Clinical psychology worksheet with answers

Hallucinations are:

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

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

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

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) involves:

1. AExcessive happiness and energy
2. BA single panic attack
3. CInability to remember important personal information after a stressful event
4. DIntrusive thoughts and repetitive behaviours performed to reduce anxiety

A patient feels intense anxiety about having a serious illness despite having few or no bodily symptoms and repeated normal tests. Which diagnosis fits best?

1. AIllness anxiety disorder
2. BFactitious disorder
3. CSomatic symptom disorder
4. DFunctional neurological symptom disorder

Which defence mechanism is shown when someone with strong hostile feelings towards a colleague acts in an excessively friendly way towards them?

1. ADenial
2. BReaction formation
3. CDisplacement
4. DRationalisation

The diathesis–stress model proposes that mental disorders arise from:

1. APoor parenting alone
2. BStress alone
3. CGenes alone
4. DAn underlying vulnerability combined with environmental stress

Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) was originally developed for:

1. ASpecific phobias
2. BBorderline personality disorder with self-harm
3. CDementia
4. DBipolar disorder

A man says that a famous singer is secretly in love with him and sends him coded messages through her songs. Apart from this, his thinking and behaviour are normal, with no hallucinations. Which diagnosis fits best?

1. ADelusional disorder, erotomanic type
2. BBipolar disorder with mania
3. CSchizophrenia, paranoid type
4. DNarcissistic personality disorder