Clinical Psychology
Final Exam
Course Introduction
Clinical Psychology focuses on the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of psychological disorders and mental health issues. This course explores the theoretical frameworks underpinning clinical practice, evidence-based therapeutic approaches, and ethical considerations in the field. Students will learn about a variety of mental health conditions, including mood disorders, anxiety disorders, and psychosis, as well as interventions such as cognitive-behavioral therapy, psychodynamic therapy, and humanistic approaches. Emphasis is placed on developing practical skills in psychological assessment and intervention, as well as understanding the importance of multicultural competence and research in clinical settings.
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Abnormal Psychology An Integrated Approach 6th Edition by David H. Barlow
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Chapter 1: Abnormal Behavior In Historical Context
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Q1) In ancient Greece,a woman suffering from "hysteria" might be told that her condition could be cured by ________.
A) marriage
B) pregnancy
C) childbirth
D) divorce
Answer: A
Q2) The significance of the cure for syphilis was that
A) physicians were correct in prescribing rest and relaxation.
B) all forms of "madness" now had a cure.
C) Paralysis was now curable.
D) behavioral and cognitive symptoms were traced to a curable infection.
Answer: D
Q3) The elements of person-centered therapy include
A) hypnosis and catharsis.
B) reinforcement and shaping.
C) rest and relaxation.
D) unconditional positive regard and empathy.
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: N Integrative Approach To Psychopathology
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Q1) The neurotransmitter thought to regulate or moderate certain behavioral tendencies rather than
Directly influencing specific patterns of behavior or psychological disorders is
A) norepinephrine
B) GABA
C) dopamine
D) serotonin
Answer: A
Q2) Political strife,war,and suffering in a country tend to ___________ the rate of psychological disorders in the country. A) decrease
B) have little effect on C) have unpredictable effects on D) increase
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Clinical Assessment And Diagnosis
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Q1) As part of a behavioral assessment,psychologists sometimes use ___________ settings when it is not possible to do direct observation in a naturalistic setting.
A) imaginary
B) empirical
C) analog
D) virtual
Answer: C
Q2) A psychoanalytic therapist who wants to assess the unconscious thoughts and feelings of a patient would be most likely to use the __________ test.
A) MMPI
B) Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test
C) Rorschach inkblot test
D) Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Battery
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Research Methods
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Q1) The advantage of using a withdrawal design as part of a single-case experiment is that the researcher can
A) counterbalance the research design with additional measures to improve internal and external validity.
B) control for the placebo effect.
C) conduct a true double-blind experiment.
D) determine whether improvements gained with treatment are lost when the treatment is withheld.
Q2) Matilda designed a study in which she had a treatment group and a control group.She then took 100 participants and flipped a coin with each one to determine which group they would be in.This assigning of participants is called _____________.
A) randomization
B) generalization
C) experimentation
D) uniformity
Q3) Describe the procedures of the cross-sectional and longitudinal research methods.What are the uses and limitations of each of these methods?
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Chapter 5: Anxiety Disorders
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Q1) Overall it can be concluded that the combination of medical and psychological interventions for anxiety work
A) only as well as the individual psychological treatments.
B) better than the individual treatments alone.
C) worse in combination.
D) only as well as the individual medical treatments.
Q2) A relative of yours who suffers from panic disorder asks you what treatment would have the longest-lasting benefits.Since you have just read about the double-blind NIMH research study evaluating psychological treatments with and without medication,you tell your relative to first try
A) the drug imipramine.
B) psychological treatment along with medication.
C) panic control treatment that includes cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT).
D) any available treatment since patients in all treatment conditions achieved the same long-lasting gains.
Q3) Discuss obsessive-compulsive disorder,and explain the concept of thought-action fusion.
Q4) Define generalized anxiety disorder,and discuss how it differs from panic attacks.
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Chapter 6: Somatoform And Dissociative Disorders
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Q1) Somatization disorder and antisocial personality disorder are often associated with gender and may be explained by similar underlying neurological mechanisms.Which of the following statements best describes this relationship?
A) Behavioral inhibition and activation systems (fight/flight systems) are characterized by differing behavioral outcomes in males and females due to cultural norms.
B) Males and females both have inhibition and activation systems, but males have better developed activation systems and females have better developed inhibition systems.
C) Women with antisocial personality disorder may have an underlying deficit in the behavioral activation system and men with somatization disorder may have an underlying deficit in the behavioral inhibition system.
