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Mar

Flash Card Review

March 26, 2009

Finally tried out my own flash cards. Not bad--a few mistakes, some typos. Here's what I was left needing to review. Thought it might be handy to have here (and that maybe cuttingand pasting would somehow save me having to reread them).

Mar

Nonverbal Communication

March 26, 2009 | extra knowledge

Another Wiki page worth a speed read: Nonverbal Communication. You may have heard of kinesics (movement), proxemics (space), and paralanguage (intonation). But haptics (touching)? New vocab for me.

extra knowledge

Mar

Primary/Secondary

March 26, 2009 | materials

Is this confusing? The words "primary" and "secondary" come up again and again in psychspeak. They mean different things each time.

materials

Mar

Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders

March 26, 2009

This might come in handy. Not just disorders, but also meds, interventions, etc., from A to Z (Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale to Zolpidem).

Mar

Preoperational Stage - Lack of Conservation

March 25, 2009 | knowledge | video

Or, How to Share Crackers with a Kid If You're Mean and/or Really Hungry. Here's a whole article on Paiget's preoperational stage, if you'd like a deeper dive. On conservation: [A]well-

knowledge | video

Mar

Psych Testing

March 24, 2009

What psych people talk about when they talk about psych testing. (Thanks to my PsyD co-worker): IQ TESTS: "whoopsy" = wppsi (weschler preschool) "whisk-r" (like on a cat) = wisc-r (wisc revision that preceded the wisc-

Mar

Social Work Exam Prep: The Next Generation

March 23, 2009

Dr. Hutchinson at socialworkexam.com has rolled out a new iPhone/iTouch app for exam prepping social workers. Runs questions, keeps your score, etc. The future is yesterday. Note from the real future: Wow, 2009 was a long time ago tech-wise.

Mar

Marlatt and Gordon's Relapse Prevention

March 22, 2009

Had to dig to find a quick summary of Marlatt's Relapse Prevention Therapy (RP to some, RPT to others). Learn it in a paragraph on the NIH's National Library of Medicine site. Relapse prevention (RP) is an important component of alcoholism treatment.

Mar

Pervasive Developmental Disorders

March 19, 2009

UPDATE: DSM-5 (2013) introduced several changes which are crucial to note here: Diagnoses that were under the pervasive developmental disorders category were merged into autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Two diagnoses--

Mar

Social Work Exam Prep: The Home Stretch

March 17, 2009

My list of things to slam into my brain as test day nears. Family Therapy Theories (Structural vs. Strategic vs...) Psych Testing (MMPI vs. MACI vs...) Differentials (Schizophrenoform vs. Schizophrenia vs....; Bipolar I vs. Bipolar II vs.

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