PSYC 412 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
B - Answers - Which of the following professionals is MOST similar to a clinical
psychologist in terms of training and typical job duties?
A. Clinical Social Worker
B. Counseling Psychologist
C. Psychiatrist
D. Psychiatric Nurse
A - Answers - What is the number one, most frequently engaged in activity of clinical
psychologists?
A. Psychotherapy
B. Assessment
C. Teaching
D. Research
1. Psychiatrists go to medical school and are trained to prescribe, while psychologists
obtain their doctorate and cannot prescribe medication.
2. Psychiatrists spend less time with their patients and do less therapy than
psychologists. - Answers - Name two ways that a psychiatrist is different from a clinical
psychologist.
C - Answers - What is the most common training model utilized in clinical psychology
Ph.D. programs?
A. Practitioner-Scholar
B. Clinical Scientist
C. Scientist-Practitioner
D. Scientist Scholar
laboratory; clinic - Answers - Wilhelm Wundt started the first psychology _________ in
1879, while Lightner Witmer opened the first psychology ________ in 1896.
C - Answers - Emil Kraeplin was best known for which of the following?
A. Modern Psychotherapy Treatment
B. Assessment & Test Development
C. Diagnosis and Classification of Disorders
D. Research & Teaching
,B - Answers - The two primary categories of personality tests are...
A. Objective and Subjective
B. Objective and Projective
C. MMPI & Rorschach
D. Rorschach and TAT
came up with the Army Alpha Test - needed to categorize individuals in the military; also
a lot of individuals came out of the war with PTSD - Answers - Explain the role that
World War I played in the development of the first assessment measures.
false - Answers - True or False: Clinical psychologists must be certified by the American
Board of Professional Psychology in order to practice psychotherapy.
D - Answers - More affordable treatment, increased likelihood of being diagnosed with a
disorder, and reduced control over clinical decision-making are consequences
associated with WHICH issue?
A. Clinical Training Models
B. Cybertherapy
C. Professional Regulation
D. Prescription Privileges
D - Answers - If a client seriously threatens to harm his partner, who does the clinician
have to inform under the "duty to warn" guidelines?
A. No one, because all client-clinician communication is confidential.
B. No one, because the clinician can't know if the client will carry out the threat.
C. The "proper authorities," so they can arrest or otherwise detain the client.
D. The "proper authorities" and the client's partner, so they may take steps to protect
themselves.
pro: good for clients who cannot afford psychiatrists
con: bad for psychiatrists - destroy psychologist/psychiatrist relationship - Answers - List
ONE benefit and ONE drawback of allowing clinical psychologists to have prescription
privileges.
external; internal - Answers - Fill in the blanks: If we are easily able to generalize the
results of our treatment outcome study to many client populations, the results are said
to be high in ________ validity. On the other hand, highly controlled studies with low
generalizability are said to be high in ________ validity.
A - Answers - The types of observation, listed in order from LEAST to GREATEST
amount of experimenter control, are:
A. Unsystematic, Naturalistic, Controlled
, B. Naturalistic, Unsystematic, Controlled
C. Controlled, Unsystematic, Naturalistic
D. Unsystematic, Systematic, Controlled
C - Answers - Which of the following is NOT common in therapy effectiveness studies?
A. High external validity.
B. Diverse clinicians that carry out therapy protocols in the "real world."
C. Clients that meet strict, narrow diagnostic criteria.
D. Loose experimental control.
Since the client is suicidal, you do not want to take away treatment. ABAB involves
alternating baseline (no treatment) and treatment, so it involves taking away the
treatment. - Answers - Assume you are testing a treatment for severe depression and
suicidal ideation. Give ONE reason why might it be unethical to conduct an ABAB
treatment study.
true - Answers - True or False? The two determinants of abnormality that are MOST
FREQUENTLY used to determine whether a client's symptoms are diagnostically
significant are distress and impairment.
B - Answers - Historically, abnormal behavior has been defined by all of the following
EXCEPT:
A. Statistical infrequency
B. Reality testing
C. Personal Distress
D. Violation of Cultural Norms
DSM-III, DSM-5 - Answers - Fill in the Blanks: The 5-axis diagnostic system was
introduced in the ______ edition of the DSM and removed in the _____ edition of the
DSM.
Some people have more symptoms than others. It makes more sense to "rate"
individuals on severity of symptoms/mental disorders than have everyone have the
same diagnosis regardless of severity/functionality. - Answers - What is ONE benefit of
using a dimensional approach to diagnosis rather than the current categorical
approach?
early beginnings - Answers - -Originally defined as similar to medicine, education, and
sociology
-Similar to medicine: psychiatrist and medical doctor both treat, diagnose, and prescribe
-Similar to sociology: work with humans
difference between clinical psychologists and psychoanalysts - Answers - Similar:
therapy
ANSWERS
B - Answers - Which of the following professionals is MOST similar to a clinical
psychologist in terms of training and typical job duties?
