Clinical Psychology - Exam 1 Study
Guide QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS(RATED A+)
Clinical Psychology - ANSWERInvolves rigorous study and applied practice directed
toward understanding and improving the psychological facts of the human
experience, including but not limited to issues or problems of behavior, emotions, or
intellect
Scientist-practitioner model (Boulder model) - ANSWERPsychotherapy and research
blend
Practitioner-scholar model (Vial model) - ANSWERMore training in applied clinical
skills and less focus on research (PsyD)
Clinical Scientist model - ANSWERvery strong research model
Three Graduate program models - ANSWERClinical Scientist model, Practitioner-
scholar model, and Scientist-practitioner model
Predoctoral internship - ANSWEROne year but documented in hours; best are APA
approved)
Postdoctoral internship - ANSWEROne year under licensed psychologist
Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP) - ANSWERMinimum
score is 500 (35% do not pass first time)
Compare PhD programs to PsyD programs - ANSWER- PhD: Research emphasis
- PsyD: Enroll more students, Accept students with lower GRE scores and GPAs,
have less funding for students
- Graduate students who pursue practice-related careers rather than academic or
research-related careers
Requirements for being licensed as a clinical psychologist - ANSWER- Ph.D. or
Psy.D
- Postdoctoral training (one year under licensed psychologist
- EPPP (Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology) minimum score is 500
(35% do not pass first time)
- Continuing education units (attending workshops, taking courses, undergoing
additional specialized training, passing exams over specific readings, etc)
Primary area of employment of the clinical psychologist - ANSWER- Private Practice
(most common)
Hospitals
Medical Settings
, Community Mental Health Centers
Universities
Veterans Affairs
What clinical psychologists do for employment? - ANSWERPsychotherapy
(foremost), Assessment and Testing, Teaching/Supervision, Prescribe medication (in
some states)
Counseling psychologists v. clinical psychologists - ANSWERClinical: work with
more seriously disturbed populations; tend to work more often in settings such as
hospitals and inpatient psychiatric units; tend to endorse behaviorism more strongly
Counseling Psychologists: work with less seriously disturbed individuals; tend to
work more often in university counseling centers; tend to endorse humanistic/client-
centered approaches more strongly
Psychiatrist v. psychologist - ANSWERPsychiatrists: medical school; prescribe
medications
Social workers v. psychologists - ANSWER- Social Workers: psychotherapy and
transition to the community; typically earn a master's degree; trained to use social
services and programs to help individuals
- Psychologists: Often earn PhD; trained to use research and evaluation to help
individuals
School psychologists v. clinical psychologist - ANSWER- School: work in schools,
day-care centers, correctional facilities; frequently conduct psychological testing to
determine diagnoses; use and develop programs designed to meet the educational
and emotional needs of students
- Clinical: work with more seriously disturbed populations; tend to work more often in
settings such as hospitals and inpatient psychiatric units; tend to endorse
behaviorism more strongly
Professional counselors - ANSWEROffer career, school, addiction, couple/family,
college counseling; licensed professional counselors (LPCs); work generally involves
counseling, with very little emphasis on psychological testing or conducting research;
serve wide varieties of clients in community agencies
William Tuke (early pioneer) - ANSWER(England) - devoted his life to improving
conditions in mental hospitals and raised funds to open the York Retreat (model for
psychiatric hospitals)
Philippe Pinel (early pioneer) - ANSWER(France) - liberated the mentally ill; went to
great lengths to convince contemporaries that the mentally ill deserved compassion
and hope rather than maltreatment and scorn; advocated for the staff to include in
their treatment of each patient a case history, ongoing treatment notes, and an
illness classification of some kind
Eli Todd (early pioneer) - ANSWER(America) - physician in Connecticut who opened
the Retreat in Hartford-allowed patients to have significant input into their treatment
Guide QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS(RATED A+)
Clinical Psychology - ANSWERInvolves rigorous study and applied practice directed
toward understanding and improving the psychological facts of the human
experience, including but not limited to issues or problems of behavior, emotions, or
intellect
Scientist-practitioner model (Boulder model) - ANSWERPsychotherapy and research
blend
Practitioner-scholar model (Vial model) - ANSWERMore training in applied clinical
skills and less focus on research (PsyD)
Clinical Scientist model - ANSWERvery strong research model
Three Graduate program models - ANSWERClinical Scientist model, Practitioner-
scholar model, and Scientist-practitioner model
Predoctoral internship - ANSWEROne year but documented in hours; best are APA
approved)
Postdoctoral internship - ANSWEROne year under licensed psychologist
Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP) - ANSWERMinimum
score is 500 (35% do not pass first time)
Compare PhD programs to PsyD programs - ANSWER- PhD: Research emphasis
- PsyD: Enroll more students, Accept students with lower GRE scores and GPAs,
have less funding for students
- Graduate students who pursue practice-related careers rather than academic or
research-related careers
Requirements for being licensed as a clinical psychologist - ANSWER- Ph.D. or
Psy.D
- Postdoctoral training (one year under licensed psychologist
- EPPP (Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology) minimum score is 500
(35% do not pass first time)
- Continuing education units (attending workshops, taking courses, undergoing
additional specialized training, passing exams over specific readings, etc)
Primary area of employment of the clinical psychologist - ANSWER- Private Practice
(most common)
Hospitals
Medical Settings
, Community Mental Health Centers
Universities
Veterans Affairs
What clinical psychologists do for employment? - ANSWERPsychotherapy
(foremost), Assessment and Testing, Teaching/Supervision, Prescribe medication (in
some states)
Counseling psychologists v. clinical psychologists - ANSWERClinical: work with
more seriously disturbed populations; tend to work more often in settings such as
hospitals and inpatient psychiatric units; tend to endorse behaviorism more strongly
Counseling Psychologists: work with less seriously disturbed individuals; tend to
work more often in university counseling centers; tend to endorse humanistic/client-
centered approaches more strongly
Psychiatrist v. psychologist - ANSWERPsychiatrists: medical school; prescribe
medications
Social workers v. psychologists - ANSWER- Social Workers: psychotherapy and
transition to the community; typically earn a master's degree; trained to use social
services and programs to help individuals
- Psychologists: Often earn PhD; trained to use research and evaluation to help
individuals
School psychologists v. clinical psychologist - ANSWER- School: work in schools,
day-care centers, correctional facilities; frequently conduct psychological testing to
determine diagnoses; use and develop programs designed to meet the educational
and emotional needs of students
- Clinical: work with more seriously disturbed populations; tend to work more often in
settings such as hospitals and inpatient psychiatric units; tend to endorse
behaviorism more strongly
Professional counselors - ANSWEROffer career, school, addiction, couple/family,
college counseling; licensed professional counselors (LPCs); work generally involves
counseling, with very little emphasis on psychological testing or conducting research;
serve wide varieties of clients in community agencies
William Tuke (early pioneer) - ANSWER(England) - devoted his life to improving
conditions in mental hospitals and raised funds to open the York Retreat (model for
psychiatric hospitals)
Philippe Pinel (early pioneer) - ANSWER(France) - liberated the mentally ill; went to
great lengths to convince contemporaries that the mentally ill deserved compassion
and hope rather than maltreatment and scorn; advocated for the staff to include in
their treatment of each patient a case history, ongoing treatment notes, and an
illness classification of some kind
Eli Todd (early pioneer) - ANSWER(America) - physician in Connecticut who opened
the Retreat in Hartford-allowed patients to have significant input into their treatment
