Clinical psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

Hallucinations are:

  1. AFirmly held false beliefs
  2. BMemory gaps after stress
  3. CPerceptions without an external stimulus
  4. DRapid shifts in mood
2.Easy

Hypomania differs from mania mainly because hypomania:

  1. AInvolves low mood and loss of interest
  2. BIs less severe and does not cause marked impairment or psychosis
  3. CLasts for at least two years with numerous periods of mild symptoms
  4. DAlways requires hospital admission
3.Easy

Prevalence of a disorder refers to:

  1. AThe proportion of a population that has the disorder at a given time or period
  2. BThe likely course and outcome of the disorder
  3. CThe cause or origin of the disorder
  4. DThe number of new cases of the disorder that arise in a population over a given period
4.Medium

The key difference between factitious disorder and malingering is that in malingering:

  1. AThe person seeks to take on the sick role itself, without any obvious external gain
  2. BThe person truly has a physical illness
  3. CSymptoms are produced unconsciously without any intention
  4. DSymptoms are faked for an obvious external reward such as money or avoiding work
5.Medium

Which treatment is recommended as first-line for chronic insomnia in adults?

  1. ACognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBT-I)
  2. BElectroconvulsive therapy
  3. CLong-term daily benzodiazepines or other hypnotic drugs
  4. DPsychoanalysis
6.Medium

Which personality disorder is marked by instability in relationships, self-image and emotions, together with marked impulsivity?

  1. ANarcissistic personality disorder
  2. BAvoidant personality disorder
  3. CBorderline personality disorder
  4. DSchizoid personality disorder
7.Hard

An interview that follows a fixed set of questions in a fixed order to reach a diagnosis is called:

  1. AAn unstructured interview
  2. BA structured clinical interview
  3. CA free association session
  4. DA projective test
8.Hard

In Clark and Wells' cognitive model of social anxiety, which factor maintains the anxiety?

  1. ARepressed sexual impulses from childhood
  2. BSelf-focused attention and safety behaviours that prevent disconfirmation of fears
  3. CPositive reinforcement from being praised in public, which rewards the anxious behaviour
  4. DLow levels of dopamine in the frontal lobe

Answer key

  1. 1. C · Perceptions without an external stimulus
  2. 2. B · Is less severe and does not cause marked impairment or psychosis
  3. 3. A · The proportion of a population that has the disorder at a given time or period
  4. 4. D · Symptoms are faked for an obvious external reward such as money or avoiding work
  5. 5. A · Cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBT-I)
  6. 6. C · Borderline personality disorder
  7. 7. B · A structured clinical interview
  8. 8. B · Self-focused attention and safety behaviours that prevent disconfirmation of fears

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