Question :
31.A patient who actually has schizophrenia denies his auditory hallucinations : 1256199
31.A patient who actually has schizophrenia denies his auditory hallucinations when questioned by doctors. This patient is likely exhibiting:
a.defensiveness
b.Munchausen syndrome by proxy
c.factitious disorder
d.somatoform disorder
e.malingering
32.Which model postulates that offenders with antisocial personality disorder are more likely to malinger than other offenders?
a.criminological model
b.pathogenic model
c.adaptational model
d.antisocial personality model
e.DSM-IV model
33.According to research findings, the most probable explanation of malingering is captured by:
a.a pathogenic model
b.a criminological model
c.an adaptational model
d.an antisocial model
e.none of the above
34.Most research on malingering uses a ___________ design.
a.known-groups
b.simulation
c.case study
d.cross-sequential
e.cross-sectional
35.Which statement is true of the ethical aspects of research on malingering?
a.Studies on malingering most often provide negative incentives to participants.
b.Ethics boards have disallowed the use of deception by experimenters in the study of malingering.
c.While deception by experimenters has been used in research on malingering, the participants usually remain unmotivated by the made-up incentives.
d.Researchers must often balance ethical concerns with attempts to increase the internal validity of their study.
e.none of the above
36.What was the major conclusion drawn by Rosenham (1973) on the research involving the hospitalization of pseudo-patients?
a.All pseudo-patients were correctly identified by hospital staff.
b.None of the pseudo-patients were correctly identified by hospital staff.
c.About half the pseudo-patients were correctly identified by hospital staff.
d.Pseudo-patients came to internalize their symptoms to such an extent that their condition progressively worsened during their hospital stay.
e.none of the above
37.Which of the following is an indicator of malingered psychosis?
a.report of blunted affect
b.reported ability to “make the voices go away”
c.reporting negative symptoms of psychosis
d.eagerness to discuss delusions
e.hallucinations in colour
38.Which of the following is not a cue to malingered psychosis in criminal defendants?
a.hallucinations with delusions
b.understandable motive for committing crime
c.absence of subtle signs of psychosis
d.presence of a partner in the crime
e.visual hallucinations in black and white
39.The Structured Interview of Reported Symptoms includes which of the following scales?
a.suggestibility
b.criminal motivation for offending
c.sudden emergence of psychotic symptoms
d.blatant symptoms
e.compliance symptoms
40.Which malingering measure has been extensively validated using both simulation and known-group design studies?
a.Structured Interview of Reported Symptoms (SIRS)
b.Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
c.M Test
d.F Scale Test
e.Symptom Validity Test
