Exam 3: Assessment and Classification of Abnormal Behavior

Unlike the Halstead-Reitan and the Bender-Gestalt Visual-Motor tests, EEGs and MRIs are ____.

Professor Wapner wants to develop a new psychometric test of anxiety.He must be careful to have the various items on the test yield similar results to ensure that it will be high in ____.

In the Rosenthal and Jacobson (1968)study, some children were randomly assigned the label of "bloomers." This label ____.

The TAT, a projective personality test, asks subjects to ____.

A psychologist simply looking for any unusual behaviors when interacting with a client is indicative of ____.

A psychologist notices that a male client rarely makes eye contact and pulls at his ear when he seems nervous.What type of assessment is the psychologist doing?

A positive feature of the DSM-5 is that it ____.

Psychoanalysts are interested in unconscious needs and motives.Therefore, they are most likely to use which of the following in assessing clients?

The goal of projective tests is to ____.

Which personality test includes ten clinical scales as well as several validity scales to check for faking, confusion, falsification, or other response patterns that may affect the outcome of the other scales?

Teachers in a school are interested in finding a psychological test that predicts future achievement and identifies individuals with strong social competence.Which statement best reflects what is known about the existence of such a test?

A psychologist wants to assess the construct validity of a new test.He can do so by showing that ____.

A critic of personality inventories says, "These tests have no way of detecting faking or defensiveness in the individuals who take them.Worse, they never include norms for responses of people from different cultural groups." Which response to these criticisms is accurate?

These tests require test-takers to answer specific written questions.They are scored in a predetermined way, and scores are easily compared with those from a standardization sample.Which of the following fits the above description?

As discussed in the text, which of the following is a consideration when assessing characteristics using the mental status examination?

Disorders involving the disruption of the normal sexual response cycle, including desire, arousal, or orgasm are considered ____ in the DSM-5 category of disorders.

Vera has this cyclical pattern of symptoms: A week before her period, she is persistently angry and anxious, has body aches, and has marked interpersonal conflicts that interfere with work and social relationships.According to the DSM-5, Vera has a(n)____.

After his stroke, Aaron's clinical psychologist is most likely to assess ____.

A psychologist notes that a female client is wearing a heavy wool sweater and cap on a hot summer day.The client walks with a limp and mumbles to herself.The psychologist should ____.

Nicole is shown a series of ambiguous pictures and is then asked to tell a story about each of them.If this is a psychological test, it is a ____.