Question 1

What best describes clinical utility?

Accepted Answer

A)  Assessment data leading to a better clinical outcome 
B)  Assessment data adding to the validity of that assessment 
C)  Assessment data leading to a better range of psychological measures 
D)  Assessment data adding to improved reliability of that assessment 
A)  Assessment data leading to a better clinical outcome 
B)  Assessment data adding to the validity of that assessment 
C)  Assessment data leading to a better range of psychological measures 
D)  Assessment data adding to improved reliability of that assessment

Question 2

Historically, what was the main concept that was emphasized in counseling psychology and less in clinical psychology?

Accepted Answer

A)  Focus on children 
B)  Focus on well adjusted individuals 
C)  Focus on job satisfaction 
D)  Focus on psychopathology 
A)  Focus on children 
B)  Focus on well adjusted individuals 
C)  Focus on job satisfaction 
D)  Focus on psychopathology

Question 3

What best describes the focus on behavioral assessment?

Accepted Answer

A)  Observable and current personality factors 
B)  Observable and current behaviors 
C)  Observable and current interests 
D)  None of the above 
A)  Observable and current personality factors 
B)  Observable and current behaviors 
C)  Observable and current interests 
D)  None of the above

Question 4

What was moral therapy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Treatment that used compassion and patience 
B)  Treatment that used punishment or restraints 
C)  Treatment that used religion and church 
D)  Treatment that used hypnosis 
A)  Treatment that used compassion and patience 
B)  Treatment that used punishment or restraints 
C)  Treatment that used religion and church 
D)  Treatment that used hypnosis

Question 5

Which area of clinical psychology is quite recent?

Accepted Answer

A)  Assessment 
B)  Prevention 
C)  Intervention 
D)  Hypnosis 
A)  Assessment 
B)  Prevention 
C)  Intervention 
D)  Hypnosis

Question 6

Which of the following professions typically has the least amount of structured training?

Accepted Answer

A)  Social workers 
B)  Clinical psychologist 
C)  Child care workers 
D)  Psychiatric nurses 
A)  Social workers 
B)  Clinical psychologist 
C)  Child care workers 
D)  Psychiatric nurses

Question 7

What is the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2) used to measure?

Accepted Answer

A)  Psychological disturbances among adults 
B)  Intelligence among children 
C)  Psychological disturbances among children 
D)  Intelligence among adults 
A)  Psychological disturbances among adults 
B)  Intelligence among children 
C)  Psychological disturbances among children 
D)  Intelligence among adults

Question 8

The onset of anxiety tends to occur during what stage of life?

Accepted Answer

A)  Early Infancy 
B)  Early Adulthood 
C)  Late Adolescents 
D)  Early Childhood 
A)  Early Infancy 
B)  Early Adulthood 
C)  Late Adolescents 
D)  Early Childhood

Question 9

What type of test is the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)?

Accepted Answer

A)  Intelligence test 
B)  Projective test 
C)  Memory test 
D)  Performance test 
A)  Intelligence test 
B)  Projective test 
C)  Memory test 
D)  Performance test

Question 10

In terms of higher education, what program is most likely to focus on vocational issues more often?

Accepted Answer

A)  Clinical 
B)  Counseling 
C)  School 
D)  Experimental 
A)  Clinical 
B)  Counseling 
C)  School 
D)  Experimental

Question 11

Standard psychiatry training has a primary emphasis in:

Accepted Answer

A)  Psychological treatment 
B)  Cognitive behavioral therapy 
C)  Intellectual functioning 
D)  Psychopharmacological treatment 
A)  Psychological treatment 
B)  Cognitive behavioral therapy 
C)  Intellectual functioning 
D)  Psychopharmacological treatment

Question 12

What is thought to be one of the major pitfalls in projective tests?

Accepted Answer

A)  Lack of standardization 
B)  Lack of reliability 
C)  Lack of validity 
D)  All of the above 
A)  Lack of standardization 
B)  Lack of reliability 
C)  Lack of validity 
D)  All of the above

Question 13

Which assessment usually requires observation by a third party?

Accepted Answer

A)  Personality tests 
B)  Intelligence tests 
C)  Projective tests 
D)  Behavioral tests 
A)  Personality tests 
B)  Intelligence tests 
C)  Projective tests 
D)  Behavioral tests

Question 14

What area of psychology is school psychology most similar?

Accepted Answer

A)  Child Clinical Psych 
B)  Cognitive 
C)  Personality 
D)  Social 
A)  Child Clinical Psych 
B)  Cognitive 
C)  Personality 
D)  Social

Question 15

What physicians specialize in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental illness?

