PT5

Question 1

Question ID #17533: A 15-month-old child points to a milk carton on the table and says "milk," which means, "I want some milk." Later, when he spills milk on his shirt, he starts crying and says "milk" which means, "I spilled my milk and I'm all wet." This illustrates which of the following? 
Select one: 
A. telegraphic speech 
B. holophrastic speech 
C. underextension 
D. overextension

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Question ID #8043: The endoplasmic reticulum is involved in:
Select one:
A. processing incoming visual stimuli.
B. processing incoming auditory stimuli.
C. transporting proteins and fats.
D. storing neurotransmitters.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Question ID #974: Tulving has divided memory into three types: procedural, episodic, and semantic. According to Tulving, semantic memory:
Select one:
A. consists of internal representations of stimulus-response connections.
B. is more affected by amnesia than procedural memory and episodic memory.
C. includes rules for manipulating words and symbols.
D. is coded temporally.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Question ID #1825: Which of the following is listed in the DSM as a diagnostic (versus associated) feature for Antisocial Personality Disorder? 
Select one: 
A. inflated sense of self 
B. lack of remorse  
C. lack of empathy 
D. superficial charm

Answer 4

B

Question 5

Question ID #17428: According to Kinder and Sears (1981), symbolic racism is rooted in:
Select one:
A. authoritarianism.
B. realistic self-interest.
C. the belief that members of minority groups violate traditional American values.
D. limited social contact with members of minority groups or contact only under aversive conditions.

Answer 5

C

Question 6

Question ID #17327: As a treatment for erectile dysfunction, sildenafil citrate (Viagra) exerts its therapeutic effects by increasing: 
Select one: 
A. androgen levels.  
B. blood flow to the penis. 
C. sensory sensitivity in the penis. 
D. sexual desire.

Answer 6

B

Question 7

Question ID #37763: Children between the ages of approximately \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ years are in the phallic stage of psychosexual development according to Freud and in the initiative vs. guilt stage of psychosocial development according to Erikson. 
Select one: 
A. 1 to 3 
B. 3 to 6  
C. 6 to 12 
D. 12 to 15

Answer 7

B

Question 8

Question ID #1552: According to Piaget, the key feature of the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ stage is the development of the "semiotic function." 
Select one: 
A. concrete operational 
B. preoperational  
C. sensorimotor 
D. formal operational

Answer 8

B

Question 9

Question ID #8010: Surveys have found that women in which of the following groups report the highest lifetime rate of victimization by an intimate partner? 
Select one: 
A. White Americans  
B. African Americans 
C. Asians/Pacific Islanders 
D. American Indians/Alaska Natives

Answer 9

D

Question 10

Question ID #10361: The parents of a three-year old boy ask a psychologist what they can do to reduce their son's frequent temper tantrums. After learning that the parents pay attention to the boy whenever he has an outburst, the psychologist tells them to consistently ignore the boy each time he has a tantrum. The technique the psychologist has suggested is an example of: 
Select one: 
A. shaping. 
B. negative reinforcement. 
C. extinction.  
D. overcorrection.

Answer 10

C

Question 11

Question ID #1904: When conducting a functional behavioral analysis, you are interested in: 
Select one: 
A. underlying motivations. 
B. causes of poor performance. 
C. conditions that control a behavior.  
D. program costs and benefits.

Answer 11

C

Question 12

Question ID #17406: Which of the following is most effective for establishing a conditioned response? 
Select one: 
A. backward conditioning 
B. simultaneous conditioning 
C. trace conditioning  
D. delay conditioning

Answer 12

D

Question 13

Question ID #1289: A sudden loud noise would elicit which of the following reflexes from a one-month old infant? 
Select one: 
A. Babkin 
B. Darwinian 
C. Moro  
D. Babinski

Answer 13

C

Question 14

Question ID #10186: The area of the brain referred to as the "midbrain" contains all of the following structures except: 
Select one: 
A. inferior colliculus. 
B. superior colliculus. 
C. substantia nigra. 
D. mammillary bodies.

Answer 14

D

Question 15

Question ID #1385: From a psychoanalytic perspective, a phobia is:
Select one:
A. a fear of death or “non-being.”
B. an externalization of a forbidden impulse.
C. a projection of a “disowned self.”

