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Which of the following is considered the emotional core of the nervous system?
A. Thalamus B. Limbic System C. Basal Ganglia D. Pons |
B. Limbic system - its totally on the edge!
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Family therapist uses personal anecdotes to emphasize similarities to the client family:
A. Reframing B. Triangulating C. Diffusing Boundaries D. Joining |
Joining- a structural thing to do to become a family insider- share style, share stories, etc...
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Reducing allowance in response to bad behavior:
A. Positive Punishment B. Time out from positive reinforcement C. Token economy D. response cost |
D. Response cost - a form of negative punishment
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Hearing footsteps behind you, you think "mugger" and heart rate speeds up at same time you experience fear. Who's theory:
A. Canon-Bard B. James- Lange C. Lazarus D. Schacter Singer |
C. Lazarus: is thought before emotion/arousal.
CB- same time JL & SS->arousal then interpretation |
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Kohlbergs moral reasoning: What is the relationship between.
A. There is a direct one-to-one link between reasonaing and behavior. B. Link between reasonaing and behavior mediating by previous experience with situation. C. Mediated by IQ. D. Not a direct one-to-one link, but stronger link in higher stages. |
D. Higher links at higher levels.
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Multiple caregivers until age two:
A. No attachments B. Attach to adopted parents if by 36 months C. Attach more to biological than non-biological if restored D. Attach to adopted even if not adopted until 6 years. |
D. Can attach up to six years.
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Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: AKA
A. Absence B. Myoclonic C. Grand Mal D. Complex Partial |
D. Complex Partial = Temporal Lobe
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Constructive memory: False memories have been linked to lesions in the:
A. Frontal Lobe B. Parietal Lobe C. Temporal Lobe D. Occipital Lobe |
Frontal Lobe - where executive functioning happens and creates stuff...
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illness with unknown etiology:
A. idiopathic B. Allopathic C. autoplastic D. Homepathic |
Idiopathic- who knows.
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Berry's acculturation model: An integrated client:
A. Low retention of minority culture B. High maintenance of mainstream C. Rejects mainstream, high retention of minority. D. Gets along well with others in workplace. |
B.
Berry saw acculturation with minority and majority culture at opposite poles. Integration is high maintenance of mainstream and high retention of minority. |
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Six months after dog mauling, become anxious when you see a picture of a dog.
A. Mediated generalizatoin B. Higher order conditioning C. Classical conditioning D. PTSD |
Stimulus generalization- all similar dogs are dangerous and need arousal/anxiety.
*mediated means its a picture, not actually paired with the accident, it was mediated in the brain and generalized. (not enough symptoms for PTSD) |
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Narcolepsy is associated with:
A. Rigid muscle tone B. Loss of muscle tone C. Decreased REM sleep D. Insomnia |
B- loss of muscle tone aka cataplexy.
Narcolepsy- sleep atacks for 3 months. |
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OCD: In-Vivo Exposure:
A. best with maximal anxiety aroused. B. Most effected when exposure massed, (not distributed) but involves gradual increase in intensity C. Most effective when combined with response prevention. D. Most effective when distributed (vs. massed) with response prevention. |
C. Best with response prevention.
(ie, feel the anxiety, but relax and dont turn off the stove!) |
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Which is not associated with nicotine withdrawal:
A. Hypersomnia B. weight gain/appetite up C. Decreased heart rate D. depressed or dysphoric mood |
A. Hypersomnia.
Insomnia is associated |
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Self in relation theory:
A. self progresses from infantile dependence to mature independence. B. Self depends on how you connect to others. C. People prefer to be right than happy D. Relationship between siblings are most important to development of self. |
B. Self depends on connection to others
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Man has gun, says he is going to "rough up" ex girlfriends new husband, but gun is unloaded.
