Practice Exam

Question 1

Question ID #7024: Prior to puberty the incidence of Major Depressive Disorder:
Select one:
A. is about equal for boys and girls
B. is greater for boys than for girls
C. is greater for girls than for boys
D. doesn’t become evident in either gender before mid-adolescence

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Question ID #81: Dementia and depression both involve cognitive deficits. However, in comparison to dementia, depression:
Select one:
A. is more likely to involve impaired free recall while recognition memory is left relatively intact.
B. is more likely to involve impaired declarative memory while procedural memory is left relatively intact.
C. is more likely to involve impaired nonverbal memory than verbal memory.
D. is more likely to cause deficits on abstract memory tasks than on concrete memory tasks

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Question ID #803: Which of the following forebrain structures are located around the brain stem and are important for motivated and emotional behavior?
Select one:
A. basal ganglia
B. limbic system
C. tegmentum
D. reticular formation

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Question ID #6632: One commonality between Skinner and Freud is a(n) \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ view of behavior.
Select one:
A. deterministic
B. holistic
C. phenomenological
D. adaptive

Answer 4

A

Question 5

Question ID #123: You have developed and administered a reading enrichment program for gifted children. A friend of yours, who happens to be a newspaper reporter, asks you if his 7-year old daughter can enroll in the program. Would it be ethical for you to agree to enroll her?
Select one:
A. Yes, as long as the reporter doesn’t give you any publicity for the program in exchange.
B. Yes, as long as the friend pays the same amount for the program as everybody else and his daughter meets the requirements for enrollment in the program.
C. No, because, if you did, you’d be involved in a dual relationship.
D. No, because the reporter may feel pressured into giving your program free publicity.

Answer 5

C

Question 6

Question ID #599: A woman who was in a serious car accident six months ago sees a picture of a car in a newspaper and becomes anxious. This is an example of
Select one:
A. mediated generalization.
B. higher-order conditioning.
C. classical conditioning.
D. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Answer 6

A

Question 7

Question ID #1056: In the analysis of the effects of two independent variables, multiple regression analysis is sometimes used as a substitute for the factorial ANOVA. One advantage of using multiple regression as opposed to a factorial ANOVA is that:
Select one:
A. multiple regression analysis can be used for multiple dependent variables as well as multiple independent variables.
B. continuous or categorical data (as opposed to solely categorical data) can be used to measure the independent variables in multiple regression analysis.
C. the use of multiple regression allows one to estimate the probability that obtained differences on the dependent variable between groups represent true population differences.
D. when multiple regression is used and a significant result is obtained, the conclusion that there is a causal relationship between the independent variables and the dependent variables is more plausible.

Answer 7

B

Question 8

Question ID #7082: 15 year old Susan was initially diagnosed with Bulimia-Nervosa (Purging Type). Her self-evaluation is unduly influenced by her body shape and weight. She worries about gaining weight, has been binging and purging on a daily basis for almost a year and her weight has steadily dropped to less than 85% of a minimally normal level. Her therapist reassesses Susan’s diagnosis. The salient feature to consider in the differential diagnosis of Anorexia-Nervosa (Binge-Eating/Purge Type) is her:
Select one:
A. fear of gaining weight or getting fat
B. cognitive distortions associated with body image
C. continuation of binging and purging despite weight loss
D. denial of seriousness of current body weight
Feedback

Answer 8

C

Question 9

Question ID #7290: Some studies indicate that the rate of ADHD symptoms of hyperactivity and impulsivity among identical twins with ADHD to be
Select one:
A. 0.2
B. 0.4
C. 0.6
D. 0.8

Answer 9

D

Question 10

Question ID #109: Research on therapists who became sexually involved with their clients has shown that:
Select one:
A. the therapist violated other boundaries before the sexual involvement began
B. therapists whose own therapist violated him or her sexually is more likely to have sex with his or her clients
C. therapists who have sex with their clients have the same attitude about its inappropriateness as therapists who don’t have sex with their clients
D. therapists who have completed a personal course of therapy are less likely to become sexually involved with their patients than therapists who have not undergone therapy

Answer 10

A

Question 11

Question ID #7021: Of the following, which is most likely to cause rapid and abrupt changes in cognitive functioning?
Select one:
A. Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type
B. AIDS Dementia Complex Incorrect
C. Vascular Dementia
D. Korsakoff's syndrome

Answer 11

C

Question 12

Question ID #6641: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ is the form of therapy that helps the client find meaning in life.
Select one:
A. Gestalt therapy
B. Somatic therapy
C. Logotherapy
D. Narrative therapy

Answer 12

C

Question 13

Question ID #714: In the treatment of panic disorder, a person is asked to run up and down the stairs in order to induce tachycardia. The mechanism by which this intervention would be curative is
Select one:
A. extinction.
B. stimulus generalization.
C. stimulus discrimination.
D. higher-order conditioning.

