Clinical psychology worksheet with answers

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

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

In psychodynamic therapy, transference refers to:

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

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

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

A client says "I failed one test, so I will fail everything." Which cognitive distortion is this?

1. AOvergeneralisation
2. BPersonalisation
3. CMind reading
4. DEmotional reasoning

A person avoids buses, shops, open car parks and queues because escape might be difficult if they panic. Which diagnosis fits best?

1. ASocial anxiety disorder
2. BGeneralised anxiety disorder
3. CClaustrophobia as a specific phobia
4. DAgoraphobia

In suicide risk assessment, which factor is one of the strongest predictors of a future suicide attempt?

1. AHaving a large circle of friends
2. BTalking openly to a therapist
3. CA previous suicide attempt
4. DBeing a university student

An older patient becomes confused over two days after starting a new medication, with attention that varies through the day. Her daughter says her memory was normal last week. What is the most appropriate interpretation?

1. ALate-onset schizophrenia
2. BNormal ageing
3. CDelirium, which needs a search for a physical or drug cause
4. DEarly Alzheimer's disease, which needs a referral to a memory clinic

Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) was originally developed for:

1. ABipolar disorder
2. BBorderline personality disorder with self-harm
3. CDementia
4. DSpecific phobias