Random Questions Practice Test April 11

Front 1

In job selection, profile matching involves

Back 1

administering several selection measures and comparing the applicant’s score profile to that of the typical successful employee

Front 2

In job selection, multiple cutoff involves

Back 2

administering all selection measures to an applicant and considering the applicant only if she scores above a predefined minimum score on each measure

Front 3

In job selection, multiple hurdle involves

Back 3

administering selection measures one at a tie, with each successive measure being administered only when the applicant has been successful on the previous one

Front 4

Cognitive impairment due to alcoholism results in

Back 4

visuospatial abilities (little to no loss of verbal skills)

Front 5

__ levels of serotonin are linked to anorexia and anxiety, and __levels of serotonin are linked to depression and bulimia

Back 5

high, low

Front 6

The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of means is called the ___

Back 6

standard error of the mean

Front 7

The primary signs of vascular dementia include ____

Back 7

hemiparesis, hemiplegia, sensory loss, dysphasia (difficulty in understanding language due to brain injury)

Front 8

Hemiparesis involves ___ on one side of the body and hemiplegia involves ___ on one side of the body

Back 8

weakness, paralysis

Front 9

Transient Tic Disorder requires a duration of no less than ___ and no more than __

Back 9

4 weeks, 12 consecutive months

Front 10

For Minuchin, change is often precipitated by ___

Back 10

stress

Front 11

Horizontal decalage = ?

Back 11

inconsistency in exhibiting a particular type of ability

Front 12

Duration of illness for schizophrenia

Back 12

at least 6 months

Front 13

Duration of illness for schizophreniform

Back 13

less than 6 months

Front 14

Communality is best described as the ___

Back 14

proportion of variance accounted for by multiple factors in a single variable

Front 15

Nicotinic receptors are a type of what type of NT receptor?

Back 15

acetylcholine

Front 16

Behavior, according to Lewin’s field theory, is defined as

Back 16

f(P, E)

Front 17

Lowest WAIS-III scores for kids with ADHD

Back 17

letter-number sequencing, symbol search, digit-symbol coding

Front 18

The three exceptions to giving informed consent in assessment

Back 18

1) test mandated by govt regulation 2) testing is routine 3) purpose of test is to evaluate decisional capacity

Front 19

Fading = ?

Back 19

gradual removal of prompts (not reinforcement)

Front 20

Kappa coefficient is used to evaluate __

Back 20

inter-rater reliability

Front 21

Coefficient alpha is used to evaluate __

Back 21

internal consistency reliability

Front 22

Most effective form of treatment for GAD is ___

Back 22

Cognitive therapy

Front 23

Lifetime prevalence of Bipolar I is ___

Back 23

.4 to 1.6%

Front 24

Multiple regression is used for purpose of ___

Back 24

prediction

Front 25

Paresthesia is ___, and may be due to ___, and is associated with the disorder of ___

Back 25

– numbing, tingling, or other unusual skin sensations – hyperventilation – Panic Disorder

Front 26

Decreased activity in what brain structures are linked to ADHD?

Back 26

right frontal lobe and basal ganglia structures of caudate nucleus and globus pallidus

Front 27

Encapsulating conflict

Back 27

establishing rules in an attempt to settle conflict (this deals with sxs of conflict, not underlying causes)

Front 28

Sxs of NMS are ___

Back 28

tachycardia, muscle rigidity, hyperthermia, altered consciousness, autonomic dysfunction

Front 29

The critical period for most organ development in utero is ___ and for the CNS is ____

Back 29

First 8 weeks, first 16 weeks

Front 30

Administrative model of decision making views decision makers as __, whereas the rational-economic models views decision-makers as __

Back 30

“bounded” rationality and “satisficing” versus perfect and rational

Front 31

The key to determining false positive, false negatives, etc

Back 31

It is the score on the PREDICTOR that determine positive/negative and the score on the CRITERION that determine whether the classification is true/false

Front 32

The NTs linked to anxiety disorders are ___

Back 32

serotonin and dopamine

Front 33

What best distinguishes asperger’s from schizoid PD?

Back 33

stereotyped behaviors

Front 34

3 goals of behavioral marital therapy

Back 34

1) alter behavior exchanges, 2) improve communication skills, 3) improve problem-solving skills

Front 35

Treisman's feature integration theory explains _____

Back 35

how we perceives objects as complete instead of a collection of features
- focused visual attention is required for this process

Front 36

Roe's theory on occupational choice focuses on the relationship between occupational choice and ___

Back 36

childhood experience

Front 37

ERG is a theory of ____ that posits three things: __, __, and __

Back 37

- motivation
- 1) need for existence
2) need for relatedness
3) need for growth

Front 38

A needs analysis is also called a needs ____ and is conducted to identify ____

Back 38

training needs and the appropriate content for training programs

Front 39

conduction aphasia is due to damage to the ____ and results in ____

Back 39

- arcuate fasciculus
- an inability to repeat what one has just heard without a loss of comprehension

Front 40

operant shaping involves learning based on ___

Back 40

reinforcement following a response

Front 41

Taylor-Russell tables are used to estimate a predictor's ____ and require three pieces of information __, __, and ___

Back 41

- "positive hit rate"
- base rate, selection ratio, and predictor's validity coefficient

Front 42

declarative memory is divided into ___

Back 42

episodic and semantic

Front 43

criterion deficiency refers to the degree to which the ___ is not measured by the ___

Back 43

- hypothetical/conceptual/ultimate criterion
- actual criterion / criterion measure

Front 44

retroactive interference occurs when ___

Back 44

current learning interferes with retrieving previously learned information
- (think retrograde amnesia)

Front 45

proactive interference occurs when ___

Back 45

previously learned information interferes with learning new information

Front 46

advanced sleep phase syndrome = ?

Back 46

advancing of circadian clock resulting in getting tired earlier and waking up earlier

Front 47

Stages of atkinson, Morten and Sue's Minority Identity Development (MID) model

Back 47

conformity
dissonance
resistance and immersion
introspection