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Acculturation - The adoption of cultural traits, such as language, by one group under the influence of another. African American Cultural competence - -be aware of own racial scripts and beliefs -accept cultural difference Alfred Binet - Created first intelligence test for Parisian school children American Indian/Alaska Native Cultural competence - -empathy -genuineness -availability -respect -warmth -congruence -concreteness -adaptive/flexible personal orientations/counseling techniques analogue design - A research design that involves an approximation of the target client or situation as a substitute for the actual clients or situations. This design is used when the researcher cannot access clinical populations or situations adequately. APA code of Ethics Ethical Standards - Enforceable rules of conduct. If a psychologist is found guilty of an ethical violation, he/she has violated a standard, not a principle. APA code of Ethics General Principles - Aspirational, they describe an ideal level of ethical functioning or how psychologists should strive to see themselves. Asian and Asian American Cultural competence - -Intra-group homogeneity-constancy and equilibrium -duty/obligation -appearance of harmonious relations -emphasize connectedness -collectivistic Beneficence and Nonmaleficence - Working for the benefit of people and avoiding harm to them between groups design - participants in different conditions receive entirely different treatments. Often involve two conditions or groups. One of which is the experimental condition and one is the control group. Boulder Model (1949) - Alternate name for the scientist-practitioner model of graduate training stemming from the historic 1949 conference of directors of training in Boulder, Colorado. Centered between science and practice oriented. Burnout - a state of physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion created by long-term involvement in an emotionally demanding situation and accompanied by lowered performance and motivation case studies - Involve thorough and detailed examination of one person or situation. Often include descriptive observations of an individual's behavior and an attempt by the researcher to interpret it. Clinical competence - having the knowledge, performance skills, interpersonal abilities, critical reasoning skills, and ethical reasoning skills necessary to perform successfully as a practitioner Clinical psychologists vs counseling psychologists - Clinical psychologists tend to work with more seriously disturbed populations, and tend to work in places like hospitals and inpatient psychiatric units. Counseling psychologists tend to work with less seriously disturbed populations, and tend to work in places like university counseling centers.Clinical psychologists vs psychiatrists - clinical psychologists: go to grad school, diagnosis and treatment, treat disorders as emotional, behavioral, and cognitive disorders in the brain that can be treated without the use of drugs. psychiatrists: medical degree to prescribe and favor medication to treat disorders which they see as being physiological abnormalities in the brain. Clinical Psychologists vs social workers - Clinical psychologists: have to have doctorates, includes more research methods, psychological testing, and physiological psychology. Social workers: tend to only have a masters degree, strong emphasis on supervised fieldwork.