Question 1

Sign is to sample,as traditional is to

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A)  objective. 
B)  projective. 
C)  behavioral. 
D)  None of these 
A)  objective. 
B)  projective. 
C)  behavioral. 
D)  None of these

Question 2

Henry Murray is perhaps best known for developing the TAT.Little known,however,is Murray's work in developing a projective instrument that involved response to spoken paragraphs.This little-known instrument was called the

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A)  Auditory Apperception Test. 
B)  Auditory Sound Association Test. 
C)  Azzageddi Test. 
D)  TAT-RF. 
A)  Auditory Apperception Test. 
B)  Auditory Sound Association Test. 
C)  Azzageddi Test. 
D)  TAT-RF.

Question 3

In one study of 105 Vietnam War veterans with chronic PTSD,the subjects were asked to keep a sleep diary over the course of six weeks.According to your text,the researchers found that shorter duration of sleep was correlated with

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A)  length of service in Vietnam. 
B)  degree of post-service adjustment. 
C)  depth of co-morbid depression. 
D)  severity of PTSD. 
A)  length of service in Vietnam. 
B)  degree of post-service adjustment. 
C)  depth of co-morbid depression. 
D)  severity of PTSD.

Question 4

Proposed improvements to the way that personality disorders are diagnosed have included

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A)  sharpening the specificity of existing diagnostic categorizations. 
B)  re-conceptualizing existing diagnostic categorizations. 
C)  ordering diagnoses along some dimension, such as severity of impairment. 
D)  All of these 
A)  sharpening the specificity of existing diagnostic categorizations. 
B)  re-conceptualizing existing diagnostic categorizations. 
C)  ordering diagnoses along some dimension, such as severity of impairment. 
D)  All of these

Question 5

Role-play can be used

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A)  for diagnostic purposes. 
B)  for evaluating the effectiveness of therapy. 
C)  to prepare candidates for debates. 
D)  All of these 
A)  for diagnostic purposes. 
B)  for evaluating the effectiveness of therapy. 
C)  to prepare candidates for debates. 
D)  All of these

Question 6

Complete this Arthur Jensen quote: "The rate of scientific progress in clinical psychology might well be measured by the speed and thoroughness with which _____

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A)  it accepts tests like the Rorschach." 
B)  it rejects projective techniques as unreliable and invalid." 
C)  it gets over the Rorschach." 
D)  it understands the need for normed projective measures." 
A)  it accepts tests like the Rorschach." 
B)  it rejects projective techniques as unreliable and invalid." 
C)  it gets over the Rorschach." 
D)  it understands the need for normed projective measures."

Question 7

The major advantage of clinical prediction is its

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A)  adaptability to computer usage. 
B)  reliance on correlational research. 
C)  applicability to research settings. 
D)  flexibility and potential for using novel data. 
A)  adaptability to computer usage. 
B)  reliance on correlational research. 
C)  applicability to research settings. 
D)  flexibility and potential for using novel data.

Question 8

Murstein questioned which of the following assumptions concerning projective methods?

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A)  The more ambiguous the stimuli, the more the subject reveals. 
B)  Subjects are unaware of what they are disclosing. 
C)  There is a parallel between behavior obtained on a projective test and behavior displayed in social situations. 
D)  All of these 
A)  The more ambiguous the stimuli, the more the subject reveals. 
B)  Subjects are unaware of what they are disclosing. 
C)  There is a parallel between behavior obtained on a projective test and behavior displayed in social situations. 
D)  All of these

Question 9

Exner's Comprehensive System for scoring the Rorschach test

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A)  results in some scoring categories that are deemed unreliable, but only because these categories are sensitive to the present state of the respondent. 
B)  has been found to be more reliable for research use than for use with clinical populations of multicultural origin. 
C)  has been heavily criticized for being standardized only on populations with psychiatric disorders that have a low prevalence. 
D)  was initially conceived as part of an all-consuming, "last ditch effort" to keep the Exner's from having members of the Myers-Briggs clan as in-laws. 
A)  results in some scoring categories that are deemed unreliable, but only because these categories are sensitive to the present state of the respondent. 
B)  has been found to be more reliable for research use than for use with clinical populations of multicultural origin. 
C)  has been heavily criticized for being standardized only on populations with psychiatric disorders that have a low prevalence. 
D)  was initially conceived as part of an all-consuming, "last ditch effort" to keep the Exner's from having members of the Myers-Briggs clan as in-laws.

Question 10

Behavioral assessment has many advantages over other forms of assessment.Which is NOT one of those advantages?

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A)  Behavioral assessment can provide adequate explanations for apparently contradictory dynamics in motivation. 
B)  Behavioral assessment can provide behavioral baseline data. 
C)  Behavioral assessment can provide a record of the assessee's behavioral strengths and weaknesses across a variety of situations. 
D)  Behavioral assessment can be used to pinpoint environmental conditions that are acting to trigger, maintain, or extinguish certain behaviors. 
A)  Behavioral assessment can provide adequate explanations for apparently contradictory dynamics in motivation. 
B)  Behavioral assessment can provide behavioral baseline data. 
C)  Behavioral assessment can provide a record of the assessee's behavioral strengths and weaknesses across a variety of situations. 
D)  Behavioral assessment can be used to pinpoint environmental conditions that are acting to trigger, maintain, or extinguish certain behaviors.

