Abnormal Psychology An Integrative
Approach 5th Edition By David H. Barlow
– Test Bank
,Chapter 1
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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.
a.
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
, 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
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
Approach 5th Edition By David H. Barlow
– Test Bank
,Chapter 1
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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.
a.
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
, 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
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
