Question 1

According to the text, the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI) has been criticized in the past because it

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A)  consistently underestimates the severity of personality disorders and overdiagnoses somatoform disorders. 
B)  consistently underestimates the severity of depressive symptoms and overdiagnoses anxiety disorders. 
C)  consistently underestimates the severity of personality disorders and overdiagnoses depressive syndromes. 
D)  consistently underestimates the severity of depressive syndromes and overdiagnoses personality disorders. 
E)  consistently underestimates the severity of depressive syndromes and overdiagnoses somatoform disorders. 
A)  consistently underestimates the severity of personality disorders and overdiagnoses somatoform disorders. 
B)  consistently underestimates the severity of depressive symptoms and overdiagnoses anxiety disorders. 
C)  consistently underestimates the severity of personality disorders and overdiagnoses depressive syndromes. 
D)  consistently underestimates the severity of depressive syndromes and overdiagnoses personality disorders. 
E)  consistently underestimates the severity of depressive syndromes and overdiagnoses somatoform disorders.

Question 2

Evocative gene-environment correlation occurs

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A)  When a person with certain inherited characteristics reacts to their environment in a certain way. 
B)  When a person with certain inherited characteristics actively selects certain environments. 
C)  When a person's heritable behaviours elicit a certain environmental response. 
D)  When the environment changes one's underlying genes. 
E)  When a person with certain heritable characteristics passes on those characteristics to their offspring. 
A)  When a person with certain inherited characteristics reacts to their environment in a certain way. 
B)  When a person with certain inherited characteristics actively selects certain environments. 
C)  When a person's heritable behaviours elicit a certain environmental response. 
D)  When the environment changes one's underlying genes. 
E)  When a person with certain heritable characteristics passes on those characteristics to their offspring.

Question 3

A confound occurs when

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A)  two or more independent variables exert their influence on a dependent variable at different times. 
B)  an experimental investigation lacks external validity. 
C)  two or more independent variables exert their influence on a dependent variable at the same time. 
D)  the results of an experiment are not significant. 
E)  one independent variable exerts an influence on a dependent variable. 
A)  two or more independent variables exert their influence on a dependent variable at different times. 
B)  an experimental investigation lacks external validity. 
C)  two or more independent variables exert their influence on a dependent variable at the same time. 
D)  the results of an experiment are not significant. 
E)  one independent variable exerts an influence on a dependent variable.

Question 4

What is an analogue observational setting? Why is it used? What is subject reactivity and should one be concerned with it in an analogue observational setting?

Accepted Answer

An analogue observational setting is cre

Question 5

The main problem with the Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt test is that it produces many false negatives.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

According to the text, which of the following is NOT true of structured interviews?

Accepted Answer

A)  They reduce the concern over the subjective judgments of the interviewer. 
B)  They have clear rules governing the evaluation of responses. 
C)  They tend to jeopardize rapport. 
D)  They are very specific in the order and wording of questions. 
E)  They are less reliable then unstructured interviews. 
A)  They reduce the concern over the subjective judgments of the interviewer. 
B)  They have clear rules governing the evaluation of responses. 
C)  They tend to jeopardize rapport. 
D)  They are very specific in the order and wording of questions. 
E)  They are less reliable then unstructured interviews.

Question 7

The first widely accepted and successful test of intelligence was designed by __________ to predict __________.

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A)  Stanford; academic performance 
B)  Binet; academic performance 
C)  Simon; job performance 
D)  Galton; future criminal behaviour 
E)  Wechsler; verbal intelligence 
A)  Stanford; academic performance 
B)  Binet; academic performance 
C)  Simon; job performance 
D)  Galton; future criminal behaviour 
E)  Wechsler; verbal intelligence

Question 8

Which of the following is not true of Binet's work, according to the text?

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A)  He was commissioned by the Parisian school board to develop a test that would identify children who might need special education. 
B)  Binet tested the hypothesis that intelligence has a hereditary aspect. 
C)  His work developed into the Stanford-Binet scales, now in their fifth edition. 
D)  He used the intelligence quotient (IQ), determined by dividing a child's performance by the child's chronological age and multiplying by 100. 
E)  He was the first to use a large sample of subjects to establish norms to describe intelligence. 
A)  He was commissioned by the Parisian school board to develop a test that would identify children who might need special education. 
B)  Binet tested the hypothesis that intelligence has a hereditary aspect. 
C)  His work developed into the Stanford-Binet scales, now in their fifth edition. 
D)  He used the intelligence quotient (IQ), determined by dividing a child's performance by the child's chronological age and multiplying by 100. 
E)  He was the first to use a large sample of subjects to establish norms to describe intelligence.

