RTX 407 Exam One- Questions and
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INTERPRETATION ✔️✔️OFFERING EXPLANATION OF CLIENT'S ACTIONS DURING INTERVIEW AND
ALLOWING CLIENT TO ACCEPT OR REJECT EXPLANATION
SUMMATION ✔️✔️CONVEYS AN ACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF WHAT HAS BEEN SAID
TRANSITION ✔️✔️SMOOTH MOVEMENT FROM ONE TOPIC TO THE NEXT
SELF-REVELATION ✔️✔️USED TO BUILD RELATIONSHIP - ONLY USE IF APPROPRIATE/HELPFUL
REASSURANCE ✔️✔️BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE... DESCRIBE SITUATION
SOLER ✔️✔️S - SAME LEVEL
O - OPEN POSTURE
L - LEAN SLIGHTLY
E - EYE CONTACT
R - RELAX
OARS ✔️✔️O - OPEN-ENDED QUESTION
A - AFFIRMATIONS (ENCOURAGE CONTINUED COMMUNICATION)
R - REFLECTION (FOCUS ON UNDERSTANDING OF CLIENT'S FEELINGS)
S - SUMMARIZE (CONVEYS ACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF WHAT HAS BEEN SAID)
NATURALISTIC OBSERVATION ✔️✔️EVALUATES INTERACTION SKILLS WITH NO MANIPULATIONS
, SPECIFIC GOAL OBSERVATION ✔️✔️MANIPULATE ENVIRONMENT TO GET CLIENT TO DO DESIRED
BEHAVIOR (ROLE PLAY)
METHODS OF RECORDING BEHAVIORS ✔️✔️TALLY, DURATION, INTERVAL, CHECKLISTS, RATING
SCALES, ANECDOTAL
ERROR DURING OBSERVATION ✔️✔️OBSERVER BIAS, DRIFT, EFFECT, FLUCTUATIONS
OBSERVER BIAS ✔️✔️HOW YOU VIEW THINGS MAY CHANGE WHAT YOU SEE
OBSERVER DRIFT ✔️✔️USE TO SEEING BEHAVIOR SO YOU STOP COUNTING
OBSERVER EFFECT ✔️✔️PEOPLE MAY NOT SHOW TRUE BEHAVIORS IF THEY KNOW PRESENCE
TARGET BEHAVIORS ARE NOT WELL DEFINED ✔️✔️OBSERVERS LOOK AT DIFFERENT BEHAVIORS
BEHAVIOR DOESN'T COUNT ✔️✔️WHEN MANIPULATIONS ARE MADE TO SEE BEHAVIOR, NOT
TRUE OBSERVATION
BEHAVIOR FLUCTUATIONS ✔️✔️CHANGES IN BEHAVIOR OVER TIME
INAPPROPRIATE USE ✔️✔️CROSS VERIFY INFORMATION
ADVANTAGES OF SELF-ADMINISTERED SURVEYS ✔️✔️QUICK, LIMITED THERAPIST TIME
DISADVANTAGES OF SELF-ADMINISTERED SURVEYS ✔️✔️NO OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD RAPPORT,
LIMITED NATURE OF INFO, ASSUMES COGNITIVE ABILITIES OF ALL PEOPLE
Answers| Latest Update
INTERPRETATION ✔️✔️OFFERING EXPLANATION OF CLIENT'S ACTIONS DURING INTERVIEW AND
ALLOWING CLIENT TO ACCEPT OR REJECT EXPLANATION
SUMMATION ✔️✔️CONVEYS AN ACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF WHAT HAS BEEN SAID
TRANSITION ✔️✔️SMOOTH MOVEMENT FROM ONE TOPIC TO THE NEXT
SELF-REVELATION ✔️✔️USED TO BUILD RELATIONSHIP - ONLY USE IF APPROPRIATE/HELPFUL
REASSURANCE ✔️✔️BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE... DESCRIBE SITUATION
SOLER ✔️✔️S - SAME LEVEL
O - OPEN POSTURE
L - LEAN SLIGHTLY
E - EYE CONTACT
R - RELAX
OARS ✔️✔️O - OPEN-ENDED QUESTION
A - AFFIRMATIONS (ENCOURAGE CONTINUED COMMUNICATION)
R - REFLECTION (FOCUS ON UNDERSTANDING OF CLIENT'S FEELINGS)
S - SUMMARIZE (CONVEYS ACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF WHAT HAS BEEN SAID)
NATURALISTIC OBSERVATION ✔️✔️EVALUATES INTERACTION SKILLS WITH NO MANIPULATIONS
, SPECIFIC GOAL OBSERVATION ✔️✔️MANIPULATE ENVIRONMENT TO GET CLIENT TO DO DESIRED
BEHAVIOR (ROLE PLAY)
METHODS OF RECORDING BEHAVIORS ✔️✔️TALLY, DURATION, INTERVAL, CHECKLISTS, RATING
SCALES, ANECDOTAL
ERROR DURING OBSERVATION ✔️✔️OBSERVER BIAS, DRIFT, EFFECT, FLUCTUATIONS
OBSERVER BIAS ✔️✔️HOW YOU VIEW THINGS MAY CHANGE WHAT YOU SEE
OBSERVER DRIFT ✔️✔️USE TO SEEING BEHAVIOR SO YOU STOP COUNTING
OBSERVER EFFECT ✔️✔️PEOPLE MAY NOT SHOW TRUE BEHAVIORS IF THEY KNOW PRESENCE
TARGET BEHAVIORS ARE NOT WELL DEFINED ✔️✔️OBSERVERS LOOK AT DIFFERENT BEHAVIORS
BEHAVIOR DOESN'T COUNT ✔️✔️WHEN MANIPULATIONS ARE MADE TO SEE BEHAVIOR, NOT
TRUE OBSERVATION
BEHAVIOR FLUCTUATIONS ✔️✔️CHANGES IN BEHAVIOR OVER TIME
INAPPROPRIATE USE ✔️✔️CROSS VERIFY INFORMATION
ADVANTAGES OF SELF-ADMINISTERED SURVEYS ✔️✔️QUICK, LIMITED THERAPIST TIME
DISADVANTAGES OF SELF-ADMINISTERED SURVEYS ✔️✔️NO OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD RAPPORT,
LIMITED NATURE OF INFO, ASSUMES COGNITIVE ABILITIES OF ALL PEOPLE