Answer 13

A

Question 14

Question ID #1019: Deficits in prospective memory is most likely due to damage to which of the following?
Select one:
A. basal ganglia
B. prefrontal cortex
C. corpus callosum
D. parietal lobe

Answer 14

B

Question 15

Question ID #7156: What percentage of children diagnosed with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder continue to exhibit signs of the disorder in adulthood?
Select one:
A. 5
B. 10
C. 25
D. 50

Answer 15

D

Question 16

Question ID #518: A Guttman scale is an attitude scale on which:
Select one:
A. agreement with a particular item implies agreement with other lower-level items.
B. agreement with a particular items implies disagreement with other lower-level items.
C. items are scored based on the degree to which they reflect a person’s position on a particular issue.
D. subjects are asked to rate a large number of items on a scale ranging from “strongly agree” to “strongly disagree.”

Answer 16

A

Question 17

Question ID #600: If a person learns a behavior through modeling coupled with external reinforcement, why, according to Bandura, would that behavior continue in the absence of a model or external reinforcement?
Select one:
A. The accomplishment of new behavioral skills can be reinforcing in itself.
B. The process of response generalization makes further modeling and reinforcement unnecessary.
C. The process of classical conditioning ensures that the behavior will continue, as long as antecedent stimulus conditions remain the same.
D. Individuals do not need any type of motivation to learn a new behavior; mere exposure to a model is sufficient.

Answer 17

A

Question 18

Question ID #6969: Observations of infants' reactions to pictures, mirror reflections, and movies of themselves have been used to assess self-recognition, which involves simple body and facial discrimination. Lewis and Brooks-Gunn (1979) found that infants respond to their reflections either by pointing to the mirror or by touching their faces as early as:
Select one:
A. 6-9 months
B. 9-12 months
C. 12-15 months
D. 15-18 months

Answer 18

D

Question 19

Question ID #661: A child's ability to maintain a mental picture of a toy even after it is removed is called:
Select one:
A. flashbulb memory
B. method of loci
C. eidetic imagery
D. sustained attention

Answer 19

C

Question 20

Question ID #479: You are an organizational process consultant hired by a hospital. Several nurses tell you they feel they’re being overworked and underpaid. In this case, your most likely intervention would be to
Select one:
A. explain the nurses’ concerns to the hospital administrators.
B. conduct a job analysis to determine how much the nurses deserve to be paid and present your results to the hospital administrators.
C. act with the best interests of the hospital’s patients in mind.
D. help the nurses organize regular meetings with the physicians and administrators to discuss their concerns.

Answer 20

D

Question 21

Question ID #881: Damage to the orbitofrontal cortex is most likely to result in:
Select one:
A. impaired depth perception
B. impaired motor coordination
C. altered emotional behaviors
D. left-right confusion

Answer 21

C

Question 22

Question ID #662: A person stops and asks a parking attendant for directions after getting lost while driving to an appointment. The attendant states, "Make a left at the first red light. Go four blocks until you reach a stop sign and turn right onto Main Street. About three blocks down Main, look for a large red sign at the entrance to the parking lot." What type of memory is needed to hold such information?
Select one:
A. procedural memory
B. working memory
C. short term memory
D. long term memory

Answer 22

B

Question 23

Question ID #228: A psychologist, who is a member of APA, receives a charge letter from the Ethics Committee. The charge against the psychologist is that he cheated on the psychology-licensing exam. This means that the psychologist
Select one:
A. will be barred from further consideration for licensure.
B. will have to retake the exam under supervision.
C. must respond to the charge letter within thirty days.
D. can request independent adjudication or a formal hearing

Answer 23

C

Question 24

Question ID #808: A split-brain patient is shown a picture of an object to his left visual field then told to pick the object out from behind a screen. Which of the following will the patient will be able to do?
Select one:
A. pick the object with either hand
B. pick the object with only his left hand
C. pick the object with only his right hand
D. able to say what the object was however unable to pick it with either hand

