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PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT - EXAMPLE (2)

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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Class
Date
1.

A 28-year-old man seeks therapy after recent career-related stress. His personality assessment shows a very high score on Openness to Experience in the NEO-FFI. What is the most likely implication for the therapeutic process?

a)

He may resist new ideas or techniques and prefer a structured, conventional approach

b)

He is likely to respond well to creative or exploratory therapeutic methods, such as narrative or experiential therapy

c)

He will have difficulty reflecting on his inner experiences and emotions

d)

He prefers practical problem-solving and may avoid abstract or introspective discussions

2.

A 42-year-old man being assessed for chronic pain reports a very high score on the Somatic Complaints (RC1) scale of the MMPI-2-RF. What is the most appropriate implication of this result?

a)

He is probably inventing his symptoms and should be discharged from treatment

b)

His physical complaints are not real and can be ignored

c)

He may have genuine physical symptoms along with emotional distress, so a combined medical and psychological approach is recommended

d)

The test results are invalid and cannot be interpreted

3.

According to Chess and Thomas, which of the following is not one of the three basic temperamental types?

a)

Social child

b)

Easy child

c)

Difficult child

d)

Slow-to-warm-up child

4.

Which of the following is not one of the three main categories of traits proposed by Cattell?

a)

Temperament

b)

Ability

c)

Motivation (dynamic)

d)

Social desirability

5.

Meichenbaum created the self-instruction technique, to train the person in dialogue with themselves. This technique is commonly used in:

a)

Helping students

b)

Couple's therapy

c)

Children with ADHD

d)

A and C are correct

6.

If we want to maximize the accuracy of the information collected using a self-recording technique, we should:

a)

Record the behaviour before happens

b)

Register positive aspects of the behavior

c)

Train the patient

d)

Create a remarkable register sheet

7.

The faces revised test is characterized by (mark the incorrect)

a)

Assess focused and sustained attention

b)

The person has 3 minutes to complete it

c)

Doesn’t consider the mistakes

d)

Considers the impulsivity

8.

What is the main task in the d2-R attention test?

a)

Memorize a list of symbols

b)

Identify and cross out every "d" with exactly two dashes above or below

c)

Count the number of letters "p" in each row

d)

Cancel out all the characters with three dashes

9.

If I don’t get this job, it means I’m a complete failure and I’ll never succeed at anything.” What type of cognitive error is this an example of?

a)

Selective abstraction

b)

Catastrophizing

c)

Emotional reasoning

d)

Mind reading

10.

Which of the following is not one of the three global indices provided by the SCL-90-R?

a)

Global Severity Index

b)

Positive Symptom Total

c)

Symptom Intensity Quotient

d)

Positive Symptom Distress Index