Question 1

The most common assessment technique used to solicit a wide range of information about mental disorders is the

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A)   survey.
B)   experiment.
C)   interview.
D)   assessment review.

Question 2

According to your text, diagnoses are critical because they may suggest

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A)   which treatment is most effective.
B)   what insurance company should be approached to pay.
C)   whether or not the person should be criminally committed.
D)   how long the person has been incompetent.

Question 3

Leo conducts a study in which he relates gestational age at birth (e.g., 38 weeks, 39 weeks, etc.)  to the degree of attention deficit symptoms. He finds that the lower the gestational age at birth, the higher the degree of attention deficit. This relationship, which is moderate in strength, is best characterized by which of the following correlations?

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A)   r = +1.00
B)   r = +.65
C)   r = -1.00
D)   r = -.45

Question 4

When mental health professionals focus on dimensions, they are looking at

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A)   whether the disorder is biological or psychological.
B)   a continuum or spectrum.
C)   an all or none phenomenon.
D)   what disorder the symptoms are consistent with.

Question 5

Lucille is testing a new treatment for anxiety disorders. She has recruited participants, and assigns the first 50 recruits to the treatment condition and the second 50 to the placebo condition. Using this procedure to assign participants to conditions suggests Lucille does not understand the importance of ____ in experimental research.

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A)   placebos
B)   randomization
C)   assessment
D)   analysis

Question 6

According to your text, which is the most common form of clinical assessment after the interview?

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A)   intelligence tests
B)   personality inventories
C)   projective personality measures
D)   biological assessments

Question 7

Which type of assessment technique is most accurate in identifying specific changes in neurological functioning?

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A)   brain imaging
B)   self-monitoring
C)   controlled observation
D)   functional analysis

Question 8

The TAT is generally used to

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A)   measure intelligence.
B)   make diagnoses.
C)   identify personality themes.
D)   locate areas of brain damage.

Question 9

Identify and describe at least three components of the DSM-5 Cultural Formulation.

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Question 10

Pippa is taking an intelligence test. On the particular part of the test she is working on, the examiner reads her a list of numbers. She has to try to remember them and repeat them back in the order in which they were read. Each list is a little bit longer than the last one. Pippa is working on the ____ subtest.

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A)   vocabulary
B)   similarities
C)   digit span
D)   mental rotation

Question 11

Lorrie's therapist has been performing a functional analysis that focuses on antecedents and consequences. These observations are likely part of a(n)

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A)   observational learning program.
B)   behavioral assessment.
C)   functional modification.
D)   operant conditioning program.

Question 12

Variables that measure a specific outcome a researcher is trying to explain or predict are known as ____ variables.

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A)   independent
B)   random
C)   experimental
D)   dependent

Question 13

The DSM-5 Cultural Formulation addresses the

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A)   cultural identity of the client
B)   extent to which the clinician is culturally competent
C)   attitudes of agencies and institutions towards multiculturalism
D)   conflict between client and clinician as it relates to culture

Question 14

According to the DSM-5, mental disorders

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A)   do not have underlying physical causes.
B)   rarely cause emotional distress.
C)   do not include culturally-sanctioned responses to a specific event.
D)   include symptoms caused by normal developmental changes.

Question 15

On the MMPI-2, high scores on the ____ scale indicate obsessions, compulsiveness, fears, guilt, and indecisiveness.

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A)   Hypochondriasis (Hs) 
B)   Hysteria (Hy) 
C)   Psychopathic deviate (Pd) 
D)   Psychasthenia (Pt)

Question 16

Certain cultures may disapprove of certain reactions to stressful events, such as

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A)   becoming tearful.
B)   becoming depressed.
C)   becoming anxious.
D)   attempting suicide.

Question 17

Danice runs a mental health clinic in Arizona. A large proportion of the clientele at the clinic are immigrants from Mexico. Danice has several staff members who are fluent in both English and Spanish to ensure accurate communication between clients and their healthcare providers. The standard intake interview always inquires about cultural background, and the staff are all very sensitive to cultural differences. What aspect of clinical assessment proposed by Tseng (2001)  has Danice not addressed in these practices?

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A)   The clinic is not overcoming language barriers.
B)   The clinic does not obtain information about clients' cultural backgrounds.
C)   The staff lacks sensitivity to cultural issues.
D)   The staff may not be knowledgeable about cultural variations in psychological problems.

Question 18

An intelligence test that is "culture free"

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A)   does not need developing because they are all culture free.
B)   would involve arbitrary value systems and biases.
C)   has been developed as well as one to measure pure potential.
D)   has not yet been developed.

Question 19

Gregory took a test that measured a full scale or total score, a verbal score, and the performance score. He most likely took a(n)

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A)   language test.
B)   IQ test.
C)   TAT.
D)   projective test.

Question 20

Psychophysiological assessments include

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A)   the TAT
B)   galvanic skin conductance.
C)   positron emission tomography.
D)   the MRI

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