Applied Clinical Psychology
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Applied Clinical Psychology explores the practical application of psychological theories, principles, and research to diagnose, treat, and prevent mental health issues and behavioral disorders. The course covers key topics such as assessment methods, psychotherapeutic interventions, evidence-based practices, and ethical considerations in clinical settings. Students will develop foundational skills in case formulation, client communication, and treatment planning, preparing them to work effectively with diverse populations in clinical, counseling, and healthcare environments. Emphasis is placed on integrating scientific knowledge with real-world practice to enhance mental health outcomes and promote psychological well-being.
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Introduction to Clinical Psychology 8th Edition by Geoffrey P. Kramer
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Chapter 1: What Is Clinical Psychology
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Q1) The mental health practitioner who is a specialist within the medical profession is a A) psychiatrist.
B) licensed marriage and family counselor.
C) social worker.
D) none of the above
Answer: A
Q2) Clinical psychology is a legally regulated profession.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Laws that require health insurers to provide the same level of coverage for mental health care as for physical care are
A) referred to as mental health parity laws..
B) already on the books in all 50 states and Canada.
C) will undoubtedly increase insurance costs to employers.
D) have been tried and shown to be ineffective in containing health care costs.
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Clinical Psychologys Past and Present
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Q1) The earliest reception for the new clinical psychology
A) was overwhelmingly positive.
B) was mostly positive, especially by those involved in research.
C) foreshadowed future issues between the "psychology as a science" and "psychology as an applied profession" divisions of the new field.
D) none of the above
Answer: C
Q2) One significant reason that clinical psychologists are becoming increasingly interested in the biological causes of mental disorders is
A) a belief that all clinical psychologists should have prescription-writing privileges.
B) An understanding that biological factors can often be modified by psychological interventions.
C) A reduced belief in the validity of the diathesis-stress model.
D) all of the above
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Basic Features of Clinical Assessment
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Q1) Which of the following clinicians would be likely to consider traditional assessment procedures dehumanizing and harmful to the quality of the client-clinician relationship?
A) Harold, a clinician trained by Carl Rogers.
B) Jamil, a psychodynamically oriented therapist.
C) Harriette, a clinician who utilizes Beck's theories and protocols.
D) none of the above
Answer: A
Q2) In order to distinguish between behaviors a client cannot engage in from those a client does not engage in, a clinician would
A) use the most reliable instrument available.
B) use the most valid instrument available.
C) attempt to cross-validate their findings by using multiple instruments.
D) create his or her own measure to evaluate the client.
Answer: D
Q3) The DSM-5 will continue using a multiaxial approach to diagnosing mental disorders.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Interviewing and Observation in Clinical Psychology
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Q1) Self-report measures are now so reliable that it is not necessary to use observational assessment to help correct for errors.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Several clinicians are viewing videos of interviews and then making ratings or other inferences from them.They are probably in a research study investigating A) concurrent validity.
B) test-retest reliability.
C) interrater reliability
D) predictive validity.
Q3) There is evidence that nonverbal behavior during an intake interview is related to subsequent therapeutic success.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Explain the interventions that can improve the interrater reliability of participant observer data.
Q5) Discuss the factors that are likely to lead to an increased use of instruments that measure physiological responses.
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Chapter 5: Testing in Clinical Psychology
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Q1) Psychologists using the analytic approach are most likely to
A) ascertain the qualities they want to measure.
B) define the qualities they want to measure.
C) create test items that measure the qualities they have defined.
D) all of the above
Q2) When a person is given a pre-test before an intervention, and then another test after an intervention or training, and his or her results are compared to determine progress, this is called
A) standardized measurement.
B) criterion measurement.
C) ipsative measurement.
D) all of the above
Q3) The _______ is the most influential psychological test available for the objective measurement of personality.
A) Rorschach
B) MMPI-2
C) WAISIII
D) Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
Q4) What are some of the ways that testers can minimize response distortions?
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Chapter 6: Basic Features of Clinical Interventions
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Q1) One area that graduate programs may not address fully, according to many therapists, is
A) how to choose the correct assessment protocols.
B) how to conduct initial sessions to develop therapeutic alliances.
C) how to manage their own emotions and use them therapeutically.
D) knowing when to terminate treatment.
