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1
Extreme lethargy and abnormally slow body movements are aspects of _______________.
A)psychomotor agitation
B)psychomotor retardation
C)catatonia
D)delirium
2
In the context of a mental status examination, the term _________ refers to a person's awareness of time, place, and identity.
A)affect
B)mobility
C)orientation
D)consciousness
3
_______________ are similar to delusions but are less bizarre and are not held with the same degree of fixedness.
A)Overvalued ideas
B)Obsessions
C)Illusions
D)Convictions
4
Delusions of _________ involve the belief that objects, events, and others' behaviors are specially directed at, or have personal meaning for, the individual.
A)thought insertion
B)control
C)persecution
D)reference
5
In assessing a person's affect, appropriateness and which of the following factor are considered?
A)Intensity.
B)Mobility.
C)Range.
D)All of the above.
6
The term _________ refers to feelings of elation.
A)euthymia
B)dysthymia
C)dysphoria
D)euphoria
7
A command hallucination is a variety of __________ hallucination.
A)auditory
B)visual
C)olfactory
D)somatic
8
The two most important psychometric concepts when evaluating a psychological test are _______________.
A)reliability and replicability
B)reliability and validity
C)comprehensiveness and validity
D)validity and standardization
9
Which of the following are both types of criterion validity?
A)Content and construct.
B)Interjudge and construct.
C)Concurrent and predictive.
D)Predictive and interjudge.
10
All Wechsler intelligence scales, whether designed for testing adults or children, have two major subscales which are called ____________________.
A)fluid and crystallized intelligence
B)verbal and performance
C)social and abstract
D)language and mathematics
11
All of the following are true of the MMPI-2 EXCEPT:
A)It is a self-report measure.
B)It takes little time to complete and consists of only 10 items.
C)It provides information on 10 clinical scales and 3 validity scales.
D)It is the most widely used self-report personality inventory in clinical use.
12
The ___ scale of the MMPI-2 assesses unsophisticated efforts at positive self-presentation.
A)L
B)K
C)F
D)None of these.
13
Which of the following is NOT one of the five subscales of the NEO-PI-R?
A)Neuroticism.
B)Agreeableness.
C)Openness to experience.
D)Irritability.
14
Which of the following tests was designed to assess the strength of different types of motivations, such as the need to achieve, without asking respondents directly about these needs?
A)Projective needs test.
B)MMPI-2.
C)Personality assessment inventory.
D)Thematic apperception test.
15
Which of the following is a neuropsychological assessment device?
A)EEG.
B)PET scan.
C)Halstead-Reitan.
D)SCL-90.







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