Abnormal Psychology Exam Review
Course Introduction
Abnormal Psychology explores the nature, causes, and treatment of psychological disorders. This course examines the criteria for defining abnormal behavior, the classification systems used to diagnose mental illnesses, and the major psychological disorders, including mood, anxiety, psychotic, and personality disorders. Students will analyze theoretical perspectives, research findings, and case studies to understand the biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors influencing abnormal behavior. The course also discusses current approaches to prevention, intervention, and therapy, fostering critical thinking about mental health issues in contemporary society.
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Clinical Psychology Science Practice and Culture 4th Edition by Andrew M. (Mark) Pomerantz
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Chapter 1: Clinical Psychology: Definition and Training
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Q1) The scientist-practitioner model of graduate training is also known as the _____ model.
Answer: Boulder
Q2) The first person to use the term clinical psychology in print was _____.
A)Lightner Witmer
B)Sigmund Freud
C)Carl Rogers
D)Richard McFall
Answer: A
Q3) The scientist-practitioner model of training is characterized by
A)a joint emphasis on practice and research.
B)an emphasis on research over practice.
C)an emphasis on practice over research.
D)a combined emphasis on practice,research,and psychopharmacology.
Answer: A
Q4) What is the most common setting in which clinical psychologists work?
Answer: Private practice.
Q5) The practitioner-scholar model of graduate training is also known as the _____ model.
Answer: Vail
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Chapter 2: Evolution of Clinical Psychology
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Q1) _____,more than any other activity,characterized clinical psychology during the earliest years of the profession.
A)Cognitive psychotherapy
B)Behavioral psychotherapy
C)Motivational interviewing
D)Assessment of intelligence
Answer: D
Q2) What historical event elevated psychotherapy to become one of the most common activities of clinical psychologists?
Answer: World War II
Q3) Eli Todd is most notable for
A)creating an inkblot personality test that is still used by many clinical psychologists.
B)advocating for humane treatment of the mentally ill in the United States.
C)coining the term clinical psychology.
D)creating the first widely used test of intelligence.
Answer: B
Q4) What organization is the author of the DSM-5?
Answer: American Psychiatric Association
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Chapter 3: Current Controversies in Clinical Psychology
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Q1) Websites such as psychologicaltreatments.org and effectivechildtherapy.org best illustrate
A)the continued growth of and focus on evidence-based practice in clinical psychology.
B)the ever-increasing presence of the Internet in individuals' lives.
C)a trend toward providing psychotherapy services online,rather than in person.
D)the APA's commitment to release all of its major publications online.
Answer: A
Q2) Compared to traditional,in-person forms of psychotherapy,how well does cybertherapy work?
Answer: Approximately as well as in-person forms of psychotherapy for a variety of disorders
Q3) Unlike the other 47 states,New Mexico,Louisiana,and Illinois grant _____ to appropriately trained psychologists.
Answer: prescription privileges
Q4) _____ is the use of technology,particularly the Internet,by clinical psychologists to provide professional services.
Answer: Cybertherapy
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Chapter 4: Cultural Issues in Clinical Psychology
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Q1) _____ is when an individual entering a new culture adopts much of the new culture and retains much of his or her original culture.
Q2) Authors such as Pedersen (1990,1999,and 2008)have labeled _____ as the "fourth force" in the history of psychology.
A)multiculturalism
B)humanism
C)the prescription privileges movement
D)behaviorism
Q3) The etic perspective
A)emphasizes similarities between all people.
B)attaches great importance to differences between cultural groups.
C)was less dominant in the early days of psychology than it is today.
D)seeks to emphasize the differences among people.
Q4) To modify a treatment with empirical support for a specific cultural group is called
Q5) What are the three levels of the tripartite model of personal identity?
Q6) Briefly explain how the height of basketball star Yao Ming illustrates the concept of heterogeneity within a culture.
Q7) What are the four acculturation strategies?
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Chapter 5: Ethical Issues in Clinical Psychology
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Q1) The APA ethical principle of "Beneficence and Nonmaleficence" essentially requires the psychologist to
A)do good and do no harm.
B)avoid multiple relationships.
C)obtain informed consent.
D)none of the above.