Q2) Mental disorders are found in all segments of U.S.society.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The placebo effect, where positive expectations lead to an improvement in a client's situation,
A) should be evidence that psychotherapy interventions really aren't all that beneficial.
B) are unique to psychotherapy, and should be capitalized upon.
C) highlights the role that faith, hope, and expectation for change contribute to therapeutic change.
D) cannot be manipulated, so they are not important to the therapeutic alliance.
Q4) When psychotherapy occurs in a library setting, it is called bibliotherapy.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Psychodynamic and Humanistic Psychotherapies
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Q1) Carl Rogers was the first to recognize the need for scientific research to substantiate the effectiveness of psychotherapeutic interventions.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following are sources of unconscious material that psychoanalysts utilize?
A) free association material
B) slips of the tongue, body language
C) accidents, memory lapses, humor
D) all of the above would be material that would interest an analyst
Q3) Relational psychodynamic psychotherapies
A) stress the importance of early relationships.
B) borrow heavily from psychoanalysis, ego-analysis, person-centered, and humanistic approaches.
C) are often referred to as "two-person theories."
D) all of the above
Q4) Emotion-focused therapy helps clients avoid feelings of vulnerability.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Behavioral and Cognitive-Behavioral Psychotherapies
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT a component of functional analysis?
A) stimulus
B) organism
C) consequences
D) observations
Q2) Which of the following would NOT support the cognitive specificity hypothesis?
A) Persons who share certain disorders seem inclined to employ similar cognitive distortions.
B) Persons with depression often have a negative attributional style.
C) Persons prone to depression often interpret negative events as occurring because of internal, global, and stable factors.
D) Normal and abnormal behaviors are triggered by cognitive interpretation of events, rather than by the events themselves.
Q3) What a psychodynamic therapist might call __________________, a cognitive therapist would call ____________________.
A) unconscious material; automatic thoughts
B) repressed ideation; unconscious material
C) defensiveness; repressed urges
D) cognitions; schemas
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Chapter 9: Alternative Modes of Clinical Intervention
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Q1) Prevention efforts in clinical and community psychology have been deleterious to the growth of the field of positive psychology.
A)True
B)False
Q2) There are times when a therapist sees both members of a couple.This procedure is called "conjoint therapy."
A)True
B)False
Q3) Describe some of the contexts in which couples and families live, and the changes that are occurring in those contexts.
Q4) CAM therapies are often utilized
A) widely in the general population.
B) very commonly among people with mental health problems.
C) in conjunction with traditional psychological or medical treatments.
D) all of the above
Q5) Community psychology has good intentions and tends to be innovative.Discuss some of the concerns that are raised about this approach to mental health intervention.
Q6) Discuss the similarities and differences between "mindfulness" and "acceptance."
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Chapter 10: Research on Clinical Intervention
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Q1) Better outcomes for group therapy members are achieved when
A) group members clearly understand how the group is being run and know what responses to give.
B) there is strong group cohesion and a strong therapeutic alliance.
C) the group encourages independent learning and confrontive interactions.
D) all of the above
Q2) In an experiment evaluating two treatments for anxiety, the treatment would be the _____________ variable, and the changes in the level of anxiety measured would be the _____________ variable.
A) independent; dependent
B) dependent; independent
C) randomly assigned; independent
D) randomly assigned; measured
Q3) What is one of the primary goals in designing psychotherapy outcome experiments?
A) having high levels of internal validity
B) having high levels of external validity
C) both a and b
D) neither a nor b
Q4) Discuss the main benefits and disadvantages of randomized clinical trials as specified by the CONSORT standards.
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Chapter 11: Clinical Child Psychology
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Q1) Autistic spectrum disorders
A) have evidenced an alarming rate of increase in the past decade.
B) are characterized by difficulties in social functioning.
C) both a and b
D) neither a nor b
Q2) When prevalence estimates for CD and ODD are combined, ___________of children can be considered to have one of these disruptive disorders.
A) 2% to 10% of both boys and girls
B) 2% to 16% of girls and 4% to 16% of boys
C) 4% to 25% of girls and boys
D) 4% to 25% of girls or 4% to 32% of boys
Q3) Diagnosing childhood disorders can be challenging because many children evidence symptoms at some point in their lives.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Discuss why high rates of comorbidity among childhood disorders raise questions about the validity of the DSM system.
