Question 1

Validity scales focus on three possible tendencies that could distort the answers given by test takers including:

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A)   faking good, faking bad, and inconsistent responses
B)   faking bad, inconsistent responses, and incorrect answers
C)   faking good, faking bad, and incorrect answers
D)   faking good, inconsistent responses, and incorrect answers.E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 2

Concerns about the need to use measures that are inexpensive,not too time-consuming,and with direct and immediate relevance to treatment planning and monitoring have led to the increased use of:

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A)   projective tests.
B)   behaviour and symptom checklists.
C)   objective personality tests.
D)   structured clinical interviews.E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 3

The Personality Assessment Inventory is intended for ___________ and requires a Grade ____ reading level.

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A)   youth and adults; 4
B)   adults; 4
C)   youth and adults; 8
D)   adults; 8E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 4

Wilson and Dunn (2004)reviewed research related to questions of how well we can know ourselves and the obstacles to self-knowledge.List two of their general conclusions.

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Question 5

The Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-IV has the following limitation to its validity:

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A)   the normative sample was smaller than usual.
B)   partly due to item overlap, the scale has a tendency to overpathologize individuals.
C)   there is insufficient item overlap between scales to account for symptoms that appear in more than one disorder.
D)   partly due to item overlap, the scale has a tendency to underestimate rates of pathology.E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 6

The Achenbach scales yield scores on which two broad types of problems?

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A)   Physical and mental health problems.
B)   Cognitive and social problems.
C)   Internalizing and externalizing problems.
D)   Personality and Axis I problems.E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 7

When conducting an assessment with a client from an ethnic minority background for whom no culturally validated measures are available,the psychologist should:

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A)   avoid using scores, or indicate that the scores may not provide an optimal assessment of the client's functioning.
B)   indicate in the assessment report that accuracy and validity of results may be less than ideal.
C)   use the test only to aid in generating hypotheses about the client's functioning.
D)   all of the above.E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 8

In interpreting the results of the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III,a psychologist must to be aware that the MCMI-III tends to

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A)   underpathologize test-takers.
B)   overpathologize test-takers.
C)   Artificially diminish correlations between scales.
D)   be more accurate in assessing some individuals than others.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 9

Separated parents are in the middle of a difficult custody case.In completing a personality inventory in a custody evaluation,one parent downplays his/her anger management problems.This is an example of

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A)   maligning.
B)   faking bad.
C)   negative image management.
D)   faking good.E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 10

Deliberately emphasizing positive characteristics when completing a personality inventory is referred to as

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A)   faking bad.
B)   impression management.
C)   faking good.
D)   positivity bias.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 11

The tendency to exaggerate or overestimate the extent of pathology is known as ______________ the patient.

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A)   improperly coding
B)   overpathologizing
C)   overmedicalizing
D)   overgeneralizingE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 12

List the three incremental steps for determining a measure's clinical utility by Hunsley and Bailey (1999):

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Question 13

Debate over whether personality traits or contextual factors are more responsible for an individual's behaviour is known as the

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A)   person-context debate.
B)   individual-situation debate.
C)   person-situation debate.
D)   individual-context debate.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 14

The overall reliability of the Personality Assessment Inventory scales is superior to the

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A)   Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-IV.
B)   Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory.
C)   Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory.
D)   All of the above.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 15

The MCMI-III is designed to measure

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A)   clinical personality patterns.
B)   major clinical syndromes.
C)   clinical personality patterns and major clinical syndromes.
D)   personality functioning in a non-clinical population.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 16

Wilson and Dunn's (2004) review of research related to self-knowledge found:

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A)   evidence for the usage of conscious suppression.
B)   evidence for the concept of repression.
C)   introspection enhances the accuracy of self-understanding.
D)   no evidence for the usage of conscious suppression.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 17

Explain why the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-IV (and other self-report personality measures)have a tendency to overpathologize test-takers:

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Question 18

The most commonly used measure of normal personality is:

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A)   The NEO Personality Inventory-3
B)   The California Psychological Inventory
C)   Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory
D)   Minnesota Multiphasic Personality InventoryE) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 19

The Test of Memory Malingering,designed to assess exaggeration of memory deficits among individuals with potential ______________,has demonstrated ________ accuracy in identifying malingering.

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A)   behaviour problems; high
B)   neurological impairments; high
C)   psychological problems; low
D)   physical impairments; lowE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 20

Deliberately emphasizing negative characteristics when completing a personality inventory is referred to as

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A)   malingering.
B)   negative image management.
C)   maligning.
D)   undermining.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Exam 8: Assessment: Self-Report and Projective Measures

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List the three incremental steps for determining a measure's clinical utility by Hunsley and Bailey (1999):

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The Test of Memory Malingering,designed to assess exaggeration of memory deficits among individuals with potential ______________,has demonstrated ________ accuracy in identifying malingering.

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The Achenbach scales yield scores on which two broad types of problems?

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The tendency to exaggerate or overestimate the extent of pathology is known as ______________ the patient.

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