A. Insist he remain in the office and calm him down. B. Alert the boyfriend C. Have him hand over the gun D. Do nothing |
B. Tarasoff says alert the boyfriend
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Best test to see if you get significant changes in weight and strength among body builders:
A. MANOVA B. Paired T-Tests C. Repeated ANOVAs D. Chi-Square |
A: MANOVA best for measuring 2 DV's
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Linnehan's DBT includes:
A. Group B. Group and individual C. Family therapy D. Individual therapy |
B. Group and individual
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Bipolar II has no history of:
A. Manic B. Hypomanic C. Major depressive D. manic or major depressive |
a. Bipolar II has no history of manic.
Its one depressive and one hypomanic. |
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Relationship between early sexual abuse and bulimia:
A. Same as general population B. Higher for sexually abused C. No significant relationship D. Significant for men, not women. |
B. Higher for sexually abused
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Promised promotions based on work, but do not get them despite assurance he is one of best workers. What would be lowered in expectancy theory:
A. Valence B. Expectancy C. Instrumentality D. Idealism |
C. Instrumentality- or feeling that performance leads to outcomes.
(Expectancy: hard work leads to performance) |
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What predicts preference for same-race therapists in african americans.
A. Education B. IQ C. Racial/cultural identification D. Presenting issue |
C. racial/cultural identification predicts preference for afam therapist in afams.
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Pre-Adolescent panic disorder:
A. Impossible to diagnose B. Undistinguishable from other anxiey disorders C. chest pain, tachycardia, short breath, school refusal D. chest pain, tachycardia, short breath and "feeling of going crazy" |
C. chest pain, tachycardia, short breath and school refusal.
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Head of clinic hires you to deal with difficult cases.
A. Consultee centered administrative B. client centered administrative C. Consultee centered case D. client centered case |
D. Client centered case. because working with them on case.
(C would be dealing with consultees problems, ie, administrative issues, lack of skill/training) |
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Which is true of LD:
A. Co-existing disorders no more common B. More common as kids, no more common as adults C. Children have higher rates, adults higher rates. D. Less likely than general population. |
C: As children and adults will have more problems.
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Gender and leadership style:
A. Men more participatory, women autocratic. B. Men autocratic, nothing general about women. C. No differences D. Women participatoary, men autocratic. |
D. women participatory, men autocratic.
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Which is true of meta analysis of psychotherapy:
A. Behavioral therapy best for phobias B. Behavior better than psychoanalysis C. Psychotherapy no more helpful than control subject D. Research shows few conclusions. |
A. Behavior superior for phobias.
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Factor Analysis Eigenvalue:
A. Number of latent variables B. Strength of relationships between factors C. Level of significance of factor analysis D. Explained variance of one factor |
A. Explaining variance of one factor
EigenValue = variance of one factor |
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Acute hypoglycemia loks like:
A. Schizophrenia B. Panic Disorder C. Major Depression D. Dementia |
B. Acute hypogycemia looks like panic
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Chronic Hypoglycemia looks like:
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Psychosis, depression, personality change.
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Two factor theory:
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Motivators improve satisfaction:
responsibility, power, self esteem. Bad hygiene increases dissatisfaction: conditions, pay, security |
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Four day workweek associated with:
A. Satisfaction and productivity B. Satisfaction and absenteeism C. Productivity only D. Satisfaction only |
B. Satisfaction up and absenteeism down.
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Shrinkage:
a. depressed individuals high on BDI first time, lower the second time. b. valid items will be less valid with different sample. c. self esteem shrinks in the face of challenge. d. short term memory storage and response speed diminish with age. |
B. Valid items less valid with a second sample. (Shrinkage is across sample groups.)
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Tonic-Clonic Seizures are assoicated with:
A. Grand-Mal Epilepsy B. Petit Mal Epilepsy C. JAcksonian Epilepsy D. Temporal Lobe Epilepsy |
A. Grand Mal Epilepsy
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Small or bad samples:
A. Parametric B. Non-parametric C. Path analysis D. Discriminant function analysis |
B. Non-parametric
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Alzheimer's VS Korsakoff:
A. Alzh: delcarative, Korsakoff procedural memory B. Alz initially produces anterograde, korsakoff retrograde C. Alz: Memory and cognitive, Korsakoff memory problems without cognitive D. Alzheimers cognitive, korsakoff cognitive, perceptual disturbances and hallucinations. |
