TEST1&2 Flashcards
Question ID #17545: Byrne’s (1971) law of attraction proposes that people prefer spending time with others who are similar to them in terms of attitudes, and he links this preference to which of the following?
Select one: A. reinforcement B. cognitive schemas C. social comparison theory D. self-monitoring
A
Question ID #17354: As described by Piaget, a tertiary circular reaction occurs when an infant:
Select one:
A. repeats an interesting or enjoyable action that involves his/her own body.
B. deliberately varies an action to discover or observe the consequences of that action.
C. attempts to reproduce a pleasurable action that involves another person or an object.
D. combines cognitive schemes into more complex action sequences.
a. Incorrect This answer describes primary circular actions (substage 2).
b. CORRECT This answer accurately describes a tertiary circular reaction which can be viewed as “miniature experiments” that involve engaging in specific actions to observe their consequences (substage 5).
c. Incorrect This answer describes secondary circular actions (substage 3).
d. Incorrect This answer describes coordinated secondary circular reactions (substage 4).
Question ID #38686: The DSM-5 requires which of the following for a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder?
Select one:
A. an onset of symptoms prior to three years of age
B. an onset of symptoms during the early developmental period
C. apparent normal development for at least six months followed by a loss of previously acquired skills
D. apparent normal development for at least two years followed by a loss of previously acquired skills
B
Question ID #36774: Research investigating the usefulness of the serial position effect for detecting malingering provides some evidence that, in comparison to patients with traumatic brain injury, volunteers instructed to malinger (i.e., to feign brain injury) are:
Select one:
A. less likely to exhibit a primacy effect.
B. less likely to exhibit a recency effect.
C. less likely to exhibit a primacy and a recency effect.
D. more likely to exhibit a primacy and a recency effect.
a. CORRECT Some studies have found that malingerers are less likely than patients with TBI to exhibit a primacy effect (i.e., are less likely to recall words from the beginning of the word list) but are equally likely to exhibit a recency effect (i.e., are equally likely to recall words from the end of the list).
Question ID #42: A researcher would use the Solomon four- group design to:
Select one: A. reduce practice effects. B. eliminate demand characteristics. C. evaluate the effects of pretesting. D. determine if there are any selection biases.
C
Question ID #799: In the context of the Rorschach test, form quality indicates:
Select one:
A. what aspect of the inkblot determined the response.
B. the degree of congruence between the response and reality.
C. the extent to which the response is based on an unusual or common detail.
D. the extent to which form is well integrated with other determinants.
B
Question ID #1432: A person with seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is most likely to exhibit which of the following symptoms?
Select one:
a. overeating and weight gain
b. loss of appetite without weight loss
c. insomnia
d. a craving for salty foods
a. CORRECT - People with SAD usually experience hypersomnia, increased appetite and weight gain, and a craving for carbohydrates.
Question ID #8063: Kandel and Schwartz (1982) studied habituation in Aplysia, an invertebrate marine animal, in order to obtain information on:
Select one:
A. neuronal processes underlying memory.
B. environmental factors that impact sensory memory.
C. neuronal processes underlying sexual behavior.
D. environmental factors that affect goal-directed behavior.
A
Question ID #15039: The three overlapping stages of Meichenbaum and Jaremko’s (1982) stress inoculation training are:
Select one:
A. formulation, problem focus, and termination.
B. self-monitoring, self-evaluation, and self-reinforcement.
C. cognitive modeling, overt instruction, and covert instruction.
D. conceptualization, skills acquisition, and application.
a. Incorrect These are not the three stages of stress inoculation training.
b. Incorrect These are the three targets of Rehm’s self-control therapy.
c. Incorrect These are steps in Meichenbaum’s self-instructional training.
d. CORRECT Unfortunately, the names given to the three stages vary somewhat in the literature, so you need to be flexible when looking for the correct answer to a question on this technique. The first stage of stress inoculation training is ordinarily referred to as the conceptualization, education, or cognitive phase; the second stage as the skills application or training phase or the skills acquisition and rehearsal phase; and the third phase as the application or application and follow-through phase.
Question ID #14347: Linehan’s (1993) dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) for borderline personality disorder is based on the assumption that this disorder is due to:
Select one: A. a boundary disturbance. B. learned helplessness. C. emotion dysregulation. D. pathologic internalized object relations.
C
Question ID #1050: To reduce the symptoms of tardive dyskinesia, which of the following would be most effective?
Select one:
A. a drug that decreases dopamine levels
B. a drug that increases norepinephrine levels
C. a drug that decreases GABA levels
D. a drug that increases serotonin levels
A
Question ID #14325: An assumption underlying process consultation is that:
Select one:
A. attitude change precedes behavior change.
B. behavior change precedes attitude change.
C. motivation is a proximal and primary cause of performance.
D. motivation and performance have a reciprocal relationship.
B
Question ID #137: A common migraine:
Select one:
A. begins with an aura and is usually accompanied by nausea.
B. is constant and non-throbbing and may be exacerbated by bright lights.
C. does not begin with an aura and may be exacerbated by bending over or lifting.
D. is sharp and unilateral and is usually accompanied by autonomic symptoms.
Migraine headaches are classified as common or classic.
a. Incorrect Classic migraines begin with an aura.
b. Incorrect Migraines involve throbbing pain.
c. CORRECT A number of things can exacerbate the pain of a migraine including lifting or bending over. In contrast to classic migraines, common migraines do not begin with an aura.
d. Incorrect This sounds more like a cluster headache than a migraine headache.
