Abnormal Psychology An
Integrative Approach 5th
Edition By David H. Barlow –
Test Bank
Chapter 3
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. What is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders?
a. a guide for training psychology students in assessment techniques
,b. a textbook about the etiology of psychological disorders
c. a classification system for abnormal behaviour
d. an encyclopedia of treatment approaches for psychological disorders
2. Which of the following is a part of the intellectual functioning component of a mental
status exam?
a. noting a person’s vocabulary
b. noting the appropriateness of a person’s attire
c. noting a person’s mood
d. noting the content of what a person is saying
3. What is the primary basis for a prognosis?
a. information about the course of the disorder in other individuals
b. clinical experience
c. the treatment options available to the patient
d. the client’s desire to reform
4. Suppose an individual taking the MMPI falsifies answers in order to look good. On which
scale will he or she most likely have a high score?
a. Defensiveness (K)
b. Infrequency (F)
c. Inconsistency (I)
d. Lie (L)
,5. What kind of test is the Stanford-Binet test?
a. a personality test
b. a projective test
c. an intelligence test
d. a mental status test
6. What does the classical categorical approach to diagnosis assume about each person with
a particular disorder?
a. He or she will experience very few of the same symptoms.
b. He or she will respond to the same treatments equally.
c. He or she will be helped by recognizing the cause of the disorder.
d. He or she will experience the same symptoms with little or no variation.
7. If an assessment measures what it is intended to measure it is said to be considered to
be which of the following?
a. valid
b. reliable
c. standardized
d. clinical
8. A clinician asks a child to sit at a desk in a simulated classroom situation to complete a
difficult task. The clinician is using this technique to discover the reasons the child has been
engaging in self-hitting (self-injurious) behaviour. In behavioural assessment terms, what type
of behaviour has the self-hitting been identified as?
a. measurable behaviour
b. target behaviour
, c. resultant behaviour
d. observable behaviour
9. One of the problems in using neuropsychological tests to detect organic damage and
cognitive disorders involves the possibility of false negatives. Which of the following is
most likely to result from a false negative?
a. A patients undergoes completely unnecessary and expensive procedures.
b. A clinician misses an important medical problem that needs to be treated.
c. A patient is diagnosed with a condition that does not exist.
d. Cell damage occurs due to repeated radiation exposure.
10. Why was the Comprehensive System for administering and scoring the Rorschach
inkblot test developed?
a. because it was discovered that inter-rater reliability had increased significantly
b. because the previous scoring system was found to be difficult and time consuming
c. because Hermann Rorschach was dissatisfied with the way his test was
being administered
d. because there was a lack of standardized procedures, which can affect the way the
test- taker responds to the questions
11. Why does the assessment concept known as reliability increase in the MMPI?
a. because the MMPI is often interpreted by computer
b. because the MMPI is non-sexist
c. because the MMPI is well researched
d. because the MMPI is made up of many scales
Integrative Approach 5th
Edition By David H. Barlow –
Test Bank
Chapter 3
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. What is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders?
a. a guide for training psychology students in assessment techniques
,b. a textbook about the etiology of psychological disorders
c. a classification system for abnormal behaviour
d. an encyclopedia of treatment approaches for psychological disorders
2. Which of the following is a part of the intellectual functioning component of a mental
status exam?
a. noting a person’s vocabulary
b. noting the appropriateness of a person’s attire
c. noting a person’s mood
d. noting the content of what a person is saying
3. What is the primary basis for a prognosis?
a. information about the course of the disorder in other individuals
b. clinical experience
c. the treatment options available to the patient
d. the client’s desire to reform
4. Suppose an individual taking the MMPI falsifies answers in order to look good. On which
scale will he or she most likely have a high score?
a. Defensiveness (K)
b. Infrequency (F)
c. Inconsistency (I)
d. Lie (L)
,5. What kind of test is the Stanford-Binet test?
a. a personality test
b. a projective test
c. an intelligence test
d. a mental status test
6. What does the classical categorical approach to diagnosis assume about each person with
a particular disorder?
a. He or she will experience very few of the same symptoms.
b. He or she will respond to the same treatments equally.
c. He or she will be helped by recognizing the cause of the disorder.
d. He or she will experience the same symptoms with little or no variation.
7. If an assessment measures what it is intended to measure it is said to be considered to
be which of the following?
a. valid
b. reliable
c. standardized
d. clinical
8. A clinician asks a child to sit at a desk in a simulated classroom situation to complete a
difficult task. The clinician is using this technique to discover the reasons the child has been
engaging in self-hitting (self-injurious) behaviour. In behavioural assessment terms, what type
of behaviour has the self-hitting been identified as?
a. measurable behaviour
b. target behaviour
, c. resultant behaviour
d. observable behaviour
9. One of the problems in using neuropsychological tests to detect organic damage and
cognitive disorders involves the possibility of false negatives. Which of the following is
most likely to result from a false negative?
a. A patients undergoes completely unnecessary and expensive procedures.
b. A clinician misses an important medical problem that needs to be treated.
c. A patient is diagnosed with a condition that does not exist.
d. Cell damage occurs due to repeated radiation exposure.
10. Why was the Comprehensive System for administering and scoring the Rorschach
inkblot test developed?
a. because it was discovered that inter-rater reliability had increased significantly
b. because the previous scoring system was found to be difficult and time consuming
c. because Hermann Rorschach was dissatisfied with the way his test was
being administered
d. because there was a lack of standardized procedures, which can affect the way the
test- taker responds to the questions
11. Why does the assessment concept known as reliability increase in the MMPI?
a. because the MMPI is often interpreted by computer
b. because the MMPI is non-sexist
c. because the MMPI is well researched
d. because the MMPI is made up of many scales
