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What test would be considered most useful to specifically evaluate concept formation, reasoning, and executive functioning? (5x)

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WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST (WCST)

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What psychological tests measure test-taking attitudes at time of exam (4x)

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MMPI (MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY) VALIDITY SCALE

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Most appropriate brief screening instrument that a pt can fill by him/herself at physician’s office to screen for depression is (3x)

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BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY

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Which test is an objective measure of personality in adults and is helpful in confirming diagnosis of personality disorder? (3x)

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MILLON CLINICAL MULTIAXIAL INVENTORY (MCMI)

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An appropriate purpose for projective testing is: (3x)

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DETECTING THE PRESENCE OF SUBTLE PSYCHOTIC THOUGHT PROCESSES

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Which of the following is a pt self-reported questionnaire? (x2)

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BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY

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Which of the following tests would be considered most useful to specifically evaluate concept formation with set shifting? (2x)

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WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST (WCST)

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MMPI does what? (2x)

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IDENTIFIES MAJOR AREAS OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGIC FUNCTIONING

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Wisconsin card sorting test (WCST) assesses (2x)

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ABSTRACT REASONING AND FLEXIBILITY IN PROBLEM SOLVING

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What psychological test determines neuropsychologic impairment? (2x)

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HALSTEAD-REITAN BATTERY

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A broad-based rating scale for psychiatric symptoms in children? (2x)

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CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST (CBCL)

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Most specific test for assessing executive functioning? (x2)

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WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST (WCST)

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4 y/o child is administered the “false beliefs task” in which two dolls act out a scene, whereby one doll switches the location of a marble from one site to another, while the other doll leaves the scene of the action. When the other doll returns to look for the marble, the child correctly points out that it will look in the original location. This response demonstrates the child is showing evidence of (x2):

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THEORY OF MIND

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This is considered as an unstructured psychological test (x2):

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RORSCHACH INKBLOT

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What does the Wisconsin card sorting task most accurately measure?

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THE ABILITY TO GENERATE ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES IN RESPONSE TO FEEDBACK

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Compared to “treatment as usual”, how does the IMPACT model of integrated care (which recommends screening for depression of at least 75% of primary care patients and following through with psych eval/mgmt) differ?

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DOUBLES THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DEPRESSION TREATMENT

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In problem solving training, what is the next step after using specific behavioral terms and feeling expressions

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THE OTHER PARTNER PARAPHRASES THE STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

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Pt asked to draw clock, keeps tracing circle over and over again

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PERSEVERATION

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Test that measure flexibility in shifting cognitive sets

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TRAILS B

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Which test requires rapid and efficient integration of attention, visual scanning and cognitive sequencing?

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TRAIL MAKING TEST

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Name of test where pt is told to name the colors in which the words are printed rather than reading the words themselves

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STROOP COLOR WORD TEST

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What test requires rapid and efficient integration of attention, visual scanning, and cognitive sequencing?

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TRAIL-MAKING TEST (TMT)

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When interpreting IQ test results, what indicates need for further assessment?

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VERBAL SCORE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN NONVERBAL SCORE

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IQ scores generally considered to be stable beginning at:

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7 YEARS OLD

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To obtain additional about unconscious drives and psychodynamic processes, which test would be most helpful?

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THEMATIC APPRERCEPTION TEST (TAT)

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Psych MD tests a medical pt with go/no-go test in which psych MD asks pt to tap the table once if Psych MD taps it once, but not to tap the table if psych MD taps it twice. Psych MD is screening for deficits in?

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EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING

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Which of the following tests is used for assessment of expressive language?

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BOSTON NAMING TEST

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Test to discriminate cognitive difficulties in Alzheimer’s from those in depression:

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BOSTON NAMING TEST

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Test for anxiety that does not include Qs about physical sx such as tachycardia and diaphoresis would be considered lacking in what?

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CONTENT VALIDITY

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Psychiatrist wishes to assess a pt’s premorbid intellectual functioning. Which of the following tests would be best for this purpose?

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READING SUBSET OF THE WIDE RANGE ACHIEVEMENT TEST

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Awareness of own symptoms rated by:

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GLOBAL ASSESSMENT SCALE

32
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Which of the following is the best test for general assessment of a patient’s psychiatric symptom patterns?