D) None of these
Q2) Which of the following statements is FALSE about dissociative identity disorder?
A) Once established, the disorder lasts a lifetime without treatment.
B) For prevalence rates, the ratio of females to males is approximately 9 to 1.
C) The frequency of switching increases with age.
D) The form that the disorder takes does not differ substantially over the lifespan.
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Chapter 7: Mood Disorders And Suicide
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Q1) All of the following statements about lithium therapy are true EXCEPT
A) for those patients who respond to lithium, approximately 70% will relapse.
B) for anyone with recurrent manic episodes, maintenance on lithium is recommended to prevent relapse.
C) once a person is symptom-free for 6 months, he/she may stop taking lithium.
D) people stop taking lithium to regain the euphoric feeling that mania produces.
Q2) The class of drugs that blocks the enzyme that breaks down norepehinephrine and serotonin is
A) SSRIs.
B) tricyclics.
C) MAO inhibitors.
D) tranquilizers.
Q3) Which of the following statements is TRUE about tricyclics?
A) Tricyclics work within 24 hours after they are ingested.
B) It is not clear how tricyclics work.
C) Tricyclics block the reuptake of acetylcholine.
D) Weight loss is a side effect of taking a tricyclinc.
Q4) Compare and contrast the symptoms of major depressive episode,a manic episode,dysthymic disorder,and hypomania.
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Chapter 8: Eating And Sleep Disorders
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Q1) Biological treatments for dyssomnia include the use of
A) benzodiazepine medications.
B) tricyclic antidepressants.
C) bright light to "trick" the brain into resetting the biological clock.
D) all of these
Q2) An early stage of Phoebe's cognitive-behavioral treatment for bulimia will likely involve
A) antidepressant medication.
B) family therapy.
C) small, frequent meals.
D) in-patient treatment.
Q3) Which of the following is NOT a typical characteristic of those who develop anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa?
A) Female
B) Upper socioeconomic status
C) Low intelligence
D) Competitive environments
Q4) Discuss possible reasons for the current obesity epidemic seen in the US and other countries and the relative efficacy of currently available obesity treatment options and preventions.
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Chapter 9: Physical Disorders And Health Psychology
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Q1) Which is an accurate statement regarding injury prevention programs for children?
A) Most communities have injury prevention programs.
B) Repeated warnings have been effective in preventing or reducing the number of injuries.
C) Children who participated in safety skills programs remembered what they had learned even after the programs were over.
D) Injury prevention programs have been ineffective in changing children's behavior.
Q2) All of the following are psychosocial treatments that have been developed for physical disorders and pain EXCEPT ______________.
A) biofeedback
B) meditation
C) relaxation procedures
D) acupuncture
Q3) Discuss chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)and chronic pain.Relate CFS to the condition known as neurasthenia.What psychological factors are thought to maintain chronic pain?
Q4) Define and describe the new fields of behavioral medicine and health psychology.
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Chapter 10: Sexual And Gender Identity Disorders
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Q1) Inappropriate sexual arousal,
A) exposure to pornography.
B) masturbatory fantasies about the object.
C) social "scripts" that are transferred from one generation to the next.
D) poor social skills.
E)g., fetishism, appears to be learned through
Q2) According to the authors of your textbook,the concurrent existence of masochistic and sadistic fetish within the same individual is _________________.
A) very rare
B) impossible because the behaviors are opposite
C) always present
D) common
Q3) The percentage of men with erectile dysfunction who take Viagra and are then able to maintain an erection sufficient for intercourse is between _____________.
A) 5% and 40%
B) 50% and 80%
C) 80% and 90%
D) 90% and 100%
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Chapter 11: Substance-related And Impulse-control Disorders
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Q1) The ALDH2 gene
A) increases an individual's tolerance of alcohol.
B) increases the likelihood of "blackouts" from low doses of alcohol.
C) increases the likelihood of a severe "flushing effect" in people of Asian descent.
D) increases the depressive effects of alcohol.
Q2) People who abuse or are dependent upon alcohol
A) are likely to go through periods marked by different levels of alcohol use.
B) were aided by a methodically sound study of Alcoholics Anonymous members by Jellinick.
C) may be at an increased risk to behave aggressively.
D) both a and c
Q3) Research suggests that children between the ages of 3 and 6
A) cannot recognize the smell of alcohol.
B) can all recognize the smell of alcohol.
C) automatically dislike the smell of alcohol.
