A group counsellor decides to make graphs of the psychological test data for all of her clients
over the past year. When she plots the distribution of beck depression inventory data, she
notices it skewed to the left. Which of the following statements is true if a distribution is
skewed to the left?
A. The mean is greater than the median
B. The mean is less than the median
C. The mean and median are the same
D. The mode is the best measure of centre - answer b. The mean is less than the median -
it means that although most of the scores are to the right of the distribution, there are a few
low scores pulling the distribution to the left. The mean is most impacted by the extreme
scores. Because the extreme scores in this dist. Are low, the value of the mean will be made
less than the value of the median
A group counsellor uses techniques based on implosive therapy in her work. Which theorist
is responsible for implosive therapy?
A. Ellis
B. Beck
C. Janov
D. Stampfl - answer d. Stampfl - abreactive form of therapy often used with highly phobic
clients. Clients are induced to read or hear about or imagine frightening depictions of what
might happen if they are forced to face their fear. Idea is that the person will become
desensitized
Susie is playing with blocks and is trying to build a tower; she tries but cannot build a
Tower. Susie's mother helps her build a four-block tower. Later, susie builds a four-block
Tower without her mother's help. According to vygotsky, the inability to build the tower on
Her own is known as:
A. Scaffolding
1
,B. The zone of proximal development
C. Assisted discovery
D. Learning by imitation - answer b. "scaffolding" is a term used by vygotsky that explains
what susie's mother is doing.
She is adjusting her level of support to susie based on susie's level of performance. The zone
Of proximal development involves a range of tasks that are too difficult for the child to do
Alone but possible to do with the help of adults or other, more-skilled children. "assisted
Discovery" is another term used by vygotsky to describe learning situations that a teacher
Sets up within a classroom so that children are guided into discovering learning. Learning
By imitation is a type of learning that involves a child watching someone perform a task and
Later performing the task by herself.
Which of the following is the correct sequence of stages in freud's theory of personality
Development?
A. Oral, genital, latency, anal, phallic
B. Genital, anal, phallic, oral, latency
C. Latency, phallic, oral, anal, genital
D. Oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital - answer d. The best way to remember freud's
psychosexual stages of development is to think about what key tasks individuals do
throughout childhood. The first thing infants do is suck (oral). Next, babies begin toilet
training (anal), then discover the difference between boys and girls (phallic). Next, children
spend time growing physically and cognitively but are latent in the psychosexual realm (not
focusing on anything sexual); finally, puberty sets in and they begin to think about sex again
and are focused on their own genitals.
According to erickson, when an individual fails to develop a strong sense of identity, the
Individual will have troubles with the development of:
A. Autonomy
B. Initiative
C. Intimacy
2
, D. Integrity - answer c. In erickson's theory of psychosocial development, individuals who
fail to achieve the goal of the lower level of development will have problems attaining the
developmental task at the next stage of development. In the example above, the individual
failed to achieve identity, which occurs during adolescence. Therefore, in young adulthood,
the individual will have problems attaining intimacy, which is the developmental task to be
achieved at
This level. For autonomy, the individual would have to have failed to attain basic trust; for
initiative, the individual would have to have failed to attain autonomy; and for integrity, the
Individual would have to have failed to attain generativity.
Jacob's father tells jacob to clean his room. When jacob asks why, his father responds,
"because i said so." the father's response is most representative of which parenting style?
A. Uninvolved
B. Authoritarian
C. Authoritative
D. Permissive - answer b. The authoritarian parenting style uses coercive techniques and
psychological control to discipline children, whereas the authoritative parenting style
emphasizes some control but allows for some independence. The uninvolved parenting style
rarely uses any control and the parent seems to be indifferent to the child's level of
independence. In the permissive parenting style, the parents are typically overindulgent
with the child. They exert very little control and are lenient when it comes to granting
independence to the child.
Harry harlow used baby monkeys and several different kinds of "surrogate mothers" to
Investigate which factors are important in early development and attachment. According to
His findings, baby monkeys:
A. Preferred a soft terrycloth "mother" to a wire-mesh "mother" that held a bottle
B. Preferred a wire-mesh "mother" that held a bottle to a soft terrycloth "mother"
C. Showed no preference
D. Preferred neither "mother" - answer a. In harry harlow's experiments, he found that
baby monkeys preferred physical comfort to hunger satisfaction. In other words, the baby
monkeys wanted to be close to a
3
over the past year. When she plots the distribution of beck depression inventory data, she
notices it skewed to the left. Which of the following statements is true if a distribution is
skewed to the left?