Answer 15

B

Question 16

Question ID #12917: An examinee's score on which of the following Rorschach variables is most useful for estimating his/her level of intelligence? 
Select one: 
A. organizational activity 
B. perceptual thinking  
C. WSum6 
D. S-CON

Answer 16

A

Question 17

Question ID #16901: Which of the following best describes the difference between escape and avoidance conditioning?
Select one:
A. Escape conditioning is the result of positive reinforcement, while avoidance conditioning is the result of negative reinforcement.
B. Escape conditioning is the result of negative reinforcement, while avoidance conditioning is the result of negative punishment.
C. Escape and avoidance conditioning are both the result of negative reinforcement, but only escape conditioning combines negative reinforcement with classical conditioning.
D. Escape and avoidance conditioning are both the result of negative reinforcement, but only avoidance conditioning combines negative

Answer 17

D

Question 18

Question ID #1192: When an assumption for a one-way ANOVA is violated, the best course of action would be to use which of the following to analyze the data? 
Select one: 
A. Mann-Whitney  
B. Wilcoxon 
C. Kruskal-Wallis 
D. Scheffe

Answer 18

C

Question 19

Question ID #270: Which of the following is not an example of an incentive plan? 
Select one: 
A. piecework plan  
B. merit pay 
C. gain-sharing 
D. flexible benefit plan

Answer 19

D

Question 20

Question ID #508: When the Kuder-Richardson Formula 20 produces a coefficient of .98, this means that:
Select one:
A. the items in the test are homogeneous.
B. the trait being measured by the test is stable over time.
C. the measuring instruments are equivalent.
D. the test measures what it was designed to measure.

Answer 20

A

Question 21

Question ID #12915: An individual at Level 8 on the Rancho Scale of Cognitive Functioning Revised:
Select one:
A. is nonresponsive to sounds or light and appears to be in a state of deep sleep.
B. is confused, agitated, and incoherent, may exhibit bizarre behavior, and is unable to care for him/herself.
C. is alert and oriented and can remember and integrate remote and recent events but may have some impairments in judgment, planning, and abstract reasoning.
D. is functioning at an intellectual level that is superior for his/her age, education, and demographic background.

Answer 21

C

Question 22

Question ID #359: Systematic desensitization was originally designed by Wolpe as an application of which of the following? 
Select one: 
A. aversive counterconditioning  
B. reciprocal inhibition 
C. habituation 
D. operant extinction

Answer 22

B

Question 23

Question ID #1630: Sherif's (1965) social judgment theory implies that, before trying to persuade someone to your point of view, you should consider his/her: 
Select one: 
A. categories of judgment. 
B. locus of control. 
C. category-based expectancies.  
D. level of self-monitoring.

Answer 23

A

Question 24

Question ID #19030: Research investigating the effects of Head Start and similar compensatory education programs has found that these programs:
Select one:
A. have few benefits in terms of academic achievement or other outcomes.
B. have some short-term benefits in terms of academic achievement only.
C. have benefits in terms of academic outcomes, social adjustment, and employment.
D. have few benefits in terms of academic outcomes but some benefits in terms of of social adjustment and employment.

Answer 24

B

Question 25

Question ID #850: A child with Autism Spectrum Disorder without language impairment would be expected to obtain the lowest score on which of the following WISC-V subtests? 
Select one: 
A. Block Design 
B. Matrix Reasoning 
C. Similarities 
D. Coding

Answer 25

D

Question 26

Question ID #484: Older people are especially sensitive to both the therapeutic and toxic effects of psychoactive drugs. For example, for older (vs. younger) adults, benzodiazepine use is more likely to produce:
Select one:
A. unsteadiness, confusion, wandering, and memory loss.
B. bizarre or hostile behavior, paranoia, and confusion.
C. extrapyramidal symptoms and cardiovascular effects.
D. tremor, weight gain, restlessness, and fatigue.

Answer 26

A

Question 27

Question ID #19351: According to Sternberg's (1998) triarchic theory, intelligence consists of which of the following three factors? 
Select one: 
A. general, broad, and specialized 
B. analytical, creative, and practical  
C. attention, processing, and planning 
D. general, fluid, and crystallized

Answer 27

B

Question 28

Question ID #1664: HIV infection is often described in the literature in terms of three stages. The second stage is characterized by a strong immune system response and:
Select one:
A. swollen glands but other few symptoms.
B. flu-like symptoms.
C. the onset of numerous opportunistic infections.
D. impaired concentration, attention, and motor activity.

