Pennsylvania Psychological Law Exam act 49 definitions Study Guide Solutions

Pennsylvania Psychological Law Exam act 49 definitions Study Guide Solutions Child abuse - ANSWER-A term meaning any of the following: (i) A recent act or failure to act by a perpetrator which causes nonaccidental serious physical injury to a child under 18 years of age. (ii) An act or failure to act by a perpetrator which causes nonaccidental serious mental injury to or sexual abuse or sexual exploitation of a child under 18 years of age. (iii) A 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 18 years of age. (iv) Serious physical neglect by a perpetrator constituting prolonged or repeated lack of supervision or the failure to provide the essentials of life, including adequate medical care, which endangers a child's life or development or impairs the child's functioning. Copyright ©SOPHIABENNETT 2025 ACADEMIC YEARALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Page 2/8 Client/Patient - ANSWER-A person, system, organization, group or family for whom a psychologist provides psychological services. In the case of individuals with legal guardians, including minors and legally incapacitated adults, the legal guardian shall be the client/patient for decisionmaking purposes. The minor, legally incapacitated adult or other person actually receiving the service shall be the client/patient for issues specifically reserved to the individual, such as confidential communications in a therapeutic relationship and issues directly affecting the physical or emotional safety of the individual, such as sexual or other exploitive dual relationships. Delegated Supervisor - ANSWER-A person to whom the primary supervisor has delegated up to 1 hour of the 2 hours of required weekly supervision who holds a current license, certificate or registration from a health related board within the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs or a person who is exempt from licensure under section 3(4)—(8) of the act (63 P. S. § 1203(4)—(8)), who meets the requirements in § 41.33(a) and (b) (relating to supervisors). Copyright ©SOPHIABENNETT 2025 ACADEMIC YEARALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Page 3/8 Doctoral degree in a field related to psychology— - ANSWER-A degree awarded upon successful completion of a program which, within 1 year from the award of the doctoral degree, meets one of the following: (i) Is accredited by the APA or the CPA. (ii) Is designated by the ASPPB/National Register Designation Project. (iii) Is offered by a foreign college or university whose standards are equivalent to the ASPPB/National Register Designation Project criteria. Doctoral degree in psychology— - ANSWER-A degree awarded upon successful completion of a program in psychology which, within 1 year from the award of the doctoral degree, meets one of the following criteria: (i) Is accredited by the APA or the CPA. (ii) Is designated by the ASPPB/ National Register Designation Project. (iii) Is offered by a foreign college or university whose standards are equivalent to the ASPPB/National Register Designation Project Criteria Graduate training in psychology— - ANSWER-The completion of 15 graduate semester Copyright ©SOPHIABENNETT 2025 ACADEMIC YEARALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Page 4/8 hours in a doctoral degree program in psychology that includes any of the following: (i) Provides in its core program required instruction in ethics, research design and methodology, statistics and psychometrics. In addition, requires students to demonstrate competence in each of the following four substantive content areas (this criterion will typically be met by requiring a minimum of three graduate semester hours in each area): biological bases of behavior— for example, physiological psychology, comparative psychology, neuropsychology, sensation and perception, psycho-pharmacology; cognitive-affective bases of behavior—for example, learning, thinking, motivation, emotion; social bases of behavior—for example, social psychology, group processes, organizational and systems theory; individual difference