9. The problem with generating a false negative during an assessment strategy is that the patient
(A) will not receive treatment for an actual disorder.
(B) will receive treatment for a disorder they don’t have.
(C) will be tired of being tested.
(D) will be discredited.

5. In the Stroop color naming paradigm, a patient with a blood phobia would be expected to name the color of the printed word "wound" (A) more quickly than a neutral word. (B) in about the same time it takes to name the color of a neutral word. (C) more slowly than a neutral word. (D) with a great deal of difficulty or not at all.

6. Alice, who had recurrent headaches, fatigue, and loss of appetite, received different diagnoses from several psychologists. In terms of assessment, this indicates a problem with _______. (A) subjectivity (B) reliability (C) validity (D) standardization

7. A mental status exam covers all of the following categories EXCEPT ___________. (A) intellectual functioning (B) appearance (C) behavior (D) physical symptoms

8. The reactivity phenomenon of self-monitoring procedures has been shown to (A) increase desired behaviors. (B) decrease undesired behaviors. (C) both increase desired behaviors and decrease undesired behaviors. (D) neither increase desired behaviors nor decrease undesired behaviors.

10. The dimensional approach to classification of mental disorders differs from the categorical approach because the dimensional system provides (A) lists of symptoms that are associated with all of the forms of psychopathology that are currently believed to exist. (B) diagnostic labels based on the presence of specific symptoms. (C) information that is used to determine the cause and treatment of the disorder. (D) scales that indicate the degree to which patients are experiencing various cognitions, moods, and behaviors.

11. The purpose of creating mini panic attacks in panic control treatment therapy is to (A) help patients identify what makes them panic. (B) allow the patient to develop alternative attitudes about the feared situation. (C) convince the patient that panic attacks are not real (D) force the panic attacks into the unconscious.

12. In Japan, the anxiety syndrome termed taijin kyofusho involves a fear of (A) performing onstage. (B) speaking to females. (C) embarrassing oneself. (D) personally offending others.

13. Which type of compulsion has the highest prevalence rate? (A) Symmetry (B) Cleaning and contamination (C) Hoarding (D) Forbidden thoughts or actions

14. In regard to a type of thinking pattern found in some patients with OCD, which of the following would be an example of thought-action fusion? (A) Washing one's hands repeatedly to ward off germs (B) Taking only very small steps while walking to prevent others from being in danger (C) Believing that thinking about an abortion is the moral equivalent of having an abortion (D) Saving stacks of old newspapers or magazines because they might be needed some day

15. Although both panic disorder patients and persons with somatic symptom disorder tend to misinterpret bodily sensations, patients with panic disorder (A) are having real physical sensations, while the sensations of those with somatic symptom disorder are "all in their heads." (B) tend to fear immediate catastrophe, while those with somatic symptom disorder tend to fear long-term illness. (C) are having imagined physical sensations, while those with somatic symptom disorder are experiencing real physical sensations. (D) tend to ignore the symptoms of their first attacks, while those with somatic symptom disorder tend to seek immediate medical treatment following the first indication of pain.