Answer 28

A

Question 29

Question ID #15035: Lev Vygotsky's view of cognitive development is best described as a(n): 
Select one: 
A. neo-Piagetian theory. 
B. information processing theory. 
C. biological-maturationist approach. 
D. contextual approach.

Answer 29

D

Question 30

Question ID #1895: In comparison to tricyclic antidepressants, fluoxetine and other SSRIs:
Select one:
A. are more cardiotoxic.
B. are less likely to negatively affect sleep and anxiety symptoms.
C. are less likely to cause cognitive impairments.
D. are more effective for positive symptoms.

Answer 30

C

Question 31

Question ID #19309: Dr. Bettina B.’s new clients are a Japanese family that consists of a grandmother, mother, father, and two children. The grandmother and father speak limited English and the mother has offered to act as an interpreter. In this situation, the psychologist should:
Select one:
A. allow the mother to act as an interpreter.
B. allow the mother to act as an interpreter only if she is highly proficient in both Japanese and English.
C. allow the mother to act as an interpreter only if the grandmother and father agree to this arrangement.
D. not allow the mother to act as an interpreter.

Answer 31

D

Question 32

Question ID #704: The changes in cognitive flexibility, memory, and everyday behavior (e.g., loss of spontaneity and lack of initiative) that are characteristic of Parkinson's Disease lend support to the hypothesis that this disorder involves subcortical systems that influence certain areas in the: 
Select one: 
A. frontal lobes.  
B. temporal lobes. 
C. occipital lobes. 
D. parietal lobes.

Answer 32

A

Question 33

Question ID #689: Survey feedback is a method of organizational development that is based on the premise that:
Select one:
A. people are not usually open and honest with each other.
B. work teams are the basic foundation of an organization.
C. organizational output is a function of both production and people.
D. employees need to understand an organization’s strengths and weaknesses.

Answer 33

D

Question 34

Question ID #17536: An amputee experiences a sensation on his missing limb whenever he is touched on his lower lip. This is referred to as: 
Select one: 
A. phantom limb.  
B. super-added phantom. 
C. referred phantom sensation. 
D. adventitious synesthesia.

Answer 34

C

Question 35

Question ID #19131: Which of the following tests is based on the PASS model of intelligence? 
Select one: 
A. Columbia Mental Maturity Scale  
B. Fagan Test 
C. Cognitive Assessment System 
D. Wonderlic

Answer 35

C

Question 36

Question ID #12932: According to Piaget, the ability to think abstractly is first evident at about \_\_\_\_ years of age. 
Select one: 
A. 6 
B. 8  
C. 11 
D. 15

Answer 36

C

Question 37

Question ID #38704: The symptoms of PTSD are grouped in the DSM-5 in terms of which of the following clusters?
Select one:
A. re-experiencing, avoidance/numbness, and arousal
B. re-experiencing, dissociation, avoidance, and arousal
C. intrusion, avoidance, cognition and mood, and arousal and reactivity
D. intrusion, withdrawal/avoidance, cognition, and mood

Answer 37

C

Question 38

Question ID #631: Penny Pallid is an Anglo American teacher and Cameron Chroma, her student, is African American. According to Helms's interaction model, Ms. Pallid will be LEAST effective in teaching Cameron if she is in the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ stage of racial identity development and Cameron is in the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ stage. 
Select one: 
A. reintegration; pre-encounter 
B. pseudo-independent; pre-encounter 
C. contact; immersion  
D. pseudo-independent; encounter

Answer 38

C

Question 39

Question ID #38673: As described in the DSM-5, the five core symptoms of the Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders are:
Select one:
A. delusions, hallucinations, negative symptoms, impaired cognition, and disorganized speech.
B. disorganized thinking, delusions, hallucinations, negative symptoms, and depersonalization or derealization.
C. hallucinations, negative symptoms, grossly disorganized or abnormal motor behavior, delusions, and disorganized thinking.
D. grossly disorganized or abnormal motor behavior, hallucinations, negative symptoms, affective instability, and delusions.

