Clinical psychology worksheet with answers

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) involves:

1. AInability to remember important personal information after a stressful event
2. BIntrusive thoughts and repetitive behaviours performed to reduce anxiety
3. CA single panic attack
4. DExcessive happiness and energy

Which manual is widely used to classify mental disorders, published by the American Psychiatric Association?

1. ADSM-5 (DSM-5-TR)
2. BWAIS-IV
3. CMMPI-2
4. DICD-11

A token economy is a treatment based on:

1. APsychoanalytic interpretation
2. BHumanistic self-actualisation
3. COperant conditioning
4. DClassical conditioning

According to the duty established in the Tarasoff case in California, a therapist may need to:

1. AKeep all information confidential under every circumstance, whatever the risk to others
2. BTake steps to protect an identifiable person whom a client seriously threatens
3. CReport every client who expresses anger
4. DRefuse to treat clients with a history of violence

Which of these is a positive symptom of schizophrenia?

1. ADelusions
2. BFlat affect
3. CSocial withdrawal
4. DPoverty of speech

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

1. APersonalisation
2. BEmotional reasoning
3. CMind reading
4. DOvergeneralisation

A therapist helps a client with panic disorder deliberately bring on dizziness by spinning in a chair, without using safety behaviours. What is this technique called and why is it used?

1. AInteroceptive exposure, so the client learns bodily sensations are not dangerous
2. BFlooding, so the client forgets their trauma
3. CAversion therapy, so the client learns to associate panic with physical discomfort
4. DFree association, so unconscious fears come to light

Learned helplessness (Seligman) was proposed as a model for:

1. AAutism spectrum disorder
2. BDepression
3. CSpecific phobias
4. DSchizophrenia