Accepted Answer

A)  Psychiatrist 
B)  Neurologist 
C)  Psychologist 
D)  Endocrinologist 
A)  Psychiatrist 
B)  Neurologist 
C)  Psychologist 
D)  Endocrinologist

Question 16

What is one role that most clinical psychologists do not do?

Accepted Answer

A)  Understand 
B)  Medicate 
C)  Assess 
D)  Treat 
A)  Understand 
B)  Medicate 
C)  Assess 
D)  Treat

Question 17

What best describes hysteria?

Accepted Answer

A)  Obsession and nervousness 
B)  Neurological symptoms with no medical basis 
C)  Severe sadness 
D)  Hallucinations and delusions 
A)  Obsession and nervousness 
B)  Neurological symptoms with no medical basis 
C)  Severe sadness 
D)  Hallucinations and delusions

Question 18

St. Vincent de Paul of the late 1500s proposed that mental and physical illnesses were caused by the following:

Accepted Answer

A)  Demonic possession 
B)  Natural forces 
C)  Biopsychosocial approach 
D)  Societal forces 
A)  Demonic possession 
B)  Natural forces 
C)  Biopsychosocial approach 
D)  Societal forces

Question 19

Benjamin Rush of the United States promoted which of the following types of treatment?

Accepted Answer

A)  Bleeding with leeches 
B)  Moral therapy 
C)  Restraints 
D)  Clinical neurology 
A)  Bleeding with leeches 
B)  Moral therapy 
C)  Restraints 
D)  Clinical neurology

Question 20

Social workers are employed in all of the following settings EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  Correctional facilities 
B)  School boards 
C)  Private practice 
D)  None of the above - social workers are employed in all of the above settings 
A)  Correctional facilities 
B)  School boards 
C)  Private practice 
D)  None of the above - social workers are employed in all of the above settings

What best describes clinical utility?

Historically, what was the main concept that was emphasized in counseling psychology and less in clinical psychology?

What best describes the focus on behavioral assessment?

What was moral therapy?

Which area of clinical psychology is quite recent?

Which of the following professions typically has the least amount of structured training?

What is the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2) used to measure?

The onset of anxiety tends to occur during what stage of life?

What type of test is the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)?

In terms of higher education, what program is most likely to focus on vocational issues more often?

Standard psychiatry training has a primary emphasis in:

What is thought to be one of the major pitfalls in projective tests?

Which assessment usually requires observation by a third party?

What area of psychology is school psychology most similar?

What physicians specialize in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental illness?

What is one role that most clinical psychologists do not do?

What best describes hysteria?

St. Vincent de Paul of the late 1500s proposed that mental and physical illnesses were caused by the following:

Benjamin Rush of the United States promoted which of the following types of treatment?

Social workers are employed in all of the following settings EXCEPT:

Contemporary Clinical Psychology

Classification and Diagnosis

Research Methods in Clinical Psychology

Assessment: Overview

Assessment: Interviewing and Observation

Assessment: Intellectual and Cognitive Measures

Assessment: Self-Report and Projective Measures

Assessment: Integration and Clinical Decision-Making

Prevention

Intervention: Overview

Intervention: Adults and Couples

Intervention: Children and Adolescents

Intervention: Identifying Key Elements of Change

Health Psychology: Clinical Neuropsychology, and Forensic Psychology

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Exam 1: Evolution of Clinical Psychology

What best describes clinical utility?

Historically, what was the main concept that was emphasized in counseling psychology and less in clinical psychology?

What best describes the focus on behavioral assessment?

What was moral therapy?

Which area of clinical psychology is quite recent?

Which of the following professions typically has the least amount of structured training?

What is the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2) used to measure?

The onset of anxiety tends to occur during what stage of life?

What type of test is the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)?

In terms of higher education, what program is most likely to focus on vocational issues more often?

Standard psychiatry training has a primary emphasis in:

What is thought to be one of the major pitfalls in projective tests?

Which assessment usually requires observation by a third party?

What area of psychology is school psychology most similar?

What physicians specialize in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental illness?

What is one role that most clinical psychologists do not do?

What best describes hysteria?

St. Vincent de Paul of the late 1500s proposed that mental and physical illnesses were caused by the following:

Benjamin Rush of the United States promoted which of the following types of treatment?

Social workers are employed in all of the following settings EXCEPT:

Contemporary Clinical Psychology

Classification and Diagnosis

Research Methods in Clinical Psychology

Assessment: Overview

Assessment: Interviewing and Observation

Assessment: Intellectual and Cognitive Measures

Assessment: Self-Report and Projective Measures

Assessment: Integration and Clinical Decision-Making

Prevention

Intervention: Overview

Intervention: Adults and Couples

Intervention: Children and Adolescents

Intervention: Identifying Key Elements of Change

Health Psychology: Clinical Neuropsychology, and Forensic Psychology

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