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1. A 100-item true/false test of extraversion is constructed so that every True response is indicative of
extraversion, and every False response is indicative of introversion. Mei Ling answers True to every item on the
test. What can the test user conclude?
A. Mei Ling is extremely extraverted.
B. Mei Ling has well documented tendencies toward extraversion.
C. Mei Ling may be extraverted.
10. In an effort to address longstanding criticisms related to the psychometric soundness of the Rorschach test,
this person created another inkblot test. Who was he?
A. Wayne Holtzman
B. David Rapaport
C. Carl Jung
D. Hans Behn-Eschenburg
11. Complete this Arthur Jensen quote:
"The rate of scientific progress in clinical psychology might well be measured by the speed and thoroughness
with which _____
A. it accepts tests like the Rorschach."
B. it rejects projective techniques as unreliable and invalid."
C. it gets over the Rorschach."
D. it understands the need for normative projective measures."
12. In 1907, an early study using pictures as projective stimuli for storytelling found differences as a function of
A. religion
B. gender
C. age
D. race
13. How many TAT cards are there in the published set?
A. 18
B. 23
C. 31
D. 42
14. With regard to scoring the TAT,
A. Most examiners use the scoring manual packaged with the test.
B. Most examiners use the scoring manual written by Christiana Morgan.
C. Most examiners use independent, online scoring services.
D. None of these
15. Some have said that different TAT cards have different "stimulus pulls." By this it is meant that different TAT
cards have different
A. form demands.
B. latent stimulus demands.
C. variations on the same theme.
D. frequent plots.
16. Which test does NOT belong because it is a different type of test?
A. The Kent-Rosanoff Free Association Test
B. The Blacky Pictures Test
C. TEMAS
D. The School Apperception Method
17. In this test, the testtaker's task is filling-in what the people in a cartoon-like stimulus might be saying or
thinking.
A. The Children's Apperception Test-Human
B. The Roberts Apperception Test for Children
C. The Rosenzweig Picture-Frustration Study
D. None of these
18. The Word Association Test was developed at the Menninger Clinic by David Rapaport and colleagues.
Rapaport's inspiration for developing this test came from word association experiments initially conducted by
A. Sigmund Freud.
B. Carl Jung.
C. Karen Horney.
D. Sandor Ferenczi.
19. Each item of the Rotter Incomplete Sentences Blank is scored on a 7-point scale with points ranging from
A. "typical" to "atypical."
B. "in harmony with the world" to "danger to oneself and others."
C. "need for therapy" to "extremely good adjustment."
D. None of these
20. A device that could be characterized as "auditory inkblots" was developed by
A. Carl Rogers.
B. B. F. Skinner.
C. Harry Stack Sullivan.
D. Wayne Holtzman.
21. According to Karen Machover's thought regarding the interpretation of findings of a Draw-a-Person test, the
person drawn represents the person doing the drawing, and the paper on which it is drawn represents
