Clinical psychology worksheet with answers

Systematic desensitisation is mainly used to treat:

1. APhobias
2. BSchizophrenia
3. CPersonality disorders
4. DDementia

Which personality disorder cluster in DSM-5 is described as "odd or eccentric"?

1. ACluster C
2. BCluster A
3. CCluster B
4. DCluster D

Delirium is best described as:

1. AA lifelong intellectual disability
2. BAn acute, fluctuating disturbance of attention and awareness
3. CA fixed fear of a specific object
4. DA slow, progressive decline in memory and thinking over several years

Exposure and response prevention is the main psychological treatment for:

1. AADHD
2. BOCD
3. CInsomnia
4. DBipolar disorder

Which is a main criticism of defining abnormality as deviation from social norms?

1. ANorms vary across cultures and change over time
2. BIt ignores how rare or statistically unusual a behaviour is
3. CIt requires expensive brain scans
4. DIt only applies to children

Which pattern defines bipolar II disorder?

1. ANumerous mild mood swings over at least two years without full mood episodes
2. BAt least one full manic episode with psychotic features
3. CMajor depressive episodes only, with no elevated mood
4. DAt least one hypomanic episode and at least one major depressive episode

A client with OCD checks the stove twenty times before leaving home. Why does checking maintain the disorder, according to the cognitive-behavioural model?

1. AChecking produces a strong pleasure that the client becomes addicted to
2. BRelief after checking reinforces it and blocks learning that the fear is unfounded
3. CChecking is mainly caused by low intelligence and poor working memory
4. DChecking raises anxiety each time, which punishes and gradually weakens the urge to check

A patient with schizophrenia stays motionless in an awkward posture for hours and resists attempts to move him. Which symptom cluster does this describe?

1. AAlogia
2. BThought broadcasting
3. CCatatonia
4. DTardive dyskinesia