LSP Psychological Assessment & Evaluation 4

Question 1

A psychologist is asked to assess an adult client for malingering following a personal injury lawsuit. Which instrument is MOST specifically designed for this purpose?

Accepted Answer

Structured Inventory of Malingered Symptomatology (SIMS)

Answer

MMPI-2

Answer

WAIS-IV

Answer

Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-IV

Question 2

The Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Battery (HRNB) Impairment Index is calculated based on performance on how many tests?

Accepted Answer

7

Answer

4

Answer

10

Answer

14

Question 3

Which of the following best describes incremental validity in psychological assessment?

Accepted Answer

The degree to which a new measure adds predictive power beyond existing measures

Answer

The consistency of test scores across repeated administrations

Answer

The extent to which a test predicts a specific real-world criterion

Answer

The alignment of item content with the theoretical construct

Question 4

A neuropsychologist uses the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT). What does a significantly lower Trial VI (delayed recall) score relative to Trial V indicate?

Accepted Answer

Accelerated forgetting over the delay interval

Answer

Impaired initial encoding of verbal information

Answer

Poor sustained attention during acquisition

Answer

Deficient phonological processing

Question 5

The Adaptive Behavior Assessment System, Third Edition (ABAS-3) is MOST relevant when evaluating for which diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

Intellectual disability

Answer

Major depressive disorder

Answer

Schizophrenia spectrum

Answer

Specific learning disorder

Question 6

Which term describes the phenomenon in which a client's test score is influenced more by regression toward the mean than by actual change between two assessment time points?

Accepted Answer

Regression artifact

Answer

Practice effect

Answer

Reliable change index violation

Answer

Base rate neglect

Question 7

The Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) was specifically designed to discriminate anxiety from depression by focusing on which symptom cluster?

Accepted Answer

Somatic and physiological symptoms of anxiety

Answer

Cognitive worry and rumination symptoms

Answer

Depressive cognitions and hopelessness

Answer

Social avoidance behaviors