A. Rely primarily on personality tests
B. Employ a battery of tests
C. Rely primarily on projective tests
D. Rely primarily on neuropsychological tests
E. None of these
Related Mcqs:
- In order to understand the unusual behavior of an adult client, a clinical psychologist has carefully investigated the client’s current life situation and his physical, social-cultural, educational history which research method has the psychologist employed?
A. the case study
B. the survey
C. naturalistic observation
D. correlational research - A psychologist systematically observes and records the behavior of children on their first trip to a dentists’ office. This is ___________?
A. an experiment
B. a correlational study
C. a descriptive study
D. a self-report study - To assess client’s abilities, a phrenologist would want to:
A. read their handwriting
B. examine their skulls
C. study their palms
D. record their EEGs - In client-centered therapy, the importance of affirming the worth of the client is achieved by the exercise of which THREE therapeutic attitudes?
1: Unconditional positive regard.
2: Empathy.
3: Genuineness.
4: Confrontation.A. 1,2 & 3
B. 2,3 & 4
C. 1,3 & 4
D. None of These - In treating abnormal behavior, the main concern of a psychoanalyst would be to discover the:
A. childhood unconscious conflict that led to the behavior
B. repressed that instigate aggressive behavior
C. inappropriate thought patterns that underlie the behavior
D. ways in which the behavior keeps the client from becoming self – actualized - A core feature of all abnormal behavior that it is:
A. culturally absolute
B. learned
C. maladaptive
D. dependent on age - The assessment tools upon which clinicians depends gather information about their clients belong in which of the following categories ?
A. Interviews
B. Tests
C. Observations
D. All of these choices
E. None of these - The branch of psychology that designs tests to assess IQ, aptitude and other measures of human potential is __________________?
A. parapsychology
B. psychometrics
C. measure ecology
D. social psychology - Professor Saxton was skeptical about the accuracy of recently reported research on sleep deprivation. Which process would best enable her to assess the reliability of these findings?
A. the case study
B. naturalistic observation
C. random sampling
D. replication - Dr. Roberts engages in basic research involving the construction and validation of tests designed to assess individual differences in traits such as anxiety and self-esteem, which specialty area does her research best represent?
A. developmental psychology
B. personality psychology
C. biological psychology
D. social psychology