Question 9

In the procedure known as __________, a narrow band of X-rays is projected through the head, and produces a number of images of the brain which are later combined.

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A)  EEG (electroencephalogram) 
B)  CAT (computerized axial tomography) 
C)  PET (positron emission tomography) 
D)  MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) 
E)  PAT (positron axial tomography) 
A)  EEG (electroencephalogram) 
B)  CAT (computerized axial tomography) 
C)  PET (positron emission tomography) 
D)  MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) 
E)  PAT (positron axial tomography)

Question 10

Walter Mischel argued that personality tests are flawed because

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A)  people fail to give accurate self-reports because of the response set of social desirability. 
B)  people respond to demand characteristics - they respond as they feel the tester would like them to. 
C)  the concept of personality is an illusion. 
D)  the majority have been shown to have extremely low reliability. 
E)  of their erroneous assumption that personality characteristics are stable. 
A)  people fail to give accurate self-reports because of the response set of social desirability. 
B)  people respond to demand characteristics - they respond as they feel the tester would like them to. 
C)  the concept of personality is an illusion. 
D)  the majority have been shown to have extremely low reliability. 
E)  of their erroneous assumption that personality characteristics are stable.

Question 11

Which of the following is one of the MMPI validity scales?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Z scale 
B)  the J scale 
C)  the F scale 
D)  the R scale 
E)  the T scale 
A)  the Z scale 
B)  the J scale 
C)  the F scale 
D)  the R scale 
E)  the T scale

Question 12

Experimental results concerning the efficacy of a particular treatment are labelled "statistically significant" when

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A)  it is extremely unlikely that the obtained results could have occurred purely by chance and the treatment has been demonstrated to be likely to work in "real life." 
B)  the treatment results have been compared to non-disturbed samples. 
C)  the treatment has been demonstrated to work in "real life." 
D)  it is extremely unlikely that the obtained results could have occurred purely by chance. 
E)  it is extremely unlikely that the obtained results could have occurred purely by chance and the treatment has been demonstrated to work in "real life." 
A)  it is extremely unlikely that the obtained results could have occurred purely by chance and the treatment has been demonstrated to be likely to work in "real life." 
B)  the treatment results have been compared to non-disturbed samples. 
C)  the treatment has been demonstrated to work in "real life." 
D)  it is extremely unlikely that the obtained results could have occurred purely by chance. 
E)  it is extremely unlikely that the obtained results could have occurred purely by chance and the treatment has been demonstrated to work in "real life."

Question 13

Briefly describe any ONE projective test.

Accepted Answer

Rorschach Inkblot Test: created by Rorsc

Question 14

Which of the following was NOT presented by the text as a criticism of the case study method of investigating abnormal behaviour?

Accepted Answer

A)  The clinician's theoretical background has been shown to influence the information gathered. 
B)  It does not lead to generation of new hypotheses. 
C)  It does not employ the scientific method. 
D)  It cannot demonstrate cause and effect. 
E)  One cannot be certain of the generalizability of the findings. 
A)  The clinician's theoretical background has been shown to influence the information gathered. 
B)  It does not lead to generation of new hypotheses. 
C)  It does not employ the scientific method. 
D)  It cannot demonstrate cause and effect. 
E)  One cannot be certain of the generalizability of the findings.

Question 15

The first scientific study of intellectual functioning was conducted by __________, to test the hypothesis that intelligence has a hereditary aspect.

Accepted Answer

A)  Binet 
B)  Lafayette 
C)  Wechsler 
D)  Simon 
E)  Galton 
A)  Binet 
B)  Lafayette 
C)  Wechsler 
D)  Simon 
E)  Galton

Question 16

In an experiment, the __________ group is exposed to a variable which is manipulated, called the __________ variable.

Accepted Answer

A)  control; dependent 
B)  experimental; dependent 
C)  experimental; control 
D)  control; independent 
E)  experimental; independent 
A)  control; dependent 
B)  experimental; dependent 
C)  experimental; control 
D)  control; independent 
E)  experimental; independent

Question 17

What is an effect size?

Accepted Answer

A)  The calculation that a researcher performs to determine the sample size for a study. 
B)  A statistic that reflects the strength of an intervention's effects. 
C)  A statistic that reflects the extent to which a confounding variable affected the outcome of an intervention study. 
D)  The extent to which a study has had an effect on government/social policy. 
E)  The extent to which a study has had an impact on its research participants. 
A)  The calculation that a researcher performs to determine the sample size for a study. 
B)  A statistic that reflects the strength of an intervention's effects. 
C)  A statistic that reflects the extent to which a confounding variable affected the outcome of an intervention study. 
D)  The extent to which a study has had an effect on government/social policy. 
E)  The extent to which a study has had an impact on its research participants.