C. Alzheimers have both memory problems and cognitive, korsakoff just memory.
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Sensory Memory:
A. Limited capacity B. Up to 30 seconds C. AKA primary memory D. A representation of external stimuli |
D. Is just a representation of external stimuli
(has limited 2 second DURATION not capacity, in fact unlimited capacity) |
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Transactional leaders who wait for mistakes to be brought to them before taking action:
A. corrective transactions B. Contingent rewarding C. Passive management by exception D. Active management by exception |
C. Passive management by exception.
active is watching then correcting, not waiting then correcting. Contingent reward: reward is contingent on performance. ALSO- TRANSform/transact model is universal |
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Behavioral Tx for depression include increasing pleasure AND:
A. flooding B. social skills training C. overcorrection D. Self-Instructional Training. |
B. Social skills, because believe there has been too little reinforcement in the past.
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Best way to memorize: (Craik & Lockhart)
A. Memorize first letters of each word B. Memorize sequence C. Make a rhyme with the words D. Recreate the exact mental state from first exposure to the words. |
C. Making a rhyme is the "deepest"
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Anticholinergic Side Effects:
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Dy mouth, blurred vision, constipation, urination retention, tachycardia.
(from tricyclics or heterocyclics) |
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Anosognosia:
A. corpus callosum B. Left temporal C. right parietal D. Occipital |
C. Right parietal lobe
I dont know whats RIGHT parietal lobe. Inability to recognize own symptoms. |
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Homeostasis would suggest that if wifes depression improves:
A. increased support by husband B. depression in husband up C. Rejection by family D. Overall improvement in family. |
B. depressive symptoms may emerge in husband, or maybe sabotage.
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Bulimia Nervosa: Binge Eating +
A. Feel lack of control over eating for 3 months B. Purging for six months C. inappropriate compensatory behavior for three months D. Vomiting, diuretics, exercise for one month. |
C. Inappropriate compensatory behavior for three months.
(compensatory for weight/intake) |
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Goal setting Theory:
A. Applicable to males not females B. Applicable to females in managerial jobs C. applicable to females when set participatively, but not when assigned D. Applicable to males and females whether participative or assigned |
D. Applicable to males AND females whether assigned or participative
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Nonconsensual childhood sex abuse:
A. Worse for females than males B. Worse for males than females C. about the same for males and females D. Similar impact but different symptoms |
C. About the same for males and females.
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12 year old have motor tics and vocal tic for past six months: Best diagnosis:
A. Transient Tic D/o B. Tourettes D/O C. Chronic Motor or Vocal Tic D/O D. Tic Disorder NOS |
A. Transient- because need 12 months for b or c. D would need less than 4 weeks, above 18yo, or only one tic.
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What percent entering labor force or minorities and women?
A. 45% B. 55% C. 65% D. 75% |
D 75% of those entering workforce are women and/or minorites
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WAIS meaures WM with which?
A. Matrix reasoning B. Block Design C. Arithmetic D. Digit-symbol coding |
C. arthmetic is part of WM
Matrixes and Block design are perceptual organization. Coding is processing speed. |
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Hertzberg's 2 factor theory: If you are happy with what you will be satisfied with job?
A. Job Content B. Relationships with coworkers C. Pay D. Security |
A- job content. (its a MOTIVATOR, the others are HYGIENE)
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Studying the effects of aging on IQ. What would be best design:
A. Longitudinal B. Cross-sectional C. Cross sequential D. Multiple baseline |
C. cross sequential
(the first three are all developmental designs, but cross sequential is considered best - its acombination of first two) |
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Behavioral Theory suggests depression due to:
A. Negative punishment B. Noncontingent punishment C. Prolonged extinction D. increasingly fine stimulus discriminations |
C. Prolonged extinction
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What is LEAST likely to attenuate measure of correlation?