A. the environment.
B. the individual's superego.
C. the individual's dreams and aspirations.
D. reality demands.
22. Scott Lilienfeld and Bernard Murstein
A. have both argued in favor of projective techniques.
B. have both written critiques of projective techniques.
C. are on opposing sides when it comes to projective techniques.
D. were consultants in the development of the Szondi Pictures Test.
23. Questioning the utility of the projective/objective distinction, Weiner proposed that the dichotomy be
changed to one labeled
A. personally invested versus personally distanced.
B. transparent versus obscured.
C. ambiguous versus unambiguous.
D. structured versus unstructured.
24. Sign is to sample, as traditional is to
A. objective.
B. projective.
C. behavioral.
D. None of these
25. Timeline-followback procedure is to ecological momentary assessment, as past is to
A. present.
B. antecedent.
C. consequence.
D. the "there and then."
26. The timeline-followback procedure is essentially a behavioral record
A. of the "here and now."
B. that gauges duration.
C. of the past.
D. that is future-oriented.
27. Ecological momentary assessment is essentially a behavioral record
A. of the "here and now."
B. that gauges duration.
C. that entails verbal input.
D. that is future-oriented.
28. To what extent are traditional psychometric standards applicable to behavioral assessment? According to
your textbook,
A. Cone argued that reliability and validity were both relevant.
B. Cone argued that reliability and validity were both not relevant.
C. Bellak and Hersen argued that reliability and validity were both relevant.
D. All of these
29. A document filed in the US Patent Office in June, 2011 claimed a patent for
A. a handheld computer that automatically recorded feeling states.
B. a biofeedback device that can induce a desired emotion.
C. a behavioral assessment device that displayed duration of unwanted thoughts.
D. a wireless penile plethysmograph.
30. The oracle-like, clinical orientation has been characterized as the third ear approach. According to your
textbook, this orientation has been replaced by what might be termed
A. the El Greco approach.
B. the van Gogh approach.
C. the Monet approach.
D. the Pablo Picasso approach.
31. Why is it surprising that B. F. Skinner developed the first auditory projective test?
A. As a behaviorist, B. F. Skinner did not believe that mentalistic terms such as projection are
scientifically useful.
B. The development of this test was an accidental product of a behavioral assessment for hearing that B.
F. Skinner had been working on.
C. B. F. Skinner did not believe in projective instruments but nonetheless believed there was a great
market for this test at the time.
D. Most of B. F. Skinner's career was in the era before sound could be recorded and this test was one of
his final accomplishments.
32. Why did projective tests using ambiguous sounds eventually become unpopular with clinicians?
A. Advocates for the disabled argued convincingly that these tests were biased against people with
disabilities.
B. The sounds were considered offensive by some cultural groups.
C. Insurance companies refused to reimburse clinicians for administering them.
D. The tests did not distinguish between clinical and nonclinical groups.
33. Controversy surrounding Exner's norms for the Comprehensive System for the Rorschach stemmed from the
claim that
A. Exner took great liberties when developing the norms making their validity questionable.
B. the graduate students collecting the data were poorly trained.
C. the normative sample from Detroit was not representative.
D. the norms over-pathologized nonclinical groups.
34. The internal consistency of TAT scores tends to be low. Proponents of the TAT respond to this criticism by
noting that
A. internal consistency seldom has any bearing on validity.
B. certain combinations of components of a score may usefully predict outcomes even if those
components are uncorrelated.
C. statistics have no place when it comes to clinical judgment and the use of projective instruments, in
general.
D. "foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds."
35. Behavioral assessment has many advantages over other forms of assessment. Which is NOT one of those
advantages?
A. Behavioral assessment can provide adequate explanations for apparently contradictory dynamics in
motivation.
B. Behavioral assessment can provide behavioral baseline data.
C. Behavioral assessment can provide a record of the assessee's behavioral strengths and weaknesses
across a variety of situations.
D. Behavioral assessment can be used to pinpoint environmental conditions that are acting to trigger,
maintain, or extinguish certain behaviors.
36. Self-monitoring differs from self-report because in self-monitoring
A. it is up to the assessee to decide what to report.
B. behaviors are recorded at the time and place in which they occur.
C. the responses are not recorded.
D. the assessee records all the relevant behaviors but reports to the evaluator only selectively.
37. Self-monitoring can be both a method of data collection and
47. The purpose of the inquiry stage of the administration of the Rorschach test is to
A. encourage subjects to change responses that are unacceptable.
B. obtain additional information about stimuli that played a role in formulating the percept.
C. to give the examiner the opportunity for verbal interaction with the subject.
D. to provide extended time for observing the subject under the stress of having to recall initial
responses.
48. When the Rorschach test is scored,
A. it is important to note whether the individual responds to part of the inkblot or to the entire card.
B. the content of the response is of greater diagnostic value than the location cited in forming the
perception.
C. only subjective clinical judgment is utilized, since no scoring or interpretive guidelines are available.
D. the creativity of the assessee's responses will be a key determinant of the test user's vocational
recommendations.
49. Which statement is TRUE regarding the reliability of the Rorschach test?
A. The split-half method appears to be a more feasible method for assessing reliability than test-retest
procedures.
B. The Journal of Personality Assessment has published numerous studies attesting to the high split-half
reliability of the Rorschach.
C. Published data demonstrate the potential reliability of Rorschach scoring but do not assure that
Rorschach protocols are always reliably scored.
D. Inter-scorer reliability has been shown to be much higher among expert Rorschach users who also
have access to background information on the examinee.
