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Abnormal Psychology explores the nature, causes, and treatment of psychological disorders, examining patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that deviate from societal norms. The course covers the classification of mental health disorders, their etiology, and the biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors influencing them. Through case studies, diagnostic criteria, and current research, students will gain insights into various conditions such as anxiety disorders, mood disorders, schizophrenia, and personality disorders. Emphasis is also placed on approaches to assessment, ethical considerations, and evidence-based interventions in clinical practice.
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Clinical Psychology 8th Edition by Timothy J. Trull
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Chapter 1: Clinical Psychology: An Introduction
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Q1) Over the last four decades,the popularity of the psychiatric specialization among medical school graduates
A) has increased dramatically.
B) has generally declined.
C) first declined and then experienced a resurgence.
D) has remained relatively stable.
Answer: B
Q2) Aidan,a college freshman who is interested the mental health field,visits a vocational guidance counselor to talk about the various training and degree options.About one field,his counselor tells him,"This area is currently in the middle of an identity crisis.The field has shrunk over time,the prestige has dropped,the emphasis of the work has changed,and people with this degree rarely get the chance to offer intensive talk therapy to their patients." Based on what you read about the various mental health professions,which field is the counselor most likely referring to?
A) clinical psychology
B) psychiatry
C) clinical social work
D) counseling psychology
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Historical Overview of Clinical Psychology
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Q1) If you had met with James McKeen Catell and asked him to assess your intelligence,he most likely would have
A) examined your body type.
B) measured your reaction time to various tasks.
C) asked you to define a list of words as best you could.
D) none of the above
Answer: B
Q2) Briefly summarize the influence of Eysenck's (1952)landmark article criticizing psychotherapy.
Answer: Eysenck's (1952) landmark article criticizing psychotherapy had a significant influence on the field of psychology. In his article, Eysenck argued that psychotherapy was not effective and that there was little evidence to support its claims of success. This challenged the prevailing belief at the time that psychotherapy was a valuable and effective treatment for mental health issues. Eysenck's critique sparked a debate within the field and led to increased scrutiny of the effectiveness of psychotherapy. It also prompted researchers to conduct more rigorous studies to evaluate the efficacy of different therapeutic approaches. Ultimately, Eysenck's article had a lasting impact on the field of psychotherapy and contributed to the development of evidence-based practices in mental health treatment.
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Chapter 3: Current Issues in Clinical Psychology
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Q1) Last spring,Johan earned his Ph.D.in clinical psychology in an APA-accredited program.This spring he will complete one year of supervised postdoctoral work and go to the state capital to take the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP).What kind of professional designation does Johan appear to be pursuing?
A) assistant professor
B) certification
C) licensure
D) ABPP certification
Answer: C
Q2) In the Tarasoff case,the California Supreme Court ruled that
A) the therapist should not have broken confidentiality at all.
B) the therapist's actions were sufficient in the eyes of the law.
C) the therapist should have warned additional people.
D) the therapy conducted with the client caused the crime to be committed.
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Research Methods in Clinical Psychology
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Q1) A study that aims to measure the number of people in a particular city who are diagnosable with generalized anxiety disorder is an example of
A) the case study method.
B) multivariate research.
C) epidemiological research.
D) none of the above
Q2) What is the "third-variable problem"?
A) When a researcher measures so many variables that it's difficult to make sense of the data.
B) When a research considers only one direction of causation between two variables that are strongly correlated.
C) When a researcher measures variables that are not relevant to the relationship he or she is most interested in.
D) When a researcher fails to consider that two variables may be correlated due only to the effects of some unmeasured third variable.
Q3) Identify at least four general elements of the consent form for a study.
Q4) Briefly compare and contrast cross-sectional and longitudinal designs.
Q5) Briefly compare and contrast experimental and correlational research methods.
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Chapter 5: Diagnosis and Classification of Psychological Problems
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Q1) The only definition of abnormal behavior that does not involve subjectivity is
A) conformity to norms.
B) subjective distress.
C) disability or dysfunction.
D) none of the above
Q2) What are the major elements of "mental disorder," as defined in the DSM-IV-TR?
