Question 1

An advantage of diagnosis is that

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A)   the criteria for defining mental disorders are very flexible.
B)   communicating information with other professionals is easier.
C)   labeling people lets them know what you expect from them.
D)   it reduces the likelihood that the person will experience stigma.

Question 2

An assessment instrument has good test-retest reliability when its scores

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A)   are consistent across some period of time.
B)   diverge in ways that are clinically significant.
C)   yield the same diagnosis no matter who administers the assessment.
D)   yield the same diagnoses as do other assessment instruments.

Question 3

Identify and describe three types of psychophysiological assessment.

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Question 4

A person's needs, personality, and/or conflicts can be assessed using ambiguous stimuli such as

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A)   algebraic equations.
B)   vocabulary.
C)   inkblots.
D)   role-playing.

Question 5

Several abnormal behaviors must be present at the same time and ____ for someone to qualify for a diagnosis of a mental disorder.

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A)   cause significant problems
B)   have no physiological basis
C)   not respond to medication
D)   have some genetic component

Question 6

Barry has been asked to tell stories about what he sees on a series of cards. A properly trained mental health professional can learn

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A)   about various childhoods from these stories.
B)   about Barry's personality from these stories.
C)   about his ability to tell stories.
D)   Barry's aptitude for personality integration.

Question 7

The physiological and cognitive characteristics of a client that may help a therapist understand that client are called ____ variables.

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A)   preliminary
B)   organismic
C)   conditional
D)   behavioral

Question 8

The categorical approach to the diagnosis of mental disorders commonly used in the United States is the

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A)   Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
B)   Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Symptoms.
C)   Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
D)   Statistical Manual of Mental Symptoms.

Question 9

Quentin has a new client, and assesses the client's intelligence level using an IQ test at an initial assessment appointment. About six months later, Quentin repeats all the assessments. In doing so, he finds that the IQ test score at the second assessment is very similar to the score from the first assessment. This suggests the IQ test has good ____ reliability.

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A)   test-retest
B)   interrater
C)   internal consistency
D)   content

Question 10

From a categorical perspective, a diagnosis is defined by ____ that outline how many and what features of a mental disorder must be present.

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A)   best practices
B)   models
C)   conventions
D)   rules

Question 11

Evaluation of brain functioning via one's performance on standardized tests that indicate brain behavior relationships is a type of ____ assessment.

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A)   biopsychosocial
B)   neuropsychological
C)   neurophysiological
D)   biophysiological

Question 12

Factors other than the independent variable that may account for group differences on a dependent variable are referred to as

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A)   compounds.
B)   confounds.
C)   controls.
D)   experimental.

Question 13

Which brain imaging method provides the highest-quality images without use of radiation?

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A)   CT
B)   CAT
C)   MRI
D)   PET

Question 14

When a client observes and records his or her own behaviors, emotions, and thoughts, an assessment known as _____ is being used.

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A)   naturalistic observation
B)   controlled observation
C)   organismic monitoring
D)   self-monitoring

Question 15

Because structured diagnostic interviews are ____, they are most common to ____ settings.

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A)   short; research
B)   short; clinical
C)   time-consuming; research
D)   time-consuming; clinical

Question 16

An MMPI-2 interpretation does not rely on a single score but rather a(n)  ____ of the person.

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A)   profile
B)   composite
C)   extracted sketch
D)   key quality analysis

Question 17

Interrater reliability in clinical diagnosis has been demonstrated when

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A)   two raters are in high agreement for diagnosis.
B)   several observers have a moderate agreement.
C)   two or more interviewers both need a second opinion.
D)   two observers use identical language and description.

Question 18

Which study is an example of a single-subject design?

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A)   A teacher working with an autistic child tries an intervention, sees improvement, then stops the intervention, and sees the improvement disappear. She then re-introduces the intervention and again sees improvement, and then stops it and sees the improvement again go away.
B)   A therapist intensively studies a person with multiple personality disorder, collecting a rich set of data on their childhood, background, parents, and other details.
C)   A researcher studies anxiety disorders, and only anxiety disorders. He excludes all other subjects from the content of his research.
D)   A researcher wants to understand the effects of age on memory, and selects one subject from each decade of life to study in detail.

Question 19

What should you remember when reading or watching popular media reports on psychological research?

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Question 20

Outline the key issues in defining abnormal behavior and mental disorder.

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A person's needs, personality, and/or conflicts can be assessed using ambiguous stimuli such as

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Evaluation of brain functioning via one's performance on standardized tests that indicate brain behavior relationships is a type of ____ assessment.

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Barry has been asked to tell stories about what he sees on a series of cards. A properly trained mental health professional can learn

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Several abnormal behaviors must be present at the same time and ____ for someone to qualify for a diagnosis of a mental disorder.

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The categorical approach to the diagnosis of mental disorders commonly used in the United States is the

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Identify and describe three types of psychophysiological assessment.

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Which brain imaging method provides the highest-quality images without use of radiation?

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From a categorical perspective, a diagnosis is defined by ____ that outline how many and what features of a mental disorder must be present.

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Outline the key issues in defining abnormal behavior and mental disorder.

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An assessment instrument has good test-retest reliability when its scores

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