Practice Test II

This quiz reviews some of the topics in this chapter. The answer choices are randomized, so the quiz will be different every time you take it. For each question, select the button next to the answer you believe is correct. When you are done, click "Submit for Grade" in order to see how well you did.

1.  

________ is a widely used individual intelligence test for people over age 16.
TAT
MMPI
WAIS-R
MONO

2.  

________ is a projective personality test in which an individual draws a house, a tree, and a person.
TAT
Home Sweet Home test
Draw my Surroundings Test
House-tree-person test

3.  

________ is a neuropsychological test for assessing brain damage.
Sacks-Damasio battery
McGill Penfield ECT
Luria-Nebraska Battery
McClintock Goldin-Meadow Charger

4.  

________ is a technique used to record electrical activity in the brain.
EEG
EFG
Shiastu
Defenestration

5.  

________ is an early but still widely used individual intelligence test for children.
Gardner-Sternberg battery
Herrnstein Murray Curve
Stanford-Binet
Antioch-Oberlin battery

6.  

________ is the co-occurrence of two or more disorders in a single individual.
comorbidity
coagulation
coaxial coefficient
correlation coefficient

7.  

________ is research based on the intensive study of one individual, which does not allow conclusions concerning cause and effect or generalizations to other individuals.
case study research
participant case investigation
course reduction request
Pearson-Spearman investigation

8.  

________ is a statistic that reflects the degree to which two variables covary.
Tukey z-score
Montagu's reduction
correlation coefficient
regression meta-analysis

9.  

________ is the condition in an experiment in which the independent variable is not manipulated.
converse condition
obtuse conditional
placebo effect
control condition

10.  

________ is an experiment in which more than one independent variable is changed.
Ondine's curse
Whyte's case
A standard deviation
Confounded experiment

11.  

________ are twins who have identical sets of genes; sometimes called identical twins.
dizygotic twins
Siamese twins
Paired twins
Monozygotic twins

12.  

Diagnostic systems that describe abnormal behavior are important because:
they provide descriptions of abnormal behavior
abeling an individual as simply "abnormal" is too broad a definition
they help to decide how to treat an individual
all of the above

13.  

The most commonly used diagnostic system in the United States is the:
diagnostic checklists
structured clinical interviews
DSM-IV
ICD-10

14.  

Earlier versions of the DSM-IV were revised because of problems with:
reliability
validity
correlation
both a and b

15.  

One important advance in the DSM-IV that has increased its diagnostic usefulness is:
the inclusion of five diagnostic axes
the inclusion of information about causes of each disorder
a decrease in the number of possible diagnoses
the inclusion of comparisons to other diagnostic systems

16.  

Clinical interviews are typically used to:
gather important personal information about an individual
observe an individual's appearance and behavior
determine what the individuals primary complaints are
all of the above

17.  

Which of the following techniques is frequently used to gather information about individuals, especially children, in their natural environment?
structured interview
mental status exam
observation
checklists

18.  

A ________ is one of the most commonly used forms of structured interviews and asks the same specific questions of each individual.
checklist
mental status exam
clinical interview
medical interview

19.  

The most widely used psychological test of abnormal behavior is the:
TAT
Rorschach
MMPI-2
WAIS-III

20.  

Personality tests such as the MMPI include control scales such as the "Lie" scale, which help to determine:
clinical diagnoses
personality characteristics
intelligence
whether or not someone is answering test questions honestly

   

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