Q3) Structured diagnostic interviews
A) increase diagnostic reliability over unstructured interviews.
B) do not yet exist, but are being developed for both Axis I and Axis II disorders.
C) yield equally reliable diagnoses for all DSM-IV-TR disorders.
D) more than one of the above
Q4) Which of the following examples is most clearly abnormal according to the "subjective distress" definition of abnormality?
A) a mean, callous supervisor who remains unaware that his/her employees hate him/her
B) a librarian whose religious hallucinations interfere with her ability to work
C) a child whose IQ is below the cutoff point for mental retardation
D) a high-functioning accountant who feels depressed about several aspects of his/her life
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Chapter 6: The Assessment Interview
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Q1) Dr.Seul will be doing a clinical assessment later this morning,and he wants things to go as well as possible.ALL BUT WHICH of the following should help him to achieve that goal?
A) Preparing for the interview by reading all of the available records on the client.
B) Clarifying the referral question, if necessary.
C) Giving full play to the client's emotions during the contact, even if it means going off topic.
D) Giving the client some feedback or closure at the end of the interview.
Q2) The SCID-I
A) is a structured interview designed to provide immediate assistance to clients.
B) is a structured interview designed to yield a DSM-IV diagnosis.
C) is a structured interview for child clients.
D) more than one of the above
Q3) Explain why it is so difficult to validate a structured diagnostic interview.What is required for us to feel confident about the validity of such interviews?
Q4) How is a clinical interview similar to and different from ordinary conversation? Psychological tests?
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Chapter 7: The Assessment of Intelligence
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Q1) Which of the following statements is true?
A) Hispanic Americans tend to obtain significantly lower IQ scores than White Americans.
B) African Americans tend to obtain significantly lower IQ scores than White Americans.
C) After puberty, males tend to score significantly higher than women on tests of quantitative ability.
D) all of the above
Q2) The most recent edition of the Stanford-Binet intelligence test was published in the A) 1970s.
B) 1980s.
C) 1990s.
D) 2000s.
Q3) The correlation between IQ scores and grades in school is approximately A) .85.
B) .50.
C) 0.
D) -.25.
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Chapter 8: Personality Assessment
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Q1) The domains measured by the NEO-PI-R include
A) Neuroticism and Openness to Experience.
B) Schizophrenia and Conscientiousness.
C) Need for Achievement and Extraversion.
D) all of the above
Q2) What must be true in order for a test to be considered "biased"? Is it possible for a test to be biased if it produces similar scores in different groups of people? Explain.
Q3) ALL BUT WHICH is a valid criticism of the NEO-PI-R?
A) It contains very few validity items.
B) It demonstrates poor test-retest reliability.
C) It is unclear whether some facets really belong to their assigned domains.
D) It is unclear yet whether the instrument is appropriate for treatment planning.
Q4) How are clients protected from abuses of personality tests,including privacy and confidentiality violations?
Q5) Outline the steps involved in the construct validation approach to objective test construction.How does this approach relate to the other approaches to test construction?
Q6) Summarize the content validation approach to objective test construction.
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Chapter 9: Behavioral Assessment
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Q1) Naturalistic observation has taken place in
A) client's homes.
B) schools.
C) psychiatric hospitals.
D) all of the above
Q2) Which of the following is NOT a procedure used to assess cognitive functioning in the context of behavioral assessment?
A) having clients "think aloud" (say whatever is on their minds) in response to problems they are presented with
B) having clients list their thoughts in response to various stressful situations
C) having clients fill out rating scales of adaptive and maladaptive cognitions
D) All of the above are accepted procedures.
Q3) EMG,EDA,and EEG are most relevant to
A) naturalistic observation.
B) psychophysiological assessment.
C) structured diagnostic interviews.
D) self-monitoring techniques.
Q4) What is functional analysis,and why is it essential to behavioral assessment?
Q5) Describe two distinct types of observer error,and provide an example of each.
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Chapter 10: Clinical Judgment
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Q1) Among the following,the name most closely associated with support for the statistical or actuarial approach to prediction is
A) Murray.
