EPPP Misc 2

Question 1

Diagnostic overshadowing

Answer 1

occurs when a clinician attributes a client’s mental or physical symptoms to a salient characteristic or condition without considering that the sx could be due to a disorder that’s unrelated to that characteristic or condition (e.g., cultural/racial overshadowing)

Question 2

Contralateral neglect

Answer 2

Damage to the parietal lobe, person neglects side of the body opposite to the location of the damage, is unaware of objects on that side of the body

Question 3

Eric Kandel and his associates originally used _______ as subjects to study neuronal changes associated with habituation, sensitization, and classical conditioning?

Answer 3

Sea slugs

Question 4

As described by Bowen, __________ refers to a family member’s ability to experience connectedness and intimacy with other family members while maintaining independence from them

Answer 4

differentiation

Question 5

When using the multitrait-multimethod matrix, a small monotrait-heteromethod coefficient indicates that the test

Answer 5

lacks adequate convergent validity

Question 6

Marcia’s (1966) identity development model identifies four identity statuses that differ with regard to

Answer 6

crisis and choice

Question 7

Marcia’s four identity statuses

Answer 7

-diffusion (no strong opinions)
-moratorium (trying out roles to find most suitably one)
-foreclosure (decision made without looking at alternatives)
-achievement (commitment is high, person has gone through many options)

Question 8

An orthogonal rotation of factors identified in a factor analysis produces a communality of .40 for one of the tests included in the analysis. This means that ____% of variability in the scores on the test is explained by the factor analysis.

Answer 8

40%

Question 9

Facial feedback hypothesis consistent with

Answer 9

James-Lange theory (physical reaction precedes the emotion)

Question 10

Twin studies and intelligence

Answer 10

the influence of shared factors decreases in adolescence, while the influence of nonshared factors remains stable over lifetime

Question 11

Among first-degree relatives who share 50% of their genes, when one person has schizophrenia, his/her relative has a _____% chance of also receiving the diagnosis

Answer 11

6-17%

Question 12

LEITER-3 test

Answer 12

nonverbal measure of cognitive abilities for ppl age 3-75+ with cognitive delays, impairments, ASD, limited English

Question 13

Exception questions

Answer 13

used by solution-focused therapists to help clients identify times when their problems were less intense/nonexistent

Question 14

Juvenile bipolar disorder and ADHD share several characteristics but also have symptoms that are useful for distinguishing between them. With regard to hypersexuality, the studies have found that it is

Answer 14

useful for distinguishing between the two disorders because it is more common for youth with bipolar disorder > those with ADHD.

Question 15

Studies looking at psychiatric outcomes for the offspring of monozygotic (identical) twins who are discordant for schizophrenia have found that

Answer 15

the frequency of schizophrenia in offspring of nonaffected twins is similar to the frequency of schizophrenia in offspring of affected twins, with the frequency for offspring of nonaffected and affected twins being greater than the frequency in the general population

Question 16

Damage to dorsolateral PFC

Answer 16

deficits in WM, impaired judgment and insight, poor planning

Question 17

Damage to orbitofrontal PFC

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causes impulsivity, aggression, antisocial behaviors, social inappropriateness, emotional lability

Question 18

Damage to ventromedial PFC

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poor decision making, lack of empathy, blunted emotional responses, confabulation

Question 19

Rett syndrome

Answer 19

X-linked dominant disorder mostly in females, mutation in MECP2 gene

Question 20

Klinefelter syndrome

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males, XXY

Question 21

Cri-du-chat

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deletion on chromosome 5

Question 22

Angelman syndrome

Answer 22

deletion on maternal chromosome 15

Question 23

Solomon 4-group design

Answer 23

allows for Qs on the effect of pretesting

Question 24

Regarding the utilization of mental health care services and sexual orientation, recent surveys have found that

Answer 24

sexual minority individuals utilize mental health services at higher rates than heterosexual individuals do, with bisexual men and women having the highest rates

Question 25

Glasgow Coma scale

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scores from 3-15, with 3 representing coma/brain death, 15 indicating fully awake

Question 26

test unfairness

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when one group obtains lower score on the selection test but the score difference isn’t reflected on a measure of job performance

Question 27

According to Sherif and Hovland’s (1961) social judgment theory, an “internal anchor”

Answer 27

a person’s attitude toward an issue prior to hearing a persuasive message about that issue.

Question 28

Four dx categories for conduct disorder

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aggression to ppl/animals, destruction of property, deceitfulness or theft, serious violation of rules

Question 29

The involuntary, jerky movements associated with Huntington’s disease are caused by deterioration of cells in

Answer 29

globus pallidus

Question 30

Studies conducted at Ohio State University in the 1950s found that leader behaviors can be described in terms of two independent dimensions which the researchers named:

Answer 30

initiating structure and consideration

Question 31

In the context of Dawis and Lofquist’s (1984) theory of work adjustment, a worker’s job satisfaction is determined by the correspondence between the worker’s

Answer 31

needs and reinforcers provided by the job

Question 32

a predictor’s criterion-related validity coefficient can be no larger than the

Answer 32

square root of its reliability coefficient

Question 33

primary emphases of TQM (total quality management)

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continuous improvement, total employee involvement, customer satisfaction, and data-driven decision-making

Question 34

neurocognitive disorder with Lewy bodies

Answer 34

fluctuating cognition that involves changes in attention and alertness, recurrent visual hallucinations, spontaneous parkinsonism

Question 35

K. I. Howard, M. S. Krause, and D. E. Orlinsky found that about ___ of psychotherapy clients show improvement by the sixth to eighth therapy session, ____by the 26th session, and ____ after a little over a year

Answer 35

50; 75; 85%

Question 36

DSM-5 diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) requires an onset of symptoms before _____ years of age and a duration of symptoms for at least _____ months

Answer 36

12; 6

Question 37

Judge, Bono, Ilies, and Gerehardt’s (2002) meta-analysis of the research found that, of the Big Five personality traits, ___________ is the best predictor of leader effectiveness

Answer 37

extraversion

Question 38

Several studies have found that extreme scores on the F, K, and L scales of the MMPI-2 distinguish between parents going through child custody evaluations who do and do not have symptoms of

Answer 38

parental alienation syndrome

Question 39

Vineland-3

Answer 39

Measure of adaptive functioning that’s often used to assist in the diagnosis of intellectual disability

Question 40

tardive dyskinesia

Answer 40

older adults and women are at greatest risk

Question 41

5 basic innate needs

Answer 41

love and belonging, power, fun, freedom, and survival

Question 42

Byrne’s (1971) law of attraction

Answer 42

we’re attracted to people who provide us with more reinforcement than punishment.

Question 43

The Vroom-Yetton-Jago contingency model provides a decision tree that poses a series of questions designed to help supervisors:

Answer 43

determine to what extent subordinates should be allowed to participate in decision-making.

Question 44

standard error of measurement

Answer 44

used to construct a confidence interval around an examinee’s obtained score. It’s calculated by multiplying the test’s standard deviation times the square root of 1 minus its reliability coefficient