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SYMPTOM CHECKLIST-90-REVISED (scl-90)

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Measures attention, concentration, and freedom from distractibility:

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WECHSLER ADULT INTELLIGENCE SCALE (WAIS)

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Judgment by experts that items on a test “makes sense” is an example of:

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FACE VALIDITY

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Bender-Gestalt diagrams assesses:

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NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL IMPAIRMENT

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Which test assesses ability to attend to a task while inhibiting interfering stimuli?

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STROOP COLOR WORD TEST

37
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What would be a useful screening test to evaluate an 8 y/o child’s academic performance?

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WIDE RANGE ACHIEVEMENT TEST (WRAT)

38
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What does the clock drawing task test?

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ATTENTION, VISUOSPATIAL, PLANNING,

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Pt scores on revised Wechsler adult intelligence scale (WAIS-R) subtests for picture arrangement and block design are very low compared to scores on other subtests. Most suggestive of:

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LESION IN NONDOMINANT HEMISPHERE

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Test to assess intelligence in 4 y/o?

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STANFORD-BINET

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Stanford-Binet most similar to:

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WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE FOR CHILDREN - III

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Which assessment instrument best measures cognitive functioning in a 4 year old child?

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WECHSLER PRESCHOOL AND PRIMARY SCALE OF INTELLIGENCE-REVISED WPPSI-R

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Test more specific to identify specific learning disability in child w/ full scale IQ of 93 on WISC- III

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WOODCOCK-JOHNSON PSYCHO- EDUCATIONAL BATTERY - REVISED

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25 y/o M scores in MMPI are all normal except for elevated scores on the depression and psychasthenia scales. This suggests:

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HAS DEPRESSION WITH ANXIETY AND OTHER NEUROTIC SYMPTOMS

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Thematic apperception test is used for

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INTERFERING MOTIVATIONAL ASPECTS OF BEHAVIOR

46
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Which tests can be used for projective personality testing?

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RORSCHACH, DRAW A PERSON, THEMATIC APPERCEPTION (NOT MMPI)

47
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Which is a Projective Assessment test:

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THEMATIC APPERCEPTION TEST (TAT)

48
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The personality test in which a pt is shown pictures of situations and asked to describe what is happening in each picture is:

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THEMATIC APPERCEPTION TEST (TAT)

49
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This tool best measures the degree of self-care in children with MR:

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VINELAND ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR SCALE

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8 yo child recently had Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-IV) and received full scale IQ of 60. Which additional tests would determine if child meets criteria for intellectual disability (mental retardation)? (2X)

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VINELAND ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR SCALES, 2ND EDITION (VABS-II)

51
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A psychological test that demonstrates high reliability:

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WECHSLER ADULT INTELLIGENCE SCALE (WAIS)

52
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Test correlates most strongly w premorbid fcn in pt w early dementia

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WECHSLER ADULT INTELLIGENCE SCALE II VOCABULARY TEST

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A known limitation of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory?

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NORMS DO NOT ACCOUNT FOR OUTCOMES BASED ON RELIGION AND RACE

54
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Computer assisted continuous performance testing is used to assess what?

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ATTENTION

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Most useful instrument to assess a non-verbal 3-year-old child who plays alone in the corner, stacking/unstacking blocks?

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AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC OBSERVATION SCHEDULE (ADOS)

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Which psychological test has been validated for adolescents, elderly and ethnic minority groups, and is recommended for the assessment of psychological functioning in patients from diverse cultures?

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MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY (MMPI-2)

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Neuropsychological test that specifically evaluates impairments in frontal lobe function in adults?

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WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TASK (WCST)

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On what test would perseverative error be considered a specific outcome of clinical relevance?

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WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST (WCST)

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75 y/o pt presents with symptoms of dementia. Especially poor performance on which of the following neuropsychological tests might suggest a Dx of vascular dementia rather than Alzheimer’s dementia?

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WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST (WCST)

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Patient is shown a picture of a person standing next to window and is asked to describe what happened. What test?

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THEMATIC APPERCEPTION TEST (TAT)

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