TEST6 Flashcards
Question ID #51: The research has found that individual therapy, group therapy, and family therapy are effective treatments for Bulimia Nervosa. With regard to individual therapy, the research has shown that:
Select one:
A. behavior therapy is superior to either cognitive-behavior therapy or interpersonal therapy in terms of both short- and long-term effects.
B. cognitive-behavior therapy is superior to either behavior therapy or interpersonal therapy in terms of both short-term and long-term effects.
C. cognitive-behavior therapy is superior to either interpersonal therapy or behavior therapy in terms of short- term effects, but cognitive-behavior therapy and interpersonal therapy are about equally effective in terms of long-term effects.
D. behavior therapy, cognitive-behavior therapy, and interpersonal therapy are about equally effective in terms of short-term effects, but cognitive-behavior therapy is superior in terms of long-term effects.
C
Question ID #19174: Berkowitz (1971) added which of the following to the original frustration-aggression hypothesis?
Select one:
A. the role of aggressive cues
B. the impact of the model’s attractiveness
C. the role of the individual’s level of frustration tolerance
D. the likelihood that aggressive behavior will be rewarded or punished
A
Question ID #1734: Dr. Blue, a psychologist, is hired by a company to administer tests for the purpose of evaluating current employees to determine if they should be considered for promotion. In this situation:
Select one:
A. an informed consent from examinees should be obtained.
B. an informed consent is not required since the employer is Dr. Blue’s “client.”
C. an informed consent from examinees is not required, although they should be reminded about the limits of confidentiality.
D. it is up to Dr. Blue to decide whether any information about the test should be given to examinees.
A
Question ID #10331: Longitudinal research by John M. Gottman (1994) has linked criticism, defensiveness, contempt, and stonewalling to a high risk for:
Select one:
A. divorce in the first seven years following marriage.
B. child abuse.
C. delinquency in girls in early adolescence.
D. acting out behaviors by boys following the divorce of their parents.
A
Question ID #1867: Which of the following is true about the standard error of the mean?
Select one:
A. It increases as the standard deviation decreases.
B. It is not affected by the size of the standard deviation.
C. It decreases as sample size increases.
D. It decreases as the number of samples increases.
C
Question ID #1753: The suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) has been implicated in the control of circadian rhythms. The SCN is located in the:
Select one: A. thalamus. B. hypothalamus. C. amygdala. D. caudate nucleus.
B
Question ID #265: The National Campaign on Teen Pregnancy (Kirby, 2001) concluded that which of the following has the strongest evidence of success for reducing teen pregnancy rates?
Select one: A. abstinence-only programs B. service learning programs C. school condom distribution programs D. community-wide programs and initiatives
B
Question ID #15065: predicts that the decision to remain or leave a relationship depends on the relative costs and rewards of that relationship.
Select one: A. Social comparison theory B. Self-verification theory C. Social exchange theory D. Gain-loss theory
C
Question ID #36758: The most consistent evidence for neurogenesis in human adults has been provided for which of the following areas of the brain?
Select one: A. reticular formation B. hippocampus C. medulla oblongata D. hypothalamus
B
Question ID #300: In discussing a depressed client, a therapist says the client’s problems are due to the fact that she did not experience normal grief following the death of her mother three years ago. He says that the focus of treatment will be on helping the client go through the grieving process and restore her interests and friendships so that she can overcome her loss. Apparently, this therapist is a practitioner of:
Select one: A. rational-emotive therapy. B. interpersonal therapy. C. object-relations therapy. D. reality therapy.
B
Question ID #150: Research on the effects of divorce on the parent-child relationship has generally shown that, during the initial period following divorce, the relationship between the custodial parent and his/her child often changes. Specifically, during this period, the custodial mother most often:
Select one:
A. provides harsher but more inconsistent punishment.
B. becomes overindulgent and overpermissive.
C. spends more time with her child.
D. is more concerned about the effectiveness of her parenting skills.
A
Question ID #970: Item response theory is considered a useful technique for constructing all of the following types of tests except:
Select one:
A. criterion-keyed tests.
B. tailored (computerized) tests.
C. diagnostic or employment screening tests.
D. teacher-made (classroom) achievement tests.
D
Question ID #1779: The Bonferroni test helps control the experimentwise error rate by:
Select one:
A. controlling the total number of comparisons that can be made.
B. reducing the level of significance for each comparison.
C. permitting individual comparisons only after the omnibus test has produced significant results.
D. requiring that all comparisons be conducted as two- tailed tests.
B
Question ID #19164: In the context of factor analysis, “specificity” refers to:
Select one:
A. the proportion of variability in a test that has not been explained by the factor analysis.
B. the proportion of variability in a test that has been explained by a single factor.
C. the proportion of variability in a test that has been explained by all of the identified factors.
D. the proportion of variability in a test that is attributable to measurement error.
from the perspective of factor analysis, variability in test scores is due to a combination of communality, specificity, and error.
a. CORRECT In factor analysis, a test’s specificity is the variability that is due to factors that are specific to the test and not measured by any other test included in the analysis – i.e., variability that is not accounted for by the identified factors.
Question ID #1278: For the treatment of migraine headaches: Select one:
A. autogenic training is more effective than thermal biofeedback.
B. thermal biofeedback is more effective than autogenic training.
C. thermal biofeedback plus autogenic training is more effective than either treatment alone.
D. thermal biofeedback plus autogenic training is no more effective than either treatment alone.
C
Question ID #410: Phallic is to initiative vs. guilt as latency is to: Select one: A. autonomy vs. shame and doubt. B. identity vs. role confusion. C. industry vs. inferiority. D. generativity vs. stagnation.
C
Question ID #325: The psychoanalyst Adolph Stern provided the first organized clinical description of the borderline patient. Of the ten basic characteristics Stern delineated, which of the following did he consider to be the most primary?
Select one: A. inhibited aggression B. fixation C. emotional dysregulation D. narcissism
D
Question ID #230: Dr. Bill sets his clients’ fees on the basis of a “sliding scale” that is based on their current income. This practice is:
Select one:
A. acceptable but not explicitly mentioned in the Ethics Code.
B. unacceptable but not explicitly mentioned in the Ethics Code.
C. explicitly recommended in the Ethics Code.
D. explicitly prohibited in the Ethics Code.
A
Question ID #1938: If a health care provider is faced with a conflict between state law and the HIPAA requirements:
Select one:
A. state law would preempt the HIPAA requirements.
B. the health care provider should respond based on the best interests of the client.
C. the HIPAA requirement would preempt state law when it provides the client with greater privacy protection or control over access to his/her records.
D. the health care provider has the discretion to resolve the issue in any appropriate manner.
C
Question ID #10933: Studies investigating anxiety over the lifespan suggest that, when compared to younger adults, older adults are:
Select one:
A. more likely to be misdiagnosed as having an anxiety disorder.
B. much less likely to benefit from pharmacotherapy or cognitive-behavioral therapy.
C. less likely to have comorbid symptoms of depression.
D. more likely to believe their symptoms are due to physical health problems.
D
Question ID #96: As a consequence of head trauma caused by a serious car accident, a middle-aged woman experiences a loss of sensation for touch, temperature, and pain in her left hand. Most likely the damage responsible for this deficit is in her right lobe.
Select one: A. frontal B. temporal C. occipital D. parietal
D
Question ID #342: Increasing age is LEAST likely to have which of the following effects on a man’s sexual response cycle?
Select one:
A. The time to achieve an erection will increase.
B. Complete penile erection may not occur until just prior to orgasm.
C. The resolution phase and refractory period will both increase.
D. All of the above occur.
C
Question ID #234: Research on the impact of cultural identification on substance abuse among Native American youth has found that the risk for abuse is:
Select one:
A. lowest for those who are acculturated into the non- Native American (mainstream) culture.
B. lowest for those who can adapt to both Native American and non-Native American cultures.
C. highest for those who strongly identify with the Native American culture and reject the non-Native American culture.
D. highest for those who do not strongly identify with either the Native American or non-Native American culture.
B
Question ID #287: A worker whose job consists primarily of handling customer complaints will be happier if she blames the customer’s problems on:
Select one:
A. external, stable, and global factors.
B. internal, stable, and specific factors.
C. external, unstable, and global factors.
D. external, unstable, and specific factors.
D