Missed Questions

Front 1

You experience panic and fear while takign the licensing exam. When you take your driving test several weeks later,these feelings resurface. This is likely atributable to:
1. higher order conditioning
2. response generalization
3. stimulus generalization
4. positive punishment

Back 1

Stimulus generaliztion

Front 2

which of the following statements is accurate?
1. stimulus generalization involves generalizing from the US to other similar stimuli
2. Higher order conditioning involves pairing the US with a neutral stimulus
3. Stimulus genralization involves making different response to the same stimulus
4. Higher order conditioning invloves pairing the CS with a neutral stimulus.

Back 2

4. Higher order condtiioning involves pairing the CS with a neutral stimulus

Front 3

A client presents with speech that is rambling and incoherent. Her most likely diagnosis is:
1. Alzheimers disease
2. Korsakoff's syndrome
3. Brocas aphasia
4. Wernickes aphasia

Back 3

4. wernickes aphasia

Front 4

While youi are driving, a child on a bicycle darts in front of you. You immediately slam on your brakes. A few minutes later, yoiu feel your heart begin to pound. This phenomenon can best be explained by:
1. The fight or flight response
2. The sympathetic nervous system responds more quickly that the parasympathetic nervous system
3. the autonomic nervous system responds more slowly than the somatic nervous system
4. The afferent neurons respond more quickly than the efferent neurons

Back 4

3. the autonomic nervous system responds more slowly than the somatic nervous system

Front 5

Parkinsons disease is characterized by:
1. reduced voluntary movements and rigidity
2. involuntary movements
3. motor disturbance without affective disturbances
4. early age of onset

Back 5

1. reduced voluntary movements and rigidity

Front 6

One of your patients begin to date your nephew and to discuss him frequently in sessions. Your most ethical course would be to:
1. terminate and refer the patient beacause there is a mulitiple relationship
2. continue to see the patient if you secrure "informed consent" about the risks of a multiple relationship
3. continue seeing the patient if you never attend family or social situations at wich the patient is present
4. ensure the therapeutic objectivity is not impaired and that the patient is not being exploited in order to continue seeing the patient

Back 6

4. ensure the therapeutic objectivity is not impaired and that the patient is not being exploited in order to continue seeing the patient

Front 7

A mother has been referred to you by the court to undergo court ordered therapy after abusing her children. Which of the following statements is accurate in terms of privilege in this situation?
1. there is no privilege
2. the court holds the priviliege
3. the woman holds the privilege
4. priviliege is waived but she must be informed about the limits of confidentiality

Back 7

3. the woman holds the privilege

Front 8

Which of the following rights is not protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability ACT (HIPPA)?
1. The rights to treatment without any disclousre being required
2. the right to make changes to the medical record
3. the right to know that disclosures have been made
4. the right of notice

Back 8

1. The rights to treatment without any disclousre being required

Front 9

When the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability ACT (HIPPA) and state law are contradictory, a practioner should:
1. Comply with HIPAA
2. Comply with state law
3. make known one's commitment to HIPAA, and take reasonable steps to resolve the conflict
4. make known one's commitment to HIPAA, and then comply with state law

Back 9

1. Comply with HIPAA

Front 10

An employee does not work on a project even though he is promised a bonus by his boss. The employee reasons, "My boss always gives really small bonouses. It's not worth it to kill myself over the project. The reasoning indicates the importance if which of the following factors?
1. Valence
2. Instrumentality
3. Expectancy
4. Equity

Back 10

1. Valence

Front 11

A supervisor is rating a telephone operators on courtesy. Operator A says "thank you" twice and uses a friendly tone of voice. The supervisor rates Operator A "average" Operator B is quite rude and receives a rating of unacceptable. Operator C says thank yoiu once and uses a business like tone of voice. The supervisor rates operator c above average. The supervisor's rating have been affected by which of the following:
1. strictness bias
2. halo effect
3. recency effect
4. contrast effect

Back 11

4. contrast effect

Front 12

According the Herzberg, which of the following would most directly affect dissatisfaction?
1. content
2. context
3. lack of responsibility
4. lack of challenging tasks

Back 12

2. context

Front 13

A key concept in Donald Super's theory of career development is:
1. job/personality fit
2. career maturity
3. social learning
4. decision making

Back 13

2. career maturity

Front 14

All of the following treatments contain elements of counterconditioning except:
1. assertiveness training
2. flooding with response prevention
3. sensate focus
4. aversion therapy

