Question 1

The most accurate predictor of violence is

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A)  writing a threatening letter. 
B)  attempting a violent act. 
C)  talking about committing a violent act. 
D)  agreeing to be a guest on the Steve Wilkos Show. 
A)  writing a threatening letter. 
B)  attempting a violent act. 
C)  talking about committing a violent act. 
D)  agreeing to be a guest on the Steve Wilkos Show.

Question 2

Which is an argument that does NOT support an evolutionary view of disorder?

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A)  Klein's argument that we really do not know "proper evolutionary function." 
B)  Behavior labeled "disordered" may actually be the result of disease. 
C)  Behavior labeled "disordered" may actually be the result of malingering. 
D)  All of these 
A)  Klein's argument that we really do not know "proper evolutionary function." 
B)  Behavior labeled "disordered" may actually be the result of disease. 
C)  Behavior labeled "disordered" may actually be the result of malingering. 
D)  All of these

Question 3

Which of the following is the BEST example of a factual item from the Georgetown Criteria for Competency to Stand Trial?

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A)  the defendant's ability to identify and locate witnesses 
B)  the defendant's ability to make decisions after advice 
C)  the defendant's ability to tolerate stress while awaiting trial or at the trial 
D)  the defendant's ability to refrain from irrational behavior during trial 
A)  the defendant's ability to identify and locate witnesses 
B)  the defendant's ability to make decisions after advice 
C)  the defendant's ability to tolerate stress while awaiting trial or at the trial 
D)  the defendant's ability to refrain from irrational behavior during trial

Question 4

A journal article entitled "Socially Reinforced Obsessing" was cited in Chapter 14 of your textbook.That article is an account of how exposure to

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A)  an obsessive-compulsive parent can result in an obsessive-compulsive child. 
B)  an obsessive-compulsive teacher can result in an obsessive-compulsive child. 
C)  a particular religious ideology led to obsessive-compulsive behavior on the part of an adult. 
D)  a socialist political orientation contributed to obsessive-compulsive symptomatology. 
A)  an obsessive-compulsive parent can result in an obsessive-compulsive child. 
B)  an obsessive-compulsive teacher can result in an obsessive-compulsive child. 
C)  a particular religious ideology led to obsessive-compulsive behavior on the part of an adult. 
D)  a socialist political orientation contributed to obsessive-compulsive symptomatology.

Question 5

Who is the person credited with having coined the term Barnum effect?

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A)  Tallent 
B)  Patterson 
C)  P. T. Barnum himself 
D)  Meehl 
A)  Tallent 
B)  Patterson 
C)  P. T. Barnum himself 
D)  Meehl

Question 6

The term "pecking order" was coined by Schjelderup-Ebbe in 1921 who observed that hens seemed to

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A)  peck in a certain order prior to and just after dominance displays. 
B)  become depressed when defeated in dominance contests. 
C)  pecked with increasing frequency on a random interval schedule. 
D)  stopped scavenging for food when placed on a liquid diet. 
A)  peck in a certain order prior to and just after dominance displays. 
B)  become depressed when defeated in dominance contests. 
C)  pecked with increasing frequency on a random interval schedule. 
D)  stopped scavenging for food when placed on a liquid diet.

Question 7

The Parenting Stress Index (PSI)is designed to measure

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A)  risk for child abuse. 
B)  difficulties in parenting resulting from particular parenting styles. 
C)  parent competency to testify in court. 
D)  how well a parent is doing from the perspective of a child or adolescent. 
A)  risk for child abuse. 
B)  difficulties in parenting resulting from particular parenting styles. 
C)  parent competency to testify in court. 
D)  how well a parent is doing from the perspective of a child or adolescent.

Question 8

Which of the following is generally TRUE regarding the similarities and differences between the specialties of clinical and counseling psychology?

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A)  Clinical psychologists tend to be more involved in consumer issues. 
B)  Counseling psychologists tend to be more involved in psychoanalysis. 
C)  Clinical psychologists are more involved with career and vocational assessment. 
D)  More similarities than differences exist between the two specialties. 
A)  Clinical psychologists tend to be more involved in consumer issues. 
B)  Counseling psychologists tend to be more involved in psychoanalysis. 
C)  Clinical psychologists are more involved with career and vocational assessment. 
D)  More similarities than differences exist between the two specialties.

