Computers are excellent devices for storing information on large numbers of people's characteristics and test score patterns. Whenever a person turns up with a specific test score pattern, the computer can print out an appropriate description.
This illustrates
a. actuarial procedures.
b. content interpretation.
c. rational analysis.
d. factor analysis.
Question 2If a diagnosis is made by comparing subjects to a model of an illness, which type of classification scheme is being used?
a. Categorical
b. Dimensional
c. Prototypal
d. Evolutionary
Question 3Which approach to the classification of abnormal behavior uses statistical criteria to differentiate between normal and abnormal?
a. Categorical
b. Dimensional
c. Prototypical
d. Situational
Question 4Which of the following is an assumption of a categorical approach to abnormal behavior?
a. Both normal and abnormal behavior lie on a continuum.
b. Each disorder has unique symptoms.
c. Disorders that share common symptoms have a common etiology.
d. All behavior is the product of numerous interacting influences.
Question 5Which of the following would be an important factor to keep in mind when assessing behaviors exhibited during an assessment and how those behaviors might be interpreted?
a. validity of the instrument
b. relevance of date to national sample
c. not enough data about a person
d. the theoretical orientation of the clinician
Question 6One of the problems with actuarial data for an instrument like the MMPI is that
a. it too frequently suggests that a client is comorbid for as many as three or more different disorders.
b. there are only as many profiles as there are clinical scales.
c. the profiles of many subjects do not fit the profile types for which actuarial data are available.
d. while the profiles that are generated have high reliability they often have very low validity.
Question 7Dr. Hunter is studying personality. He decides that he will classify his subjects into varying levels of intensity on personality traits based on how far they statistically fall above the average score of a normal person. He is using a
a. categorical approach.
b. dimensional approach.
c. prototypal approach.
d. discrimination approach.
Question 8The interpersonal perspective
a. arose as a reaction against the unscientific methods of psychoanalysis.
b. was introduced by Erik Erikson.
c. emphasizes social rather than inner determinants of behavior.
d. is the most influential humanistic perspective today.
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