Clinical psychology worksheet with answers

A delusion is best defined as:

1. AA sudden change in mood without a clear cause
2. BA brief lapse of memory for recent events
3. CA perception that occurs without any external stimulus being present
4. DA fixed false belief held despite clear contrary evidence

Which psychological therapy was founded by Sigmund Freud?

1. ABehaviour therapy
2. BRational emotive behaviour therapy
3. CPsychoanalysis
4. DClient-centred therapy

Which approach explains mental disorders by the interaction of biological, psychological and social factors?

1. AThe medical model only
2. BThe psychoanalytic model
3. CThe behavioural model
4. DThe biopsychosocial model

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. AAcute stress disorder
2. BPost-traumatic stress disorder
3. CGeneralised anxiety disorder
4. DAdjustment disorder

Which criterion of abnormality judges behaviour as abnormal when it is rare in the population?

1. ADeviation from ideal mental health
2. BDeviation from social norms
3. CStatistical infrequency
4. DFailure to function adequately

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

1. AParents, friends and teachers
2. BBody, mind and spirit
3. COne's past, present and future only
4. DOneself, the world and the future

Comorbidity means that:

1. AA symptom is shared by everyone in a group
2. BA disorder runs in families
3. CA disorder is caused by a physical illness that occurs at the same time
4. DA person meets criteria for two or more disorders at the same time

In Seligman's later reformulation of learned helplessness (Abramson, Seligman and Teasdale), depression is most likely when people attribute negative events to causes that are:

1. AInternal, stable and global
2. BInternal, unstable and specific
3. CExternal, stable and specific
4. DExternal, unstable and specific