Question 9

Most of the highly publicized crimes for which profilers have been employed have been solved

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A)  with the aid of forensic psychologists as profilers. 
B)  by persons from a law enforcement background. 
C)  as the result of a perpetrator "slip-up." 
D)  only after the perpetrator's appearance on Project Runway. 
A)  with the aid of forensic psychologists as profilers. 
B)  by persons from a law enforcement background. 
C)  as the result of a perpetrator "slip-up." 
D)  only after the perpetrator's appearance on Project Runway.

Question 10

A compromise between the two extreme positions in the clinical versus mechanical prediction controversy has it that clinical information developed by clinicians be

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A)  put to optimal use by computers using decision rules. 
B)  reviewed and modified by other clinicians before submission for processing by computer. 
C)  checked by computer before submission to a panel of "second opinion" clinicians for action. 
D)  sent to the main frame supercomputer at the National Institutes of Health for processing using that organization's own data base 
A)  put to optimal use by computers using decision rules. 
B)  reviewed and modified by other clinicians before submission for processing by computer. 
C)  checked by computer before submission to a panel of "second opinion" clinicians for action. 
D)  sent to the main frame supercomputer at the National Institutes of Health for processing using that organization's own data base

Question 11

The current version of the DSM is a diagnostic system that is used by psychologists and other mental health professionals

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A)  to diagnose patients. 
B)  for insurance reimbursement purposes. 
C)  for research purposes. 
D)  All of these 
A)  to diagnose patients. 
B)  for insurance reimbursement purposes. 
C)  for research purposes. 
D)  All of these

Question 12

The biopsychosocial approach to assessment could BEST be described as

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A)  multicultural. 
B)  multidisciplinary. 
C)  psychoanalytic. 
D)  All of these 
A)  multicultural. 
B)  multidisciplinary. 
C)  psychoanalytic. 
D)  All of these

Question 13

At the core of profiling is the assumption that perpetrators of serial crimes leave at their crime scenes

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A)  physical evidence. 
B)  psychological evidence. 
C)  philosophical evidence. 
D)  business cards. 
A)  physical evidence. 
B)  psychological evidence. 
C)  philosophical evidence. 
D)  business cards.

Question 14

Of the following tests,which one is the MOST commonly used in evaluating substance abuse?

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A)  MacAndrew Alcohol Scale-Revised 
B)  The Addiction Potential Scale 
C)  Addiction Severity Index 
D)  Addiction Acknowledgment Scale 
A)  MacAndrew Alcohol Scale-Revised 
B)  The Addiction Potential Scale 
C)  Addiction Severity Index 
D)  Addiction Acknowledgment Scale

Question 15

A clinician's note that a person is "oriented x 3." This means that the person is oriented to

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A)  person, place, and thing. 
B)  person, place, and time. 
C)  who, what, and where. 
D)  when, where, and how. 
A)  person, place, and thing. 
B)  person, place, and time. 
C)  who, what, and where. 
D)  when, where, and how.

Question 16

The MAC was a scale derived from the MMPI that was constructed to aid in differentiating

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A)  appetite-disordered from non-appetite disordered patients. 
B)  marijuana-abusing from non-marijuana-abusing patients. 
C)  alcoholic from non-alcoholic patients. 
D)  Burger King from McDonald food junkies. 
A)  appetite-disordered from non-appetite disordered patients. 
B)  marijuana-abusing from non-marijuana-abusing patients. 
C)  alcoholic from non-alcoholic patients. 
D)  Burger King from McDonald food junkies.

Question 17

According to Wakefield's "harmful dysfunction" definition of mental disorder,a disorder must

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A)  involve symptoms that are present in more than one setting. 
B)  involve the dysfunction of some internal mechanism selected by evolution to perform a specific task. 
C)  be free of any value judgments. 
D)  be free of culturally specific value judgments. 
A)  involve symptoms that are present in more than one setting. 
B)  involve the dysfunction of some internal mechanism selected by evolution to perform a specific task. 
C)  be free of any value judgments. 
D)  be free of culturally specific value judgments.

Question 18

According to your textbook,who of the following was known for encouraging the use of a test battery rather than the use of a single psychological test?

