Question 1

. What can be the cause of temporary toxic state?

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A)  Lack of oxygen
B)  Wrong amount or type of medicine
C)  Water
D)  None of these are correctE) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 2

A psychiatrist orders a series of tests including an IQ test, personality inventory (MMPI), neuropsychological test (Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test), and a brain scan (CT scan) for a 10-year-old boy who has recently been acting aggressively. Explain what each test measures and how the psychiatrist would use the results of each test to help diagnose or rule out potential causes of the boy's behavior.

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The IQ test measures the boy's cognitive...

Question 3

Lanya, recently came to the United States, and is just learning to speak English. She applies for a job and is given a test. When she sits down at a table with other job applicants that are taking the same test, she is informed that she has ten minutes to complete the test. After ten minutes, the employment service director collects Lanya's test, but the other job applicants are still working on their tests. That other job applicants were given more time to take the same test is an example of a problem with

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A)  reliability.
B)  classification.
C)  validity.
D)  standardization.E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 4

In a double-blind study,

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A)  the participants are not aware of who is in the treatment and control groups, but the researcher providing the treatment does know.
B)  neither the researcher providing the treatment nor the participants are aware of who is in the treatment and who is in the control group.
C)  neither the researcher providing the treatment nor the research participants can ever be made aware of the research findings.
D)  the research participants are not aware that they are participating in a research study.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 5

The crucial test of a diagnostic system's validity is whether it results in

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A)  an effective treatment plan.
B)  all clinicians reaching the same diagnosis for the patient.
C)  the accurate diagnostic label for the patient.
D)  the same diagnostic label regardless of when the patient is evaluated.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 6

Describe the procedures of the cross-sectional and longitudinal research methods. What are the uses and limitations of each of these methods?

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Cross-sectional research involves collec...

Question 7

Which can be a valuable tool for projective tests?

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A)  Ambiguous Stimuli
B)  Distal Stimuli
C)  Self-monitoring
D)  ReinforcementE) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 8

When a diagnosis tells the clinician what is likely to happen over the course of the disorder and the likely effect of treatments, the diagnosis has

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A)  construct validity.
B)  predictive validity.
C)  content validity.
D)  none of the aboveE) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 9

DSM-5 is based on a ________ classification system.

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A)  dimensional
B)  categorical
C)  prototypical
D)  psychoanalyticE) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 10

The reactivity phenomenon of self-monitoring procedures has been shown to

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A)  increase desired behaviors.
B)  decrease undesired behaviors.
C)  both increase desired behaviors and decrease undesired behaviors.
D)  neither increase desired behaviors nor decrease undesired behaviors.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 11

The function of replication in research is to

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A)  better define independent and dependent variables.
B)  improve the research design.
C)  rule out coincidence.
D)  enhance the internal validity of the study.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 12

Which of the following factors is typically NOT part of a clinical assessment?

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A)  Psychological
B)  Social
C)  Biological
D)  AstrologicalE) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 13

What does it mean if an IQ score significantly higher than average?

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A)  The person has a significantly greater than average chance of doing well in the educational system.
B)  The person has a significantly greater than average chance of doing well in academics.
C)  The person has a significantly greater than average chance of doing well with entrepreneur skills.
D)  The person has a significantly greater than average ability to work in Industry.E) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 14

An important advantage of the multiple baseline design over the withdrawal design for evaluating treatments is that multiple baseline

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A)  has greater internal validity.
B)  has greater external validity.
C)  does not require the removal of a potentially helpful treatment.
D)  does not require the artificial intervention of the researcher.E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 15

The projective type of psychological tests is based on ________ theory.

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A)  behavioral
B)  cognitive
C)  humanistic
D)  psychoanalyticE) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 16

Placebos are used in experiments to

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A)  control for the variability of individuals who tend to volunteer for research studies.
B)  control for the expectations of some research participants that they will improve just because they are in a research study.
C)  help determine whether an independent variable actually causes a statistically significant change in a dependent variable.
D)  make certain that the treatment and control group are randomly selected.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 17

An observation that involves identifying specific behaviors that are observable and measurable is called a(n)

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A)  informal observation.
B)  formal observation.
C)  unstructured observation.
D)  self-observation.E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 18

A researcher is testing the effects of sunlight on depression. The independent variable is

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A)  sunlight.
B)  depression.
C)  the assumption that light affects mood.
D)  the interaction between sunlight and mood.E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 19

A researcher collects data comparing people with and without a disorder. The researcher is particularly interested in inherited tendencies that are not part of the disorder but that occur with much greater frequency in the people afflicted with it. The researcher is conducting a(n)

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A)  genetic linkage analysis.
B)  association study.
C)  family study.
D)  DNA analysis.E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 20

It can be important to use a double-blind procedure in a research study in order to prevent the

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A)  independent variable from influencing the dependent variable.
B)  confusion of correlation with causation.
C)  participants' expectations from biasing the independent variable.
D)  researcher's expectations from biasing the outcome.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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