REGIS COLLEGE PSYCH 643 WEEK 3 QUIZ
2026 REVISION PACK BUNDLED QUESTIONS
AND KEY CONCEPTS
◉ Which of the following best describes a polytheistic approach?
A. Something that involves people who derive intense, persistent
sexual interest from objects
B. Insomnia, excessive sleepiness, recurrent, nightmares and other
sleep-related difficulties
C. Involves a disturbance or alteration in the normally integrated
functions of identity, conscious, or memory
D. Requires a person to meet a particular number of criteria to be
diagnosed with a specific mental disorder. Answer: D. Requires a
person to meet a particular number of criteria to be diagnosed with
a specific mental disorder
◉ Which of the following best describes assessment?
A. The classification fo mental disorders
B. The collection of information for the purpose of making an
informed decision
C. Consistency or agreement among assessment data
,D. When the results of two assessments given at about the same time
are in agreement. Answer: B. The collection of information for the
purpose of making an informed decision
◉ In order to understand and treat clients, a clinician must engage
in a three-step process of
A. Diagnosing, gathering test data, and planning interventions
B. Interviewing and testing, diagnosing, and providing therapy
C. Gathering information, organizing and interpreting it, and
diagnosing
D. Obtaining personality and behavior tests, classifying a nosology
and diagnosing. Answer: C. gathering information, organizing and
interpreting it, and diagnosing
◉ The official diagnostic system used in North America relies most
heavily on which disorder definition?
A. Deviance
B. Distress
C. What clinicians test
D. Dysfunction. Answer: D. Dysfunction
, ◉ Which of the following best describes a mental status
examination?
A. A brief, specialized and focused interview designed to assess a
persons memory, mood, orientation and concentration
B. Differential diagnoses among anxiety disorders
C. Differential diagnosis of more than 20 categories of mental
disorder
D. Evaluation of major dimensions of psychopathic (antisocial)
behavior. Answer: A. A brief, specialized and focused interview
designed to assess a persons memory, mood, orientation and
concentration
◉ Which of the following best describes a neuropsychological test?
A. A behavioral or psychological syndrome that produces harmful
dysfunction in an individual
B. A measure of general mental ability and various specific
intellectual abilities
C. Tests that measure the range and strength of a persons interests,
attitudes, and values
D. Measures deficits in behavior, cognition, or emotion down to
correlate with brain dysfunction and damage. Answer: D. Measures
deficits in behavior, cognition, or emotion down to correlate with
brain dysfunction and damage
2026 REVISION PACK BUNDLED QUESTIONS
AND KEY CONCEPTS
◉ Which of the following best describes a polytheistic approach?
A. Something that involves people who derive intense, persistent
sexual interest from objects
B. Insomnia, excessive sleepiness, recurrent, nightmares and other
sleep-related difficulties
C. Involves a disturbance or alteration in the normally integrated
functions of identity, conscious, or memory
D. Requires a person to meet a particular number of criteria to be
diagnosed with a specific mental disorder. Answer: D. Requires a
person to meet a particular number of criteria to be diagnosed with
a specific mental disorder
◉ Which of the following best describes assessment?
A. The classification fo mental disorders
B. The collection of information for the purpose of making an
informed decision
C. Consistency or agreement among assessment data
,D. When the results of two assessments given at about the same time
are in agreement. Answer: B. The collection of information for the
purpose of making an informed decision
◉ In order to understand and treat clients, a clinician must engage
in a three-step process of
A. Diagnosing, gathering test data, and planning interventions
B. Interviewing and testing, diagnosing, and providing therapy
C. Gathering information, organizing and interpreting it, and
diagnosing
D. Obtaining personality and behavior tests, classifying a nosology
and diagnosing. Answer: C. gathering information, organizing and
interpreting it, and diagnosing
◉ The official diagnostic system used in North America relies most
heavily on which disorder definition?
A. Deviance
B. Distress
C. What clinicians test
D. Dysfunction. Answer: D. Dysfunction
, ◉ Which of the following best describes a mental status
examination?
A. A brief, specialized and focused interview designed to assess a
persons memory, mood, orientation and concentration
B. Differential diagnoses among anxiety disorders
C. Differential diagnosis of more than 20 categories of mental
disorder
D. Evaluation of major dimensions of psychopathic (antisocial)
behavior. Answer: A. A brief, specialized and focused interview
designed to assess a persons memory, mood, orientation and
concentration
◉ Which of the following best describes a neuropsychological test?
A. A behavioral or psychological syndrome that produces harmful
dysfunction in an individual
B. A measure of general mental ability and various specific
intellectual abilities
C. Tests that measure the range and strength of a persons interests,
attitudes, and values
D. Measures deficits in behavior, cognition, or emotion down to
correlate with brain dysfunction and damage. Answer: D. Measures
deficits in behavior, cognition, or emotion down to correlate with
brain dysfunction and damage
