ABCG EXAM SCRIPT FINAL PAPER 2026
FULL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
▶ Anchoring:? Answer:when an individual has a prior belief concerning the
magnitude of the risk that serves as a frame of reference within which new
information or risks figures are evaluated
▶ Availability? Answer:refers to how easily or readily examples of the
potential outcome can be brought to mind (ie knowing someone with the
condition in question)
▶ Representativeness? Answer:refers to the variety of circumstances in
which individuals inappropriately use the characteristics of a small sample
with which that are familiar as a basis for predicting the outcome related to
a larger population.
▶ Intuitive? Answer:a person who makes a decision on the basis of
feelings that have not been verbalized - "it feels right"
▶ Agonizing? Answer:a person who spends time and effort in gathering
information and analyzing alternatives, but gets lost in the data and never
gets to the decision - "I can't make up my mind"
▶ Delaying:? Answer:a person who puts off thought and action on a
problem until later - "I'll get back to you later"
▶ Impulsive:? Answer:a person who takes the first available alternative,
without looking at other alternatives or collecting relevant information -
"decide now, think later"
▶ Fatalistic:? Answer:a person who leaves the decision to the environment
or fate "whatever will be, will be"
, ▶ Compliant:? Answer:a person who goes along with the plans of others
instead of making his or her own decisions - "if it's OK with you, it's OK with
me"
▶ Paralytic? Answer:a person who accepts responsibility for a decision but
is unable to set the process in motion to make the decision - "I know I
should, but I just can't get with it"
▶ Planful? Answer:a person who takes a rational approach to decision
making, balancing cognitive, emotional, and situational considerations - "I
am planful and organized"
▶ Ambivalence:? Answer:an inability to make a decision in the face of
mutually conflicting possibilities, each of which has value to the patient
▶ aspects of decision making process? Answer:ambiguity, burden, desire
to normalize
▶ Ambiguity? Answer:uncertainty concerning what a particular diagnosis
would mean for the health and functioning of an affected child
▶ Burden? Answer:associated with the need to make a decision (knowing
a future pregnancy could produce affected child increase burden on
decision to become pregnant)
▶ Desire to normalize? Answer:wanting to prove their ability to produce
healthy offspring
▶ Anger? Answer:frequently the surface expression of sadness and grief, it
can be a defense against a perceived weaknesss
▶ Depression? Answer:feelings underlying may be anger, sadness, and
despair/hopelessness. Typically is a reaction to a real or perceived loss of
control
▶ Shame/guilt? Answer:patients who pass on genetic condition often feel
guilt and shame, patients who have a genetic condition may feel shame
about being "defective"
FULL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
▶ Anchoring:? Answer:when an individual has a prior belief concerning the
magnitude of the risk that serves as a frame of reference within which new
information or risks figures are evaluated
▶ Availability? Answer:refers to how easily or readily examples of the
potential outcome can be brought to mind (ie knowing someone with the
condition in question)
▶ Representativeness? Answer:refers to the variety of circumstances in
which individuals inappropriately use the characteristics of a small sample
with which that are familiar as a basis for predicting the outcome related to
a larger population.
▶ Intuitive? Answer:a person who makes a decision on the basis of
feelings that have not been verbalized - "it feels right"
▶ Agonizing? Answer:a person who spends time and effort in gathering
information and analyzing alternatives, but gets lost in the data and never
gets to the decision - "I can't make up my mind"
▶ Delaying:? Answer:a person who puts off thought and action on a
problem until later - "I'll get back to you later"
▶ Impulsive:? Answer:a person who takes the first available alternative,
without looking at other alternatives or collecting relevant information -
"decide now, think later"
▶ Fatalistic:? Answer:a person who leaves the decision to the environment
or fate "whatever will be, will be"
, ▶ Compliant:? Answer:a person who goes along with the plans of others
instead of making his or her own decisions - "if it's OK with you, it's OK with
me"
▶ Paralytic? Answer:a person who accepts responsibility for a decision but
is unable to set the process in motion to make the decision - "I know I
should, but I just can't get with it"
▶ Planful? Answer:a person who takes a rational approach to decision
making, balancing cognitive, emotional, and situational considerations - "I
am planful and organized"
▶ Ambivalence:? Answer:an inability to make a decision in the face of
mutually conflicting possibilities, each of which has value to the patient
▶ aspects of decision making process? Answer:ambiguity, burden, desire
to normalize
▶ Ambiguity? Answer:uncertainty concerning what a particular diagnosis
would mean for the health and functioning of an affected child
▶ Burden? Answer:associated with the need to make a decision (knowing
a future pregnancy could produce affected child increase burden on
decision to become pregnant)
▶ Desire to normalize? Answer:wanting to prove their ability to produce
healthy offspring
▶ Anger? Answer:frequently the surface expression of sadness and grief, it
can be a defense against a perceived weaknesss
▶ Depression? Answer:feelings underlying may be anger, sadness, and
despair/hopelessness. Typically is a reaction to a real or perceived loss of
control
▶ Shame/guilt? Answer:patients who pass on genetic condition often feel
guilt and shame, patients who have a genetic condition may feel shame
about being "defective"