Answer 24

B

Question 25

Question ID #1335: Which of Glick and Fiske's (1996, 2001) theories start from the premise that the relations between the genders are characterized by the coexistence of power differences and intimate interdependence?
Select one:
A. stereotype content model
B. social role theory
C. ambivalent sexism theory
D. sexual prejudice

Answer 25

C

Question 26

Question ID #63: A young woman is very anxious because, lately, she finds that she frequently misperceives things in the environment, which has caused some embarrassing moments at work and elsewhere. For example, at work, she mistook the coat rack for the company president. As a result, she is not enjoying her job or usual social activities as much as she used to. The woman's symptoms are most suggestive of
Select one:
A. hallucinations.
B. illusions.
C. agoraphobia.
D. social phobia.

Answer 26

B

Question 27

Question ID #585: When using the method of loci, you:
Select one:
A. sort objects you want to remember into meaningful categories.
B. retrieve information by remembering where you were at the time you learned it.
C. pair images of objects you want to remember with places you are familiar with.
D. make sure that the recall environment is similar to the learning environment.

Answer 27

C

Question 28

Question ID #165: You are a small town psychologist in private practice and a client has written a letter to the Psychology Board complaining that you have a very unprofessional staff. The Board has now written you to inform you of this matter. You should:
Select one:
A. Discipline your staff
B. Respond to the Board
C. Call the client and let them know that you will make the appropriate changes with your staff
D. Refer the client to a psychologist in another town

Answer 28

B

Question 29

Question ID #656: Behavioral assessments are useful for determining behavioral:
Select one:
A. contingencies
B. consequences
C. constraints
D. interventions

Answer 29

A

Question 30

Question ID #759: Tourette's Disorder is most associated with which of the following neurotransmitters?
Select one:
A. GABA
B. serotonin
C. acetylcholine
D. dopamine

Answer 30

D

Question 31

Question ID #6812: An infant is least likely to experience emotional distress due to being separated from his or her parents if the infant is between the ages of:
Select one:
A. 0-8 months.
B. 8-12 months.
C. 12-16 months.
D. 16-24 months.

Answer 31

A

Question 32

Question ID #878: Consuming foods containing tyramine while taking a monoamine oxidase inhibitor would most likely result in:
Select one:
A. depression
B. hypotension
C. hypertension
D. no adverse reactions

Answer 32

C

Question 33

Question ID #675: The memory phenomenon of automaticity is associated with all of the following except:
Select one:
A. reduced the demand on the working memory
B. no new learning or little memory modification
C. robust and long-term retention of associated skills
D. new skills can be acquired quickly

Answer 33

D

Question 34

Question ID #949: Korsakoff’s Syndrome is characterized by:
Select one:
A. anterograde amnesia without retrograde amnesia.
B. anterograde amnesia and retrograde amnesia that involves a temporal gradient in which remote events are recalled better than recent events.
C. anterograde amnesia and retrograde amnesia that involves a temporal gradient in which recent events are recalled better than remote events.
D. anterograde amnesia and “flat” retrograde amnesia in which deficits in remote and recent memory are about the same.

Answer 34

B

Question 35

Question ID #6844: Which of the following stages in Erikson's theory of psychosocial development corresponds to Freud's latency stage?
Select one:
A. trust versus mistrust
B. autonomy versus shame
C. initiative versus guilt
D. industry versus inferiority

Answer 35

D

Question 36

Question ID #1018: Damage to the medial temporal area of the brain would least likely cause deficits in:
Select one:
A. semantic memory
B. short-term memory
C. spatial memory
D. episodic memory

Answer 36

B

Question 37

Question ID #402: Which of the following best describes universality of the transactional-transformational leadership theory?
Select one:
A. universality has been observed in a wide range of organizations within Western culture.
B. universality has been observed in a wide range of organizations and cultures
C. universality has been observed in business and government organizations within Western culture.
D. universality has been observed in business and government organizations in a wide range of cultures.