Answer 39

C

Question 40

Question ID #1437: An African American therapy client exhibiting the “split-self syndrome” as a response to racial oppression will most likely:
Select one:
A. exhibit a high degree of detachment from his family and neighborhood.
B. avoid contacts with Whites.
C. evaluate himself against White standards.
D. exhibit a high degree of “functional paranoia.”

Answer 40

C

Question 41

Question ID #36755: Cultural universalism is to cultural relativism as: 
Select one: 
A. emic is to etic. 
B. etic is to emic.  
C. alloplastic is to autoplastic.

Answer 41

B

Question 42

Question ID #1452: Two weeks before the election for senior class president, the four candidates are given the opportunity to deliver a 10-minute speech during a school assembly. Sally Smart is familiar with research on the recency and primacy effects and, therefore, asks if she can speak: 
Select one: 
A. first.  
B. second. 
C. third. 
D. fourth.

Answer 42

A

Question 43

Question ID #972: From a "control systems" perspective, when established control mechanisms are no longer effective due to radical changes in the environment, new mechanisms must be sought or developed. These new mechanisms will help the system adapt to environmental changes by providing: 
Select one: 
A. negative feedback. 
B. positive feedback.  
C. formative evaluations. 
D. summative evaluations.

Answer 43

B

Question 44

Question ID #12933: Vygotsky viewed the “self-talk” of young children as:
Select one:
A. a manifestation of egocentrisim.
B. a means of self-guidance and self-instruction.
C. rehearsal for interpersonal communication.
D. prelinguistic speech.

Answer 44

B

Question 45

Question ID #975: Historically, which of the following has (have) been considered the “hallmark” of addiction?
Select one:
A. a “craving” for the substance
B. denial
C. impairments in social and occupational functioning
D. tolerance and withdrawal

Answer 45

D

Question 46

Question ID #1225: If a court determines that a selection procedure is having an adverse impact, a company:
Select one:
A. can no longer use the procedure.
B. can use the procedure only in conjunction with other procedures.
C. can use the procedure only if there is evidence that it is job-related.
D. can use the procedure only if there is evidence that it is valid and there are no alternative procedures.

Answer 46

D

Question 47

Question ID #1941: Akathisia is characterized by:
Select one:
A. spasms and contortions.
B. motor and psychic hypoactivity.
C. unpleasant feelings of physical restlessness.
D. rigidity and coarse tremors.

Answer 47

C

Question 48

Question ID #8088: Research on goal-setting theory has identified several factors that influence a worker’s commitment to difficult goals. For example, research investigating the impact of a worker’s need for achievement has found that:
Select one:
A. commitment to difficult goals is higher for self-set goals than for assigned goals only for those who are low in need for achievement.
B. commitment to difficult goals is higher for self-set goals than for assigned goals only for those who are high in need for achievement.
C. commitment to difficult goals is higher for self-set goals than for assigned goals regardless of level of need for achievement.
D. commitment to difficult goals is higher for assigned goals than for self-set goals regardless of level of need for achievement.

Answer 48

B

Question 49

Question ID #1861: Which of the following disorders is least likely to be associated with Tourette's Disorder? 
Select one: 
A. a learning disorder 
B. obsessive-compulsive symptoms 
C. ADHD 
D. Separation Anxiety Disorder

Answer 49

D

Question 50

Question ID #340: When deciding on an intervention plan for a client with Agoraphobia, it is important to keep in mind that which of the following seems to be the key element in treating this disorder? 
Select one: 
A. counterconditioning 
B. progressive relaxation 
C. in vivo exposure  
D. cognitive restructuring

Answer 50

C

Question 51

Question ID #1830: In response to questions included in the Adult Attachment Interview, a 34-year old mother describes her childhood relationships with her own parents as very positive, but she is unable to come up with specific examples of pleasant experiences with them. Although she says this inability is due to poor memory, she is able to recall other events that occurred during early childhood. Most likely, this woman’s 13-month old baby will exhibit which of the following attachment patterns in the Strange Situation?

Select one:
A.	secure
B.	avoidant  
C.	resistant
D.	disorganized/disoriented

Answer 51

B

Question 52

Question ID #657: Dr. Strait is invited to a holiday party at a fellow psychologist’s house. While there, he notices that one of the guests is a current therapy client of the other psychologist. Dr. Strait’s best course of action would be to:

Select one:
A. leave the party in protest.
B. contact the ethics committee as soon as possible.
C. discuss the issue with the psychologist immediately.
D. discuss the issue with the psychologist at a later time.

