Clinical psychology worksheet with answers

Dissociative identity disorder was previously called:

1. ABorderline personality disorder
2. BMultiple personality disorder
3. CSchizophrenia
4. DConversion hysteria

Rational emotive behaviour therapy (REBT) was developed by:

1. AJoseph Wolpe
2. BAaron Beck
3. CAlbert Ellis
4. DCarl Rogers

Autism spectrum disorder is defined by difficulties in social communication together with:

1. ARecurrent episodes of elevated mood and increased energy lasting several days
2. BA fear of gaining weight
3. CHallucinations and delusions
4. DRestricted, repetitive patterns of behaviour, interests or activities

Which defence mechanism is shown when someone with strong hostile feelings towards a colleague acts in an excessively friendly way towards them?

1. AReaction formation
2. BRationalisation
3. CDenial
4. DDisplacement

Patients taking monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) must avoid foods rich in tyramine because:

1. AThe combination causes tardive dyskinesia
2. BTyramine causes severe weight loss
3. CTyramine blocks the antidepressant effect of MAOIs completely
4. DThe combination can cause a dangerous rise in blood pressure

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

1. AStatistical infrequency
2. BDeviation from ideal mental health
3. CFailure to function adequately
4. DDeviation from social norms

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. AExternal, unstable and specific
2. BExternal, stable and specific
3. CInternal, stable and global
4. DInternal, unstable and specific

Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) was originally developed for:

1. ABorderline personality disorder with self-harm
2. BBipolar disorder
3. CSpecific phobias
4. DDementia