Answer 37

B

Question 38

Question ID #845: Research on constructive memory has linked false recollection to lesions in the:
Select one:
A. occipital lobe
B. parietal lobe
C. temporal lobe
D. frontal lobe

Answer 38

D

Question 39

Question ID #6660: An individual’s symptoms of tension headaches, nausea, hyperventilation and heart palpitations would be most likely to be interpreted by a client-centered therapist as relating to:
Select one:
A. overwhelming environmental stress
B. being unable to fulfill one’s own needs
C. unresolved intrapsychic conflicts
D. denied threats to the self-concept

Answer 39

D

Question 40

Question ID #940: Recent longitudinal studies investigating the relationship between menopause and psychological well-being have suggested that:
Select one:
A. women experiencing menopause are more likely to report significant depression than pre-menopausal or post-menopausal women.
B. post-menopausal women are likely to have higher general levels of psychological well-being than either pre-menopausal women or women in the midst of menopause.
C. pre-menopausal are likely to have higher general levels of psychological well-being than either post-menopausal women or women in the midst of menopause.
D. there is no evidence that menopause is linked to either depression or psychological well-being.

Answer 40

D

Question 41

Question ID #773: A patient who has recently suffered a stroke speaks only with great effort and uses two word sentences such as “eat dinner” to indicate he would like to eat his dinner. He is able to comprehend the speech of others well if they speak in simple sentences. He has weakness on the right side of the body and displays occasional outbursts of anger. The patient is most likely suffering from
Select one:
A. Vascular Dementia.
B. Personality Disorder Due to a General Medical Condition.
C. Broca’s aphasia.
D. Wernicke’s aphasia.
Feedback

Answer 41

C

Question 42

Question ID #642: Thorndike's notion of "identical elements" is most applicable to
Select one:
A. attentional capacity.
B. transfer-of-training.
C. elaboration.
D. reinforcement effects

Answer 42

B

Question 43

Question ID #539: A recent trend in organizational compensation is to use team and organization-wide incentives. Research evaluating the effects of these incentives suggests that:
Select one:
A. they are associated with lower levels of productivity than individual incentives.
B. they are associated with lower levels of productivity than individual incentives as well as with lower morale, increased sabotage, and other undesirable consequences.
C. they have little or no effect on productivity but do improve satisfaction and commitment.
D. they have positive effects on productivity, especially when incentives are linked to performance.

Answer 43

D

Question 44

Question ID #448: In industrial settings, administration of a trainability test would be done for the purposes of determining whether
Select one:
A. the examinee is likely to do well on the job.
B. the examinee is likely to do well on a job sample.
C. the examinee will be satisfied on the job.
D. the examinee is suited to train others.

Answer 44

B

Question 45

Question ID #7211: An adolescent exhibiting foreclosure is most likely to respond in which of the following ways when asked about her career choice?
Select one:
A. I haven’t given my career much thought yet.
B. My father, who’s a lawyer, has convinced me that I’d make a good lawyer too.
C. I’ve given that a lot of thought and I think being a veterinarian best suits my interests.
D. That’s something that’s been bothering me lately and I’m worried that I’m never going to be able to reach a decision.

Answer 45

B

Question 46

Question ID #111: To reduce their liability risk, managed care organizations are most likely to do which of the following?
Select one:
A. insure their providers are credentialed
B. reduce the amount of time between date of claim submission and approval of claim
C. utilization review
D. pay their providers a reasonable reimbursement rate

Answer 46

A

Question 47

Question ID #682: An elementary school-aged child with symptoms of generalized anxiety participates in a treatment that involves exposure, or practicing approaching and confronting a feared situation or object, and rewards her when she does so. This is called:
Select one:
A. family anxiety management (FAM).
B. exposure.
C. systematic desensitization.
D. reinforced practice.

Answer 47

D

Question 48

Question ID #323: Krumbholtz’s Social Learning Theory of career development and decision-making emphasizes
Select one:
A. self-observation and world-view generalizations.
B. lifespan developmental stage.
C. personality type.
D. outcome expectations.

Answer 48

A

Question 49

Question ID #271: A graduate assistant is working on a research study originally initiated by the psychologist. However, the graduate assistant has contributed throughout the duration of the study on defining the research hypothesis, data analysis and developing conclusions based on the results. With respect to authorship, the graduate assistant would be:
Select one:
A. listed as co-author.
B. listed as first author.
C. credited in a footnote.
D. given no formal credit.