Answer 52

D

Question 53

Question ID #1324: In working with a client who has received a diagnosis of Dissociative Identity Disorder, a cognitive therapist’s initial goal would be:

Select one:
A. to collaborate with the client to identify specific treatment goals.
B. to make a “cognitive diagnosis” for the purpose of developing a concrete treatment plan.
C. to identify the cognitive antecedents and consequences that are sustaining the client’s multiple personalities.

D. to establish a working alliance that provides the client with a sense of safety.

Answer 53

D

Question 54

Question ID #8937: Youngsters begin to describe themselves in terms of personality attributes - e.g., “I’m smart,” “I’m friendly,” “I’m shy”:

Select one:
A. in early childhood (ages 2-6).
B. at the beginning of middle childhood (ages 7-8).
C. toward the end of middle childhood (ages 10-12).
D. in early adolescence (ages 13-14).

Answer 54

C

Question 55

Question ID #637: Which of the following represents a phoneme?

Select one:
A.	"b"    
B.	"ing"
C.	"go"
D.	"mama"

Answer 55

B

Question 56

Question ID #36761: Chronically high levels of cortisol due to chronic stress can lead to significant damage to certain areas of the brain, especially to the:

Select one:
A.	hippocampus.
B.	thalamus.  
C.	suprachiasmatic nucleus.
D.	cerebellum.

Answer 56

A

Question 57

Question ID #17419: A person taking an SSRI in conjunction with an MAOI may develop , which is characterized by agitation, confusion, tremor, unsteady gait, diarrhea, sweating, and chills.

Select one:
A.	a hypertensive crisis
B.	a cholinergic crisis
C.	serotonin syndrome  
D.	sympathomimetic syndrome

Answer 57

C

Question 58

Question ID #612: Cortisol is a steroid secreted by the:

Select one:
A.	adrenal cortex.  
B.	adrenal medulla.
C.	pineal gland.
D.	pancreas.

Answer 58

A

Question 59

Question ID #879: Experts on cross-cultural counseling note that, when working with African American clients, it is important to recognize that their past experiences in a racist society are likely to have fostered feelings of powerlessness. Consequently, a good strategy for a therapist is to adopt a:

Select one:
A.	non-directive, less active approach.
B.	problem-solving, time-limited approach.  
C.	color-blind approach.
D.	neutral, educative approach.

Answer 59

B

Question 60

Question ID #1455: Berscheid’s (1983) emotion-in-relationship model proposes that strong positive emotions are more likely to be elicited in the initial stages of a relationship than in later stages because:

Select one:
A. in the early stages, the partners have limited information about each other’s undesirable qualities.
B. in the early stages, each partner is more likely to do something that is both positive and unexpected.
C. in the early stages, the partners work harder to be sensitive to each other’s needs.
D. over time, people become “emotionally immune” to the behaviors of others.

Answer 60

B

Question 61

Question ID #599: Tactile agnosia is most likely due to damage to the:

Select one:
A.	frontal lobe.
B.	parietal lobe.  
C.	occipital lobe.
D.	temporal lobe.

Answer 61

B

Question 62

Question ID #19171: Research on the impact of downsizing indicates that which of the following is a key contributor to survivor syndrome?

Select one:
A. the lack of adequate outplacement programs.
B. perceived unfairness and inequity in the layoff procedures among employees.
C. the adoption of a Theory Y management style by supervisors during the layoff process.
D. a pre-existing sense of learned helplessness among employees.

Answer 62

B

Question 63

Question ID #1326: Investigators have identified “five robust dimensions” of personality that appear to underlie all others: extraversion vs. introversion; agreeableness; conscientiousness; emotional stability; and openness to experience. Of these, which is most predictive of performance for all types of jobs and all types of performance measures?

Select one:
A.	emotional stability
B.	conscientiousness    
C.	openness to experience
D.	agreeableness

Answer 63

B

Question 64

Question ID #1693: Propranolol hydrochloride (Inderal) is most likely to be prescribed for which of the following?