D) can frequently recognize the smell of alcohol.
Q4) Compare and contrast the "levels of involvement" in the following substance-related disorders: use,intoxication,abuse,and dependence.Define the meaning of the word "addiction."
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Chapter 12: Personality Disorders
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Q1) One unusual finding discussed in your text is that _______________ personality disorder may have played a role in the behavior of several serial killers.
A) narcissistic
B) histrionic
C) obsessive-compulsive
D) schizotypal
Q2) Rob is a 15-year-old boy who has been repeatedly arrested for theft and assault.In addition to shoplifting,he has been caught stealing money from his parents' wallets and his younger sister's piggy bank.Rob shows no guilt or remorse for the many ways that he hurts others.Rob's current diagnosis is most likely ______________ disorder.
A) antisocial personality
B) attention deficit hyperactivity
C) conduct
D) narcissistic personality
Q3) There is a great controversy regarding the classification issue of the personality disorders.Explain what are seen as problems with the current classification system used in DSM-IV and possible changes to address these issues in DSM-V.
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Chapter 13: Schizophrenia And Other Psychotic Disorders
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Q1) The effectiveness of antipsychotic medications in those with schizophrenia
A) suggests an overactive dopamine system in people with schizophrenia.
B) suggests an underactive dopamine system in people with schizophrenia.
C) does not completely explain the role of dopamine in schizophrenia.
D) both a and c
Q2) Families with a high expressed emotion (EE)score view the symptoms of schizophrenia as _____________.
A) controllable
B) uncontrollable
C) inevitable
D) inconvenient
Q3) Which of the following is most likely to occur in the paranoid type of schizophrenia?
A) Disorganized speech
B) Poor prognosis when compared to the other subtypes of schizophrenia
C) Limited cognitive skills and flat affect
D) Hallucinations and thematic or systematized delusions
Q4) Compare the conventional antipsychotic medications with the newer drugs in terms of their biochemical dynamics,side effects,and treatment effectiveness.
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Chapter 14: Developmental Disorders
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Q1) The goal of most modern therapy for autistic children is to
A) have the child and family accept the inherent limitations of the disorder.
B) provide a separate and secure environment for the individual.
C) integrate the autistic child into regular society as much as possible.
D) isolate autistic children in intensive therapy for as long as possible before attempting to introduce them into the larger world.
Q2) Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding an individual who is classified as mildly intellectually disabled?
A) She can definitely live independently
B) She is very unlikely to be able to live independently
C) She is very likely to be able to live independently
D) She will never live completely independently
Q3) Which is the most accurate statement regarding the causes of intellectual disability?
A) It is caused by genetics.
B) It has four known causes.
C) It is caused by either substances or trauma.
D) It has hundreds of known causes.
Q4) Discuss the possible causes of autism.
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Chapter 15: Cognitive Disorders
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Q1) The outcome for patients with dementia due to Alzheimer's disease is usually A) death.
B) slow recovery.
C) stabilization at some level of greatly reduced cognitive ability.
D) dependent on individual response to treatment.
Q2) In contrast to patients with Alzheimer's type dementia,patients with vascular dementia are more likely to have symptoms such as
A) abnormalities in walking or muscle weakness during early stages.
B) abnormalities in walking or muscle weakness during late stages.
C) memory impairment during the early stages.
D) memory impairment during the late stages.
Q3) The amyloid plaques that accumulate in the brain of Alzheimer's type dementia patients are best described as
A) tangled, strand-like filaments.
B) gummy protein deposits.
C) plaques of dead nerve cells.
D) mineral deposits.
Q4) Describe the typical causes of amnestic disorder.
Q5) Describe delirium,its typical causes,and how it is treated.
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Chapter 16: Mental Health Services: Legal And Ethical Issues
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Q1) Which of the following statements is FALSE?
A) More than just a promise of improving quality of life is required to commit someone involuntarily.
B) Needing treatment or having a grave disability is not sufficient to commit someone involuntarily.
C) Both a and b
D) Neither a or b
Q2) A person who is deemed severely mentally ill before trial for a crime probably
A) cannot assist in his/her own defense.
B) cannot be expected to understand the charges against him/her.
C) is not competent to stand trial.
D) will be hospitalized instead of tried.
Q3) In 1986,Congress passed the Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act to provide agencies in each state that would A) act as legal advocates for the mentally ill.
B) investigate allegations of abuse and neglect.
C) both of these
D) neither of these
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