Research Indicates That the Rorschach Inkblot Test Is Likely to

question 46

Multiple Choice

Research indicates that the Rorschach Inkblot test is likely to

• A) underpathologize patients.
• B) overpathologize patients.
• C) be very accurate at detecting mood and anxiety problems.
• D) be valid for use with children and youth.

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Definitions:

Biological Preparedness

The concept that certain associations are learned more readily than others due to evolutionary predispositions.

Generalization

The extension of the response to stimuli that are similar to the conditioned stimulus in conditioned learning.

Conditioned Stimulus

In classical conditioning, a previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with the unconditioned stimulus, eventually comes to trigger a conditioned response.

Flooding

A type of psychotherapy technique where an individual is exposed to a large amount of an undesirable stimulus in order to overcome their anxiety or fear.