Q5) How are risk factors, protective factors, and resilience related?
Q6) Why do some clinicians have some concerns with structured interviews?
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Chapter 12: Health Psychology
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Q1) Writing about stressful experiences has been shown to improve health outcomes.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Individuals who are at risk for developing CVD or hypertension
A) can benefit from prevention programs aimed at reducing health-damaging behaviors.
B) are difficult to identify, so prevention is not likely to be effective.
C) probably won't benefit from workplace programs designed to encourage health habits because only programs that start earlier (e.g., grade school) have demonstrated effectiveness.
D) all of the above
Q3) It has been demonstrated that a lack of social support puts people at higher risk for physical and psychological disorders.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Explain the relationship between stress and illness.
Q5) Discuss the relationship that emotional aspects of patient-physician communications might have with treatment adherence.
Q6) Describe the three stages to Selye's general adaptation syndrome.
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Chapter 13: Clinical Neuopsychology
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Q1) The Halstad Reitan Battery is a flexible set of measures that clinicians can use as they find appropriate for a given client.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The concept of modularity implies that the brain
A) is divided into discrete sections that operate relatively independently.
B) is divided into regions that receive and process information uniquely.
C) has three major divisions.
D) is a single module that operates globally.
Q3) Among the negative symptoms of schizophrenia, consistent with damage to the prefrontal cortex, are
A) nastiness and bitterness.
B) many behaviors than cannot be seen, only inferred.
C) lack of energy and spontaneity.
D) symptoms that go away over time without treatment.
Q4) In most right-handed people, the left hemisphere is specialized
A) to process negative emotions.
B) to analyze visual stimuli.
C) for nonverbal analysis of information.
D) for language reception and expression.
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Chapter 14: Forensic Psychology
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Q1) What are some of the problems with psychological autopsies? Should psychologists concern themselves with these issues? Why or why not?
Q2) The "diminished capacity" defense is designed to absolve the defendant of responsibility.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Expert witnesses on psychological matters
A) are becoming increasingly rare as the public is becoming more skeptical of their findings.
B) testify in more than 25% of trials held in federal court.
C) testify in as many as 1,000,000 civil trials a year.
D) are more common in criminal than in civil trials.
Q4) Malingering refers to
A) lying to create a viable defense.
B) making up a story to make another person seem guilty of the offense.
C) trying to appear more impaired and mentally ill, so as to avoid prosecution.
D) attempting to establish an alibi that is impossible to confirm or disconfirm.
Q5) There are strict guidelines for conducting psychological autopsies.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Professional Issues in Clinical Psychology
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Q1) What is the primary purpose of professional regulation?
A) to protect the public from unauthorized or incompetent practice of psychology
B) to protect the professional from unfair competition
C) to accredit and approve training and internship programs
D) to create continuing education programs
Q2) The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
A) protects the confidentiality of information about clients.
B) is not relevant to psychologists unless they are practicing in a medical setting.
C) applies to all practitioners, even if they don't bill insurance companies.
D) regulations are already addressed by the Ethics Code and therefore don't require any additional attention by psychologists.
Q3) With equivalent training and experience, psychologists in independent practice probably
A) earn significantly more than academic psychologists.
B) earn significantly more than psychologists employed by the VA
C) earn significantly more than psychologists employed in university student counseling centers.
D) all of the above
Q4) Discuss the major differences between Ph.D.and Psy.D.training programs.
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Chapter 16: Getting Into Graduate School in Clinical Psychology
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Q1) If a student's academic or research credentials are not solid, obtaining a master's level degree in a clinical area might be a good idea because A) managed care and other factors are affecting licensure laws and may allow more master's level psychotherapists to practice independently. B) it will be very helpful in getting a student into a PhD program in clinical psychology. C) selection committees will only look at graduate grades when the student does apply to a doctoral level program.
D) all of the above
Q2) A reason that GRE scores are important to admission committees is that A) it has predictive validity for success in graduate school.
B) it represents data that can directly be compared across candidates. C) it is considered a valid indicator of a student's potential for success.
D) all of the above
Q3) It is rarely advisable to take time off between undergraduate and graduate school.
A)True B)False
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