Psychopathology Test Bank
Course Introduction
Psychopathology is the scientific study of mental disorders, encompassing their symptoms, etiology, development, and treatment. This course examines the major categories of psychological disorders as defined by diagnostic systems such as the DSM and ICD, including mood disorders, anxiety disorders, psychotic disorders, personality disorders, and neurodevelopmental conditions. Students will explore theoretical frameworks for understanding abnormal behavior, biological and psychosocial risk factors, cultural considerations, and contemporary research in the field. Emphasis is placed on case studies, assessment techniques, and evidence-based interventions, equipping students with a foundational understanding of the complexities involved in diagnosing and treating mental health disorders.
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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) This scholar advocated psychology as the study of human experience,and established the first psychology laboratory.
A)Wilhelm Wundt
B)William James
C)Francis Galton
D)James McKeen Cattell
Answer: A
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) As a result of the Enlightenment in Europe and North America,
A)Philippe Pinel demanded humane treatment of asylum patients.
B)William Tuke advocated for the development of mental hospitals.
C)Benjamin Rush promoted the use of moral therapy.
D)All of the above
Answer: D
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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) Survey data from Ontario indicate that,of individuals who seek health care services for mental health reasons,
A)10% are seen by psychologists.
B)25% are seen by psychologists.
C)half are seen by psychologists.
D)over 75% are seen by psychologists.
Answer: A
Q3) A needs assessment functions to
A)determine the extent of training required for new employee psychologists.
B)determine the extent of an unmet health care need in an identified population.
C)determine whether programs have successfully achieved their goals.
D)to assess the extent to which the program was carried out as intended.
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Classification and Diagnosis
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Q1) Compared to individuals with a single mental disorder,those with comorbid conditions are more
A)severely impaired in daily life functioning.
B)likely to have a chronic history of mental health problems.
C)likely to use more health care services.
D)all of the above.
Answer: D
Q2) Turner and Lloyd 2004)conducted a study on the build-up of life stress and the subsequent risk of developing a mental disorder.The researchers found that the odds of developing a disorder
A)were unrelated to the number of stressors experienced.
B)increased with the number of stressors experienced.
C)decreased with the number of stressors experienced.
D)were related to the specific type of stressors experienced.
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Research Methods in Clinical Psychology
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Q1) Changes in the participants due to their psychological or physical development that cannot be separated from the experimental manipulation is known as A)testing.
B)statistical regression.
C)attrition.
D)maturation.
Q2) Experimental designs involve both random assignment to condition and _____________.
A)some type of manipulation.
B)comparison of two previously established groups.
C)a laboratory task.
D)higher costs than quasi-experimental designs.
Q3) The degree to which elements of the measure such as items on a test)measure the same construct is referred to as
A)internal consistency.
B)criterion validity.
C)inter-rater reliability.
D)discriminant validity.
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Chapter 5: Assessment: Overview
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Q1) Screening may occur at which of the following sites?
A)Clinic and/or hospital.
B)School.
C)Employment setting.
D)All of the above.
Q2) A _______ tool is useful in identifying individuals at risk for a mental disorder.Those who score high on that measure would _______meet diagnostic criteria for a disorder.
A)screening; not necessarily B)diagnostic; definitely
C)screening; rarely D)diagnostic; almost always
Q3) When conducting assessments,psychologists have an ethical responsibility to:
A)be knowledgeable about test properties,such as standardization,reliability,validity,and norms.
B)be able to competently administer and interpret the results of each test used.
C)clearly indicate to the client the limits to the certainty of assessment findings.
D)all of the above.
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Chapter 6: Assessment: Interviewing and Observation
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Q1) Which objectives)apply to both a clinical assessment interview and a psychotherapeutic interview?
A)To establish rapport,gather information,and assess the interviewee's verbal and non-verbal communication.
B)To foster behavioural,cognitive,and affective change.
C)To facilitate attainment of therapeutic goals,and to limit contact to the time required to achieve these goals.
D)To cover specific content areas
E)g.,mental status evaluation).
Q2) During a clinical interview,many psychologists find it useful to begin a discussion with
A)open-ended questions and follow up with closed questions to clarify details.
B)closed questions and follow up with open-ended questions to explore more topics.
C)a variety of closed and open-ended questions,depending on how much time there is.
D)closed ended questions and only ask open-ended questions for clarification.
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Chapter 7: Assessment: Intellectual and Cognitive Measures
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Q1) Due to Western society's emphasis on both intelligence and equality,the use of intelligence tests
A)has declined.
B)is controversial in decision-making about education and occupation.
C)has been accepted as the primary decision-making tool for education and occupation.
D)has dramatically increased.
Q2) On average,IQ levels in developed countries have
A)been decreasing over the past 40 years.
B)been increasing over the past 40 years.
C)remained constant over the past 40 years.
D)increased,but only in girls.
Q3) According to the Wechsler scales,if Jose scores one standard deviation above the mean,his IQ is
A)100.
B)110.
C)115.
D)120.
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Chapter 8: Assessment: Self-Report and Projective Measures
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Q1) The NEO Personality Inventory-3 is based on what model of personality?
A)Cognitive-social
B)Five-factor
C)Personality type categories
D)Triarchic theory of personality
Q2) Wilson and Dunn's 2004)review of research related to self-knowledge found:
A)evidence for the usage of conscious suppression.
B)evidence for the concept of repression.
C)introspection enhances the accuracy of self-understanding.
D)no evidence for the usage of conscious suppression.
