The breadth of an assessment device is referred to as its ____________; the depth of an assessment device is called its ________________.
a. fidelity; bandwidth
b. bandwidth; fidelity
c. reliability; criterion validity.
d. construct validity; test-retest reliability.
Question 2According to Aaron Beck, depressed individuals show a characteristic pattern of negative perceptions about themselves, their world, and their future. He called this
a. a maladaptive schema.
b. the cognitive triad.
c. an underdeveloped ego.
d. all of the above
Question 3Which of the following would NOT support the cognitive specificity hypothesis?
a. Persons who share certain disorders seem inclined to employ similar cognitive distortions.
b. Persons with depression often have a negative attributional style.
c. Persons prone to depression often interpret negative events as occurring because of internal, global, and stable factors.
d. Normal and abnormal behaviors are triggered by cognitive interpretation of events, rather than by the events themselves.
Question 4Which of the following was not a significant predictor of depression in chronically ill
youth?
a. Gender
b. Severe restrictions on activities as a result of the illness
c. The likelihood of dying from the illness
d. Perceived decreases in attractiveness brought about by the illness
e. A family history of depression
Question 5Learning disorders usually do not become evident before:
a. Age 2
b. Kindergarten
c. 3rd grade
d. 6th grade
e. 9th grade
Question 6When Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity (NGRI) defenses are successful, what is the usual outcome for the defendants?
a. They are allowed to return to their former life.
b. They will be put on psychotropic medications and then tried again for the same crime.
c. They will stay in a treatment facility for the same amount of time as if they had been convicted of the crime.
d. They will probably spend more time in the treatment facility than they would have spent in prison if convicted of the same crime.
Question 7When statistical analyses indicate that a measure measures the construct it is supposed to measure, we say that it
a. is valid.
b. has good bandwidth.
c. is reliable.
d. is useful.
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