Q2) Which of the following is TRUE regarding ethical decision making by clinical psychologists?
A)Consulting with colleagues about ethically challenging situations is recommended,as long as client confidentiality is protected.
B)Consulting with colleagues about ethically challenging situations is recommended,and because the information is being shared with other qualified professionals,the client's confidentiality need not be protected.
C)Consulting with colleagues about ethically challenging situations is generally discouraged.
D)Consulting with colleagues about ethically challenging situations is recommended,provided such colleagues are licensed in the same state as the psychologist with questions.
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Chapter 6: Conducting Research in Clinical Psychology
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Q1) Compare and contrast the idiographic and nomothetic approaches.
Q2) _____ significance in an efficacy or effectiveness study refers to how two groups differ in real-world terms.It answers the question,"Is there a meaningful difference between the groups?"
A)Statistical
B)Clinical
C)Theoretical
D)Control
Q3) What are two main areas in which clinical psychologists conduct research?
Q4) _____ validity refers to the generalizability of a study's results,or the extent to which the study's findings hold true across different settings and populations.
Q5) According to the textbook,which of the following is NOT a question clinical psychologists should ask themselves when designing research studies?
A)How should psychotherapy outcome be measured?
B)What should be measured when assessing psychotherapy outcome?
C)Who should rate psychotherapy outcome?
D)Where should the study be conducted?
Q6) What is a meta-analysis?
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Chapter 7: Diagnosis and Classification Issues: DSM-5 and More
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Q1) Essentially,a categorical approach to diagnosis of mental disorders suggests that an individual
A)either has or does not have a disorder.
B)has every disorder to some extent.
C)can only be diagnosed with one disorder at a single point in time.
D)can have multiple disorders at the same time only if those disorders fall within the same larger category,such as depressive disorders or anxiety disorders.
Q2) Briefly explain how the profession of the primary authors of the DSM,as well as its publisher,has influenced its approach to conceptualizing mental disorders.
Q3) Hippocrates identified an imbalance in _____ as the source of abnormality.
A)the ego
B)spiritual harmony
C)bodily fluids
D)the unconscious
Q4) Which edition of the DSM was the first to rely heavily on empirical data to determine which diagnoses to include?
Q5) Compare and contrast the categorical and dimensional approaches to diagnosis.
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Q6) List one criticism of recent editions of the DSM.
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Chapter 8: The Clinical Interview
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Q1) Devlin and Nasar (2012)found that therapists and nonprofessionals asked to rate pictures of offices preferred clinicians' offices that
A)were orderly,spacious,and contained comfortable seats
B)featured bright lightening and personal photos.
C)were smaller in size,creating an intimate atmosphere.
D)arranged the furniture so the therapist could sit behind the client.
Q2) The _____ style of interviewing gets exactly the information needed by the interviewer by asking the client specific questions.
Q3) Dr.Huckabee is conducting a clinical interview with Megan.At the end of the interview,he ties together various topics that Megan discussed,connecting statements she made at various points,and identifies themes in the information she has provided.Which of the following techniques is Dr.Huckabee using?
A)Paraphrasing
B)Reflection of feeling
C)Clarification
D)Summarizing
Q4) A question such as "Do you consume alcohol?" is an example of a(n)_____ question.
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Chapter 9: Intellectual and Neuropsychological Assessment
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Q1) The three-stratum theory of intelligence is a contemporary theory that proposes a single,overall ability that contains eight broad factors,each of which contain many more specific abilities.This theory was proposed by _____.
A)Charles Spearman
B)Louis Thurstone
C)John Carroll
D)James Cattell
Q2) Which of the following is TRUE regarding the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales?
A)This test of intelligence has not been revised since the 1960s,and as a result,its content and normative groups have been widely criticized.
B)There are four separate versions of this test corresponding to four different age ranges.
C)Despite its misleading name,the Stanford-Binet was actually created by David Wechsler.
D)The test is to be administered face-to-face and one-on-one.
Q3) Briefly describe the types of scores yielded by the Wechsler intelligence tests.What kind of model of intelligence do these scores endorse?
Q4) What is the difference between intelligence and achievement?
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Chapter 10: Personality Assessment and Behavioral Assessment
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT an example of an objective personality test?
