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1
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A pregnant woman is infected with Rubella in the 2nd week of pregnancy.  The most likely effect on the baby will be:
A) Brain Damage
B) Blindness
C) Miscarriage
D) Heart defect
A

C. Miscarriage

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A 3-year-old child is found to flare her toes when her pediatrician runs his thumbnail up the bottom of her foot. These findings reflect:
A) stepping reflex normal for her age
B) Moro reflex abnormal for her age
C) Moro reflex normal for her age
D) Babinski reflex abnormal for her age
E) Babinski reflex normal for her age
A

D. Abnormal babinksi reflex for her age

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A child is found to say the following sentences to his mother:  “want water now,” “we go beach,” “yummy food all gone,” “eat dinner now.”  His speech development is consistent with:
A) a 1 year old
B) a 2 year old
C) a 3 year old
D) a 4 year old
A

C. 3 years old

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A physician uses a new automatic blood pressure machine to measure his patient’s blood pressure.  He repeats the procedure several times within the span of 5 minutes, and although the patient has not changed her position, and has no change in her level of anxiety, each reading displays a different measurement.  Which of the following properties has failed in this situation:
	A.  Validity
	B.  Reliability
	C.  Standardization
	D.  Norms
A

B. Reliability

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Which of the following individuals may be diagnosed with mild intellectual developmental disability?
A. A 20-year-old woman with a mental age of 14
B. A 4-year-old boy with a mental age of 5
C. A 29-year-old man with a mental age of 9
D. A 32-year-old woman with a mental age of 6
E. A 10-year-old boy with a mental age of 4

A

C. 29 y/o with a mental age of 9
IQ = (MA/CA) * 100
CA cannot exceed 15!
9/15 * 100 = 60

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Which intelligence scale is most used in clinical settings for elementary school children?
	A.  Thurstone’s 7 factor theory
	B.  WAIS
	C.  WISC
	D.  WPPSI
A

C. WISC

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A middle school girl was kidnapped into a van. She discretely dialed 911 on her phone and hid it by her side, and as the kidnapper drove his van, she said things such as “where are you taking me? Why did we just go onto the parkway? Are you taking me to that abandoned warehouse?” The police were able to track her down based on the landmarks she mentioned, saved her and arrested the kidnapper. The girl’s actions reflected:
A. Componential intelligence
B. Experiential intelligence
C. Contextual intelligence

A

C. Contextual Intelligence

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An 8 year old girl has been brought into a psychiatrist’s office at the beginning of her winter break, due to her parents’ complaints about her frequent temper tantrums, consistent anger, defiance, the way in which she is easily annoyed with her peers, and how she often disrespects her teachers, refusing to comply with their rules. They had been putting up with her behavior since the middle of autumn, and they requested that she be given medication. The psychiatrist should:
A. Advise the parents to enroll her in counseling, due to her diagnosis of ODD
B. Advise the parents to enroll her in counseling, due to her diagnosis of DMDD
C. Prescribe medication, due to her diagnosis of ODD
D. Prescribe medication, due to her diagnosis of DMDD
E. Suggest family counseling, due to her diagnosis of CD
F. Suggest family counseling and request a follow-up appointment in 4 months

A

F. Suggest family counseling and request a follow-up appt in 4 months

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A 5-year-old boy has had temper outbursts, and seems consistently irritable for most days of the week.  His parents, as well as his daycare teachers have noticed this behavior for over a year.  This child may be diagnosed with:
A.  ODD
B.  CD
C.  DMDD
D.  None of the above
A

D. None of the above

Wont be DMDD because cant diagnose a 5 y/o

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A 9-year-old boy with normal intelligence has a history of fighting with other children and catching and torturing birds, squirrels, and rabbits. When asked why he engages in this behavior, he says, “It’s just fun.” The best description of this child’s behavior is
(A)normal for his age
(B)ADHD
(C)Antisocial personality disorder
(D)oppositional defiant disorder
(E)conduct disorder
A

E. Conduct disorder

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At which of the following stages are alcohols effects on the liver irreversible?
Fatty Liver
B. EtOH Hepatitis
C. Cirrhosis

A

C. Cirrhosis

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A physician asks his patient about his alcohol use and the patient stated that he “didn’t drink often.” The patient reveals that last May, he got drunk at a bar and forgot to pick up his kid from school and that on the 4th of July he drove home drunk and then just last week he drank the day after his wife threatened to leave him. The patient tells the physician that while he doesn’t drink regularly, his wife thinks he has a drinking problem and he doesn’t think he should have to give up alcohol completely. This scenario best represents:

a. Dependence
b. Abuse
c. Dependence and tolerance
d. Dependence and withdrawl
e. Use despite problems