Back 14

2. flooding with response prevention

Front 15

you are working with a college student who hopes to go to medical school. He expresses concern that he faints at the site of blood. Of the following, which would probably be the most effective treatment.
1. positive reinforcement
2. cognitive therapy
3. systematic desensitization
4. exposure

Back 15

4. exposure

Front 16

A client who complies with the recommendation that he make sure that he eat his food at the kitchen table only is practing.
1. self-control procedures
2. response generalization
3. self monitoring
4. stimuls control

Back 16

4. stimuls control

Front 17

The major defense mechanism thought to underlie phobias is .
1. displacement
2. projection
3. reaction formation
4. splitting

Back 17

1. displacement

Front 18

According to Rehm's self-control model of depression, depression results from:
1. a lack of perceived control in ones environment
2. a lack of real control in one's environment
3. a lack of external reinforcement and high rates of self-punishment
4. high rates of self-punishment and low rates of self-reinforcement

Back 18

4. high rates of self-punishment and low rates of self-reinforcement

Front 19

According to Gestalt theorists,excessive use of introjection may lead to
1. paranoid, hostile behavior
2. self-destructive tendencies
3. naivete
4. lack of awareness of conflicts

Back 19

3. naivete

Front 20

One of the primary research uses of treatment manuals is to:
1. compare differences in effectiveness among individual therapists
2. compare outcomes of different types of therapies
3. copare the contribution of different aspects of treatment to overall outcome
4. provide empirically-validated treatment

Back 20

2. compare outcomes of different types of therapies

Front 21

Biofeedback has been demonstrated to be effective in the treatment of a variety of medical disorders. Biofeedback appears to exert its effect on the:
1. sympathetic system
2. parasympathetic system
3. limbic system
4. somatic nervous system

Back 21

1. sympathetic system

Front 22

A behavioral family therapist is most likely to focus on:
1. Hierachy and boundaries
2. circular questioning and hypothesis formation
3. differentiation and lack of differentation in the family structure
4. communication problems and deficient reward exchanges

Back 22

4. communication problems and deficient reward exchanges

Front 23

The use of circular questionign characterizes which school of family therapy?
1. narrative therapy
2. solution focused therapy
3. the milan model
4. Bowenian family therapy

Back 23

3. the milan model

Front 24

Which of the following best describes a positive feedbackloop?
1. it is a cycle of on going positive reinforcement
2. it fosters positive changes in the family
3. it maintains the homeostasis in the family
4. it amplifies deviation in the family

Back 24

4. it amplifies deviation in the family

Front 25

Of the follwing, the person most likely to benefit from group therapy is someone who is experiencing
1. a crisis
2. moderate physcial distress
3. moderate emotional distress
4. minimal distress

Back 25

3. moderate emotional distress

Front 26

what are the effects of random selection and random assignement?
1. they both increase internal validity
2. they both increase extenal validity
3. Random selection increases internal validity and random assignemnt increases external validity
4. Random selection increases external validity and random assignment increases internal validity

Back 26

4. Random selection increases external validity and random assignment increases internal validity

Front 27

An employee who recieves a preponderance of poor ratings from his supervisors would present himself in the best possible light if he reported his:
1.mode score
2. median score
3. mean score
4. average score

Back 27

3. mean score

Front 28

The standard error of the mean will decrease when:
1. the population standard deviation is increased and the sample size is decreased
2. the population strandard deviation is decreased and the sample size is increased
3. both the population SD and SS are increased
4. both the population SD and SS are decreased

Back 28

2. the population strandard deviation is decreased and the sample size is increased

Front 29

An assumption common to both parametric and non parametric statistic is
1. randomn selection
2. random assignment
3. normally distributed data
4. equivalence of sample value with population parameter

Back 29

1. randomn selection

Front 30

Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) is a statistical test that is used when you want to:
1. covary out multiple dependent variables
2. covary out the effect of multiple IV's and DV
3. Partial out a moderator variable
4. transform a moderator variable into another IV

Back 30

3. Partial out a moderator variable

Front 31

In order to perform a Chi-square there must be:
1. independent observations
2. random assignments
3. normally distributed data
4. homoscedasticity

Back 31

1. independent observations

Front 32

To test for a relationship between two variables while controlling for a third,the test of choice would be.
1. ANCOVA
2. LISREL
3. Factor analysis
4. partial correlation

