Question 1

A researcher is studying how depression tends to be experienced by people of different ages. The researcher interviews depressed adolescents, young adults, individuals in their 30s and 50s, and those over 70. The research design being used is called

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A)  cross-sectional.
B)  longitudinal.
C)  experimental.
D)  case-study.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 2

You are well into your first semester at a state university. Your psychology professor is conducting research and desperately needs more participants because the existing subjects keep running from the building screaming! She tells the class that everyone must be a subject to get a grade in the class and that there are no exceptions. In terms of ethical treatment of research subjects, her policy would

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A)  violate the informed consent concept of competence.
B)  be acceptable as long as her procedures were presented to the institutional review board.
C)  be acceptable if she carefully explained the experiment to each participant and did allow participants to quit if they were uncomfortable during the procedure.
D)  violate the informed consent concept of volunteerism.E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 3

Which problems may have a relationship to a temporary toxic state?

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A)  Mental illness
B)  Vomiting
C)  Cognition
D)  None of these are correct.E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 4

The type of study that generally does not follow the scientific method and typically contains many confounds is the

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A)  case study.
B)  correlation model.
C)  true experiment.
D)  longitudinal study.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 5

Use of a cross-sectional design would be appropriate in trying to find an answer to all of the following questions EXCEPT

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A)  "How does panic disorder differ in children and adults?"
B)  "Are the cognitive triggers for panic disorder different in children and adults?"
C)  "What early behaviors did adult panic disorder patients tend to display when they were young?"
D)  "Does exposure therapy tend to be more or less effective when it is used in the treatment of children versus adults?"E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 6

Lisbeth is presented with a series of cards that are blots of ink. She is asked to state what she sees on these cards. Hannibal is probably taking a(n)

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A)  personality inventory.
B)  response inventory.
C)  projective test.
D)  intelligence test.E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 7

All of the following are examples of psychophysiological assessment responses EXCEPT

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A)  Electroencephalogram
B)  Galvanic skin response
C)  Heart rate
D)  BiofeedbackE) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 8

In research studies, the term "effect size" refers to

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A)  how much each treated and untreated person in the study changes.
B)  the power of the statistical tests that are used to detect the impact of the independent variable.
C)  how many subjects are included in a particular study.
D)  the degree of external validity that the study has.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 9

Describe the influence of culture on the experience of psychopathology. Why is it important for the clinician to acknowledge and appreciate the patient's culture before determining a diagnosis?

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Question 10

As a child's age increases, so does her height. This is an example of a(n)

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A)  negative correlation.
B)  zero correlation.
C)  causal correlation.
D)  positive correlation.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 11

In a mental status exam, a psychologist may assess all of the following EXCEPT

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A)  appearance and behavior.
B)  thought processes.
C)  mood and affect.
D)  heart rate and respiration.E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 12

One of the problems of using a withdrawal design as part of a single-case experiment is the

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A)  difficulty of measuring changes that are associated with removal of a treatment.
B)  confounding factor of the placebo effect when the treatment is removed.
C)  ethical issue of removing treatment that appears to be helping the patient.
D)  impossibility of removing the treatment equally for the treatment subjects and control subjects.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 13

What is the basic principle of genetic linkage analysis?

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A)  When a family disorder is studied, other inherited characteristics are assessed at the same time.
B)  Observe people of different age groups that differ in their values and experiences.
C)  Compare people afflicted by the disorder to those without.
D)  Rather than looking at different groups of people of differing ages, follow one group over time and assess changes in its members directly.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 14

Longitudinal and/or cross-sectional research is often necessary to determine

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A)  how disorders change and progress over a typical patient's lifetime.
B)  the genetic causes of a particular disorder.
C)  the environmental causes of a particular disorder.
D)  the biological causes of a particular disorder.E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 15

While studying the impact of ginkgo biloba on memory, a researcher has one group of rats on a normal diet while the other rat group is given measured doses of ginkgo biloba with their meals. While observing the rats run a complicated maze, the researcher notes that the ginkgo biloba-enhanced rats' maze is more brightly lit than the normal diet rats' maze. The difference in lighting in this study is a(n)

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A)  confound.
B)  independent variable.
C)  dependent variable.
D)  hypothesis.E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 16

While trying to discover the nature of the relationship between stress and blood pressure, a researcher asks participants to complete a difficult task. The researcher monitors the participants' blood pressure while some are exposed to noisy distractions and others stay in a quiet environment. This type of research is a(n)

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A)  correlational study.
B)  experiment.
C)  case study.
D)  placebo control study.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 17

Labeling a patient with a diagnosis is often referred to as a "double-edged sword" as the diagnostic label can both help and hurt the patient. Explain the advantages and disadvantages (to the patient) of a diagnostic label.

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Question 18

The correlation between the amount of time college students spends texting on their smartphone during class and the students' height in inches is probably

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A)  positive.
B)  negative.
C)  zero.
D)  causal.E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 19

A diagnostic category has _______________ when the signs and symptoms chosen as its criteria are consistently associated with each other, and are different from those for other categories.

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A)  Concurrent reliability
B)  Inter-rater reliability
C)  Familial aggregation
D)  Construct validityE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 20

One of the most important reasons to conduct cross-cultural research in psychopathology is that

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A)  we can gain a better appreciation for the virtues of various cultures by examining how psychopathology is viewed by different cultures.
B)  the stigma of psychopathology can be removed by understanding that psychopathology exists in all cultures.
C)  genetic influences of disorders can be best determined through careful comparison of the different environmental stressors found in various cultures.
D)  we can understand more about psychopathology by understanding how culture impacts the experience of various disorders.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

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