A

B. Abuse

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A 23 year old woman recently got out of jail for a DUI, two months prior to that, she lost her job due to alcohol use while at work. After getting home from jail, she has a glass of wine and her roommate pointed out that she shouldn’t drink. The young woman continued drinking her wine and said: “It’s only a glass of wine; this amount of alcohol won’t do anything to me.” The following night she drank a whole bottle of wine and still seemed sober. A week later she drank 2 bottles of wine in a row and started to feel “buzzed.” She went to her physician due to a “stomach ache,” and disclosed her drinking pattern. The physician would most likely describe her drinking as:

a. Abuse
b. Dependence and withdrawl
c. Dependence
d. Abuse with an increase in tolerance
e. None of the above

A

C. dependence: abuse + withdrawal

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A 60 year old man is brought to the hospital after a fall outside of a neighborhood bar. Radiologic studies indicate that the patient has a fractured hip and surgery is performed immediately. 2 days later, the patient begins to show an intense hand tremor and tachycardia. He tells the doctor that he has been shaky ever since his admission and that the shakiness is getting worse. The patient states that while he feels frightened, he is comforted by the fact that the nurse is an old friend (he has never seen the nurse before). He also reports that he has started to see spiders crawling on the walls and can feel them crawling on his arms. The doctor notes that the patient’s speech seems to be drifting from one subject to another. Of the following, what is the most likely cause of this picture?

a. Alcohol use
b. Alcohol withdrawl
c. Heroin use
d. Heroin withdrawl
e. Amphetamine withdrawl

A

B

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A 38 year old man asks his doctor to refer him to a physician who attended a top medical school. He says that he knows the doctor will not be offended because she will understand that he is more important than her other patients. Which disorder best fits this picture?

A

Narcissistic

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A 20 year old female college student tells the doctor that because she was afraid to be alone, she tried to commit suicide after a man she had had two dates did not call her again. After the interview, she tells him that all the other doctors she has seen were terrible and that he is the only doctor who has ever understood her problems. Which disorder best fits this picture?

A

Borderline

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Whenever a 28 year old woman comes to the doctor’s office, she brings gifts for the receptionist and the nurses. When she hears that one of the nurses has taken another job, she begins to sob loudly. When the doctor sees her, she reports that she is so hot that she must have “a fever of 106.” Which disorder best fits this picture?

A

Histrionic

18
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The parents of a 26 year old woman say that they are concerned about her because she has no friends and spends most of her time hiking in the woods and working on her computer. The doctor examines her and finds that she is content with her solitary life and has no evidence of a formal thought disorder. Which disorder best fits this picture?

A

Schizoid

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A 22 year old medical student is unable to stop studying until she has memorized the entire set of notes for each of her courses. Making comprehensive lists of all the subjects she must study also takes up her study time. Because of this, she is constantly behind in her work and in danger of failing her courses. The disorder that best fits this picture is?

A

Obsessive Compulsive PD

20
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A teenager tells his parents that he has decided to be a fireman upon his completion of high school.  They are pleased with his choice, and after he has gone to bed, they reminisce about their son’s childhood and how funny it is that he has gone from having pyromaniac tendencies as a child, to planning on fighting fires as an adult.  This could be an example of which of the following defense mechanisms?
	A) Acting out
	B) Reaction formation
	C) Rationalization
	D) Projection
	E) Altruism
	F) Sublimation
	G) Asceticism
A

F. Sublimation

21
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A woman receives chemo for her breast cancer at a nearby hospital. A year after her last chemo session, she visits her niece who has just given birth at the same hospital. As she entered the hospital lobby, she began to feel nauseated. This can be best explained by:
A) her nausea, which is the conditioned stimulus, was evoked by the hospital, which is the unconditioned response
B) her nausea, which is the conditioned response, was evoked by the hospital, which is the conditioned stimulus
C) her nausea, which is the unconditioned response, was evoked by the hospital, which is the conditioned response
D) her nausea, which is the conditioned response, was evoked by the chemo, which is the conditioned stimulus.