Back 32

4. partial correlation

Front 33

A researcher correlates income with education and obtains a correlation of .90. When she correlates income with life satisfaction the correlation is .30. It would be most accurate to say that the amount of shared variability in the first correlation is about how many times greater than the shared variability in the second correlation?
1. 2 times
2. 3 times
3. 5 times
4. 9 times

Back 33

4. 9 times

Front 34

In psychological testing, some distinctions among types of tests include powere versus speed, and aptitude versus ability. When attempting to ascertain the reliability of a speeded, the best estimate would be:
1. parallel forms
2. split half
3. internal consistency
4. interrater reliability

Back 34

1. parallel forms

Front 35

The maximum value of the SE of the measurement is:
1. 1
2. rxx
3SD x
4 SDy

Back 35

3SD x

Front 36

A test developer pf EPPP practice tests is told by licensure candidates that the content of the practice tests does ot accuarately reflect the types of questions that appear on the licensing exam itself,and that these tests therefore lack validity. The test developer retorts that scores on the practice tests do tend to reflect scores on the EPPP. The test developer is arguing for:
1. Content validity
2. concurrent validity
3. construct validity
4. face validity

Back 36

2. concurrent validity

Front 37

Which of the following statements aboiut expectancy tables is most accurate?
1. they allow you to estimate the expected criterion score based on knowledge of the predictor score and the criterion-related validity coefficient.
2. they allow you to estimate the expected criterion range based on knowledge of the predictor range
3. they allow you to determine the expected incremental validity when base rate, selection ratio and criterion related validity are known.
4. they allow you to determine the expected chance of scoring within a criterion range based on knowledge of the predictor range.

Back 37

4. they allow you to determine the expected chance of scoring within a criterion range based on knowledge of the predictor range.

Front 38

When there is greater concern about obtaining false negatives than false positives, one would choose to:
1.Lower the predictor cutoff
2. raise the predictor cutoff
3. lower the criterion cutoff
4. raise the criterion cutoff

Back 38

1.Lower the predictor cutoff

Front 39

A researcher finds moderate correlations utilizing heteromethod monotrait. This finding lends support to:
1. construct validity
2. discriminant validity
3. concurrent validity
4. convergent validity

Back 39

4. convergent validity

Front 40

The correction for attenuation informs us how much:
1. reliability could be corrected by increasing the number of items in our test
2. validity could increase by increasing validity
3. shrinkage has occured on cross validation
4. error can be corrected for in attempting to estimate criterion score from predictor score

Back 40

2. validity could increase by increasing validity

Front 41

Coefficient alpha is best described as:
1. a form of split half reliability
2. the average of all possible split halves
3. a formula to correct for splitting the test in half
4. measuring the same subjects on similar tests as different points in time

Back 41

. the average of all possible split halves

Front 42

When referred to in the Taylor Russell tables,the term selection ratio is defined as:
1. the number of successful employees to the total number of employees
2. the proportion of available openings to available applicants
3. the success rate in selecting employees using a predictor test compared to the success rate in selecting employees without using a predictor test.
4. the proportion of those who are correctly identified as successful employees

Back 42

2

Front 43

For any given sample the average amount of error in scores obtained on any given test is best reflected.
1. the standard error of the mean
2. the standard error of the measurement
3. the standard error of the estimate
4. one minus the reliability coefficient

Back 43

2

Front 44

Compared to the general population, chinese americans are less likely to:
1. experience depress
2. experience fatigue and sleep disturbances
3. respons positively to psychotropic medication
4. commit suicide

Back 44

4

Front 45

an emic point of view would likely emphasiz:
1.the importance of autonomy over interdependence
2. universal principles underlying normal personality develoment.
3. common factors underlying development of psychpathology
4. potential diagnostic problems with the DSM-IV

Back 45

4

Front 46

A person who comes from a culture that relies on low context communication would attend most to :
1. body language
2. the specifics of the message
3. tone of voice
4. the context in which the message is expressed

Back 46

2

Front 47

During an intake interview a client expresses a prefernece for a therapist of her own race.
According to the minority identity development model, this client is most likely in the stage of
1. conformity
2. introspection
3. resistance
4.dissonance

Back 47

3

Front 48

Every day,a mother returns home from work feelign irritable and anxious,because she is being sexually harrassed at work.her son responds by becoming increasingly defiant and sullen. In terms of its effect on the son,the mothers work place would be consisdered
1.microsystem
2. mesosystem
3. exosystem
4. macrosystem

Back 48

3.

