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Question #1
In DSM-5, which diagnostic category is no longer considered an anxiety disorder?
A.   specific phobia
B.   binge eating disorder
C.   Asperger's syndrome
D.   obsessive-compulsive disorder
Question #2
Concerns about the reliability and validity of the DSM-5 diagnoses are MOST likely to center on which factors?
A.   categories based on weak research and reflecting bias (for example, gender or racial bias)
B.   categories too few in number to represent the breadth of human psychological disorders
C.   categories based on field research and reflecting bias (for example, gender or racial bias)
D.   categories that reflect overly restrictive descriptions
Question #3
The DSM-5 is the first edition of the DSM that requires clinicians to provide:
A.   only dimensional information.
B.   both categorical information and dimensional information.
C.   only categorical information.
D.   neither categorical information nor dimensional information.
Question #4
A clinical diagnostician is dissatisfied with tests that cannot specify the type of brain damage or brain impairment that clients have. The BEST suggestion for that diagnostician would be to use:
A.   the Beck Inventory.
B.   the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale.
C.   a battery of neuropsychological tests.
D.   the Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test.
Question #5
A(n) _____ inventory asks about one's level of anxiety, depression, or anger.
A.   functional
B.   affective
C.   cognitive
D.   social skills
Question #6
When dealing with a new client, the clinical practitioner's major focus is to gather what type of information?
A.   dispassionate
B.   diagnostic
C.   idiographic
D.   nomothetic
Question #7
When graduate schools choose students based on test scores, college grades, and relevant experience, they are engaging in:
A.   classification.
B.   assessment.
C.   treatment.
D.   diagnosis.
Question #8
A test is constructed to identify people who will develop schizophrenia. Of the 100 people the test identifies, 93 show signs of developing schizophrenia within five years. The test may be said to have high:
A.   concurrent validity.
B.   internal reliability.
C.   test–retest reliability.
D.   predictive validity.
Question #9
The assessment instrument MOST likely to be used to detect subtle brain abnormalities is the:
A.   projective test.
B.   psychophysiological test.
C.   intelligence test.
D.   neuropsychological test.
Question #10
Mark's mother is suffering from depression and needs therapy. Mark tells her "all therapies are pretty much the same." Mark is demonstrating which of the following?
A.   empirically supported treatment preference
B.   rapprochement movement
C.   evidence-based treatment preference
D.   uniformity myth
Question #11
_____ is National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month.
A.   January
B.   November
C.   September
D.   June
Question #12
Therapies that have received clear research support are called:
A.   idiographic.
B.   outcome complex.
C.   evidence-based.
D.   meta-analyses.
Question #13
On the MMPI, items that show abnormal concerns about bodily functioning are classified as:
A.   psychopathic deviate.
B.   hypochondriasis.
C.   hysteria.
D.   hypomania.
Question #14
An adult frequently displays symptoms of depression at home but seldom does so at work. In this case, clinical observations of this person at home would lack:
A.   structure.
B.   observer drift.
C.   observer bias.
D.   cross-situational validity.
Question #15
If a clinician is using the ICD to make a diagnosis, MOST likely that clinician is:
A.   practicing in the United States.
B.   old-fashioned; the ICD has been outdated for more than 30 years.
C.   cognitive-behavioral in orientation; the ICD was developed by cognitive-behavioral psychologists.
D.   practicing outside the United States.
Question #16
A panel of psychologists and psychiatrists evaluates the test results and clinical interviews of a client in a sanity hearing. They all arrive at the same diagnosis. The panel has high:
A.   internal validity.
B.   predictive validity.
C.   test–retest reliability.
D.   interrater reliability.
Question #17
Since 1998 the number of patients receiving psychotherapy alone has:
A.   decreased by 23%.
B.   increased by 34%.
C.   decreased by 34%.
D.   increased by 23%.
Question #18
DSM-5 is the classification system for abnormal behaviors that is:
A.   used for medical disorders.
B.   used by the World Health Organization.
C.   most widely used in the United States.
D.   used exclusively for children.
Question #19
Dr. Ross and Dr. Carman agree that Suzette is suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder. Their judgment is said to have:
A.   reliability.
B.   generalizability.
C.   external validity.
D.   internal validity.
Question #20
A response inventory that asks individuals to provide detailed information about their typical thoughts and assumptions is a(n):
A.   social skill inventory.
B.   cognitive inventory.
C.   affective inventory.
D.   behavioral inventory.

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