Answer 49

A

Question 50

Question ID #397: The predictor cut-off score of a selection test is lowered. How will this impact successful hiring?
Select one:
A. increase the probability of false negatives
B. decrease the probability of false positives
C. decrease the probability of true positives
D. increase the probability of true positives

Answer 50

C

Question 51

Question ID #478: The best way to increase the intra-rater reliability of a test that is subjectively scored would be to
Select one:
A. train raters to pay very close attention to the scoring of the test.
B. have a second set of raters rescore the test.
C. use mutually exclusive and exhaustive rating categories.
D. ensure that the rating instrument is correlated with multiple criterion measures.

Answer 51

A

Question 52

Question ID #1088: A significant finding for a one-way ANOVA indicates that the
Select one:
A. group means were different.
B. sample means were different.
C. population means were different.
D. within-group variance was different.

Answer 52

C

Question 53

Question ID #1050: In a study of 400 personality variables, it was found that 19 correlated at the .05 level of significance with a measure of actual behavior. The 19 significant correlations could be considered valid for:
Select one:
A. future research.
B. future therapy.
C. both future research and future therapy.
D. neither future research nor future therapy.

Answer 53

D

Question 54

Question ID #187: Which of the following is most appropriate for referring to a group of research participants?
Select one:
A. borderlines
B. disabled persons
C. individuals confined to a wheelchair
D. people who have cerebral palsy

Answer 54

D

Question 55

Question ID #7132: The risk of a monozygotic twin of a Schizophrenia proband developing Schizophrenia is approximately:
Select one:
A. 0.25
B. 0.5
C. 0.75
D. 1

Answer 55

B

Question 56

Question ID #6853: Among bilinguals, code-switching:
Select one:
A. is associated with low academic achievement.
B. is evidence of a critical period in language development.
C. is a way for the speaker to better express his or her attitude toward the listener.
D. should be encouraged early in language development to ensure greater reliance on the dominant language.

Answer 56

C

Question 57

Question ID #395: "Business necessity" and "job relatedness" are related to:
Select one:
A. personnel training
B. adverse impact
C. comparable worth
D. truth in testing

Answer 57

B

Question 58

Question ID #1256: A therapist is most likely to exert which type of power over a client?
Select one:
A. coercive
B. reward
C. legitimate
D. referent

Answer 58

D

Question 59

Question ID #650: According to the hopelessness theory of depression, hopelessness is a:
Select one:
A. proximal necessary cause of depression
B. proximal sufficient cause of depression
C. distal necessary cause of depression
D. distal sufficient cause of depression

Answer 59

B

Question 60

Question ID #7284: Which of the following statements is true regarding the relationship between environmental factors and the course of Bipolar Disorders?
Select one:
A. Environmental factors are likely to have a greater impact during the early stages of the disorder.
B. Environmental factors are likely to have a greater impact during the latter stages of the disorder.
C. Environmental factors are likely to have an approximately equal impact throughout the course of the disorder.
D. Environmental factors are likely to have no impact because Bipolar Disorders are entirely due to biological factors.

Answer 60

A

Question 61

Question ID #6963: The three phases of prenatal development are:
Select one:
A. fetal, embryonic, neonatal.
B. embryonic, germinal, fetal.
C. neonatal, embryonic, fetal.
D. germinal, embryonic, fetal.

Answer 61

D

Question 62

Question ID #760: Of the following, which would be most useful for reducing neuropathic pain?
Select one:
A. amitriptyline
B. atomoxetine
C. olanzapine
D. fluoxetine

Answer 62

A

Question 63

Question ID #809: If a left hemisphere language dominant split-brain patient views something in her left visual field she will be:
Select one:
A. able to say what she saw and point to it with her right hand
B. able to say what she saw and point to it with her left hand
C. unable to say what she saw but able to point to it with her left hand
D. unable to say what she saw but able to point to it with her right hand

Answer 63

C

Question 64

Question ID #7212: The best predictor of treatment outcome among adult substance abusers is:
Select one:
A. age
B. ethnicity
C. history of criminal behavior
D. severity of substance abuse problems

Answer 64

D

Question 65

Question ID #7061: A psychologist refers a client with bulimia nervosa to a physician for a medical evaluation. The physician discovers that the client has a serious medical complication associated with binging and purging, involving a low level of serum potassium. The client is at risk for kidney failure and cardiac arrest. This condition is called:
Select one:
A. hypoglycemia
B. hypokalemia
C. hyperorexia
D. hypalgesia

Answer 65

B

Question 66

Question ID #1123: When processing data of "low quality," from small samples, or on variables about which nothing is known concerning their distribution, which statistical procedure would be most appropriate?
Select one:
A. parametric
B. non-parametric
C. path analysis
D. discriminant function analysis

Answer 66

B

Question 67

Question ID #597: Which of the following statements best exemplifies the Premack Principle?
Select one:
A. If you’re a good boy, you’ll get candy.
B. If you don’t get home before midnight, you’ll be grounded.
C. Eat your spinach before you go out to play.
D. I have no idea what those socks are doing on the chandelier.

