Fun Test 3 - Practice Questions

Name: __________________________ Date: _____________ 1.Which of the following is a measure of the degree of variation among a set of events?A)meanB)scatterplotC)standard deviationD)correlation coefficient2.Differences between two sample averages are most likely to be statistically significantif:A)the difference between the samples is large.B)the standard deviations of the samples are large.C)both samples are drawn from the same population.D)the sample means are larger than the sample medians.3.The standard deviation is a measure of:A)central tendency.B)variation.C)statistical significance.D)correlation.4.Which therapeutic approach relies most heavily on patients' discovering their own waysof effectively dealing with their difficulties?A)psychoanalysisB)cognitive therapyC)systematic desensitizationD)client-centered therapy

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5.Systematic desensitization is a form of:A)biomedical therapy.B)counterconditioning.C)cognitive therapy.D)humanistic therapy.6.Which therapeutic approach emphasizes that people are often disturbed because of their negative interpretations of events?A)client-centered therapyB)systematic desensitizationC)cognitive therapyD)light exposure therapy7.Speed-reading complex material yields little long-term retention because it inhibits:A)the serial position effect.B)the next-in-line effect.C)proactive interference.D)rehearsal.8.At a block party, Cyndi is introduced to eight new neighbors. Moments later, she canonly remember the names of the first three and last two neighbors. Her experienceillustrates:A)source amnesia.B)the next-in-line effect.C)implicit memory.D)the serial position effect.

9.DSM-IV focuses on clinicians' reports of observable behavior in order to:A)facilitate the reliability of diagnoses.B)shorten the time it takes to make a diagnosis.C)avoid invading clients' psychological privacy.D)reduce the need for medical terminology in psychological assessments.10.A current authoritative scheme for classifying psychological disorders is known as the:A)DID.B)medical model.C)DSM-IV.D)biopsychosocial approach.11.Mr. Hunt believes that he is the president of the United States and that he will soon become the “King of the Universe.” Mr. Hunt is most clearly suffering from:A)delusions.B)obsessions.C)hallucinations.D)dissociative identity disorder.12.Wilma is extremely agitated because she hears voices that tell her to sexually seduce themale nurses in her hospital ward. Wilma is most clearly suffering from:A)an obsessive-compulsive disorder.B)delusions of grandeur.C)a dissociative disorder.D)hallucinations.