PSYCH 321-90
STUDY GUIDE ~ EXAM 2
About the exam: This exam is timed and you may only take it once. Once you “open”
the exam you will have 1.5 hrs (90 min) to complete it. There will be 20 multiple choice
questions and 2 short essay questions. It will cover 1) Clinical Interviewing 2)
Personality assessment 3) Psychodynamic Psychotherapy 4) Humanistic Psychotherapy
5) Behavioral Therapy
Multiple choice questions: There will be 20 multiple choice questions. You are to
choose the best answer among the 4 answer choices. Each question is worth one point.
Questions will be based on information from the readings, video lectures and course
material posted on iLearn.
Short essay questions: Responses should integrate material covered in video lectures,
textbook and additional readings. Each answer should be at least one paragraph (5-8
sentences, give or take). There will be 2 short essay questions on the exam. Each question
is worth 5 points (20 points total). Your grade is based on comprehensiveness, accuracy,
and responding to each part of the question.
How to use this study guide: The first part of this study guide contains questions that are
meant to guide your studying and note taking for the multiple choice questions. The
second part contains the short answer questions that will be on the exam. The best way to
prepare for the exam is to answer the short essay questions beforehand and have them
ready to submit before you open the exam, then you can use the remaining time to look
up any of the questions in the textbook for the multiple choice section that you don’t
know off hand. I expect that you have watched all videos, taken notes, and completed all
assigned readings before opening the exam.
Part One:
Clinical Interviewing:
- Understand the difference between open-ended vs. close-ended questions. Be
able to recognize an example of each (see lectures). What are the advantages
and disadvantages of each?
- Types of Questions:
- Open Ended Questions: Elist Unique and Individualized Response (EX:
Essay Exam or Clinical Question of ‘Whats Brings You in Today?’)
- Closed Ended Question: Answer are pre-determined (EX: Multiple
Choice or ‘According to your quiz you responsed as feeling depressed, is
that true? [Yes or No)]
- What are the components of an interview that help that person gather
information?
- What Information is Gathered During a Clinical Interview:
- Presenting Problems (PP): Clinical reason for why client is seeking
, treatment or assessment (Examples: Come from client, desired by
spouse, court, etc.)
- History of PP: How long these have been present for and whether or not
they have been present before (if yes, is there anything different when
comparing each)
- Personal History: If it pertains to the parent such as family relationship,
work or academic status, medical history, psychological or psychiatric
history, and risk assessment (quetionarre about thoughts of sucide or
harm to another)
- Understand the difference between directive and non-directive style
- Directive: Structured and Leading the Interview with Questions in a Certain
Orded
- Comprised of closed ended questions and good for getting lots of
information in short period of time but the info isn’t descriptive
- Nondirective: Unstructured and client leads the interview, knows where to get
but not sure how
- Comprised of open ended questions and good for getting descriptive
information but they are time consuming
- Blend of Directive and Nondirective: Combination of open and closed ended
questions
- Closed ended can help get a list of symptoms while open ended can help
explain how te client is feeling
- Be familiar with the different types of Interviews
- Diagnostic Interviews: Used to provide DSM diagnosis
- These interviews are often structured
- Minimize subjectivity, enhance reliability
- Examples: SCID (Structured Clinical Interview Diagnosis) or
Semi-Structured Interviews (Some structure but also some
flexibility or opportunities to improvise)
- Various Purposes: Confirm diagnosis with previous clinician
- Crisis Interviews: Assess problem and provide immediate intervention
- Requires unique style (how to empathize, calm the client, and question)
- Clients are often considering suicide or other harmful acts
- Includes risk assessment (Are they at risk to themselves) and follow up
plan (check-in such as phone call, intake appointment, etc.)
- Mental Status Exam: Quickly assess how a client is functioning at that time
- Typically used in medical settings
- Includes things like appearance, orientation (x4), memory, affect and
mood, insight
- Understand the purpose of an intake interview. How does this interview help
guide treatment?