Answer 67

C

Question 68

Question ID #7164: Functional nocturnal enuresis
Select one:
A. is associated with some physical medical disorder.
B. most often occurs during REM sleep and is associated with dreaming.
C. is not found in children above 12 years of age.
D. is not associated with any particular stage of sleep.
Feedback

Answer 68

D

Question 69

Question ID #935: Complex Partial Seizure Disorder, formerly known as Temporal Lobe Epilepsy, is known to originate in the temporal lobe. However, absence seizures, formerly known as petit mal seizures, are believed to originate in the:
Select one:
A. cerebelum
B. thalamus
C. occipital lobe
D. parietal lobe

Answer 69

B

Question 70

Question ID #1337: The tendency to be easily provoked by others, to have difficulty controlling impulses, and to react aggressively when interacting with others is referred to as:
Select one:
A. hostile attribution bias
B. passive aggression
C. reactive aggression
D. proactive aggression

Answer 70

C

Question 71

Question ID #643: A babysitter is watching her neighbor's 4-year old. The child wants some candy, but the babysitter was told by his mother not to give him any. After listening to the boy's whining for ten minutes, the babysitter gives in. She gives the boy some candy and he stops whining. In this situation, the babysitter's behavior (giving the child candy) is the result of
Select one:
A. positive punishment.
B. negative punishment.
C. positive reinforcement.
D. negative reinforcement.

Answer 71

D

Question 72

Question ID #1072: R2 is the:
Select one:
A. coefficient of stability
B. coefficient of multiple determination
C. coefficient of internal consistency
D. silver character on "Star Wars"

Answer 72

B

Question 73

Question ID #582: From the perspective of Bandura's social learning theory, "functional value" refers to:
Select one:
A. external reinforcements.
B. anticipated consequences.
C. self-efficacy beliefs.
D. relationship to previous learning.

Answer 73

B

Question 74

Question ID #482: Low LPC leaders would be most likely to say:
Select one:
A. More beautiful paint colors in this office make us all feel better
B. Flexitime was a brillant invention
C. It’s time for a change around here
D. The first one to hand in this budget report wins the office lottery pool

Answer 74

D

Question 75

Question ID #6907: Jerome and Jamal have significant problems with their peers. However, while Jerome is rejected by his classmates, Jamal is neglected. If Jerome and Jamal change schools, which of the following is most likely to happen?
Select one:
A. Jerome may be better accepted by his new classmates but Jamal will continue to be neglected.
B. Jamal may be better accepted by his new classmates but Jerome will continue to be rejected.
C. Jerome and Jamal will both be better accepted by their new classmates.
D. Jerome and Jamal will both continue to have the same peer problems they had in their old school.

Answer 75

B

Question 76

Question ID #725: Which of the following syndromes or conditions is maintained or triggered by environmental cues to a large extent?
Select one:
A. hypomanic episodes
B. overeating
C. Generalized Anxiety Disorder
D. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Answer 76

B

Question 77

Question ID #157: You are completing a court-ordered evaluation in order to determine the person’s competency to stand trial and during the administration of the MMPI-2 your client jumps out of his seat and shouts “OK, OK, I killed her!” Now you are
Select one:
A. obligated to include this information in your report; it is a court-ordered report.
B. obligated to include this information; privilege is waived because the mental status is part of the defense.
C. obligated to include this information; privilege is waived because you know have a Tarasoff situation.
D. not obligated to include the confessional information.

Answer 77

D

Question 78

Question ID #896: An advantage of clozapine (Clozaril) over conventional antipsychotic drugs is that it is
Select one:
A. significantly more effective for the negative symptoms of Schizophrenia.
B. less likely to produce anticholinergic effects.
C. less likely to cause agranulocytosis.
D. often effective for those who don’t respond to conventional drugs.