Front 49

Piaget would predict that which of the following would be established by the end of the sensorimotor period?
1. reversibility
2. animistic thinking
3. centration
4. use of representation

Back 49

4

Front 50

a nine year old boy tells his mother, its never ok to lie. accoridng to piaget, this boy is demonstrating
1. autonomous morality
2. heteronomous morality
3. irriversibility
4. egocentrisim

Back 50

2

Front 51

a boy denies that he drank alcohol at a party because he does not want his parents to ground him. according to Kohlberg this boy is most likely in which of the following stages of morality
1. preconventional
2. conventional
3. postconventional
4. good boy good girl

Back 51

1

Front 52

theh concordance rate for schizophrenia for dizygotic twins is:
1. 50%
2. 20-25%
3. 10-15%
4 1%

Back 52

3

Front 53

A 14year old ignores rule , loses his temper and is angry and vindictive. what would be the most appropriate diagnosis
1. conduct d/o
2. ODD
3. Adolescent antisocial behavior
4. disruptive behavior d/o

Back 53

2

Front 54

Impaired motor coordination,euphoria,slowed sense of time,anxiety, dry mouth and tachycardia are characteristic of :
1.opiod intoxication
2. alcohol intoxication
3. cannabis intoxication
4. sedative,hypnotc or anxiolytic intoxication

Back 54

3

Front 55

the most common symptoms of undifferentiated somatoform d/o are:
1. chronic fatigue, loss of appetite gastrointestinal symptoms, genitourinary symptoms
2. headaches and chest pain
3.deficits in voluntary motor or sensory function
4. mulltiple somatic complaints beginning before the age of 30 years

Back 55

1

Front 56

Postpartum depression occurs in about _______ of new mothers
1. 0-3 %
2. 10-15%
3. 30-50%
4. 50-80%

Back 56

2

Front 57

a man who has been drinking for the past 25 years exhibits deficits in recall of information,difficulty learning new information, as well as difficulty recognizing familar objects. These symptoms are characteristics of:
1. alcohol intoxicartion delirium
2. alcohol withdrawal delirium
3. alcohol induced persisting amnestic disorder
4. alcohol induced persisting dementia

Back 57

4

Front 58

a contemporary theory of intelligence that involves three distinct strata is
1. sternberg triarchic theory
2. gardners theory of multiple intelligence
3. cattell horn carolls theory
4. wecshler factor model

Back 58

3

Front 59

a culturally encapsulated therapist:
1. is mindful and sensitive to race/culture
2. disregards race/culture
3. generalizes based on race/culture
4. typically treates patients who share the same cultural background with the therapist

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3

Front 60

when deception is used in research:
1.the researcher must inform subjects of the purpose of the study afterwards
2. the researcher must obtain consent from subjects if they are at high risk
3. it isnt possible to get consent beforehand, but subjects must be debriefed afterwards
4. consent isnt required if subjects are at minimal risk

Back 60

1

Front 61

the standard error of the estimate has:
1. a direct relationship with the SD of the predictor and an indirect relationship with validity
2. an indirect relationhsip withthe SD of the predictor and a direct relationship with validity
3. a direct relationship with the SD of the criterion and an indirect relationship with validity
4. an indirect relationhship withthe SD of the criterion and a direct relationship with vaidity

Back 61

3

Front 62

which of the following designs is least likely to be threatened by history
1. AB
2. ABAB
3. Time series
4. One group pre-post

Back 62

2

Front 63

Dopamine is implicated in which of the following
1. depression
2. schizophrenia
3. anxiety
4. substance abuse

Back 63

2

Front 64

A child was classically conditioned to be afraid of a white rat. the child now seems to be fearful of a white rabbits as well. this is an example
1. response generalization
2.mediated generalization
3. avoidance behavior
4. skinnerian conditioning

Back 64

2

Front 65

Neurotransmitter imbalances have been identified in people with eating disorders. Most notably, persons with eating disorders frequently have a deficiency of:
1. acetylcholine
2. GABA
3. dopamine
4.serotonin

Back 65

4

Front 66

In conducting an ABAB design the researcher would be concerned with
1. history and maturation
2. regression and diffusion
3. failure of IV to return to baseline
4. failure of DV to return to baseline