A. Restricted range B. Homoscedacity C. Curvilinear relationship D. Unreliable measures |
B. Homoscedacity (or the scatter around regression line, it wont attenuate the correlation at all).
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Culturally encapsulated therapist:
A. Exhibits bias by interpreting all problems as rooted in cultural. B. Has little or no contact and little interest in minority/other groups C. Attempts to overcome biases by adopting "culture-blind" perspective. D. Accepts stereotypes without question and is unaware of own biases. |
D. accpets stereotypes, unaware of own biases.
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Brady says the best way to reduce a phobic anxiety reaction is:
A. Actual In-Vivo exposure B. Systematic desensitization and imagined/covert exposure C. Hierarchical Implosion Therapy D.Graded participant modeling. |
A. Best for phobia is actual in vivo. (and only need 2-4 for some like animals) Brady says the more realistic the better.
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Solomon 4-Group Design:
A. quasi-experimental B. To analyze difference scores among 4 groups C. To reduce practice D. To evaluate effects of pretesting |
D. Solomon is a true experimental design and helps evaluate effects of pretesting
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Presbyopia, common in aging increases focal point from 4 inches at age 20 to __ at age sixty.
A. 8 inches B. 12 inches C. 24 inches D. 48 inches |
D. yup-48 inches!
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NOT High co-occurring with tourettes:
A. GAD B. OCD C. ADHD D. Learning Disorders |
A. Gad is not really a high co-occurance.
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Alzheimers patient would do worst on which:
A. Perceptual Organization and Processing speed B. Working Memory and Perceptual Org. C. Working Memory and Processing Speed D. Verbal Comprehension and processing speed. |
A. PS & PO - alzheimers generally do worse, and tend to be lower on performance than verbal.
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Mini Mental Status Exam:
A. Abnormal mental experiences B. Cognitive aspects of mental functioning C. Form of thinking D. Mood or affecting aspects of mental functions. |
B. MMSE is a simplified cognitive mental status exam.
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Vygotsky's view of language:
A. Schemas B. Scaffoldings C. Social relationships D. Internal cognitive structures |
C. Vygotsky thought language was social (though believed most other learning needed guidance or scaffolding. Piaget thought schemas or cogntive structures)
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PSychologist working for an EAP sees client who was referred by supervisor. Supervisor asks if she kept the appointment:
A. Tell supervisor only if person came. B. Refuse to give supervisor that info. C. consult with manager of company. D. Provide that and other information to supervisor in a reasonable amount of time. |
A. If you work in EAP, you can give relevant info to relevant people like if they came, if they need to be seen.
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Mastrubating while imagining appropriate stimuli, reach orgasm, then masturbate about paraphilic (fetish) object:
A. Orgasmic reconditioning B. Satiation therapy C. Systematic desensitization D. Aversive conditioning |
B. this is satiation- belief that behavior is learned and can be unlearned.
(OR is start with wrong, then switch to right at orgasm, Aversive Conditioning is pairing fetish with shock or unpleasant odors (or smoking, etc etc) |
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Child crosses bridge when mother smiles, but frowns and stays put when mother frowns.
A. social distancing B. social referencing C. social facilitation/inhibiyion D. Social comparison |
B. Social referencing. (social facilitation/inhibition - do better on simple tasks with audience, worse on complex tasks with audience)
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Horn and Cattell:
A. crystallized and fluid intelligence become more integrated over lifespan B. crystallized and fluid intelligence are uncorrelated C. crystallized intelligence develops through use of fluid intelligence. D. fluid (but not crystallized) intelligence depends on exposure to cultural and educational experiences. |
C. believed fluid intelligence leads to crystallized intelligence. Also believed that crystal related to education, and that they are highly correlated.
