Clinical Practicum Study Guide Questions
Course Introduction
Clinical Practicum is a hands-on course designed to provide students with supervised practical experience in a clinical setting. This course bridges theoretical knowledge with real-world application, enabling students to develop essential clinical skills, professional behaviors, and critical thinking abilities under the guidance of experienced practitioners. Students will engage in patient assessment, care planning, therapeutic interventions, and interdisciplinary collaboration, all while adhering to ethical and legal standards of practice. The practicum experience facilitates the transition from classroom learning to professional competence, preparing students for entry into their chosen healthcare field.
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Introduction to Clinical Psychology 3rd Canadian Edition by John Hunsley
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Chapter 1: The Evolution of Clinical Psychology
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Q1) In the 1940s and 50s,the demand for psychological services increased dramatically primarily because of the
A)increase in homeless individuals.
B)need for mental health services for those affected by the war.
C)lack of work.
D)destigmatization of mental illness.
Answer: B
Q2) The Rorschach inkblot test is an example of
A)an intelligence test.
B)a retroactive test.
C)a projective test.
D)a hypnosis test.
Answer: C
Q3) ________ was the primary developer of cognitive therapy for depression.
A)Carl Rogers
B)Alfred Adler
C)Aaron Beck
D)Cesare Lombroso
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Contemporary Clinical Psychology
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Q1) Which of the following is a component of a program evaluation?
A)Examining if an agency's policy is congruent with its mission.
B)Examining the scope of unmet health care needs in a population.
C)Examining the extent to which the program objectives are met.
D)Examining the personality characteristics of program participants.
Answer: C
Q2) The primary benefit of attending an accredited program as opposed to a unaccredited program)in clinical psychology is that:
A)students can choose between a Psy.D and a PhD.depending on their long-term career aspirations.
B)licensure is guaranteed after graduation.
C)the program has met the standards set out by the Canadian Psychological Association for training in professional psychology.
D)funding is guaranteed.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Classification and Diagnosis
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Q1) One shortcoming of the original Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM; 1952)was that
A)the diagnostic descriptions were too vague.
B)the diagnostic descriptions were too specific.
C)it offered unethical treatment methodologies for various disorders.
D)it heavily emphasized biological and neurological aspects of mental disorders.
Answer: A
Q2) The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and related Health Problems ICD)was developed:
A)by the World Health Organization following criticism of the DSM approach.
B)by the World Health Organization to diagnose all disorders.
C)by a coalition of international psychological organizations to incorporate the scientific evidence on normal development.
D)to provide an expanded range of billing codes for health care systems.
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Research Methods in Clinical Psychology
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Q1) A person who thinks "There's no research telling me that this new diet is ineffective,so that must mean that it's effective!" is engaging in a common error in thinking referred to as:
A)affirming the consequent.
B)an appeal to ignorance.
C)faulty reasoning.
D)false reasoning.
Q2) In the quest for knowledge,the welfare of research participants can be compromised
A)when the potential for benefit outweighs the potential for harm.
B)when the research participant gives informed consent.
C)when the potential knowledge gained from the study can save the lives of others.
D)under no circumstances.
Q3) refers to the ability to detect group differences when such differences truly exist.
A)Statistical power
B)Statistical regression
C)Statistical significance
D)Statistical comparison
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Chapter 5: Assessment: Overview
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Q1) Developmental norms are used when the psychological construct being assessed
A)remains constant over time.
B)remains constant over time for some individuals,but not for others.
C)develops idiosyncratically over time.
D)changes over time.
Q2) According to Palmiter 2004),approximately 90% of psychologists use _______when assessing children and adolescents:
A)child/adolescent self-reporting scales
B)a family or individual child/adolescent interview
C)teacher behaviour rating scales
D)naturalistic observation
Q3) To be optimally effective,treatment monitoring should be conducted
A)once,at the beginning of treatment,to establish treatment procedures.
B)twice,at the beginning and at the mid-point of treatment,to determine effectiveness of treatment.
C)by a psychologist who is impartial,and not involved with the treatment.
D)on a routine basis throughout services.
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Chapter 6: Assessment: Interviewing and Observation
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Q1) Children ________ entitled to know about confidentiality and its limits:
A)are not
B)are
C)are sometimes
D)are rarely
Q2) Self-monitoring strategies can provide information on
A)the baseline rate of a problem or behaviour.
B)conditions that may provoke or maintain problem behaviour.
C)behaviour that the psychologist cannot observe in session.
D)all of the above.
Q3) The strength of the SCID lies in _____________; its weakness is ______________.
A)the breadth of the disorders it covers; the variable reliabilities that are obtained for different disorders
B)strong validity data; the variable reliabilities that are obtained for different disorders
C)strong validity data; the breadth of the disorders it covers
D)the short time it takes to complete; the variable reliabilities that are obtained for different disorders
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Chapter 7: Assessment: Intellectual and Cognitive Measures
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Q1) In examining research on intelligence,Nisbett et al.2012)found that:
A)there is evidence that breastfeeding increases IQ for both normal weight infants and infants born prematurely.
B)SES is unrelated to intelligence.
C)children who are deprived of schooling for an extended period do not show IQ deficits when compared to children who have not experienced this gap.
D)there is no evidence of ethnic differences in IQ scores.
Q2) MENSA is an organization that requires members to have an IQ in the __________ of the population.
A)bottom 2%
B)bottom 25%
C)top 25%
D)top 2%
Q3) It has been speculated that the Flynn Effect can primarily be explained by A)genetic factors.
B)environmental factors.
C)unknown factors.
D)measurement error.
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Chapter 8: Assessment: Self-Report and Projective Measures
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Q1) An individual seeks help from a psychologist regarding a possible mood disorder and is administered the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III.interpreting the results of the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III,a psychologist must to be aware that the MCMI-III tends to
A)underpathologize test-takers.