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A)  Thurstone 
B)  Mooney 
C)  Farha 
D)  Rapaport 
A)  Thurstone 
B)  Mooney 
C)  Farha 
D)  Rapaport

Question 19

Forensic psychology is different from clinical psychology because in forensic psychology:

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A)  the clinician's client may not be the assessee. 
B)  when the assessee is in an adversarial relationship with the assessor, the assessee may not be truthful. 
C)  the clinician may be called on to offer recommendations that run counter to the stated interests of the assessee. 
D)  All of these 
A)  the clinician's client may not be the assessee. 
B)  when the assessee is in an adversarial relationship with the assessor, the assessee may not be truthful. 
C)  the clinician may be called on to offer recommendations that run counter to the stated interests of the assessee. 
D)  All of these

Question 20

Compared with clinical psychologists,counseling psychologists are more likely to be

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A)  practicing in independent practice. 
B)  concerned with more forms of psychopathology. 
C)  involved in providing vocational guidance. 
D)  users of the MMPI-2-RF. 
A)  practicing in independent practice. 
B)  concerned with more forms of psychopathology. 
C)  involved in providing vocational guidance. 
D)  users of the MMPI-2-RF.

The most accurate predictor of violence is

Which is an argument that does NOT support an evolutionary view of disorder?

Which of the following is the BEST example of a factual item from the Georgetown Criteria for Competency to Stand Trial?

A journal article entitled "Socially Reinforced Obsessing" was cited in Chapter 14 of your textbook.That article is an account of how exposure to

Who is the person credited with having coined the term Barnum effect?

The term "pecking order" was coined by Schjelderup-Ebbe in 1921 who observed that hens seemed to

The Parenting Stress Index (PSI)is designed to measure

Which of the following is generally TRUE regarding the similarities and differences between the specialties of clinical and counseling psychology?

Most of the highly publicized crimes for which profilers have been employed have been solved

A compromise between the two extreme positions in the clinical versus mechanical prediction controversy has it that clinical information developed by clinicians be

The current version of the DSM is a diagnostic system that is used by psychologists and other mental health professionals

The biopsychosocial approach to assessment could BEST be described as

At the core of profiling is the assumption that perpetrators of serial crimes leave at their crime scenes

Of the following tests,which one is the MOST commonly used in evaluating substance abuse?

A clinician's note that a person is "oriented x 3." This means that the person is oriented to

The MAC was a scale derived from the MMPI that was constructed to aid in differentiating

According to Wakefield's "harmful dysfunction" definition of mental disorder,a disorder must

According to your textbook,who of the following was known for encouraging the use of a test battery rather than the use of a single psychological test?

Forensic psychology is different from clinical psychology because in forensic psychology:

Compared with clinical psychologists,counseling psychologists are more likely to be

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Exam 14: Clinical and Counseling Assessment

The most accurate predictor of violence is

Which is an argument that does NOT support an evolutionary view of disorder?

Which of the following is the BEST example of a factual item from the Georgetown Criteria for Competency to Stand Trial?

A journal article entitled "Socially Reinforced Obsessing" was cited in Chapter 14 of your textbook.That article is an account of how exposure to

Who is the person credited with having coined the term Barnum effect?

The term "pecking order" was coined by Schjelderup-Ebbe in 1921 who observed that hens seemed to

The Parenting Stress Index (PSI)is designed to measure

Which of the following is generally TRUE regarding the similarities and differences between the specialties of clinical and counseling psychology?

Most of the highly publicized crimes for which profilers have been employed have been solved

A compromise between the two extreme positions in the clinical versus mechanical prediction controversy has it that clinical information developed by clinicians be

The current version of the DSM is a diagnostic system that is used by psychologists and other mental health professionals

The biopsychosocial approach to assessment could BEST be described as

At the core of profiling is the assumption that perpetrators of serial crimes leave at their crime scenes

Of the following tests,which one is the MOST commonly used in evaluating substance abuse?

A clinician's note that a person is "oriented x 3." This means that the person is oriented to

The MAC was a scale derived from the MMPI that was constructed to aid in differentiating

According to Wakefield's "harmful dysfunction" definition of mental disorder,a disorder must

According to your textbook,who of the following was known for encouraging the use of a test battery rather than the use of a single psychological test?

Forensic psychology is different from clinical psychology because in forensic psychology:

Compared with clinical psychologists,counseling psychologists are more likely to be

Psychological Testing and Assessment

Historical, cultural, and Legal Ethical Considerations

A Statistics Refresher

Of Tests and Testing

Reliability

Validity

Utility

Test Development

Intelligence and Its Measurement

Tests of Intelligence

Assessment for Education

Personality Assessment: An Overview

Personality Assessment Methods

Neuropsychological Assessment

Assessment, Careers, and Business References

Filters