Clinical psychology worksheet with answers

Hypomania differs from mania mainly because hypomania:

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

Antipsychotic medication is mainly used to treat:

1. ALearning disabilities
2. BMild exam stress
3. CSpecific phobias of animals
4. DPsychotic symptoms such as hallucinations and delusions

Carl Rogers' person-centred therapy emphasises which therapist quality?

1. ADirective interpretation of dreams
2. BSystematic use of rewards
3. CChallenging irrational beliefs
4. DUnconditional positive regard

Which statement about the monoamine hypothesis of depression is most accurate?

1. AIt has been fully confirmed by direct measurements of serotonin levels in the brains of living patients
2. BIt predicts that antidepressants improve mood within a few hours of a dose
3. CIt proves that depression is caused only by low dopamine in the frontal lobe
4. DIt links depression to low monoamine activity but struggles to explain the delayed drug response

Which statement best distinguishes obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) from OCD?

1. AIn OCPD, perfectionism and rigidity are usually experienced as acceptable parts of the self
2. BIn OCPD, intrusive unwanted thoughts trigger rituals that the person recognises as excessive
3. COCPD is a psychotic disorder
4. DOCPD always involves hand washing

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. AFunctional neurological symptom disorder
2. BSomatic symptom disorder
3. CIllness anxiety disorder
4. DFactitious disorder

A patient has had psychotic symptoms for a year; for several weeks they had hallucinations without any mood episode, while at other times psychosis occurred during major depressive episodes. Which diagnosis is most likely?

1. ABipolar I disorder
2. BDelusional disorder
3. CMajor depressive disorder with psychotic features
4. DSchizoaffective disorder

Watson and Rayner's "Little Albert" study is often cited as evidence that:

1. AFear is learned only by watching others
2. BPhobias are mainly inherited
3. CFear can be acquired through classical conditioning
4. DPhobias are caused by repressed unconscious conflicts