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4

Front 67

a person believes that Friday the 13th is an unlcuky day because she got very sick once on Friday the 13th. the best explanation for this phenomenon is.
1. irritional beliefs
2. respndent conditioning
3. instrumental conditioning
4 a psychotic process

Back 67

2

Front 68

which of the following statements best summarizes the attitudes of the APA's ethical principles of psychologists and code of conduct (2002) toward mulitple relationships
1. it is unethical to enter into a multiple relationship that can be avoided
2. Multiple relationships that cannont be avoided may be ethically permissible if they do not impair the psychologists functioning or risk harm or exploitation
3.multiple relationships that do not impair the psychologists functioning or risk harm or exploitation are not unethical
4. multiple relationships are not inherently unethical unless they violate other ethical standards against risking harm or exploitation to clients

Back 68

3

Front 69

the shape of a z score distrubution:
1.is normal
2.is skewed
3. is flat
4 cannont be determined since insufficient information has been given

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4

Front 70

since you put in a tremendous amount of work, you decide topublish your dissertation as a journal article. you remember that your chairperson was a significant source of both moral and practical support, helping you with the data analysis the literatire review and the summary of results. according to the ethics code you chair person should receive:
1. first authorship
2. second authoirship
3. a footnote
4. an acknowledgment

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2

Front 71

an example of paradoxixal intention is:
1. sharing your angry feelings with clients to get them to express theirs
2. prescribing the symptom
3. getting the client to exaggerate his worst fears
4. gettign the agoraphobic to go to a shopping mall

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2

Front 72

the phenomenon of catharsis described in psychoanalytic theory, can be explained by behavorists as
1. a decrease in affective reseponse due to the therapsits direction to do so
2. a decrease in affective respoinse because of the therapists indirect influence
3 inhibited affective responding brought about bydeveloping cognitive controls
4. a decrease in affective response by extinction

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4

Front 73

reactance describes :
1. a cleints behavior that inhibits the progress of therapy.
2. emphasizing undesirable thoughts and behaviors
3. refusing to comply with a suggestion
4. turning back onto oneself what one wants to do to others

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3

Front 74

what do wernickes aphasia, broca's aphasia and conduction aphasia have in common?
1. impairerd fluency
2. impaired verbal prosody
3. impaired comprehnsion
4. impaired repetition of verbal tasks

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4

Front 75

a psyhcologist is asked to go into an assisted living community and redesign it to enhance interaction among residents. this is an example of:
1. primary prevention
2. swecondary prevention
3. tertiary prevention
4. preventative intervention

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3

Front 76

a nine year old is asked why one should not steal. according to kohlberg's theory of moral development she would probably say:
1. stealing is against the law
2. one can be punished for stealing
3. stealing is wrong
4. thieves are bad people

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2

Front 77

some children as young as six months old enjoy the game of hide and seek, while newborns do not. this can be attributed to the development of
1. assimilation
2. accomadation
3. object constancy
4. object permanence

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4

Front 78

night terrors typically remit:
1. in early childhood
2. in middle childhood
3. in adolescence
4. inadulthood

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3

Front 79

according to Piaget, when a child is not able to see that there is the same amount of water when it is pired from a container of one shape into a container if a different shape, he is inthe pre-operational state. this is a consequence of:
1. irreversibility
2. centration
3. conservation
4. phenomenalistic casuality

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1

Front 80

you stop pickign up your child whenever she cries. most likely you will find that:
1. your child gradually cries less
2. your child gradually cries more
3. your child intially cries more, then gradually less
4.your child stops crying but starts a new negative habit

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3

Front 81

which of the following factors are most likely to contribute to aggressive behaviors by people who are typically violent
1. conformity and unanimity
2. deindividuation and unanimity
3. conformity and anonymity
4. deindividuation and anonymity

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4

Front 82

On the MMPI, a low K indicates:
1. openeness
2. guardedness
3.malingering
4. random responding

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1

Front 83

a researcher is studying the effect of different treatmetns for hyperactivity. first graders receive one of two treatments. group a's pre treatment mean is 15, and the post treatmetn is 13. Grou p B's pre-treatment mean is 27, and the post treatment mean in 24. the most likely threat to this research is :
1. maturation
2. regression
3. selection
4. demand characteristics

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3

Front 84

you have been conducting family therapy and the husband and wife are now seeking a divorce. Under what circumstances could you testify, assuming both the husband and wife want you to give testimony in the divorce hearing.
1. as a fact witness
2. by giving custudy recommendations
3. as an expert witness
4. under a court order