Question ID #1639: As described by Sue and Sue (1999), “playing it cool” and “Uncle Tom Syndrome” are:
Select one:
A. signs of an internal locus of control.
B. survival mechanisms.
C. characteristics of the immersion-emersion stage of racial/cultural identity development.
D. signs of functional (versus cultural) paranoia.
B
Question ID #1597: An insurance company is conducting a peer review and requests that you provide it with information about a current client whose fee is being paid by the company. In this situation, you are best advised to:
Select one:
A. provide the company with the requested information only if the client is willing for you to do so.
B. provide the company with only that information you believe to be pertinent to the review.
C. provide the company with relevant information after ensuring that it is aware of the need to maintain confidentiality.
D. provide the company with the requested information because the client waived confidentiality when he/she signed the insurance form.
c. CORRECT When a client’s therapy fee has been paid by an insurance company, it is likely that the client has already signed a waiver on his/her insurance form. In addition, therapists are expected to cooperate with peer reviews. Therefore, this is the best response. A therapist would be required to provide information to the insurance company as requested, but the therapist should release only relevant information and should take steps to ensure that confidentiality will be safeguarded.
Question ID #16871: As described by Piaget, the ability of a child to see someone else perform a behavior and subsequently perform that behavior him/herself depends on the development of which of the following abilities?
Select one: A. mental representation B. assimilation C. transductive reasoning D. centration
A
Question ID #38672: Based on the initial evaluation of a 15- year-old boy, a clinician believes the nature and number of his symptoms suggest a DSM-5 diagnosis of Attention- Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, predominantly inattentive presentation. Before assigning the diagnosis, the clinician will want to confirm that some symptoms were present before the boy was years of age and that he exhibits them in at least settings.
Select one: A. 7; 2 B. 12; 2 C. 6; 3 D. 10; 3
B
Question ID #1782: In the context of managed health care, “gatekeeper” refers to the:
Select one: A. peer review board. B. HMO. C. clinical supervisor. D. primary care physician.
D
Managed care reduces health costs in several ways including the use of a “gatekeeper” who makes referrals to specialists.
Question ID #119483: Joshua is dissatisfied with the amount of his bonus and he believes his other co-workers received more than he did. This greatly angers him. Joshua is concerned with what type of justice?
Select one: A. Compensatory B. Procedural C. Corrective D. Distributive
D
Question ID #680: In their study of outpatient mental health services in Los Angeles County, Sue et al. (1991) found that, while clients from all groups showed improvement at the end of therapy, had the best outcomes.
Select one: A. African Americans B. Anglo Americans C. Asian Americans D. Hispanic Americans
D
Sue et al. found that Hispanic Americans had the best outcomes, followed by Anglos, Asian Americans, and, lastly, African Americans.
Question ID #8050: According to Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, emergence of the ability to create mental representations of reality occurs between the ages of:
Select one: A. 4 to 8 months. B. 8 to 12 months. C. 12 to 18 months. D. 18 to 24 months.
a. Incorrect From 4 to 8 months of age, the child is in the secondary circular reactions substage of the sensorimotor stage.
b. Incorrect From 8 to 12 months, the child is in the coordinated secondary circular reactions substage.
c. Incorrect From 12 to 18 months, the child is in the tertiary circular reactions substage.
d. CORRECT From 18 to 24 months, the child is in the mental representation substage, which is characterized by the development of the ability to form internal representations of objects and events. (Note that some recent research suggests that deferred imitation and problem solving - which depend on mental representation - occur at an earlier age than Piaget proposed.)
Question ID #768: The best conclusion that can be drawn from research on the effects of examiner race on the cognitive test performance of African American children is that:
Select one:
A. White examiners have significant adverse effects on the test performance of these children.
B. White examiners often have positive effects on the test performance of these children.
C. White examiners may have a positive, a negative, or no effect on the test performance of these children.
D. White examiners have a negative effect on the test performance of these children only when the examiners are unable to adopt a “colorblind” perspective.
C
Question ID #1606: A seizure affects movement and sensation, usually on one side of the body, without a loss of consciousness.
Select one: A. petit mal B. atonic C. clonic D. simple partial
D
Question ID #19140: Interoceptive exposure involves: Select one:
A. exposure in imagination to objects or situations that evoke anxiety.
B. exposure to bodily sensations associated with anxiety reactions.
C. prolonged continuous exposure to a feared stimulus in vivo.
D. graded (graduated) exposure to a feared stimulus first in imagination, then in vivo.
B