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Cingulate cortex:
A. Spatial Memory B. emotions and motivation C. somatosensory processing D. balance and posture |
B. Emotions and motivation - its part of limbic system, on the edge onf the corpus callosum. (also reward to an extent)
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Trying to reduce high risk behavior among high risk group for aids: (ie, unprotected sex or sharing needles)
A. engender a group norm of disapproval for such activity. B. Provide knowledge about AIDS C. Threaten punishment D. Allow the group to learn consequences for themselves. |
B. Knowledge is best for high risk groups. (altering norms is best for low risk groups)
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Coefficient of determination:
A. Variability in one variable accounted for by variability in another variable. B. Correlation between two variables with the effects of third variable removed. C. Correlation between two variables with effects of third in place. D. Proportion of variability accounted for by all factors in factor analysis. |
A. Interpreting relationship between two variables in terms of variablility they share.
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Marital therapy based on social learning theory emphasizes:
A. bx therapy combined with communication and problem-solving skills training. B. Individual exploratory training for each spouse combined with communication and problemsolving skills training. c. group therapy combined with communication and problem solving skills training. d. group therapy with individual behavior therapy for each spouse. |
A. bx therapy with communication and problem solving skills training.
(social learning theory emphasizes these, contracts, and modeling by role model/superior ie- therapist not peers) |
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Gender differences in perceptions of sexual harrassment:
A. Men and women equally likely to see sexual behavior as harrassment regardless of severity. B. Equally likely to view it as harassment but just in severe cases. C. Men more likely in severe cases D. Women more likely in all cases. |
B. Men and women equally likely to judge sexually toned behavior as harrassment but only in severe cases.
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Tenure / hiring committee: you vote against the professor who has pending charges of sexual harrassment:
A. Ethical bc code states psychologists should do whatever they can to prevent sexual harrassment. B. ethical because you have a right to vote however you please. C. unethical if your vote was because of the harassment charge D. unethical regardless of the reasons you vote. |
C. unethical if vote for sexual harassment. (ethics says cant deny tenure based solely on ethics complaint. BUT= if proven, it would be okay)
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To control for practice effects in reliability:
I. Split half reliability coefficient II. Alternate forms reliability coefficient III. Test-retest relibiliaty coefficient A. I & III B. I & II C. II & III D. II |
B. I and II = so for practice effect you want alternate forms, and use split half because its like doing two tests.
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In females, gonadotropic hormones released by the ___ ona regular basis.
A. Hypothalamus B. Pituitary glands C. Gonads D. Adrenal glands. |
B. Pituitary glands releases gonadotropic hormones to stimulate gonads to release hormones
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Circadian Rhythms:
A. Caudate Nucleus B. Cerebellum C. Reticular Activating System D. Hypothalamus |
D. Hypothalamus, (though the RAS controls other sleep functions)
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Head trauma patient develops delerium: You should:
A. Bring more people in B. Find a physician for medication consultation C. Stay with them and help them remain calm D. Recommend ECT |
C. Stay with them- (never leave a person in delerium or change situation unless to make it less frightening. Dont need medication unless also psychotic, agitated, insomnia. )
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Antisocial Behavior in Juveniles:
A. BEhavrioal reinforcement B. Structured family intervention and parent training. C. Multi-systemic therapy D. Victims family therapy |
C. MST Multisystemic therapy is best with chronic, violent, substance abusing juveniles at high risk of out of home placement.
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Determine relationship between dichotomous variable and continuous variable.
A. Point Biserial B. Biserial c. Spearman's Rho D. Eta |
A. Point biserial - memorize the different correlation coefficients.
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Sociopathy most likely to have which Big 5:
A. Openness B. Conscientiousness C. Sensing D. Extraversion |
D. Sociopaths most likely to be extraverted (open does not mean open to expereince, and definitely not conscientious or sensitive)
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Which is NOT correlated with adjustment and chronic illness:
A. Age B. Parental Support C. Parental marital discord D. Brain involvement |
A. Age is not so strongly correlated with adjustment.
(parental support, parental relations, brain are associated with adjustment) |
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Treating chronic pain with tricyclics:
A. Neuropathic pain and headaches B. Neuropathic pain and musculoskeletal pain C. Headaches and musculoskeletal pain D. Neuropathic pain, headaches, musuloskeletal pain. |