Select one:
A.	hypotension
B.	essential tremor    
C.	bronchial asthma
D.	diabetes

Answer 64

B

Question 65

Question ID #8969: Research on “motor imagination” indicates that which area of the brain is most likely to be active when a person is imagining that he/she is engaging in a motor activity?

Select one:
A.	posterior occipital lobe
B.	mammillary bodies
C.	supplementary motor area  
D.	ascending reticular activating system

Answer 65

C

Question 66

Question ID #523: A client of yours is currently suing her employer for race discrimination. You receive a subpoena from the employer’s attorney requiring you to appear at a deposition to provide information about the client. When you discuss this with the client, she tells you she does not want you to provide the employer with any information from her therapy sessions. You should:

Select one:
A. provide the requested information at the deposition since privilege is waived in this situation.
B. attend the deposition but provide only that information you believe to be germane to the case.
C. refuse to attend the deposition without a court order.
D. ask your attorney to contact the employer’s attorney to discuss the situation.

Answer 66

D

Question 67

Question ID #1647: Theories of career choice and development can be categorized in terms of four basic types. The theories of Tiedeman and O’Hara (1963) and Tiedeman and Miller-Tiedeman (1984) are examples of the
approach.

Select one:
A.	developmental  
B.	trait-oriented
C.	reinforcement-based
D.	personality

Answer 67

A

Question 68

Question ID #19149: Use of which of the following designs involves administering each level of the independent variable to participants so that it appears the same number of times in each position (first, second, etc.)?

Select one:
A.	factorial
B.	time-series
C.	Latin square  
D.	Solomon

Answer 68

C

Question 69

Question ID #17538: Tetraplegia is most likely to be the outcome of spinal cord injury at the level.

Select one:
A.	T9-T12  
B.	L2-L5
C.	S3-S5
D.	C1-C7

Answer 69

D

Question 70

Question ID #707: You would be most concerned about a child with ADHD being prescribed methylphenidate if he has a co-diagnosis of:

Select one:
A.	Tourette's Disorder.  
B.	Conduct Disorder.
C.	Major Depression.
D.	Intellectual Disability.

Answer 70

A

Question 71

Question ID #1679: From the perspective of Tuckman and Jensen’s (1977) model of group formation, an emphasis on socializing and developing close relationships is characteristic of the stage.

Select one:
A.	norming    
B.	forming
C.	performing
D.	storming

Answer 71

A

Question 72

Question ID #17763: A therapist instructs a client who suffers from insomnia to polish his hardwood floors for at least two hours whenever he wakes up during the night. Apparently this therapist is familiar with the work of:

Select one:
A.	Luigi Boscolo.
B.	Milton Erickson.
C.	Salvador Minuchin.    
D.	Marquis de Sade.

Answer 72

B

Question 73

Question ID #14355: Cognitive dissonance theory and share in common the assumption that an uncomfortable experience or sensation is the primary cause of attitude change.

Select one:
A.	the sleeper effect
B.	attitude inoculation    
C.	balance theory
D.	the elaboration likelihood model

Answer 73

C

Question 74

Question ID #1450: When taking the Stroop test, an examinee may have trouble correctly naming the color of ink that a word is printed in because:

Select one:
A. the word is projected to his/her right visual field only.
B. the word is projected to his/her left visual field only.
C. the word names a color that differs from the color of the ink.
D. the word is a non-pronounceable “nonsense syllable.”

Answer 74

C

Question 75

Question ID #38706: The DSM-5 includes the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (WHODAS) as a means for assessing disability in adults ages 18 years and older. The WHODAS uses a 5-point Likert scale to assess functioning in which the following domains?

Select one:
A. self-care, life activities, cognitive skills, mood and affect, physical health, and interpersonal relationships
B. understanding and communicating, getting around, self-care, getting along with people, life activities, and participation in society
C. affect, personality functioning, substance use, cognition, personal relationships, and reality testing
D. communication skills, activities of daily living, interpersonal skills, motor skills, cognition, and affect

Answer 75

B

Question 76

Question ID #1466: Hypomania is associated with alterations in functioning that often include:

Select one:
A. a marked increase in both efficiency and creativity.
B. a marked decrease in both efficiency and creativity.
C. a marked increase in efficiency but a marked decrease in creativity.
D. a marked increase in creativity but a marked decrease in efficiency.