A)California Psychological Inventory
B)NEO Personality Inventory
C)Thematic Apperception Test
D)Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory
Q2) During the _____,an adult patient is asked to tell stories about a series of cards,each featuring an ambiguous interpersonal scene.
Q3) The Psychasthenia scale on the MMPI-2 is a measure of _____.
A)depression
B)anxiety
C)bipolar disorder
D)schizophrenia
Q4) The practice of evidence-based assessment is characterized by the selection of tests that meet all of the following criteria EXCEPT
A)strong clinical utility.
B)acceptable reliability and validity.
C)sufficient normative data.
D)endorsement by the American Psychological Association.
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Q5) What are the five personality traits measured by the NEO-Personality Inventory?
Chapter 11: General Issues in Psychotherapy
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Q1) The primary finding of Hans Eysenck's 1952 review of psychotherapy outcome studies was that
A)psychotherapy was of little benefit,since most clients got better without it.
B)psychotherapy was beneficial when practiced by therapists with doctoral degrees,but not beneficial when practiced by therapists with master's or bachelor's degrees.
C)humanistic psychotherapy was significantly more effective than psychodynamic psychotherapy.
D)cognitive psychotherapy was significantly more effective than behavioral psychotherapy.
Q2) Dr.Harbinger is studying a new psychotherapy treatment for depression.He carefully screens potential participants to make sure they fit strict diagnostic criteria and randomly assigns them to a treatment or control group.He is most likely conducting a(n)_____ study.
A)power
B)effectiveness
C)efficiency
D)efficacy
Q3) List two common factors discussed in the text.
Q4) What was the conclusion of Hans Eysenck's (1952)study of psychotherapy?
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Chapter 12: Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
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Q1) When a patient is asked to engage in _____,the patient's task is to verbalize any thought that comes to mind,no matter how nonsensical,inappropriate,illogical,or unimportant it may seem.
A)word association
B)fixation
C)projection
D)free association
Q2) _____ is the defense mechanism in which the ego projects an id impulse onto other people around us.
A)Displacement
B)Repression
C)Projection
D)Reaction formation
Q3) Which Freudian psychosexual stage is associated with the development of trust (or distrust)?
Q4) Which of the following lists Freud's psychosexual stages in the correct order?
A)Oral,anal,phallic,latency,genital
B)Genital,oral,phallic,anal,latency
C)Anal,oral,phallic,genital,latency
D)Latency,oral,anal,genital,phallic
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Chapter 13: Humanistic Psychotherapy
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Q1) According to the humanistic approach,there are three essential therapeutic conditions that characterize successful therapist-client relationships._____ is among these three essential therapeutic conditions.
A)Empathy
B)Conditional positive regard
C)Interpretation
D)Transference
Q2) Freud is to _____ as Maslow is to _____.
A)behavioral,cognitive
B)cognitive,behavioral
C)psychodynamic,humanistic
D)humanistic,psychodynamic
Q3) In humanistic psychotherapy,_____ takes place when a therapist responds to a client by rephrasing or restating the client's statements in a way that highlights the client's feelings or emotions.
A)emotional transference
B)reflection
C)congruence
D)countertransference
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Chapter 14: Behavior Therapy
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Q1) What is a main difference between exposure therapy and systematic desensitization?
Q2) Briefly explain the extinction burst.
Q3) If a kindergarten teacher gives students a sticker each time they are good,takes a sticker away each time they are bad,and allows students to trade in a certain number of stickers for a prize,what operant conditioning technique she is likely using?
Q4) Which of the following places the steps of the scientific method in correct order?
A)Develop hypotheses,test the hypotheses,observe a phenomenon,observe the outcome of the tests,revise the hypotheses
B)Observe a phenomenon,develop hypotheses,test the hypotheses,observe the outcome of the tests,revise the hypotheses
C)Observe a phenomenon,develop hypotheses,revise the hypotheses,test the hypotheses,observe the outcome of the tests
D)Test the hypotheses,observe the outcome of the tests,observe a phenomenon,develop hypotheses,revise the hypotheses
Q5) Exposure therapy and systematic desensitization are examples of _____ conditioning.