Question 11

The phenomenon of reactivity can BEST be reduced in behavioral observation by

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A)  having one or more observers observe all of the action from many different vantage points. 
B)  having several video cameras record all of the action from many different vantage points. 
C)  having an adaptation period in which the person being observed is given some time to adjust to the situation. 
D)  using physiological techniques such as the polygraph to supplement more traditional methods. 
A)  having one or more observers observe all of the action from many different vantage points. 
B)  having several video cameras record all of the action from many different vantage points. 
C)  having an adaptation period in which the person being observed is given some time to adjust to the situation. 
D)  using physiological techniques such as the polygraph to supplement more traditional methods.

Question 12

Exner's Comprehensive System for scoring the Rorschach test

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A)  was the system endorsed by Hermann Rorschach himself. 
B)  was extensively studied and found to be unreliable. 
C)  is the product of a joint collaboration by psychologists from around the world. 
D)  is an attempt to integrate the best features of various scoring systems. 
A)  was the system endorsed by Hermann Rorschach himself. 
B)  was extensively studied and found to be unreliable. 
C)  is the product of a joint collaboration by psychologists from around the world. 
D)  is an attempt to integrate the best features of various scoring systems.

Question 13

Both the Rorschach and Rapaport et al.'s Word Association Test have in common

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A)  an inquiry stage in the test administration. 
B)  a category labeled Determinants for scoring responses. 
C)  a testing-the-limits procedure. 
D)  Mark Cuban as an investor and majority shareholder. 
A)  an inquiry stage in the test administration. 
B)  a category labeled Determinants for scoring responses. 
C)  a testing-the-limits procedure. 
D)  Mark Cuban as an investor and majority shareholder.

Question 14

Which of the followings groups of people is the one with whom plethysmography has been used extensively for purposes of diagnosis and treatment?

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A)  members of the armed forces suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome. 
B)  children who have been sexually abused. 
C)  outpatients with a diagnosis of depression. 
D)  None of these 
A)  members of the armed forces suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome. 
B)  children who have been sexually abused. 
C)  outpatients with a diagnosis of depression. 
D)  None of these

Question 15

Why is it surprising that B.F.Skinner developed the first auditory projective test?

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A) As a behaviorist,B.F.Skinner did not believe that mentalistic terms such as projection are scientifically useful. 
B) The development of this test was an accidental product of a behavioral assessment for hearing that B.F.Skinner had been working on. 
C) B.F.Skinner did not believe in projective instruments but nonetheless believed there was a great market for this test at the time. 
D) Most of B.F.Skinner's career was in the era before sound could be recorded and this test was one of his final accomplishments 
A) As a behaviorist,B.F.Skinner did not believe that mentalistic terms such as projection are scientifically useful. 
B) The development of this test was an accidental product of a behavioral assessment for hearing that B.F.Skinner had been working on. 
C) B.F.Skinner did not believe in projective instruments but nonetheless believed there was a great market for this test at the time. 
D) Most of B.F.Skinner's career was in the era before sound could be recorded and this test was one of his final accomplishments

Question 16

In your textbook,prominent differences can be observed between the example of a figure drawing produced by a rapist and the one produced by a pedophile.The most prominent difference was in the

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A)  size of the figure. 
B)  details of the rendering of the genitalia. 
C)  documented comments made by the offender during the test administration. 
D)  the number of additional people introduced into the drawing. 
A)  size of the figure. 
B)  details of the rendering of the genitalia. 
C)  documented comments made by the offender during the test administration. 
D)  the number of additional people introduced into the drawing.

Question 17

When interpretations about personality are derived from analysis of figure drawings

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A)  emphasis is placed on the artistic skill of the drawer. 
B)  the most critical variable is the length of time required to complete the drawing. 
C)  nationally representative standardization samples are frequently used. 
D)  None of these 
A)  emphasis is placed on the artistic skill of the drawer. 
B)  the most critical variable is the length of time required to complete the drawing. 
C)  nationally representative standardization samples are frequently used. 
D)  None of these

Question 18

On the basis of their factor-analytic study,Sharp et al.(2015)concluded that the nine criteria for borderline personality loaded most strongly,and virtually exclusively,on the

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A)  general (g) factor, with little trace of s (the specific factor) to be found. 
B)  specific (s) factor, with little trace of g (the general factor) to be found. 
C)  error (e) factor, with roughly equivalent traces of the general (g) and specific (s) factors. 
D)  specific (s) factor, with roughly equivalent traces of the general (g) and error (e) factors. 
A)  general (g) factor, with little trace of s (the specific factor) to be found. 
B)  specific (s) factor, with little trace of g (the general factor) to be found. 
C)  error (e) factor, with roughly equivalent traces of the general (g) and specific (s) factors. 
D)  specific (s) factor, with roughly equivalent traces of the general (g) and error (e) factors.