B)overpathologize test-takers.
C)Artificially diminish correlations between scales.
D)be more accurate in assessing some individuals than others.
Q2) _________'s early theories postulated that the unconscious aspect of our personality is something that can be accessed through considerable conscious effort.
A)Freud
B)Jung
C)Wechsler
D)Rogers
Q3) The Outcome Questionnaire OQ-45)
A)enables prediction of the client's success in treatment.
B)provides an overview of the client's psychosocial functioning and distress.
C)has not yet been shown to be psychometrically sound.
D)is typically used only at the end of a course of treatment..
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Chapter 9: Assessment Integration and Clinical Decision-Making
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Q1) When interpreting self-report checklists,psychologists ought to know that
A)desirability might reduce the accuracy of responses.
B)desirability might improve the accuracy of responses.
C)people tend to be more accurate when reporting events some time after the fact.
D)people tend to provide comparable reports,regardless of whether the information is provided right after the event,or later recalled.
Q2) Research has found that when asked to recall recent events,people tend to
A)under-report the frequency of socially desirable acts.
B)over-report the frequency of socially desirable acts.
C)over-report the frequency of socially undesirable acts.
D)none of the above.
Q3) When completing the written report following an assessment,the psychologist ought to be mindful of
A)the audience who will have access to reading the report.
B)minimizing stigmatizing terms or descriptions.
C)avoiding ambiguous and technical terms.
D)all of the above.
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Chapter 10: Prevention
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Q1) What type of preventive intervention targets people who do not necessarily meet the criteria for a disorder,but have elevated risk or show subclinical signs of the disorder?
A)Specialized
B)Selective
C)Pre-emptive
D)Indicated
Q2) The Incredible Years parenting program uses various techniques that promote adult-child interactions to facilitate children's
A)development of academic abilities.
B)development of social competence.
C)emotional awareness.
D)ability to be identify and cope with symptoms of depression and anxiety.
Q3) Meta-analyses of the effects of school-based bullying prevention program revealed that:
A)these programs can eliminate bullying.
B)these programs have no effect on bullying.
C)most effective programs involve both teachers and parents.
D)programs are most effective in reducing bullying by boys.
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Chapter 11: Intervention: Overview
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Q1) Which of the following is the psychologist's first task in short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy? To:
A)develop a positive transference relationship.
B)analyze the transference relationship.
C)deal with loss.
D)challenge the client to recognize his/her defence mechanisms that may impede progress in therapy.
Q2) A study by Proudfoot et al.2004)examined the effectiveness of the computer-based treatment program Beating the Blues and found that
A)it was less effective than treatment as usual.
B)it was equally effective as treatment as usual.
C)it was more effective than treatment as usual.
D)it was less effective as many clients lose motivation to continue.
Q3) Barlow 2004)suggested that the term psychological treatments be used to refer to evidence based treatments used to treat
A)clinically significant problems.
B)subclinical problems e.g.,relational problems).
C)Axis II disorders.
D)Axis I disorders.
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Chapter 12: Intervention: Adults and Couples
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Q1) The APA Society of Clinical Psychology 1995 task force required which of the following conditions be met for a treatment to be designated as an empirically supported treatment?
A)Evidence of symptom reduction.
B)Improved functioning among participants.
C)Data were derived from at least two independently conducted RCTs or from a large series of single-case studies.
D)All of the above.
Q2) In their examination of whether RCTs exclude too many patients who normally seek treatment,Stirman and colleagues 2003)found that
A)there were very few treatment options for patients with comorbid diagnosis.
B)there was uncertainty around suitable treatment options for patients with comorbid diagnosis.
C)there are likely to be efficacious treatment options for patients with comorbid disorders.
D)Both A and B.
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Chapter 13: Intervention: Children and Adolescents
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Q1) A consequence that increases the likelihood of a behaviour being repeated is known as
A)bribery.
B)differential reinforcement.
C)positive reinforcement.
D)non-compliance prevention.
Q2) Data from the Great Smoky Mountain study in the United States indicate that approximately ________ adolescents requiring services for psychopathology received them.
A)one in ten
B)one-third of C)half of
D)seven in ten
Q3) Parent Management Training PMT)involves reducing the child's oppositional behaviour by
A)modifying the child's social environment.
B)working directly with the child.
C)modifying parental expectation.
D)promoting parents' attachment behaviours.
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Chapter 14: Intervention: Identifying Key Elements of Change
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Q1) Smith,Glass,and Miller 1980)conducted a meta-analysis of treatment outcome studies and found that ________________treatments had the largest effect sizes.
A)cognitive-behavioural
B)psychodynamic
C)humanistic
D)vocational counseling
Q2) Tang and colleagues found that sudden gains in therapy are
A)evidence of a flight into health.
B)short-lived and dissipate quickly.
C)involve a significant reduction in symptoms.
D)only evident in CBT.
Q3) Bruce Wampold has been a vocal proponent
A)of the psychotherapy equivalence position.
B)against the psychotherapy equivalence position.
C)against psychotherapy.
D)both B and C.
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Chapter 15: Health Psychology, clinical Neuropsychology, and Forensic Psychology
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Q1) Which test was found to be unacceptable by expert forensic psychologists to both assess the propensity towards violence and competency to stand trial?
A)The Personality Assessment Inventory
B)The Rorschach
C)The MMPI-2
D)The WAIS III
Q2) Work settings for a clinical health psychologist include A)hospitals.
B)community health clinic.
C)private practice.
D)all of the above.
Q3) The experience of chronic pain problems is influenced by A)lack of social support.
B)the possibility of compensation.
C)dysfunctional beliefs about pain.
D)all of the above.
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