50. With respect to inter-scorer agreement on the Rorschach, which statement is TRUE?
A. Unacceptably low levels of inter-scorer reliability on basic scoring categories among trained scorers
has been observed, even for specific scoring systems.
B. Inter-scorer reliability with respect to final interpretations made from Rorschach protocols tend to be
significantly higher than inter-scorer reliabilities for individual scoring categories.
C. The highest degree of inter-scorer agreement generally occurs for the determinants of form and
movement.
D. Agreement with respect to how specific responses should be scored according to a certain scoring
system does not necessarily imply agreement on the interpretation of a Rorschach protocol.
51. Assessing the reliability of the Rorschach using the split-half method is inappropriate because
A. there are too few inkblots to enable interpretation through the split-half method.
B. stimulus cards are presented twice and possibly three times.
C. responses by subjects may be too lengthy to adapt to split-half procedures.
D. each inkblot is considered to have a unique stimulus quality.
52. Debate over the validity of the Rorschach has stemmed from inconclusive results of research examining:
A. the predictive validity of the Rorschach.
B. the effectiveness of the Rorschach in differentiating between clinical groups.
C. the interpretation of Rorschach responses.
D. All of these
53. The Rorschach test
A. continues to be a widely used clinical tool, despite its questionable validity.
B. is taught in graduate psychology programs but is seldom used in professional practice.
C. is neither widely taught in graduate psychology programs nor widely used in professional practice.
D. ceased to be published in 2011.
54. Exner's Comprehensive System for scoring the Rorschach test
A. was the system recommended by Hermann Rorschach himself.
B. was extensively studied and found to be unreliable.
C. is the product of a joint collaboration by psychologists from around the world.
D. is an attempt to integrate the best features of the existing scoring systems.
55. Exner's Comprehensive System for scoring the Rorschach test
A. results in some scoring categories that are deemed unreliable, but only because these categories are
sensitive to the present state of the respondent.
B. has been found to be more reliable for research use than for use with clinical populations of
multicultural origin.
C. has been heavily criticized for being standardized only on populations with psychiatric disorders that
have a low prevalence.
D. was initially conceived as part of an all-consuming, "last ditch effort" to keep the Exners in-laws
from having the Myers-Briggs clan as in-laws.
56. Of the following projective tests, which is the MOST widely used?
A. the Draw-A-Person Test
B. the Holtzman Inkblot Test
C. the Thematic Apperception Test
D. the Rorschach Inkblot Test
57. Of the following projective picture-story telling tests, which is the MOST widely used?
A. The Thematic Apperception Test.
B. The Make-a-Picture Story Method.
C. The Children's Apperception Test.
D. The Roberts Apperception Test
58. An assumption inherent in the TAT is that assessees
A. are unaware of the significance of their responses.
B. are aware of the significance of their responses.
C. are aware of the significance of their responses and have a desire to manage a favorable impression.
D. did not watch a CSI-Miami re-run the night and are simply re-hashing the story.
59. Pictures as projective stimuli
A. are considered to be the earliest form of personality assessment.
B. may be photos, paintings, drawings, or etchings.
C. must depict human beings in some situation.
D. All of these
60. The Children's Apperception Test (CAT) depicts ________ in its pictures.
A. only cats interacting with other cats
B. animals
C. humans interacting with animals
D. inanimate objects
61. In the administration of the TAT
A. all stimulus cards are presented to all subjects.
B. a minimum of ten cards must be presented.
C. a maximum of twenty cards is presented.
D. the number of cards presented is left to examiner discretion.
62. Word association tests such as that developed by Jung
A. are usually based on cognitive theories of personality.
B. are based on the premise that certain key words represent areas of conflict.
C. utilize only "traumatic" stimulus words, in an attempt to diagnose associative disturbances.
D. employ normative databases with samples matched to U.S. census data.
63. The earliest attempt at investigating associations subjects made to unrelated stimulus words is attributed to:
A. Kraepelin.
B. Wundt.
C. Galton.
D. Jung.
64. The use of words as projective stimuli is based on which assumption?
A. Words are inherently emotionally charged and therefore a good source of psychological data.
B. Associations to words are chance happenings.
C. Word associations are the result of the individual's life experiences and personality.
D. Word associations exhibit high test-retest reliability.