- Intake Interview: Determine whether to ‘intake’ the client into the agency or refer
elsewhere
- Completed at the first interview (most common)
STUDY GUIDE ~ EXAM 2
About the exam: This exam is timed and you may only take it once. Once you “open”
the exam you will have 1.5 hrs (90 min) to complete it. There will be 20 multiple choice
questions and 2 short essay questions. It will cover 1) Clinical Interviewing 2)
Personality assessment 3) Psychodynamic Psychotherapy 4) Humanistic Psychotherapy
5) Behavioral Therapy
Multiple choice questions: There will be 20 multiple choice questions. You are to
choose the best answer among the 4 answer choices. Each question is worth one point.
Questions will be based on information from the readings, video lectures and course
material posted on iLearn.
Short essay questions: Responses should integrate material covered in video lectures,
textbook and additional readings. Each answer should be at least one paragraph (5-8
sentences, give or take). There will be 2 short essay questions on the exam. Each question
is worth 5 points (20 points total). Your grade is based on comprehensiveness, accuracy,
and responding to each part of the question.
How to use this study guide: The first part of this study guide contains questions that are
meant to guide your studying and note taking for the multiple choice questions. The
second part contains the short answer questions that will be on the exam. The best way to
prepare for the exam is to answer the short essay questions beforehand and have them
ready to submit before you open the exam, then you can use the remaining time to look
up any of the questions in the textbook for the multiple choice section that you don’t
know off hand. I expect that you have watched all videos, taken notes, and completed all
assigned readings before opening the exam.
Part One:
Clinical Interviewing:
- Understand the difference between open-ended vs. close-ended questions. Be
able to recognize an example of each (see lectures). What are the advantages
and disadvantages of each?
- Types of Questions:
- Open Ended Questions: Elist Unique and Individualized Response (EX:
Essay Exam or Clinical Question of ‘Whats Brings You in Today?’)
- Closed Ended Question: Answer are pre-determined (EX: Multiple
Choice or ‘According to your quiz you responsed as feeling depressed, is
that true? [Yes or No)]
- What are the components of an interview that help that person gather
information?
- What Information is Gathered During a Clinical Interview:
- Presenting Problems (PP): Clinical reason for why client is seeking
, treatment or assessment (Examples: Come from client, desired by
spouse, court, etc.)
- History of PP: How long these have been present for and whether or not
they have been present before (if yes, is there anything different when
comparing each)
- Personal History: If it pertains to the parent such as family relationship,
work or academic status, medical history, psychological or psychiatric
history, and risk assessment (quetionarre about thoughts of sucide or
harm to another)
- Understand the difference between directive and non-directive style
- Directive: Structured and Leading the Interview with Questions in a Certain
Orded
- Comprised of closed ended questions and good for getting lots of
information in short period of time but the info isn’t descriptive
- Nondirective: Unstructured and client leads the interview, knows where to get
but not sure how
- Comprised of open ended questions and good for getting descriptive
information but they are time consuming
- Blend of Directive and Nondirective: Combination of open and closed ended
questions
- Closed ended can help get a list of symptoms while open ended can help
explain how te client is feeling
- Be familiar with the different types of Interviews
- Diagnostic Interviews: Used to provide DSM diagnosis
- These interviews are often structured
- Minimize subjectivity, enhance reliability
- Examples: SCID (Structured Clinical Interview Diagnosis) or
Semi-Structured Interviews (Some structure but also some
flexibility or opportunities to improvise)
- Various Purposes: Confirm diagnosis with previous clinician
- Crisis Interviews: Assess problem and provide immediate intervention
- Requires unique style (how to empathize, calm the client, and question)
- Clients are often considering suicide or other harmful acts
- Includes risk assessment (Are they at risk to themselves) and follow up
plan (check-in such as phone call, intake appointment, etc.)
- Mental Status Exam: Quickly assess how a client is functioning at that time
- Typically used in medical settings
- Includes things like appearance, orientation (x4), memory, affect and
mood, insight
- Understand the purpose of an intake interview. How does this interview help
guide treatment?
- Intake Interview: Determine whether to ‘intake’ the client into the agency or refer
elsewhere
- Completed at the first interview (most common)
