Clinical psychology worksheet with answers

Which term describes the mental strategies, proposed in psychoanalytic theory, that protect the ego from anxiety?

1. ACognitive distortions
2. BConditioned responses
3. CDefence mechanisms
4. DSafety behaviours

The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) is an example of:

1. AAn intelligence test
2. BA projective storytelling test
3. CA neuroimaging technique
4. DA self-report personality inventory

Which psychological therapy was founded by Sigmund Freud?

1. ARational emotive behaviour therapy
2. BClient-centred therapy
3. CBehaviour therapy
4. DPsychoanalysis

In the two-factor model of phobias (Mowrer), how is a phobia maintained?

1. AThe fear is learned by watching others only
2. BAvoidance reduces anxiety, which negatively reinforces the avoidance
3. CPunishment of approach behaviour by others, which strengthens the fear itself
4. DPositive reinforcement of fear by rewards

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

1. AElectroconvulsive therapy
2. BCognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBT-I)
3. CLong-term daily benzodiazepines or other hypnotic drugs
4. DPsychoanalysis

Which defence mechanism is shown by someone who is angry with their boss but shouts at their partner at home?

1. AReaction formation
2. BProjection
3. CDisplacement
4. DSublimation

In Seligman's later reformulation of learned helplessness (Abramson, Seligman and Teasdale), depression is most likely when people attribute negative events to causes that are:

1. AInternal, stable and global
2. BExternal, stable and specific
3. CInternal, unstable and specific
4. DExternal, unstable and specific

A therapist says: "Rather than fighting the thought 'I'm a failure', notice it as just a thought, and act on what matters to you." Which therapy does this best represent?

1. ASystematic desensitisation
2. BRational emotive behaviour therapy
3. CAcceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)
4. DClassical psychoanalysis