Psychological Assessment (Measures of Personality, Clinical Assessment)

Question 1

Structured personality tests present examinees with ______ stimuli and are usually developed on the basis of one of four strategies. One of these strategies is the ______, which involves deriving items on the basis of reason and deductive logic, while another is ______, which involves including items that distinguish between the different criterion groups

Answer 1

unambiguous; logical content method; empirical criterion keying

Question 2

The original MMPI provided scores on 10 clinical scales and 4 validity scales that were designed to assess _____

Answer 2

test-taking attitudes

Question 3

A high score on the _____ scale indicates an attempt to present oneself in a favorable light or a lack of insight into one’s own motivation, whereas a high score on the _____ scale suggests deliberate malingering, eccentricity, or response carelessness

Answer 3

L (Lie); F (frequency)

Question 4

The ____ scale score is used to correct and examinee’s scores on some of the clinical scales

Answer 4

K (correction)

Question 5

On the MMPI-2, a T-score of _____ or above is considered clinically significant

Answer 5

65

Question 6

Interpretation of MMPI cores most often involves ____ analysis, which entails considering the two or more clinical scales with the highest scores. For example, a two-point code of _____ suggests impulsivity, antisocial behaviour, narcissism, and substance abuse, while the _____ occurs when Scale 1 and Scale 3 scores are substantially higher than the Scale 2 score and is associated with somatization of psychological problems and a lack of insight

Answer 6

profile; 49/94; conversion V

Question 7

The ____ is based on Murray’s personality theory, which distinguishes between 15 different needs, while the ____ is based on the work of Jung and describes personality in terms of four bipolar dimensions

Answer 7

EPPS; MBTI

Question 8

The NEO-PI-3 assesses the Big Five personality traits– extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and _______

Answer 8

openness to experience

Question 9

The original identification of traits that contributed to the Big Five was based on an atheoretical _____ approach

Answer 9

lexical

Question 10

Administration of the Rorschach ordinarily involves two phases: the ______ phase which is followed by the ______ phase

Answer 10

free association; inquiry

Question 11

Scoring and interpretation of the Rorschach is complex but usually involves considering the number and ratio of certain types of responses in the following categories: location, ________, form quality, content, and popularity

Answer 11

determinants

Question 12

A number of _____ responses (overgeneralizing a part of the inkblot to the whole) may suggest brain damage, emotional disturbance, or intellectual disability

Answer 12

confabulatory

Question 13

Development of the _______ was based on Murray’s theory of needs

Answer 13

TAT (Thematic Apperception Test)

Question 14

The _____ is used to identify brain damage and determine its severity and possible location and produces an Impairment Index that ranges from _____

Answer 14

H-R (Halstead-Reitan); 0-1.0

Question 15

The Bender-Gestalt II is a measure of _____ integration that is also used as a screening device for _____. Administration involves two phases– the copy phase and the ____ phase

Answer 15

Visual-motor; neuropsychological impairment; recall

Question 16

The Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, Stroop Test, and Tower of London are all sensitive to _____ lobe damage

Answer 16

frontal

Question 17

The Stroop Test evaluates the examinee’s ability to suppress a ____ response

Answer 17

prepotent

Question 18

The Mini Mental State Exam is administered in older adults as a screening test for _____ and assesses six aspects of functioning– orientation, registration, attention and calculation, delayed recall, language, and ______

Answer 18

cognitive impairment; visual construction

Question 19

The Glasgow Coma Scale is used to assess consciousness following brain injury and involves rating the patient in terms of three responses– i.e., __________

Answer 19

visual response, best motor response, and best verbal response

Question 20

The _____ of Cognitive Functioning Revised is used to assess recovery during the first few weeks to months following a head injury and involves rating the patient in terms of ten levels

Answer 20

Rancho Scale

Question 21

The Beck Depression Inventory includes 21 items that measure various aspects of depression. A score between ____ suggests severe depression.

Answer 21

29 and 63

Question 22

One of the signs of depression, ______ is considered to be one of the best predictors of suicide risk

Answer 22

hopelessness

Question 23

Assessment for ADHD often begin with a _______ scale (e.g., BASC, CBCL) to distinguish ADHD from other disorders

Answer 23

broad-band

Question 24

Influences on the assessment of intellectual disability include the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which requires that students with disabilities be provided with education in the ____ environment and that an _____ be developed for each disabled student enrolled in a public school

Answer 24

least restrictive; individualized education program (IEP)

Question 25

In the case of ______, the court concluded that IQ tests must not be used to place African American students in special education classes

Answer 25

Larry P v. Riles

Question 26

The Vineland-II is used to evaluate the _______ of individuals who have Intellectual Disability, ADHD, brain injury, or dementia

Answer 26

personal and social skills (adaptive behaviour)

Question 27

Malingering is suggested by certain scores on the ______ scales of the MMPI-2 and on measures designed to detect this type of responding such as symptom validity tests, which use a _____ format and compare an individual’s responses to chance responding

Answer 27

validity; forced-choice

Question 28

A score of 24 or higher on the Mini Mental State Exam (MMSE) suggests which of the following?
Select one:
a. normal functioning
b. depression
c. delirium
d. dementia or psychosis

Answer 28

normal functioning

Question 29

A T-score of 100 or higher on the MMPI-2’s F Scale suggests:

Answer 29

an invalid profile

Question 30

“Confabulation” on the Rorschach Inkblot Test is most suggestive of:

Answer 30

brain damage

Question 31

Development of the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) was based on which of the following?

Answer 31

Murray’s personality theory

Question 32

On the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II), a score between ____ suggests severe depression.

Answer 32

29 and 63

Question 33

The Bender-Gestalt Test is commonly used as a:

Answer 33

screening test for brain damage

Question 34

The initial identification of the personality traits that are included in the “Big Five” was based on which of the following?

Answer 34

a lexical approach

Question 35

The K Scale of the MMPI-2 is treated as a(n):

Answer 35

suppressor variable
(The K Scale is considered to be a suppressor variable because scores correlate with defensiveness, education level, and socioeconomic status, which are unrelated to what is measured by the clinical scales but are likely to suppress scores on those scales.)

Question 36

The primary issue in the case of Larry P. v. Riles was:

Answer 36

the use of intelligence tests to evaluate African American children for EMR classes

Question 37

The Stroop Color-Word Association Test would be most useful for evaluating:

Answer 37

impulse control and selective attention in a child with ADHD.

Question 38

To confirm a diagnosis of Intellectual Disability for a six-year-old child, you would administer the SB5 and which of the following?

Answer 38

Vineland-II