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1

Front 85

in studies looking at children who have witnessed domestic violence (yet were not themselves abused) and children who were abused,researchers have found that:
1. children who witnessed DV but were not abused were less likely to be depressed
2. children who witnessed DV but were not abused were more likley to be anxious
3. children who witnessed DV but were not abused were equally likely to exhibit aggressive or delinquent behaivor
4. children who were abused were more likley to become victims of violence later in life

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3

Front 86

a group of students apply for entrance to a high school for performing arts. as part of the admission process they are required to take a mulitiple choice exam designed to assess creativity. after taking the exam the students complain that the exam doesn ot actually measure their talents in ther performing arts. these students are complaining about the exams
1. face validity
2. content validity
3. construct validity
4. criterion related validity

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1

Front 87

which of the following is most likely to be the correlation of the IQ scores of two sisters?
1. .10
2. .25
3. .50
4. .75

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3

Front 88

the parents of an 11 month old babbycomplain to the peditrician that their son wakes up every three hours and cries untilthey go in to comfort him. The peditrician tells them that the baby will start sleeping through the night if they do not go in when he cries. the next day the mother calls the doctor and complains that the baby now wakes up every two hours, crying more loudly than ever. the concept that provides the best explanation the best explanation for the change inthe babys behavior is :
1. extinction burst
2. spontaneous recovery
3. behavioral contrast
4. operant exctinction

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1

Front 89

as opposed to a homogenous groups, heterogenous groups:
1. experience more stress
2. make faster decisions
3. are better for simple tasks
4. can suffer from groupthink

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1

Front 90

what are the misconceptions of a realistic job preview.
1. it reduces misconceptions about the job
2. it is helpful for selecting managers
3. it exposes managers to different aspects of the organization
4. it increases longevity of employment

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4

Front 91

a father and daughter are shopping in a crowded department store. the child tantrums when her father refuses to buyher a toy. the father finally buys her a toy, and she stops crying. the contingency affecting the fathers behavior is:
1. positive reinforcement
2.negative reinforcement
3. positive punishment
4. negative punishment

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2

Front 92

the latent trait model or item response theory is an alternative to classical test theory. item response theory is based onthe premise that:
1. total variability in test takers scores can be examined by a combination of the tests reliability and error variability
2. differences between two persons in terms of percentage correct obtained on the same exam reflect differences in underlying latent traits
3. when test content is of varying difficulty,unifmor scales of measurement can be applied to persons of different ability levels.
4. the test takers response to a given item will indicate the extent of the latent trait possesed

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3

Front 93

in a hierarchy of activiites that are reinforced a particular activity is reinforced by an activity above it in the hierarchyand would also reinforce an activity below it. this model was developed by:
1. skinner
2. premack
3.tolman
4. wolope

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2

Front 94

which statement about mcclelands acquired needs theory is most accurate?
1. peoples work related needs are generally stable throughout the life span.
2. exposure to different experiences can result in changes in peoples work related needs
3. work related needs develop early in life and are usually not modified
4. research results have generally been inconsistent regarding whether work related needs are stable or modifiable

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2

Front 95

the key aspect in contructing a test to be used for aid in diagnosis is:
1. standardization
2. reliability
3. generalizibility
4. validity

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4

Front 96

the 2002 APA ethics code defines a multiple relationship as occuring when a psychologist is in a professional role with a person and:
1. enters into a conflicting role with the same person
2. enters into another role witha the same person that may impair the psychologists objectivity or risks exploitations
3. is in another role with the same person
4. enters into a social relationship with the same person

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3

Front 97

you have trouble learning spanish incollege because the french you leaned in high school keeps coming to your mind. this phenomenon is known as
1. retroactive inhibition
2. proactive inhibition
3. memory decay
4. memory retrieval failure

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2

Front 98

dr spook hypothesizes that fear involves three componenets: physical arousal, cognitive appraisal of danger, and suggestibility. He designs a self report questionaire that yields a quantative measure of degree of fear. he includes questions addressing physical arousal, cognitive appraisal of danger and suggestibiloity. to confirm his hypothesis,he should use which of the following statistics?
1. discriminant analysis
2. path analysis
3. factor analysis
4. analysis of variance