Answer 76

A

Question 77

Question ID #55: Ho (1987) and others have recommended the use of a(n) approach when working with African American therapy clients.

Select one:
A.	ecostructural
B.	solution-focused    
C.	narrative
D.	ethnographic

Answer 77

A

Question 78

Question ID #1845: In the context of Freudian psychoanalysis, the goal of confrontation is to:

Select one:
A. reduce the client’s resistance.
B. clarify a client’s statements.
C. help the client see a behavior in a new way.
D. foster the development of transference.

Answer 78

C

Question 79

Question ID #1838: In a police department, the usual rotating 8-hour shift of the officers is replaced by a fixed 12-hour compressed shift. Most likely, this change will have which of the following effects?

Select one:
A. decrease productivity and satisfaction
B. decrease productivity but increase satisfaction
C. increase productivity but decrease satisfaction
D. increase satisfaction but have little or no effect on productivity

Answer 79

D

Question 80

Question ID #1093: Behavioral assessment is distinguished from traditional assessment in several ways. Which of the following does NOT accurately describe a characteristic associated with behavioral assessment?

Select one:
A. It focuses on directly observable behaviors and environmental factors.
B. It views outward behaviors as signs of an individual’s underlying needs, conflicts, and other characteristics.
C. It involves assessing behaviors repeatedly throughout the course of an intervention.
D. It involves assessing specific (rather than global) aspects of the individual’s behaviors.

Answer 80

B

Question 81

Question ID #1944: Dr. Burgher is the only psychologist in a small town. His daughter’s girl scout leader wants to begin seeing Dr. Burgher to work through some family-related problems. As an ethical psychologist, Dr. Burgher should:

Select one:
A. refuse to see the woman because to do so would constitute a “multiple relationship.”
B. see the woman since he is the only psychologist in town and her problems are unrelated to her role as girl scout leader.
C. determine the seriousness of the woman’s problems and base his decision about seeing the woman on the outcome of that evaluation.
D. assess the potential for exploitation and loss of objectivity and base his decision about seeing the woman on the outcome of that assessment.

Answer 81

D

Question 82

Question ID #1851: A patient taking a benzodiazepine develops several undesirable symptoms including insomnia, nightmares, hallucinations, and rage reactions. These symptoms are most suggestive of which of the following?

Select one:
A.	overdose
B.	anticholinergic effects
C.	paradoxical agitation
D.	rebound anxiety

Answer 82

C

Question 83

Question ID #547: For children with a learning disorder, the most frequent co-diagnosis is ADHD, with approximately
% of children with a learning disorder also receiving the latter diagnosis.

Select one:
A.	5 to 10
B.	20 to 30  
C.	45 to 50
D.	65 to 75

Answer 83

B

Question 84

Question ID #809: The slope of an item characteristic curve provides information on which of the following?

Select one:
A.	reliability
B.	difficulty level    
C.	discrimination
D.	probability of guessing correctly

Answer 84

C

Question 85

Question ID #949: In his well-known 1973 study, Rosenhan had several “pseudopatients” admit themselves to psychiatric hospitals with complaints of auditory hallucinations. Which of the following is most useful for explaining the results of Rosenhan’s study?

Select one:
A.	central tendency error
B.	Hawthorne effect
C.	contrast effect  
D.	halo effect

Answer 85

D

Question 86

Question ID #8072: Which of the following is used as an index of inter-rater reliability?

Select one:
A.	percent agreement    
B.	coefficient alpha
C.	coefficient of equivalence
D.	Spearman-Brown formula

Answer 86

A

Question 87

Question ID #39863: As described by Sue and Zane (1987), when working with Asian American clients, “gift-giving”:

Select one:
A. is discouraged because it tends to foster dependency on the therapist.
B. is discouraged because it can create a harmful multiple relationship.
C. is encouraged during the final therapy sessions to help clients maintain therapeutic gains.
D. is encouraged during the initial therapy sessions to help reduce premature termination from therapy.

Answer 87

D

Question 88

Question ID #39859: The nocturnal-only subtype of Enuresis:

Select one:
A. is more common in girls and occurs most often during REM sleep.
B. is more common in girls and occurs most often during non-REM sleep.
C. is more common in boys and occurs most often during REM sleep.
D.is more common in boys and occurs most often during non-REM sleep.

Answer 88

D