Clinical psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

Lithium is mainly used in the treatment of:

  1. AADHD
  2. BBipolar disorder
  3. CAnorexia nervosa
  4. DSpecific phobia
2.Easy

Which test is a projective test in which people describe what they see in inkblots?

  1. AThe Rorschach test
  2. BThe MMPI-2
  3. CThe Beck Depression Inventory
  4. DThe WAIS-IV
3.Easy

In psychodynamic therapy, transference refers to:

  1. AThe client moving from one therapy to another
  2. BThe transfer of a client to a new clinic
  3. CThe therapist directing his or her own feelings about past figures onto the client
  4. DThe client redirecting feelings about important past figures onto the therapist
4.Medium

In Beck's cognitive model of depression, the "cognitive triad" consists of negative views about:

  1. AParents, friends and teachers
  2. BOneself, the world and the future
  3. CBody, mind and spirit
  4. DOne's past, present and future only
5.Medium

A person has distressing symptoms that started two weeks after a serious car crash and have lasted ten days. Which diagnosis is most appropriate?

  1. AAdjustment disorder
  2. BPost-traumatic stress disorder
  3. CAcute stress disorder
  4. DGeneralised anxiety disorder
6.Medium

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) has best evidence for:

  1. ACuring dementia
  2. BPreventing relapse in people with recurrent depression
  3. CTreating acute psychosis
  4. DTreating attention problems in young children with ADHD
7.Hard

Which finding best supports the role of serotonin and other monoamines, rather than circumstance alone, in depression?

  1. AEveryone who experiences a loss becomes depressed
  2. BDepression never runs in families
  3. CDepression rates are equal in all countries, regardless of large differences in social and economic circumstances
  4. DDrugs that act on monoamine systems reduce depressive symptoms more than placebo in randomised trials
8.Hard

A soldier develops PTSD while most comrades exposed to the same battle do not. Which model best explains this difference?

  1. AThe statistical infrequency model
  2. BThe medical model of infection
  3. CThe diathesis–stress model
  4. DThe token economy model

Answer key

  1. 1. B · Bipolar disorder
  2. 2. A · The Rorschach test
  3. 3. D · The client redirecting feelings about important past figures onto the therapist
  4. 4. B · Oneself, the world and the future
  5. 5. C · Acute stress disorder
  6. 6. B · Preventing relapse in people with recurrent depression
  7. 7. D · Drugs that act on monoamine systems reduce depressive symptoms more than placebo in randomised trials
  8. 8. C · The diathesis–stress model

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