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Chapter 15: Cognitive Psychotherapy and Mindfulness-Based Therapies
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Q1) According to Ellis' ABCDE model,"D" represents
A)a discussion of the feelings resulting from the client's irrational thoughts.
B)the drive with which the irrational thought is associated.
C)the domain of the client's life negatively influenced by the irrational thought.
D)a dispute of the client's irrational thoughts.
Q2) _____ are considered leaders in the cognitive therapy movement.
A)Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis
B)Sigmund Freud and Karen Horney
C)Carl Jung and Fritz Perls
D)John Watson and Edward Thorndike
Q3) Define the common thought distortion known as mind reading and offer a fictional example that a client might bring to a clinical psychologist.
Q4) _____ can be defined as full engagement with one's own internal mental processes in a nonconfrontational way,which often involves a reduction in _____.
A)Schema therapy,acceptance
B)Metacognitive therapy,cognitive restructuring
C)Insight,transference
D)Mindfulness,experiential avoidance
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Chapter 16: Group and Family Therapy
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Q1) Exception questions,such as "When was this not a problem for you?" and "When was this not so bad?" and the formula-first session task,in which clients consider what aspects of their lives they want to remain the same,are important components of
A)narrative therapy
B)humanistic therapy
C)solution-focused therapy
D)structural family therapy
Q2) Two parents in conflict with one another each make efforts to recruit their child to support their position in the conflict.According to family therapists,this exemplifies _____.
A)an undifferentiated ego mass
B)triangulation
C)extra-group socializing
D)linear causality
Q3) Who is the leading figure in the interpersonal approach to group therapy?
Q4) What type of family therapy uses "solution-talk" and focuses almost exclusively on solutions?
Q5) Compare and contrast linear causality and circular causality.
Q6) What do group therapists mean by the term social microcosm?
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Chapter 17: Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
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Q1) When implementing behavioral observation with a child client,the psychologist should be on the lookout for _____ in which the child's behaviors change simply because he realizes he is being watched by the psychologist.
A)analogue motion
B)naturalistic action
C)reactivity
D)modification
Q2) _____ direct observation of a child behavior takes place where it actually happens,whereas _____ direct observation typically takes place in a clinic room where the real-life situation is simulated.
Q3) Which three factors did Grotberg (2003)suggest contribute to resilience in children?
A)Child strengths,parental support,and community involvement
B)External supports,inner strengths,and interpersonal problem-solving skills
C)Peer relationships,educational commitment,and quality of life
D)Social supports,psychological skills,and biological strengths
Q4) _____ psychology is a cross-disciplinary field that promotes both the mental and physical health of children with medical conditions.
Q5) Briefly describe behavior rating scales frequently used for child assessment.
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Chapter 18: Health Psychology
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Q1) _____ is a technique for promoting physical health in which patients write about what they value most in life.
A)Values affirmation
B)Healthful writing
C)Narrative weight management
D)Parable telling
Q2) _____ stress refers to a syndrome defined by stress levels that are consistently high and unremitting,often due to a hectic,fast-paced lifestyle.
A)Chronic
B)Congenital
C)General
D)Global
Q3) _____ is when the body requires increasing amounts of alcohol to achieve the same effect (i.e. ,level of drunkenness).
Q4) Smoking has proven to be a major risk factor for _____.
A)heart disease
B)cancer
C)stroke
D)Smoking contributes risk to developing all of the other choices.
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Chapter 19: Forensic Psychology
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Q1) Which of the following statements is NOT true? When conducting a forensic evaluation,
A)psychologists should make clear the limits of confidentiality.
B)test data and results may become public,such as in the case of Mike Tyson.
C)it is permissible to disclose test results to the public if the assessed individual works for a national organization,such as the National Football League.
D)the person being assessed may not be entitled to see the results of the assessment.
Q2) Clinical psychologists conducting assessments in forensic settings
A)should build rapport by assuring the person being assessed that no information collected during the assessment can be used against him.
B)are rarely asked to determine the mental status of a defendant pleading not guilty by reason of insanity.
C)may be asked to assess for child custody,personal injury lawsuits,and workers' compensation hearings.
D)must provide copies of the assessment report to the person being assessed,as well as any agency paying for the evaluation.
Q3) What name is given to statistical prediction methods used to predict dangerous?
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