A. Tricyclics best for just neuropathic paina nd headaches.
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Percentage Score as opposed to percentage rank based on:
A. Total number of items B. Total number answered correctly C. That there are 100 items D. An examinee's score in comparison to other scores |
B. The number answered correctly
(pctile compares to others) |
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Clinical scales on MMPI are made with empirical criterion keying: This means:
A. Items which distinguish specific subgourps are retained for the final version. B. Items with high correlations with previous version of the test are retained for final version. C. Items with high correlations with other tests designed to measure similar constructs are retained. D. Items which appear to measure what they are designed to measure are retained. |
A. items that distinguish between subgroups
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If you stop using punishment, you can only:
A. Send child to time out, which usually results in improvement B. Spank child, which usually leads to worse behavior C. Yell STOP, which causes behavior to stop for a while. D. Gently explain why behaviors are wrong, which used to result in improvement. |
B. Spank child which worsen behavior.
All others are punishment because they LESSEN bad behavior. |
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You are consulting school psychologist: When girl acts out at home, dad tries to be understanding and reason with her, which usually stopped behavior. Behaviorist would say:
A.Girl would be better off in classroom with less stimulation. B. Attention might be reinforcing disruptive behavior. C. Parents were negatively reinforcing girl D. Girl modeled behavior on another family member. C. D. |
B. Attention could be reinforcing (increasing) behavior.
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New client has bad politics. Ethically, you should:
A. Refer the client B. Discuss you feelings with the client to assess is views reflect underlying pathology C. Respect views and proceed. D. Seek consultation |
C. respect views and proceed. (only if your ability to do therapy is IMPAIRED should you seek consultation)
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Job commitment most correlated with:
A. Job satisfaction B. Absenteeism and turnover C. Productivity D. Quality of work |
B. TURNOVER and absenteeism. (they arent there, dont want to be there)
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"Revolving Door" refers to:
A. Placing patients in different facilities as symptoms change B. Releasing patients to aftercare clinics C. Required readmission to psychiatric hospitals D. Patients seeking services and support through community outreach programs only when symptoms increase. |
C. Readmission to psychiatric hospitals (some say up to 80%)
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Millon would say narcissists rely on which defenses:
A. Repression, rationalization, sublimation B. Rationalization, reaction formation, sublimation C. Repression, rationalization, projection D. Identification, intellectualization, displacement. |
C. Repression, rationalization, projection in that order if they experience rejection/failure.
("It didnt happen, there was a perfectly good reason for it to happen, it was the other person's fault.") |
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In operant experiment researchers flash light to signal a coming reward. This is called:
A. a reinforcement B. a stimulus C. fading D. discriminative stimulus |
D. Discriminative stimulus is a cue of a contingent reward or punishment. Reminder that punishment or reward is coming depending on action...
(Fading is slowly withdrawing the discrim stim.) |
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Rural spouse's coworker asks to schedule a meeting with you:
A. Must refer B. Must see them. C. Refer if it would impair your objectivity D. Discuss with spouse to determine if its a dual relationship |
C. Refer if it would impair your objectivitiy or has risk of exploitation or harm
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Which would be best for comparing total test scores to % who got each answer right?
A. Classical test theory B. Item response theory C. Generalizability D. Item utility |
B. Item response theory is best...
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Feminist OR theory says all but what:
A. emphasizes importance of maternal relationship with child B. Proposes gender differences result of girls being taught to attach to mothers, boys taught to detach C. Girls develop healtheir self object when raised by fathers due to earlier separation from mothers D. Mothering "reproduces" itself, since mothers perpetuate oppressiveness of division of labor. |
C. There is nothing about raised by fathers
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Neurogenesis (new formationof brin cells) everywhere but:
A. Olfactory system B. Hippocampus C. Prefrontal Region D. Striate complex |
D. Striate complex- no new striate cells.
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Keep shaking rattle to get baby to turn. After a while they stop:
A. Adaptation B. Extinction C. Habituation D. Satiation |
C. Habituation - decrease in response strength due to repeated stimulation.
(satiation is when desire has been met, ie, food/sex, extinction is about pairing and conditioning) |
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Bipolar disorder treated with all but:
A. phenelzine B. Carbamazine C. divalproex D. Valproic |
A. Bipolar not treated with phenelzine, it is a MAOI inhibitor.
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Assessing perception in a 3 or 4month old infant you would use all but:
A. Head turning B. Sucking C. Reacing D. Heart rate |
Head turning not a perception measure until 5.5 months.