B) Meehl.
C) Exner.
D) Millon.
Q2) ALL BUT WHICH of the following is an accurate statement about prediction?
A) Clinicians are often asked to make specific predictions about client behavior.
B) It is usually possible to make valid, specific predictions on the basis of diagnostic and general background information.
C) Sometimes predictions may appear invalid because people change their behavior in response to them.
D) All of the above are accurate statements about prediction.
Q3) Intuitive predictions of patient behavior often
A) ignore base rates.
B) fail to consider regression effects.
C) assume that highly correlated predictors will yield higher validity.
D) all of the above
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Chapter 11: Psychological Interventions
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Q1) Dr.Hennepin is conducting a study on a new psychotherapy for depression.The depressed clients in his study are diverse,ranging greatly both in the presence of comorbid diagnoses and the severity of their depression; the therapists also are diverse,with different types of mental health training (clinical psychology,social work)and different levels of experience.Dr.Hennepin's study has a high degree of external validity.What term is used for studies of this nature?
A) a psychotherapy efficacy study
B) a psychotherapy effectiveness study
C) an analog treatment study
D) a double-blind placebo trial
Q2) ALL BUT WHICH of the following is consistent with current thinking about the therapist qualities of empathy,warmth,and genuineness identified by Rogers (1957)?
A) They are necessary, but not sufficient, for successful therapy.
B) They are considered untrainable skills.
C) They are believed to reflect the quality of the therapeutic alliance.
D) All of the above are consistent with current thinking on this matter.
Q3) What is meant by "nonspecific factors" in psychotherapy? How do nonspecific factors contribute to therapy outcome?
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Chapter 12: Psychotherapy: The Psychodynamic Perspective
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Q1) Simone is a young woman with obsessive-compulsive symptoms.According to Freud,Simone probably failed to successfully negotiate the __________ stage of development.
A) oral
B) anal
C) genital
D) phallic
Q2) Breuer and Freud worked together to create __________,which was published in 1895.
A) The Psychopathology of Everyday Life
B) The Interpretation of Dreams
C) Civilization and Its Discontents
D) Studies in Hysteria
Q3) According to Freud,the positive and constructive aspects of human behavior,such as sex,hunger,and the creative arts,are attributable to
A) the superego.
B) the ego.
C) Thanatos.
D) Eros.
Q4) What is transference,and how might a psychoanalyst facilitate it?
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Chapter 13: Psychotherapy: Phenomenological
Humanistic-Existential Perspective
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Q1) Client-centered psychotherapists assume that clients A) possess growth potential.
B) are incapable of improving without critical feedback.
C) must rely upon the therapist to assume authority over their lives.
D) more than one of the above
Q2) Compared to psychoanalysis,client-centered therapy de-emphasizes A) biological urges.
B) self-determination.
C) the here-and-now.
D) all of the above
Q3) Shayla's therapist is constantly calling her attention to her current feelings,thoughts,and experiences.Which type of therapy below is Shayla most likely receiving?
A) psychoanalytic
B) Gestalt
C) logo-
D) humanistic
Q4) Identify and briefly describe three therapist characteristics that,according to Rogers,precipitate positive outcomes in psychotherapy.What does recent research suggest about Rogers' assertion?
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Chapter 14: Psychotherapy: Behavioral and Cognitive-Behavioral Perspectives
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Q1) Ethan,who is in the third grade,has not been doing his homework.The counselor at school suggests that his parents institute a token economy where Ethan receives a poker chip each time he completes his homework,and every time he accumulates 5 chips and turns them in to his parents,they buy him a comic book.In this case,what is considered the "backup reinforcer"?
A) the comic book
B) the poker chip
C) the parents' praise
D) the homework
Q2) A client and therapist agree upon the following rule regarding the client's behavior by signing a document which states,"If I study my most boring textbook for 5 hours this week,I can see the movie of my choice on Sunday." Which of the following contingency management techniques is illustrated by this example?
A) "Grandma's rule" (i.e., the Premack principle)
B) contingency contracting
C) both of the above
D) neither of the above
Q3) Summarize the rationale of exposure therapy and identify at least three features that enhance its effectiveness.
