A student applying for clinical psychology graduate programs would likely select a program adhering to the ______ model of training if he or she wished to primarily engage in clinical work, like psychotherapy and assessment, upon graduation.

Explanation: This is because the scientist model which is also known as the builder model which is a training model for graduate programs that enables or gives applied psychologists with the basics in research and scientific practice. The aim of the scientist model is to add scientific growth for clinical psychology in the United States

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Answer: SCIENTIST.

Explanation: Clinical psychology involves diagnosing and treating pathological mental conditions.

The student's work will focus on assessment and psychotherapy upon graduation.

Assessment and psychotherapy as it involve mental illnesses has alot of scientific inclinations,so it's only a scientist/clinician that is skilled in discovering a problem (mental disorder/illness) and bringing/proffering a solution to it can efficiently manage clients with mental emotional and behavioural disorder,this is why any student going for clinical psychology must go through scientist model of training inorder to have the basics/basic knowledge of diagnosing and management of mental illnesses using the scientific approach.

To successfully diagnose a mental disorder/illness,alot of findings and study are involved as well as careful history taking, observation and theories.