Clinical Psychology MCQ
1. Therapeutic effectiveness is assessed empirically using _____ research.
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2. Neuropsychological tests are used to assess whether or not an individual might ____________.
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Have a brain dysfunction
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3. Many self-help groups have emulated the use of ________ by alcoholics anonymous.
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12-step program
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4. Compared with 42 sessions, 21 sessions of psychotherapy are _____ effective.
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5. Cognitive behavioral therapy is a general term used to refer to the approaches of _____ and _____.
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Aaron Beck; Albert Ellis
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6. The usefulness of psychotherapy depends on the __________.
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Patient's mental state, nature of the disorder, particular therapeutic approach
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7. Identifying irrational thoughts and challenging these thoughts is one goal of _________ therapists.
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Cognitive
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8. Approximately __________ of mental health patients are treated only with medication.
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9. Among elderly psychiatric patients, neurocognitive disorders are the ________ disorders.
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Most frequent
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10. Ten percent calcofluor white stain is often used in wet mounts of _________.
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11. Psychotherapists who are ____ tend to be the most expensive.
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In private practice.
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12. A health psychologist is least likely to _____.
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Study interpersonal relationships among nurses and doctors
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13. A goal of family therapy is to ______.
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Improve family communication and interaction
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14. Cognitive therapists assume that problem behaviors and emotions are caused by _____.
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Faulty thought processes and beliefs.
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15. Treatment for dissociative identity disorder typically starts with ____.
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Labeling the disorder for the client
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16. The model that proposes that humans strive to self-actualize is the ______ model.
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Psychodynamic.
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17. In 1952, noted psychologist _____ published a study challenging the effectiveness of _____ therapy.
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Eysenck; psychodynamic
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18. Compared with individual therapy, group therapy is _____ effective.
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19. After 21 psychotherapy sessions, _____ of all clients show substantial improvement.
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One half.
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20. The creation of an anxiety hierarchy is a core feature of _____.
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Exposure therapy
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21. In the context of types of therapy, psychoanalysis is a _____ therapy.
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Insight-oriented
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22. Systematic desensitization involves _____.
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Pairing a feared stimulus with a state of deep relaxation by being exposed to feared situations in a gradual hierarchical fashion
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23. Integrative therapy is most compatible with the _____ model of abnormal behavior.
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Biopsychosocial
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24. Humanistic therapy is to psychodynamic therapy as _____ is to _____.
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Present; past
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25. Therapies directed at changing the disordered behavior are referred to as __________.
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Action therapies
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26. _____ rewards a person for desired behavior with a poker chip or some kind of play money.
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The token system
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27. Human beings produce over 500 different phonemes, of which the english language uses ____.
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28. _____________ is the process of interpreting and understanding one's environment.
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Perception
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29. _____________ is the first step toward the creation of a long-term memory.
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Sensation
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30. Thinking that produces many alternative ideas is called _____.
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Divergent
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31. The most influential researcher into eyewitness memory has been ________.
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32. Storage is to encoding as ________ is to ________.
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Retention; acquisition
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33. Some information in our fleeting ________ is encoded into short-term memory.
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Sensory memory
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34. Reaction time refers to the time between the ________ of a stimulus and a person's response to it.
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Presentation
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35. One function of working memory is _____.
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Temporary storage of information for conscious use
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36. One function of ____ is to pull information out of long-term memory.
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The central executive
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37. In terms of our sensory experience of light, wavelength is to _____ as wave intensity is to _____.
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Hue; brightness
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38. In memory, as time passes between learning and recall, ____.
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The recency effect weakens, but not the primacy effect
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39. In answering this exam question, you are engaged in a(n) ________ memory task.
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Recognition
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40. Important to long-term memory is _____.
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Explicit and implicit
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41. If one wanted to use the best method to get storage into long-term memory, one would use ________.
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Elaborative rehearsal
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42. Hormones _____ memory.
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Can either improve or impair
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43. High-frequency sound waves are to ______ as low-frequency sound waves are to ______.
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A high-pitched voice; a low-pitched voice
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44. Emotional intelligence has two components: _____ and _____
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Personal; interpersonal
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45. Declarative memories are to ________ memories as procedural memories are to ________ memories.
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Explicit;implict
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46. Cramming is another term for _____, which is an inefficient form of studying.
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Massed practice
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47. Cones and rods are to vision as ________ are to audition.
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Hair cells
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48. Behaviorists argued that ________ were most important in analyzing behavior.
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Learning histories
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49. A person is most likely to store a seven-digit phone number in his or her _____ memory.
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Short-term
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50. __________ memory refers to how many items you are able to understand and remember at one time.
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Short-term
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51. _____ is a condition in which exposure to one sensation evokes an additional one.
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Synesthesia
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52. There are more than _____ forms of therapy currently practiced in the clinical field today.
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53. All of the following play a role in maintaining resting membrane potential except_______.
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The opening of voltage-gated sodium channels
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54. Interpretation in psychoanalysis _____.
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All of these options
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55. With ________, the therapist replaces a fearful response with a relaxation response.
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Systematic desensitization
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56. An advantage to group therapy is that groups ________.
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Are a source of social support.
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57. A(n) _____ approach to therapy combines and integrates multiple perspectives.
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58. In behavior therapy, _____ techniques use shaping and reinforcement to increase adaptive behaviors.
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Operant conditioning
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59. A mental status exam covers all of the following categories except ___________.
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Physical symptoms
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