Week 2 Quiz
Read each question and select the correct answer
Susie has never felt comfortable with her therapist. While she has no reason for her feelings, she is easily angered by his questions and feels as though
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Week 2 Quiz
Read each question and select the correct answer
Susie has never felt comfortable with her therapist. While she has no reason for her feelings, she is easily angered by his questions and feels as though he is judging her. Susie has often thought that the therapist reminds her of her father. This is a case of
An ego defense mechanism
Countertransference
Transference
Insight
Choose the correct development process for Freud’s mental structures.
Id, superego, ego
Ego, superego, id
Ego, id, superego
Id, ego, superego
Choose the example of operant conditioning.
Anxiety when an abusive person walks into the room
Hesitance to touch a light switch because of previous shocks
Children rising from their seats to go outside when a bell rings
Improvement in writing skills from praise and positive coaching
Choose the example of classical conditioning.
Continuing to play the slot machine after hitting a small jackpot
Staying on a diet
Walking out of an elevator when the door opens, regardless of the floor
Driving the speed limit after getting a ticket
An effective interviewing behavior during an assessment includes the following.
Paraphrasing
Confirming
Probing
Silence
Which of the following is a multicultural issue for any of the psychological instruments customarily used in the United States?
Level of acculturation
Preconceived notions
Theoretical orientation
Distortion of information
One of the common concerns associated with IQ testing is that
a wide variety of human behaviors is being measured
a person’s performance is compared against others’ performances
testing is used to learn about cognitive strengths and weaknesses
there is a possibility of racial bias
Larry is a single, 40-year-old male who runs his own business. Lately, he feels tired all the time, lacks motivation and appetite, and is not enthusiastic about anything. Based on his symptoms, which type of interview is most appropriate to use?
Termination
Crisis
Mental status
Diagnostic
Which of the following is a potential threat to effective interviewing?
Time of day
Interviewer bias
Structured interviews
Self-monitoring
Examples of objective personality tests include all but this test.
MMPI
Rorschach
MMPI- 2
Sixteen Personality Factors
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