49 Psychometry – 3
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| 1. The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) cannot be used to measure depression in schizophrenia. |  |  |
| 2. The difference in scores between the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (Ham-D) and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) relates to the method of administration. |  |  |
| 3. Cattell’s 16-personality factor questionnaire includes a factor for intelligence. |  |  |
| 4. In the continuous performance test the target stimulus is presented amongst a series of random stimuli on a computer screen. |  |  |
| 5. Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) is an ideographic test. |  |  |
| 6. GHQ is commonly used in defining caseness. |  |  |
| 7. Hachinski Ischaemia Score differentiates between Alzheimer’s disease with cerebrovascular disease and vascular dementia. |  |  |
| 8. The Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (Ham-D) is more sensitive to change than the Montgomery and Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS). |  |  |
| 9. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale focuses more on the somatic symptoms of depression than the Ham-D. |  |  |
| 10. Intelligence shows regression towards the mean in generations. |  |  |
| 11. The Flynn effect refers to an increase in IQ test scores. |  |  |
| 12. Likert scales allow for a 5-point response. |  |  |
| 13. MAKATON is used to assess people with learning disabilities. |  |  |
| 14. The Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) is highly sensitive in detecting delirium and dementia. |  |  |
| 15. Correct awareness of passage of time is a good test of orientation. |  |  |
| 16. Premorbid IQ can be estimated from the WAIS. |  |  |
| 17. Concrete thinking is tested by interpretation of proverbs. |  |  |
| 18. Reasoning is one of the primary mental abilities identified by Thurstone. |  |  |
| 19. Kelly’s Repertory Grid (KRG) is usually used to measure attitudes. |  |  |
| 20. Semantic-differential is used to measure attitudes. |  |  |
| 21. The Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scale measures verbal reasoning. |  |  |
| 22. Acquisition components of intelligence were defined by Sternberg. |  |  |
| 23. Block design is more stable than vocabulary subtest in organic lesions. |  |  |
| 24. In selective dominant hemisphere damage the performance scale on the WAIS is more impaired than the verbal scale. |  |  |
| 25. The Yale–Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (YBOCS) rates obsessive personality traits as well as obsessive compulsive symptoms. |  |  |
