exploitation of a child
under 18yoa
Child Abuse (iii) - ANSWER - Recent act, failure to act or series of acts or failures to act
by a perpetrator which creates an imminent risk of serious physical injury to or sexual
abuse or sexual exploitation of a child under 18yoa
Child Abuse (iv) - ANSWER - Serious physical neglect by a perpetrator constituting
prolonged or repeated lack of supervision or the failure to provide the essentials of life
, (medical care) which endangers a child's life or development or impairs the child's
functioning.
Client - ANSWER - Person, system, organization, group or family for whom psychologist
provides services
Client/Patient - ANSWER - Person, system, organization, group or family for whom a
psychologist provides psychological services
Legal guardian (minor or incapacitated adult) is client/patient for decision making while
person receiving services is client/patient for for issues reserved to the individual
(confidentiality) and issues directly affecting the physical or emotional safety of the
individual (i.e. sexual or exploitative dual relationships)
Delegated Supervisor - ANSWER - Whom primary supervisor delegated up to 1 hour of
the 2 hours of required weekly supervision who holds a current license.
Doctoral Degree in a field related to psychology - ANSWER - Degree upon successful
completion of a program which, within 1 year from the award of doctoral degree meets
one of several criteria:
(i) accredited by APA or CPA
(ii) Designated by ASPPB/National Register Designation Project
(iii) Offered by foreign college whose standards are equivalent to ASPPB/National
Register
Doctoral Degree in psychology - ANSWER - Degree upon successful completion of a
program which, within 1 year from the award of doctoral degree meets one of several
criteria:
(i) accredited by APA or CPA
(ii) Designated by ASPPB/National Register Designation Project
(iii) Offered by foreign college whose standards are equivalent to ASPPB/National
Register
Graduate Training in Psychology: Overview - ANSWER - Completion of 15 graduate
semester hours in doctoral degree program in psychology and includes the following:
Graduate Training in Psychology: (i) - ANSWER - Core program includes ethics,
research design and methods, stats, and psychometrics
Demonstrate competence in each of following four substantive content areas my
minimum of three graduate semester areas in each:
1) Bio Bases
2) Cognitive-Affective Bases
3) Social Bases
4) Individual Differences
Graduate Training in Psychology (ii) - ANSWER - Supervised practicum, internships,
field or laboratory training appropriate to the practice of psychology
PA State Law Exam || Questions
& Answers (Graded A+)
Conceptial Research ||
, PA State Law Exam || Questions &
Answers (Graded A+)
APA - ANSWER - American Psychological Association
ASPPB - ANSWER - Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards
Accredited College or University - ANSWER - Recognized as institution of higher
learning (22 Pa.Code)
Accredited by regional association by Commission of Recognition of Postsecondary
Accreditation
Accredited Hospital - ANSWER - Recognized as hospital under 28 Pa Code
Defined as health care facility in section 103 of Health Care Facilitices Act (35 P. S.
448.103)
Act - ANSWER - Professional Psychologists Practice Act
Board - ANSWER - State Board of Psychology of the Commonwealth
Bureau - ANSWER - Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs of the Department
of State of the Commonwealth
CPA - ANSWER - Canadian Psychological Association
ChildLine - ANSWER - Unit of Department of Public Welfare
Operates 24/7
Toll free phone line for receiving reports of suspected child abuse, referring reports for
investigation, maintaining reports in the appropriate file.
Child Abuse (i) - ANSWER - Recent act or failure to act by perpetrator causing
nonaccidental serious physical injury to child under 18yoa
Child Abuse (ii) - ANSWER - Act of failure to act by a perpetrator which causes
nonaccidental serious mental injury to or sexual abuse or sexual exploitation of a child
under 18yoa
Child Abuse (iii) - ANSWER - Recent act, failure to act or series of acts or failures to act
by a perpetrator which creates an imminent risk of serious physical injury to or sexual
abuse or sexual exploitation of a child under 18yoa
Child Abuse (iv) - ANSWER - Serious physical neglect by a perpetrator constituting
prolonged or repeated lack of supervision or the failure to provide the essentials of life
, (medical care) which endangers a child's life or development or impairs the child's
functioning.
Client - ANSWER - Person, system, organization, group or family for whom psychologist
provides services
Client/Patient - ANSWER - Person, system, organization, group or family for whom a
psychologist provides psychological services
Legal guardian (minor or incapacitated adult) is client/patient for decision making while
person receiving services is client/patient for for issues reserved to the individual
(confidentiality) and issues directly affecting the physical or emotional safety of the
individual (i.e. sexual or exploitative dual relationships)
Delegated Supervisor - ANSWER - Whom primary supervisor delegated up to 1 hour of
the 2 hours of required weekly supervision who holds a current license.
Doctoral Degree in a field related to psychology - ANSWER - Degree upon successful
completion of a program which, within 1 year from the award of doctoral degree meets
one of several criteria:
(i) accredited by APA or CPA
(ii) Designated by ASPPB/National Register Designation Project
(iii) Offered by foreign college whose standards are equivalent to ASPPB/National
Register
Doctoral Degree in psychology - ANSWER - Degree upon successful completion of a
program which, within 1 year from the award of doctoral degree meets one of several
criteria:
(i) accredited by APA or CPA
(ii) Designated by ASPPB/National Register Designation Project
(iii) Offered by foreign college whose standards are equivalent to ASPPB/National
Register
Graduate Training in Psychology: Overview - ANSWER - Completion of 15 graduate
semester hours in doctoral degree program in psychology and includes the following:
Graduate Training in Psychology: (i) - ANSWER - Core program includes ethics,
research design and methods, stats, and psychometrics
Demonstrate competence in each of following four substantive content areas my
minimum of three graduate semester areas in each:
1) Bio Bases
2) Cognitive-Affective Bases
3) Social Bases
4) Individual Differences
Graduate Training in Psychology (ii) - ANSWER - Supervised practicum, internships,
field or laboratory training appropriate to the practice of psychology