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Chapter 15: Group Therapy, Family Therapy, and Couples Therapy
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Q1) Bateson,Lidz,and Bowen each emphasized the role that family members can play in the development of __________ and subsequent research has shown __________ for their ideas.
A) depression; minimal support
B) bipolar disorder; significant support
C) schizophrenia; minimal support
D) antisocial personality disorder; significant support
Q2) Research has supported the efficacy of behavioral and cognitive-behavioral group interventions for the treatment of A) depression.
B) social phobia.
C) pain.
D) all of the above
Q3) Compare and contrast behavioral marital therapy and emotionally-focused couples therapy.
Q4) Group psychotherapy in which members act out roles with each other is labeled
A) transactional analysis.
B) psychoanalytic group therapy.
C) Gestalt group therapy.
D) psychodrama.
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Chapter 16: Community Psychology
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Q1) Compare and contrast primary,secondary,and tertiary prevention.How does tertiary prevention differ from interventions based on a deficit philosophy?
Q2) Each October,thousands of sites across the country recognize National Depression Screening Day by offering free depression screenings to interested individuals.This kind of program would fall under which of the following categories?
A) primary prevention
B) secondary prevention
C) tertiary prevention
D) none of the above
Q3) In the context of community psychology,the principle of prevention asserts that A) the identification of biological predispositions toward psychological disorders is the key to overcoming such disorders.
B) prompt individual treatment of psychological disorders is crucial for preventing the development of additional, related disorders.
C) timely treatment of the individual will help prevent larger problems within that person's social group.
D) none of the above
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Chapter 17: Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine
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Q1) In explaining the relationship between hostility and health,Dr.Billings asserts that more hostile individuals have poorer health habits,and it's these habits that increase their susceptibility to coronary heart disease.Evidently,Dr.Billings is an adherent of the
A) transactional model of stress.
B) psychophysiological reactivity model.
C) psychosocial vulnerability model.
D) health behavior model.
Q2) Dr.Stanley,who is treating a patient with hypertension,believes that nutritional deficiencies,behavior patterns,and family interactions all contribute to the disease.Dr.Stanley appears to endorse the __________ model of health and illness.
A) biopsychosocial
B) psychosocial
C) biomedical
D) psychosomatic
Q3) Define self-efficacy,and explain the importance of this concept for health psychology.
Q4) Compare and contrast the biopsychosocial model of illness and health with the models that preceded it.
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Chapter 18: Neuropsychology
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Q1) Equipotentiality is best understood as
A) the ability of brain-injured patients to return to premorbid levels of functioning.
B) the tendency for the brain to function as a whole rather than as isolated units.
C) equivalent neuropsychological abilities across the senses.
D) the comparable impairment experienced by individuals with similar brain lesions.
Q2) Identify and describe at least four common consequences or symptoms of brain damage.
Q3) The frontal lobes of the brain were the __________ to develop,evolutionarily,and are the __________ to develop as humans grow from infancy to adulthood.
A) last; first
B) last; last
C) first; first
D) first; last
Q4) Explain the primary advantages and disadvantages of (1)the standard battery approach and (2)the flexible battery approach to neuropsychological assessment.
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Chapter 19: Forensic Psychology
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Q1) Among individuals with mental illness,_____% have no history of violence.
A) 20
B) 50
C) 70
D) 90
Q2) Which of the following is true regarding lay witnesses and expert witnesses?
A) A lay witness, unlike an expert witness, can offer opinions or inferences.
B) An expert witness, unlike a lay witness, can offer opinions or inferences.
C) Both lay witnesses and expert witnesses can offer opinions or inferences.
D) Neither lay witnesses nor expert witnesses can offer opinions or inferences.
Q3) Relative to individuals without a mental disorder diagnosis,a history of violence is especially common among individuals with _____ disorders.
A) anxiety
B) learning
C) mood
D) substance use
Q4) What did the Supreme Court decide in the 1993 Daubert v.Merrell Dow case regarding the admissibility of expert testimony? Compare the intent of the decision with its effects to date.
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