Answer 78

D

Question 79

Question ID #1252: Research on the approach-avoidance conflict has found that:
Select one:
A. the negative and positive qualities of the goal continue to become increasingly similar in strength the closer you get to the goal.
B. the closer you get to the goal, the stronger the negative qualities of the goal and the weaker the positive qualities.
C. the closer you get to the goal, the weaker the negative qualities of the goal and the stronger the positive qualities.
D. the strength of the negative and positive qualities of the goal continue to increase the closer you get to the goal, but the strength of the negative qualities increases more.

Answer 79

D

Question 80

Question ID #1042: Using an 8 hour comprehensive battery of tests to assess intelligence, subjects' performance systematically declined in the later hours of assessment. This is due to which of the following threats to internal validity?
Select one:
A. maturation
B. testing
C. selection
D. instrumentation

Answer 80

A

Question 81

Question ID #7031: A child of a military veteran with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is most likely to display which of the following behavioral problems?
Select one:
A. eating disturbances
B. kleptomania
C. hyperactivity
D. Oppositional Defiant Disorder

Answer 81

C

Question 82

Question ID #7050: Of the following, which is explicitly intended for the treatment of parasuicidal behaviors?
Select one:
A. eye movement desensitization and reprocessing
B. stress inoculation training
C. dialectical behavior therapy
D. self-control therapy

Answer 82

C

Question 83

Question ID #651: Once a behavior has been established through operant conditioning, the behavior would most likely \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ immediately following the removal of the reinforcer.
Select one:
A. increase
B. decrease gradually
C. decrease rapidly
D. remain the same

Answer 83

A

Question 84

Question ID #1389: A researcher employs multiple methods of measurement in an attempt to increase reliability by reducing systematic error. This strategy is referred to as:
Select one:
A. calibration
B. intraclass correlation (ICC)
C. triangulation
D. correction for attenuation

Answer 84

C

Question 85

Question ID #527: According to Fiedler’s contingency theory, the most effective leaders:
Select one:
A. are person-oriented, as opposed to task-oriented
B. are able to alter their leadership style to fit the demands of the situation
C. are able to alter their leadership style to match the characteristics of the employee
D. have a leadership style that matches the demands of the situation

Answer 85

D

Question 86

Question ID #7208: Which of the following types of headaches is most likely to be exacerbated by jarring motions, bending forward, and lifting?
Select one:
A. tension
B. cluster
C. sinus
D. migraine

Answer 86

D

Question 87

Question ID #7022: According to current cognitive-behavioral theories, a central factor in the maintenance of anorexia nervosa symptom is
Select one:
A. intense fear of gaining weight.
B. positive reinforcement from family and friends for weight loss.
C. the need to control eating.
D. a fear of sexuality and sexual maturity.

Answer 87

C

Question 88

Question ID #7182: When developing a treatment plan for a client with a Specific Phobia, it is important to keep in mind that
Select one:
A. exposure in vivo and exposure in imagination are about equally effective as long as exposure sessions are sufficiently long in duration.
B. the effectiveness of exposure is increased, especially with regard to long-term effects, when it is used in conjunction with cognitive techniques.
C. for some Specific Phobias (e.g., dental and animal phobias), two to four sessions are often useful for significantly reducing phobic reactions in many people.
D. systematic desensitization has recently been found to be more effective than prolonged exposure treatments, especially in terms of reducing the risk for relapse.
Feedback

Answer 88

C

Question 89

Question ID #6929: The "terminal drop" phenomenon refers to:
Select one:
A. declines in intellectual functioning
B. declines in sensory functioning
C. declines in REM sleep
D. declines in non-REM sleep

Answer 89

A

Question 90

Question ID #1292: Experimenters find conformity is lowest when the:
Select one:
A. group size is reduced from 15 to 6.
B. subject has a “partner” in the group who shares his or her opinion.
C. subject is “deserted” by a partner.
D. stimuli to be judged are highly ambiguous.

Answer 90

B

Question 91

Question ID #413: Which of the following is true of transformational leaders?
Select one:
A. the goals of the organization are redefined to reflect the self-interest of followers
B. believe that subordinates are persuaded when the organization’s goals are compatible with their self-interests
C. motivate by encouraging subordinates to transcend self-interest for the greater good of the organization
D. assent to the self-interest of their followers

Answer 91

C

Question 92

Question ID #6771: In the Adult Attachment Interview a 30-year old woman reports having had a very good childhood, yet, when asked, fails to provide any specific examples of what made it very good. When she is reunited with her 14-month-old child, who was placed in a strange situation, the child will most likely show which of the following behaviors?
Select one:
A. he’ll ignore his mother
B. he’ll be ambivalent towards his mother
C. he’ll run to her and hug her
D. he’ll appear dazed and confused

Answer 92

A

Question 93

Question ID #524: In Super’s theory of career development, the rainbow is used to illustrate:
Select one:
A. the skills, abilities, and knowledge that a person brings to a job.
B. the different roles a person assumes during the course of his or her life.
C. the stages of career maturity.
D. the social and other environmental determinants of career choice.