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3

Front 99

a researcher is studying the effect of restricitive dieting on binge eating. subjects are divided into three groups: a control group, a sensible diet group, and a highly restricitive diet group. binge eating is measured on a numerical scale of 0 to 75. the researcher finds, contrary to expectations that restricitve dieters do not doffer from the control group in terms of binge eating at a stastically significant level. what type of statistic must have been used to arrive at these results?
1. ANCOVA
2. One way anova
3. Factorial anova
4. MANOVA

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2

Front 100

According to Erikson a child who is transtioning from elementary to junior high school is most likely beginning to deal with the psyhcosocial task of:
1. autonomy
2. identity
3. industry
4 intimacy

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2

Front 101

accordinfg to Herzberg, job enrichment and elargement would affect workers by:
1. reducing boredom
2. increasing self-efficacy
3. minimizing burnout
4. increasing loyalty to the company

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a person is able to read a book with with the TV playing and loud construction going on outside. this is an example of:
1. sustained attention
2. divided attention
3. simultaneous attention
4. selective attention

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the sequential introduction of treatment most costly describes which of the following research designs?
1. ABAB
2. Multiple baseline
3. Time series
4. Counterbalanced

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discomfort in interpersonal relationships and odd or eccentric appearance and behvior are symptoms.
1. schizoid PD
2. avoidant PD
3. Schizotypal PD
4. Paranoid PD

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all of the following statement are true except:
1. validity refers to the extent to which a test is measuring what it was intended to measure
2. reliability is the extent wot which results canbe reproduced
3. relaibility does not necessarily limit validity
4. reliability does not necessarily ensure validity

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a personal bias is occuring when.
1. an employer evaluates her employees even though some are performing well on the job
2. an employer gives and employee a negative six month evaluation becaue the employee has been performing poorly on the job for the past two weeks
3. an employer evaluates an employees work performance negattively because the emplyee dresses poorly
4. an employer who dislikes amd employee gives him a poor evaluation

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what is the most important aspect of the current model of learned helplessness?
1. the focus on the negative view of the future
2. the focus on the negative view of the self
3. the depressive attributional style
4. global, stable, internal attributions of failure experiences

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the tension reduction hypothesis of alcohol use focuses on:
1. sensitization and habituation
2. tolerance and withdrawal
3. negativer reinforcement
4. reciprocal inhibition

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which of the following best describes the cause of family dysfunction according to structural family therapy?
1. deficits in the ability of family members to communicate their needs and an inappropriate system of rewards and exchanges
2. malfunctions in the hierarchy of teh family with the symptoms serving as a message
3. formation of subsytems where closeness of two members excludes appropriate involvement of a third member
4. malfunctioning arrangement in the family hierarchy with problematic patterns of intimacy

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which of the following statements is not accurate about feminist therapy?
1. the position of women in society is believed to underlie psychological probelems
2. the therapaist establishes a special bond with the patient in order to foster independence and autonomy
3. the therapeutic relationship is egilitarian
4. the therapist serves as a model for fostering autonomy in the patient.

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Empirical criterion keying is a means for:
1. empirically confirming that a subjects responses on a test are valid
2. developing a scoring key in terms of external standards
3.interpreting a test score in terms of predicted performance on an external criteria
4. establishing criterion related validity

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which of the following best exemplifies response polarization?
1. people in a group make decisions that are riskier thatn the decisions they would make on their own.
2. members of a group hold ideas that are extreme which may or may not be similar to one another
3. members of a group tend to hold ideas that are alike and extreme in direction
4.members of a cohesive group all hold very similar views

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For many years a man has received relief from headaches by taking aspirin. Recently, he finds that his stomach becomes very upset when he takes the aspirin. His doctor informs him that he is developing an ulcer as a result of his aspirin use. His behavior is currently under the control of:
1. positive reinforcement
2. negative reinforcement
3. positive punishment
4. negative punishment

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In terms of decision making
1. individuals as a rule make better decision that groups
2. homogenous groups make better decision than heterogenous groups due to less conflict among group members
3. groups make better decisions than individuals working alone when the isse at hand has several different aspects
4. decisions made by individuals workign alone are more creative than those made by groups

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which of the following neurotranmitter has been most implicated in OCD?
1. Norepinephrine
2. serotonin
3. dopamine
4 acetylcholine

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In terms of attitude change people tend to be least influenced by:
1. discomfort due to differences between ones own belief and those of others
2. knkowledge of facts
3. the communicator of the messsage
4. personal needs

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