Practice Exam - Psychology 3710

Spearman created the concept of _____, an individual's general intelligence or global, overall intellectual ability.

"g"

Whereas a _____ echoes the client's words, a _____ echoes the client's emotions.

Paraphrase, reflection of feeling

The Boulder model of training is characterized by:

A joint emphasis on practice and research.

Positive working relationships with clients:

Can be developed using attentive listening, appropriate empathy, and genuine respect.

List two advantages and two disadvantages to working in clinical psychology practice:

Advantages: fulfillment, challenge, diverse work opportunities, high need/job opportunities Disadvantages: large amounts of paperwork which is time consuming and the job is mentally demanding and can take a toll (e.g., burnout).

All of the following are ways in which psychologist relate to research, EXCEPT:

As judges

Which of the following is a cognitive domain evaluated in a dementia screen?

Attention, Language, and Memory (all of the above)

In a(n) ______ design, participants in different conditions receive entirely different treatments.

Between-group

List at least two psychodynamic techniques you see Dr. Levenson using?

Blank screen, transference interpretation, and free association.

Michael's career goal is to become a clinical psychologist who researches the treatment effectiveness of new psychotherapy interventions for bipolar 1 disorder. He envisions his work setting in academia or at a national research institute. When selecting clinical psychology graduate programs to which he will apply. Michael should focus on programs that adhere to the _______ model of training.

Clinical scientist

A growing emphasis in clinical psychology graduate training is specific _____, or outcome-based skills that a student must be able to demonstrate in areas such as assessment, research, and ethics.

Competencies

Based on discussion in the textbook, a good definition for clinical psychology should:

Contain reference to the science, theory, and practice of this broad field.

______, according to psychodynamic psychotherapists, is the therapist's unconscious tendency to interact with clients as if the client is very similar to an individual from the therapist's own personal history.

Countertransgerence

______ variables are those variables in an experiment that are expected to change as a result of changes in the variable manipulated by the researcher.

Dependent

In the United States, what is the most up-to-date, prevailing diagnostic guide for mental health professionals?

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. 5th Edition.

Dr. Murphy, a clinical neuropsychologist, is conducting a clinical interview in which the primary purpose is to assign a label from the current DSM to the patient. In other words, Dr. Murphy is conducting a ______.

Diagnostic interview

John is an undergraduate psychology major. He wishes to become a clinical psychologist. In order to reach this goal, John must:

Earn a doctoral degree in clinical psychology.

Which of the following is NOT one of the "Big Five" personality traits measured by the NEO Personality Inventory?

Eclecticism

6. In short, the _____ of a form of therapy is how well it works "in the lab," where it is practiced according to manualized methods.

Efficacy

According to psychodynamic theory, the _____ is the part of the mind that generates defense mechanisms.

Ego

True or false: There are consequences to professionals who do not follow EBP standards.

False

When a patient is asked to engage in _____, the patient's task is to verbalize any thought that comes to mind, no matter how nonsensical, inappropriate, illogical, or unimportant it may seem.

Free association

Josephine is an undergraduate student who wants to increase her odds of getting into a clinical psychology graduate program. Based on recommendations provided in the textbook, which of the following is the best advice you could provide to Josephine?

Get to know your professors. Build a positive, professional relationship with them so they can write meaningful, persuasive letters of recommendation for you.

Why are fewer and fewer clinical and counseling psychologists working in private practice? List at least three reasons.

It is difficult to make a living in private practice paperwork time can be extensive insurance companies give very low reimbursement rates loneliness, or lack of coworker support.

Evidence-based Practice (EBP) includes all of the following, EXCEPT:

Legal standards

_______ authorized a psychologist to practice independently.

Licensure

The type of clinical interview that is most often conducted in medical settings for the primary purpose of quickly assessing a client's current level of functioning is the _______.

Mental status exam

Reading a single review of a movie can be informative, but reading a synthesis of many reviews of the same movie can be much more informative about the effect the movie had across many individuals. This notion is analogous to the research strategy known as ______.

Meta-analysis

Which of the following is an example of an objective personality test?

Minnesota Multiphase Personality Inventory

Psychologists are becoming more demographically diverse, however, prior to 1980 most health service psychologists (i.e., psychologists in clinical practice were) of what race and gender?

Most of them were White/ Caucasian and Male.

The practice of using a collection of different assessment instruments (e.g., interview data, direct observation, etc.) to examine an individual's personality is known as _______.

Multi-method assessment

Dr. Young, a clinical psychologist, is conducting an assessment of a client who experienced a head injury in a car accident. She uses the Halstead-Reitan battery to determine impairment of the functioning of specific components or structures of the brain. Dr. Young is conducting ______ testing.

Neuropsychological

Which of the following lists Freud's psychosexual stages in the correct order?

Oral, Anal, Phallic, Latency, Genital

All of the following are true statements about the differences between PsyD programs and PhD programs, EXCEPT:

PsyD programs offer significantly more funding to students than do PhD programs.

Diane has been accepted into a clinical psychology graduate program and adheres to to the Vail Model of training. Upon graduation from the program, Diane is most likely to earn a ______ and work in a _______.

PsyD, clinical setting.

The DSM is primarily authored by _______.

Psychiatrists

All of the following are ways in a which psychologist differs from a psychiatrist, EXCEPT:

Psychiatrists have a professional/ doctorate degree and psychologists do not.

Loraine is a clinical psychology graduate student conducting her first clinical interview with a client. While her client describes reasons for seeking treatment, Loraine finds herself distracted by internal thoughts such as, "What questions should I ask next?" and "When is the project due for my linear regression class?" In this instance, Loraine has the opportunity to improve which general skill of clinical interviewing?

Quieting yourself

_____ is how an interviewer is with clients, while _____ is what an interviewer does with clients.

Rapport, technique

The author's survey suggests graduate training programs in psychology are doing best covering which of the three legs in the three-legged EBP stool?

Research evidence

Ron is a psychotherapy client who senses that certain unconscious material will soon be exposed. This makes him anxious, so he abruptly changes the subject and then misses his next appointment. Ron's psychodynamic psychotherapist is likely to understand Ron's actions as _______.

Resistance

Humanistic psychotherapists believe that individuals are born with a tendency toward healthy growth. The term that best describes this tendency is ______.

Self-actualization

Honore receives psychological testing. Although her intelligence falls in the low average range, a discrepancy is still identified between her achievement and intelligence test scores (such that achievement falls significantly below expectations based on intelligence). This discrepancy will likely be the basis for a diagnosis of _______.

Specific learning disorder

______ significance in an efficacy or effectiveness study refers to a numerically significant difference between two groups. It is measured quantitatively.

Statistical

In ______, the therapist's primary task is to identify the "script" that the client appears to be unknowingly following, which is likely to be based on previous important relationships, and to refuse to enact that script in the therapeutic relationship.

Time-limited dynamic therapy

The primary goal of psychodynamic psychotherapy is:

To make the unconscious conscious.

True or false: EBP is a set of best practices or standards used to determine most effective treatment for a given client with a given disorder.

True

When a psychodynamic therapy patient does not immediately accept his analyst's interpretation, the analyst may need to repeat the interpretation across multiple sessions before it is fully accepted. This process is known as _____.

Working through