Answer 93

B

Question 94

Question ID #7053: Parasomnias activate one or more physiological systems during the sleeping and waking cycle at an inappropriate time. Which of the following types of parasomnias involves an individual involuntarily grinding or clenching their teeth while sleeping?
Select one:
A. REM Sleep Behavior Disorder (RBD)
B. somnambulism
C. sleep bruxism
D. sleep talking

Answer 94

C

Question 95

Question ID #838: Tumors, head injuries, viral infection, vascular or other neurological disorders that damage the medial temporal region of the brain affect:
Select one:
A. retrograde and anterograde memory
B. retrograde memory and general intellectual abilities
C. anterograde memory and general intellectual abilities
D. retrograde and anterograde memory and general intellectual abilities

Answer 95

A

Question 96

Question ID #329: The organizational developmental intervention called team building is most appropriate for addressing which of the following issues?
Select one:
A. increasing the morale of an entire organization.
B. diagnosing group interactional issues that interfere with group effectiveness.
C. reducing role ambiguity or role confusion in work groups.
D. providing feedback to group members about group norms of which they are unaware.

Answer 96

C

Question 97

Question ID #769: The prodromal symptoms of a tyramine-induced hypertensive crisis include:
Select one:
A. irritability, confusion, dizziness, and cardiac arrhythmia.
B. headache, stiff neck, nausea, vomiting, and sweating.
C. orthostatic hypotension, insomnia, and edema.
D. paresthesias, myoclonus, and muscle pain.

Answer 97

B

Question 98

Question ID #6547: Which of the following techniques would be least useful when working cross-culturally with a traditional Japanese family in therapy?
Select one:
A. when possible, framing a family member’s problems in an academic or vocational context to increase comfort with the counseling process
B. establishing your credibility by providing information about your education and background in the first session
C. providing the family with an immediate benefit in order to prevent premature termination
D. fostering empowerment of family members by adopting an egalitarian approach

Answer 98

D

Question 99

Question ID #6693: The techniques of "externalizing" a problem, relative influence questioning, and bringing an "outside witness" into the therapy session are most associated with
Select one:
A. Structural Therapy
B. Systemic Therapy
C. Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
D. Narrative Therapy

Answer 99

D

Question 100

Question ID #279: A man contacts a psychologist via e-mail, asking her to provide him with online therapy advising him about a decision that is weighing heavily on him. The man writes making decisions is often hard for him and he is trying to decide whether to quit his current job and accept an offer from a competing company. The man doesn’t want to reveal his name to the psychologist. He wants to keep his identity private. The psychologist should:
Select one:
A. let the man remain anonymous if he wants and provide him with online therapy
B. let the man know that before providing any online therapy to him, she has to have basic contact information in case of an emergency such as suicidality
C. let the man know that, by law, she has to have a face-to-face meeting with him before she can provide him with online therapy
D. let the man know that, by law, she has to know his name and some basic contact information before she can provide him with online therapy

Answer 100

A

Question 101

Question ID #6973: According to empathy development theories, “emotional contagion” is considered to be earliest expression of empathy and appears in infants:
Select one:
A. by the end of the first year of age.
B. between 6 and 9 months of age.
C. between 3 and 6 months of age.
D. between the first few days and weeks of life.

Answer 101

D

Question 102

Question ID #399: According to Bass, transformational leadership contains four interrelated components. Which of the following is characterized by high moral and ethical standards?
Select one:
A. intellectual stimulation
B. inspirational motivation
C. individualized consideration
D. idealized influence
Feedback

Answer 102

D

Question 103

Question ID #44: In more severe cases of depression, Beck’s cognitive therapy initially focuses on:
Select one:
A. the individual’s cognitive distortions.
B. appropriate behavioral tasks.
C. using free associations to identify automatic thoughts.
D. Socratic questioning.

Answer 103

B