Q3) The tendency to exaggerate or overestimate the extent of pathology is known as ______________ the patient.
A)improperly coding
B)overpathologizing
C)overmedicalizing
D)overgeneralizing
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Chapter 9: Assessment Integration and Clinical Decision-Making
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Q1) Research on retrospective recall indicates that
A)only minor daily events are recalled poorly.
B)both minor daily events and major life events are recalled poorly.
C)only major life events are recalled poorly.
D)neither minor daily events nor major life events are recalled poorly.
Q2) Interpersonally oriented psychodynamic case formulations are likely to focus on __________________ process-experiential formulations are likely to focus on
A)dysfunctional relationship styles; environmental factors
B)dysfunctional relationship styles; emotional processing and insight
C)emotional processing and insight; dysfunctional relationship styles
D)emotional processing and insight; environmental factors
Q3) Smith and colleagues' 2007)survey of opinions regarding providing assessment feedback found that most psychologists,regardless of type of assessment,believed that feedback promoted clients'
A)improved understanding of their problems.
B)enhanced motivation to follow recommendations that resulted from the assessment. C)feeling better.
D)all of the above.
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Chapter 10: Prevention
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Q1) The first level in the Triple P Positive Parenting program suite of programs is a universal prevention program that provides parents with
A)individualized services by phone or face to face to address specific concerns.
B)evidence-based information about parenting strategies.
C)a group program to parents of children with mild to moderate problems.
D)a group program to parents of children with more severe problems.
Q2) The characteristics of the individual or the environment that render a person more vulnerable to the development of a problem or a disorder are referred to as
A)predictive factors.
B)protective factors.
C)risk factors.
D)relapse factors.
Q3) Health promotion refers to programs that are designed to increase A)an individual's awareness of factors that contribute to his/her physical health problems.
B)the integration of community-wide health-provider services.
C)activities that are beneficial to many aspects of physical health.
D)the impact of school-based education programs centring on health.
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Chapter 11: Intervention: Overview
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Q1) The Scared Straight program has been shown to be:
A)highly effective in preventing the development of conduct disorder among at risk youth
B)ineffective in treating delinquent youth
C)highly effective in treating anxiety disorders
D)a good example of a stepped care approach
Q2) The vast majority of psychological interventions are delivered in
A)individual sessions.
B)group sessions.
C)couple therapy sessions.
D)Both A and C
Q3) Evidence-based treatments perform _________ than routine psychotherapy services,and patients receiving the evidence-based treatments in randomized controlled trials are often _______ severely distressed.
A)better ; less
B)better ; more
C)more poorly ; less
D)more poorly ; more
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Chapter 12: Intervention: Adults and Couples
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Q1) Chambless and Hollon 1998)set which of the following guidelines)for the development of treatment studies of empirically supported treatments?
A)The research must have sufficient statistical power to detect moderate differences.
B)The research must have been conducted using a treatment manual or its equivalent.
C)There must be valid and reliable treatment outcome measures that assess the problems addressed by the treatment.
D)All of the above.
Q2) Smith,Glass,and Miller 1980)compared the effects of psychotherapy across different disorders and found that the largest effect sizes were found in the treatment of A)mood and anxiety problems.
B)certain personality disorders.
C)schizophrenia.
D)eating disorders.
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Chapter 13: Intervention: Children and Adolescents
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Q1) Kazdin and colleagues 1990)drew attention to the fact that clinical practice usually involves________ samples treated in an)_________ format.
A)referred; individual
B)referred; group
C)volunteer; individual D)volunteer; group
Q2) Multi-systemic therapists work ________ and treatment typically lasts for ____________.
A)individually; 6-8 sessions
B)individually; 3-5 months
C)in small teams; 6 -8 sessions
D)in small teams; 3-5 months
Q3) Multisystemic Therapy MST)involves
A)emphasizing the positive and using systemic strengths as levers for change.
B)developmentally appropriate interventions.
C)targeting sequences of behaviour within and between multiple systems that maintain the identified problem.
D)all of the above
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Chapter 14: Intervention: Identifying Key Elements of Change
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Q1) With a large body of research,we now have a _______________ understanding of how client variables affect treatment outcome.
A)rudimentary
B)moderate
C)good
D)highly developed
Q2) Research that examines the elements of psychotherapy such as the alliance between therapist and patient)and how these elements are related to the impact of treatment is referred to as:
A)process research.
B)process-outcome research.
C)efficacy research.
D)effectiveness research.
Q3) Research indicates that differences in therapist effectiveness are most apparent when treating patients
A)without comorbid disorders.
B)with low levels of problem severity.
C)with high levels of problem severity.
D)who are of a different ethnicity than the therapist.
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Chapter 15: Health Psychology, clinical Neuropsychology, and Forensic Psychology
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Q1) Based on expert opinion on tests for forensic evaluations,the most highly recommended tool for assessing the risk of violence is the
A)Violence Risk Appraisal Guide.
B)MCMI-II.
C)MMPI-2.
D)Psychopathy Checklist-Revised.
Q2) A pain that serves an unpleasant,but useful,function for an individual and lasts for a short duration is classified as _______ pain.
A)acute
B)prolonged
C)chronic
D)short-term
Q3) CBT treatment for insomnia includes:
A)sleep hygiene,stimulus control,sleep restriction,cognitive restructuring.
B)sleep hygiene,behavioural activation,sleep restriction,cognitive restructuring.
C)behavioural activation,sleep hygiene,exposure,cognitive restructuring.
D)exposure,cognitive restructuring,stimulus control,sleep restriction.
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