Question 19

According to DSM-5,there are 9 criteria for borderline personality disorder.Which is NOT one of them?

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A)  chronic feelings of emptiness 
B)  paranoid ideation and dissociation 
C)  sleep disturbances 
D)  abandonment fears 
A)  chronic feelings of emptiness 
B)  paranoid ideation and dissociation 
C)  sleep disturbances 
D)  abandonment fears

Question 20

The Word Association Test was developed at the Menninger Clinic by David Rapaport and colleagues.Rapaport's inspiration for developing this test came from word association experiments initially conducted by

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A)  Sigmund Freud. 
B)  Carl Jung. 
C)  Karen Horney. 
D)  Sandor Ferenczi. 
A)  Sigmund Freud. 
B)  Carl Jung. 
C)  Karen Horney. 
D)  Sandor Ferenczi.

Sign is to sample,as traditional is to

Henry Murray is perhaps best known for developing the TAT.Little known,however,is Murray's work in developing a projective instrument that involved response to spoken paragraphs.This little-known instrument was called the

In one study of 105 Vietnam War veterans with chronic PTSD,the subjects were asked to keep a sleep diary over the course of six weeks.According to your text,the researchers found that shorter duration of sleep was correlated with

Proposed improvements to the way that personality disorders are diagnosed have included

Role-play can be used

Complete this Arthur Jensen quote: "The rate of scientific progress in clinical psychology might well be measured by the speed and thoroughness with which _____

The major advantage of clinical prediction is its

Murstein questioned which of the following assumptions concerning projective methods?

Exner's Comprehensive System for scoring the Rorschach test

Behavioral assessment has many advantages over other forms of assessment.Which is NOT one of those advantages?

The phenomenon of reactivity can BEST be reduced in behavioral observation by

Exner's Comprehensive System for scoring the Rorschach test

Both the Rorschach and Rapaport et al.'s Word Association Test have in common

Which of the followings groups of people is the one with whom plethysmography has been used extensively for purposes of diagnosis and treatment?

Why is it surprising that B.F.Skinner developed the first auditory projective test?

In your textbook,prominent differences can be observed between the example of a figure drawing produced by a rapist and the one produced by a pedophile.The most prominent difference was in the

When interpretations about personality are derived from analysis of figure drawings

On the basis of their factor-analytic study,Sharp et al.(2015)concluded that the nine criteria for borderline personality loaded most strongly,and virtually exclusively,on the

According to DSM-5,there are 9 criteria for borderline personality disorder.Which is NOT one of them?

The Word Association Test was developed at the Menninger Clinic by David Rapaport and colleagues.Rapaport's inspiration for developing this test came from word association experiments initially conducted by

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Exam 12: Personality Assessment Methods

Sign is to sample,as traditional is to

Henry Murray is perhaps best known for developing the TAT.Little known,however,is Murray's work in developing a projective instrument that involved response to spoken paragraphs.This little-known instrument was called the

In one study of 105 Vietnam War veterans with chronic PTSD,the subjects were asked to keep a sleep diary over the course of six weeks.According to your text,the researchers found that shorter duration of sleep was correlated with

Proposed improvements to the way that personality disorders are diagnosed have included

Role-play can be used

Complete this Arthur Jensen quote: "The rate of scientific progress in clinical psychology might well be measured by the speed and thoroughness with which _____

The major advantage of clinical prediction is its

Murstein questioned which of the following assumptions concerning projective methods?

Exner's Comprehensive System for scoring the Rorschach test

Behavioral assessment has many advantages over other forms of assessment.Which is NOT one of those advantages?

The phenomenon of reactivity can BEST be reduced in behavioral observation by

Exner's Comprehensive System for scoring the Rorschach test

Both the Rorschach and Rapaport et al.'s Word Association Test have in common

Which of the followings groups of people is the one with whom plethysmography has been used extensively for purposes of diagnosis and treatment?

Why is it surprising that B.F.Skinner developed the first auditory projective test?

In your textbook,prominent differences can be observed between the example of a figure drawing produced by a rapist and the one produced by a pedophile.The most prominent difference was in the

When interpretations about personality are derived from analysis of figure drawings

On the basis of their factor-analytic study,Sharp et al.(2015)concluded that the nine criteria for borderline personality loaded most strongly,and virtually exclusively,on the

According to DSM-5,there are 9 criteria for borderline personality disorder.Which is NOT one of them?

The Word Association Test was developed at the Menninger Clinic by David Rapaport and colleagues.Rapaport's inspiration for developing this test came from word association experiments initially conducted by

Psychological Testing and Assessment

Historical, Cultural, and Legalethical Considerations

A Statistics Refresher

Of Tests and Testing

Reliability

Validity

Utility

Test Development

Intelligence and Its Measurement

Assessment for Education

Personality Assessment: an Overview

Clinical and Counseling Assessment

Neuropsychological Assessment

Assessment,Careers,and Business

Filters