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Patient moves away with bill unpaid: Requests by phone message you send records to new therapist. You have a release on file.
A. Contact therapist and try and get client's number B. Send all the records C. Send a summary along with an invoice D. Send summary with invoice indicating amount owed. |
A. Best to try to discuss situation with her, so contact therapist and ask...
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Researcher asks subjects beliefs about purpose of study at the end of the experiment. Finds their performance is consistent with their beliefs. Study may have been confounded by:
A. Hawthorne effect B. Demand Characteristics C. Carryover Effects D. Changing criteria |
B. Demand characteristics- they seemed to know what was going on and thus may have responded accordinly.
(hawthorne= act different bc research pariticipants, Carryocver- in repeated design where one treatment effect may impact others.) |
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Which accounts for most mental retardation?
A. Pregnancy or perinatal problems B. Early abnormalities in embryonic development C. Heredity D. Social and environmental factors. |
B. Embryonic is single most common factor at 30% of cases
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Which is the "satisfaction" center:
A. Hippocampus B. Basal Gaglia C. Cingulate gyrus D. Reticular activating system |
C. Cingulate gyrus - eating and sex
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Kohut with use what when working with a narcissist?
A. Coaching B. Empathy C. Congruence D. Interpretation of drives |
B. Empathy - its what kohut is all about- lack of it caused narcissism, only more empathy can cure it.
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Preemies are most likely to eventually develop:
A. Poor social skills B. Poor academic performance C. Low adult body weight D. None of these |
D. Preemies (<37wks) usually catch up by two or three years.
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Peripheral Vision:
A. Anterior occipital B. Posterior occipital C. Frontal lob D. Prefrontal lobe |
A. Anterior occipital
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"Job relatedness" and "Business necessity" are terms related to:
A. Personnel Training B. Adverse impact C. Comparable worth D. Truth in testing |
B. Adverse impact- associated with job relatedness and business necessity. (is it related to the job- ie, a tall person? or is it a necessity- an acting job?)
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an 85 on the L scale:
A. Most answers were answered "true" B. Lack of insight or denial C. Similar or identical items were scored inconsistently D. Acute distress during test |
B. High L usually means denial or lack of insight.
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Increased awareness is the primary goal of which?
A. Self-Psychology B. Reality Therapy C. Gestalt Therapy D. Existential Therapy |
C. Most central to gestalt therapy to increase awareness of self, environment, and boundaries between.
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Expectancy Theory: Valence:
A. Willingness to exert effort B. strength of workers needs C. Desirability of job D. Desirability of consequences of performance. |
D. Desirability of consequences of performance = valence.
rx of perfromance and outcomes rx of effort and performance |
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Career Anchor:
A. tendency to stay in financially secure position regardless of interest B. Motivation of priorities that define how people see themselves and work. C. Motivation of advancement opportunities D. Tendency to stay regardless of advancement opportunities |
B. Priorities related to how you see self and work.
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Client doesnt recognize your face or others, this is prosopagnosia, due to damage in:
A. Central Sulcus B. Parieto-occipital sulcus C. Bilateral occitemporal area D. Optic Chiasm |
C. bilateral occipitotemporal area (occipito-visual, temporal-memory)
(Sulci are divisions, not areas, chiasm in the eye) |
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Suicidal patient on a friday night, advise them to go to hospital. Call and check in the next day.
A. unethical- should consult psychiatrist before hospital B. Ethical, all you could on weekend. C. Ethical, appropriate treatment. D. Unethical, could be more active in assuring patients needs were met |
C. if suicidal, cant assume they will get to hospital, they need more support.
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Invited to patients wedding:
A. explain you shouldnt have further contact. B. Accept, but attend wedding only and not engage in friendship beyond that. C. Explain you cant have friendship until 2 years have passed D. Decline invitation, explaining the multiple relationship concern. |
D. avoid a multiple relationship- she could need services again in the future.
(not A, because you could have further professional contact) |