A. Clinical Social Worker
B. Counseling Psychologist
C. Psychiatrist
D. Psychiatric Nurse
A - Answers - What is the number one, most frequently engaged in activity of clinical
psychologists?
A. Psychotherapy
B. Assessment
C. Teaching
D. Research
1. Psychiatrists go to medical school and are trained to prescribe, while psychologists
obtain their doctorate and cannot prescribe medication.
2. Psychiatrists spend less time with their patients and do less therapy than
psychologists. - Answers - Name two ways that a psychiatrist is different from a clinical
psychologist.
C - Answers - What is the most common training model utilized in clinical psychology
Ph.D. programs?
A. Practitioner-Scholar
B. Clinical Scientist
C. Scientist-Practitioner
D. Scientist Scholar
laboratory; clinic - Answers - Wilhelm Wundt started the first psychology _________ in
1879, while Lightner Witmer opened the first psychology ________ in 1896.
C - Answers - Emil Kraeplin was best known for which of the following?
A. Modern Psychotherapy Treatment
B. Assessment & Test Development
C. Diagnosis and Classification of Disorders
D. Research & Teaching
,B - Answers - The two primary categories of personality tests are...
A. Objective and Subjective
B. Objective and Projective
C. MMPI & Rorschach
D. Rorschach and TAT
came up with the Army Alpha Test - needed to categorize individuals in the military; also
a lot of individuals came out of the war with PTSD - Answers - Explain the role that
World War I played in the development of the first assessment measures.
false - Answers - True or False: Clinical psychologists must be certified by the American
Board of Professional Psychology in order to practice psychotherapy.
D - Answers - More affordable treatment, increased likelihood of being diagnosed with a
disorder, and reduced control over clinical decision-making are consequences
associated with WHICH issue?
A. Clinical Training Models
B. Cybertherapy
C. Professional Regulation
D. Prescription Privileges
D - Answers - If a client seriously threatens to harm his partner, who does the clinician
have to inform under the "duty to warn" guidelines?
A. No one, because all client-clinician communication is confidential.
B. No one, because the clinician can't know if the client will carry out the threat.
C. The "proper authorities," so they can arrest or otherwise detain the client.
D. The "proper authorities" and the client's partner, so they may take steps to protect
themselves.
pro: good for clients who cannot afford psychiatrists
con: bad for psychiatrists - destroy psychologist/psychiatrist relationship - Answers - List
ONE benefit and ONE drawback of allowing clinical psychologists to have prescription
privileges.
external; internal - Answers - Fill in the blanks: If we are easily able to generalize the
results of our treatment outcome study to many client populations, the results are said
to be high in ________ validity. On the other hand, highly controlled studies with low
generalizability are said to be high in ________ validity.
A - Answers - The types of observation, listed in order from LEAST to GREATEST
amount of experimenter control, are:
A. Unsystematic, Naturalistic, Controlled
, B. Naturalistic, Unsystematic, Controlled
C. Controlled, Unsystematic, Naturalistic
D. Unsystematic, Systematic, Controlled
C - Answers - Which of the following is NOT common in therapy effectiveness studies?
A. High external validity.
B. Diverse clinicians that carry out therapy protocols in the "real world."
C. Clients that meet strict, narrow diagnostic criteria.
D. Loose experimental control.
Since the client is suicidal, you do not want to take away treatment. ABAB involves
alternating baseline (no treatment) and treatment, so it involves taking away the
treatment. - Answers - Assume you are testing a treatment for severe depression and
suicidal ideation. Give ONE reason why might it be unethical to conduct an ABAB
treatment study.
true - Answers - True or False? The two determinants of abnormality that are MOST
FREQUENTLY used to determine whether a client's symptoms are diagnostically
significant are distress and impairment.
B - Answers - Historically, abnormal behavior has been defined by all of the following
EXCEPT:
A. Statistical infrequency
B. Reality testing
C. Personal Distress
D. Violation of Cultural Norms
DSM-III, DSM-5 - Answers - Fill in the Blanks: The 5-axis diagnostic system was
introduced in the ______ edition of the DSM and removed in the _____ edition of the
DSM.
Some people have more symptoms than others. It makes more sense to "rate"
individuals on severity of symptoms/mental disorders than have everyone have the
same diagnosis regardless of severity/functionality. - Answers - What is ONE benefit of
using a dimensional approach to diagnosis rather than the current categorical
approach?
early beginnings - Answers - -Originally defined as similar to medicine, education, and
sociology
-Similar to medicine: psychiatrist and medical doctor both treat, diagnose, and prescribe
-Similar to sociology: work with humans
difference between clinical psychologists and psychoanalysts - Answers - Similar:
therapy