Question 18

The typical correlation between IQ scores and academic performance is in the range of

Accepted Answer

A)  .30-.50. 
B)  .50-.70. 
C)  .70-.80. 
D)  .90-1.00. 
E)  0-.30. 
A)  .30-.50. 
B)  .50-.70. 
C)  .70-.80. 
D)  .90-1.00. 
E)  0-.30.

Question 19

Briefly state the difference between a quasi-experimental study and an experiment upon which of these have the DSMs been primarily based?

Accepted Answer

A quasi-experimental study is one in whi

Question 20

Compare and contrast actuarial prediction vs. clinical prediction. Include advantages and disadvantages for each. Based on discussion in class, analogy from other concepts in the chapter or your own creative problem solving abilities, try to identify a compromise between these approaches or a solution for the practitioner that reaps the best of both approaches.

Accepted Answer

The actuarial and clinical judgment meth

According to the text, the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI) has been criticized in the past because it

Evocative gene-environment correlation occurs

A confound occurs when

What is an analogue observational setting? Why is it used? What is subject reactivity and should one be concerned with it in an analogue observational setting?

The main problem with the Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt test is that it produces many false negatives.

According to the text, which of the following is NOT true of structured interviews?

The first widely accepted and successful test of intelligence was designed by to predict .

Which of the following is not true of Binet's work, according to the text?

In the procedure known as __________, a narrow band of X-rays is projected through the head, and produces a number of images of the brain which are later combined.

Walter Mischel argued that personality tests are flawed because

Which of the following is one of the MMPI validity scales?

Experimental results concerning the efficacy of a particular treatment are labelled "statistically significant" when

Briefly describe any ONE projective test.

Which of the following was NOT presented by the text as a criticism of the case study method of investigating abnormal behaviour?

The first scientific study of intellectual functioning was conducted by __________, to test the hypothesis that intelligence has a hereditary aspect.

In an experiment, the group is exposed to a variable which is manipulated, called the variable.

What is an effect size?

The typical correlation between IQ scores and academic performance is in the range of

Briefly state the difference between a quasi-experimental study and an experiment upon which of these have the DSMs been primarily based?

Concepts of Abnormality Throughout History

Theoretical Perspectives on Abnormal Behaviour

Classification and Diagnosis

Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, and Trauma -Related Disorders

Dissociative Disorder and Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders

Psychological Factors Affecting Medical Conditions

Mood Disorders and Suicide

Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders

Eating Disorders

Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders

The Personality Disorders

Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders

Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Behaviour and Emotional Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence

Aging and Mental Health

Therapies

Prevention and Mental Health Promotion in the Community

Mental Disorder and the Law

Filters

Exam 4: Psychological Assessment and Research Methods

According to the text, the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI) has been criticized in the past because it

Evocative gene-environment correlation occurs

A confound occurs when

What is an analogue observational setting? Why is it used? What is subject reactivity and should one be concerned with it in an analogue observational setting?

The main problem with the Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt test is that it produces many false negatives.

According to the text, which of the following is NOT true of structured interviews?

The first widely accepted and successful test of intelligence was designed by __________ to predict __________.

Which of the following is not true of Binet's work, according to the text?

In the procedure known as __________, a narrow band of X-rays is projected through the head, and produces a number of images of the brain which are later combined.

Walter Mischel argued that personality tests are flawed because

Which of the following is one of the MMPI validity scales?

Experimental results concerning the efficacy of a particular treatment are labelled "statistically significant" when

Briefly describe any ONE projective test.

Which of the following was NOT presented by the text as a criticism of the case study method of investigating abnormal behaviour?

The first scientific study of intellectual functioning was conducted by __________, to test the hypothesis that intelligence has a hereditary aspect.

In an experiment, the __________ group is exposed to a variable which is manipulated, called the __________ variable.

What is an effect size?

The typical correlation between IQ scores and academic performance is in the range of

Briefly state the difference between a quasi-experimental study and an experiment upon which of these have the DSMs been primarily based?

Concepts of Abnormality Throughout History

Theoretical Perspectives on Abnormal Behaviour

Classification and Diagnosis

Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, and Trauma -Related Disorders

Dissociative Disorder and Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders

Psychological Factors Affecting Medical Conditions

Mood Disorders and Suicide

Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders

Eating Disorders

Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders

The Personality Disorders

Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders

Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Behaviour and Emotional Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence

Aging and Mental Health

Therapies

Prevention and Mental Health Promotion in the Community

Mental Disorder and the Law

Filters

The first widely accepted and successful test of intelligence was designed by to predict .

In an experiment, the group is exposed to a variable which is manipulated, called the variable.