Clinical psychology worksheet with answers

A token economy is a treatment based on:

1. AHumanistic self-actualisation
2. BClassical conditioning
3. CPsychoanalytic interpretation
4. DOperant conditioning

A delusion is best defined as:

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

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) involves:

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

Motivational interviewing is especially used to help clients who:

1. ANeed a formal diagnosis for insurance
2. BFeel ambivalent about changing a behaviour such as drinking
3. CHave hallucinations that need immediate medication and hospital care
4. DFear a single specific object

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. BGeneralised anxiety disorder
3. CAdjustment disorder
4. DPost-traumatic stress disorder

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

Concordance rates for schizophrenia are higher in identical than in fraternal twins. What does this suggest?

1. ATwins are more likely than other siblings to be misdiagnosed by clinicians
2. BThe environment plays no role
3. CGenes contribute to the risk, but the environment also matters
4. DSchizophrenia is caused entirely by genes

A therapist using exposure therapy discovers that the client silently repeats "I'm safe" during sessions and is making little progress. What is the best explanation?

1. AThe phrase acts as a safety behaviour that prevents full learning from exposure
2. BThe client needs more relaxation training before any further exposure is attempted
3. CExposure therapy never works for anxiety
4. DThe phrase is a positive symptom of psychosis