A. The mean is greater than the median
B. The mean is less than the median
C. The mean and median are the same
D. The mode is the best measure of centre - answer b. The mean is less than the median -
it means that although most of the scores are to the right of the distribution, there are a few
low scores pulling the distribution to the left. The mean is most impacted by the extreme
scores. Because the extreme scores in this dist. Are low, the value of the mean will be made
less than the value of the median
A group counsellor uses techniques based on implosive therapy in her work. Which theorist
is responsible for implosive therapy?
A. Ellis
B. Beck
C. Janov
D. Stampfl - answer d. Stampfl - abreactive form of therapy often used with highly phobic
clients. Clients are induced to read or hear about or imagine frightening depictions of what
might happen if they are forced to face their fear. Idea is that the person will become
desensitized
Susie is playing with blocks and is trying to build a tower; she tries but cannot build a
Tower. Susie's mother helps her build a four-block tower. Later, susie builds a four-block
Tower without her mother's help. According to vygotsky, the inability to build the tower on
Her own is known as:
A. Scaffolding
1
,B. The zone of proximal development
C. Assisted discovery
D. Learning by imitation - answer b. "scaffolding" is a term used by vygotsky that explains
what susie's mother is doing.
She is adjusting her level of support to susie based on susie's level of performance. The zone
Of proximal development involves a range of tasks that are too difficult for the child to do
Alone but possible to do with the help of adults or other, more-skilled children. "assisted
Discovery" is another term used by vygotsky to describe learning situations that a teacher
Sets up within a classroom so that children are guided into discovering learning. Learning
By imitation is a type of learning that involves a child watching someone perform a task and
Later performing the task by herself.
Which of the following is the correct sequence of stages in freud's theory of personality
Development?
A. Oral, genital, latency, anal, phallic
B. Genital, anal, phallic, oral, latency
C. Latency, phallic, oral, anal, genital
D. Oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital - answer d. The best way to remember freud's
psychosexual stages of development is to think about what key tasks individuals do
throughout childhood. The first thing infants do is suck (oral). Next, babies begin toilet
training (anal), then discover the difference between boys and girls (phallic). Next, children
spend time growing physically and cognitively but are latent in the psychosexual realm (not
focusing on anything sexual); finally, puberty sets in and they begin to think about sex again
and are focused on their own genitals.
According to erickson, when an individual fails to develop a strong sense of identity, the
Individual will have troubles with the development of:
A. Autonomy
B. Initiative
C. Intimacy
2
, D. Integrity - answer c. In erickson's theory of psychosocial development, individuals who
fail to achieve the goal of the lower level of development will have problems attaining the
developmental task at the next stage of development. In the example above, the individual
failed to achieve identity, which occurs during adolescence. Therefore, in young adulthood,
the individual will have problems attaining intimacy, which is the developmental task to be
achieved at
This level. For autonomy, the individual would have to have failed to attain basic trust; for
initiative, the individual would have to have failed to attain autonomy; and for integrity, the
Individual would have to have failed to attain generativity.
Jacob's father tells jacob to clean his room. When jacob asks why, his father responds,
"because i said so." the father's response is most representative of which parenting style?
A. Uninvolved
B. Authoritarian
C. Authoritative
D. Permissive - answer b. The authoritarian parenting style uses coercive techniques and
psychological control to discipline children, whereas the authoritative parenting style
emphasizes some control but allows for some independence. The uninvolved parenting style
rarely uses any control and the parent seems to be indifferent to the child's level of
independence. In the permissive parenting style, the parents are typically overindulgent
with the child. They exert very little control and are lenient when it comes to granting
independence to the child.
Harry harlow used baby monkeys and several different kinds of "surrogate mothers" to
Investigate which factors are important in early development and attachment. According to
His findings, baby monkeys:
A. Preferred a soft terrycloth "mother" to a wire-mesh "mother" that held a bottle
B. Preferred a wire-mesh "mother" that held a bottle to a soft terrycloth "mother"
C. Showed no preference
D. Preferred neither "mother" - answer a. In harry harlow's experiments, he found that
baby monkeys preferred physical comfort to hunger satisfaction. In other words, the baby
monkeys wanted to be close to a
3