A

B

22
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Which of the following would result in a new behavior that lasts the longest?
Continuous reinforcement schedule
Fixed reinforcement schedule
C) Variable reinforcement schedule

A

C

23
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Which of the following would result in a new behavior that is learned the quickest?
A) Continuous reinforcement schedule
B) Fixed reinforcement schedule
C) Variable reinforcement schedule

A

A

24
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Which of the following is the best way to teach complex behaviors?
Continuous reinforcement schedule
B) Fixed reinforcement schedule
C) Variable reinforcement schedule
D) Negative reinforcement
E) Shaping
F) Punishment
A

E

25
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Every time the husband argues with his wife, he needs to break something in order to vent. 
Displacement
Sublimation
Projection 
Reaction formation
A

A. Dispalcement

26
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A 30-year-old man who is afraid to ride in an elevator is put into a relaxed state and then shown a film of people entering elevators in a high-rise building. This method of treatment is based primarily on
(A)Client Centered Therapy
(B)classical conditioning
(C)aversive conditioning
(D)operant conditioning
(E)stimulus generalization
A

B

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A 28-year-old woman joins 10 other women who have been abused by their husbands. The women meet weekly and are led by a psychotherapist who is trained in domestic violence issues. This type of therapy is best described as
(A) Group therapy
(B) Gestalt therapy
(C) Psychotherapy
(D) Family therapy
(E) Client Centered therapy
A

A

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A 9-year-old boy who is angry and resentful toward adults (oppositional defiant disorder) meets with a therapist for 2 hours each week, along with his parents and his sister. This type of therapy is best described as
(A)Group therapy
(B) Aversive Conditioning
(C)Psychotherapy
(D)Family therapy
(E) Flooding
A

D

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A 50-year-old male hypertensive patient is given on going blood pressure readings as he uses mental relaxation techniques to try to lower his blood pressure. This method of blood pressure reduction is based primarily on 
(A)Implosion
(B)classical conditioning
(C)aversive conditioning
(D)operant conditioning
(E)stimulus generalization
A

D

30
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A 35-year-old man who is afraid of heights is instructed to stand in the observation tower of the Empire State Building and look down until he is no longer afraid. Which of the following treatment techniques does this example illustrate?
(A)Implosion
(B)Biofeedback
(C)Aversive conditioning
(D)Token economy
(E)Flooding
(F)Systematic desensitization
(G)Cognitive/behavioral therapy
A

E

31
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. A man who is afraid to drive is told to imagine driving a car from the northernmost border to the southernmost border of the state of New Jersey. Which of the following treatment techniques does this example illustrate?
(A)Implosion
(B)Biofeedback
(C)Aversive conditioning
(D)Token economy
(E)Flooding
(F)Systematic desensitization
(G) Cognitive/behavioral therapy
A

A

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A 30-year-old depressed man is told to replace each self-deprecating thought with a mental image of victory and praise. Which of the following treatment techniques does this example illustrate?
(A)Implosion
(B)Biofeedback
(C)Aversive conditioning
(D)Token economy
(E)Flooding
(F)Systematic desensitization
(G)Cognitive Therapy
A

G

33
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A 42-year-old man with sexual interest in children (pedophilia) is given an electric shock each time he is shown a videotape of children. Later, he feels tense around children and avoids them. Which of the following treatment techniques does this example illustrate?
(A)Implosion
(B)Biofeedback
(C)Aversive conditioning
(D)Token economy
(E)Flooding
(F)Systematic desensitization
(G)Cognitive/behavioral therapy
A

C

34
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A 5-year-old child, who was playing with a large dog at the age 1 year when a ceiling tile fell on her head, is now afraid of dogs. The physician recommends that her mother carry a small toy dog very gradually toward her while she is listening to her favorite CD. Which of the following treatment techniques does this example illustrate?
(A)Implosion
(B)Biofeedback
(C)Aversive conditioning
(D)Token economy
(E)Flooding
(F)Systematic desensitization
(G)Cognitive/behavioral therapy
A

F

35
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When a 27-year-old patient who had a contentious relationship with his father joins a new health insurance plan, he must change from his primary care physician, a young man, to a new physician, a middle-aged man. On his first visit to the new doctor, the patient seems annoyed with everything the doctor says and states, “You are an old man with old-fashioned ideas; you just want to control my life.” This patient’s behavior is most closely related to which of the following? 
(A)Positive transference
(B)Negative transference
(C)Countertransference
(D)Dislike of the doctor
(E)Fear of the doctor
A

B

36
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A physician becomes very angry with a patient when the patient does not take his medication. The patient reminds the doctor of her rebellious son. This physician’s intense reaction to the patient’s behavior demonstrates
(A)positive transference
(B)negative transference
(C)countertransference
(D)paternalistic model
(E)reaction formation
A

C

Behavioral Final material (5 decks)

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