Practice Questions Clinical Psychology part 1
Chapter 1
1.1
1. Characteristics of stigma include all of the following except:
a. A label reflecting desirable characteristics
b. Discrimination against those with the label
c. Focus on differences between those with and without the label
d. Labelling a group of people who are different
2. 2. Which of the following definitions of mental disorder is currently thought best?
a. Personal distress
b. Harmful dysfunction
c. Norm violation
d. None of the above
3. 3. Why is the DSM definition of mental disorder perhaps the best current definition?
a. It includes information about both violation of social norms and dysfunction.
b. It includes many components, none of which alone can account for mental
disorder.
c. It is part of the current diagnostic system.
d. It recognizes the limits of our current understanding.
1.2 True or false?
1. Benjamin Rush is credited with beginning moral treatment in the United States.
2. The most recent historical research has found that nearly all of the people
persecuted as witches were mentally ill.
3. Hippocrates was one of the first to propose that mental illness had a biological cause.
4. The term lunatic is derived from the ideas of Paracelsus.
1.3 Fill in the blanks.
1. ________ was a French neurologist who was influenced by the work of ________.
2. ________ developed the cathartic method, which ________ later built on in the
development of psychoanalysis.
3. The ________ is driven by the pleasure principle, but the ________ is driven by the
reality principle.
4. In psychoanalysis, ________ refers to interpreting the relationship between therapist
and client as indicative of the client’s relationship to others.
5. ________ developed the concept of the collective unconscious; ________
developed the technique of free association; ________ is associated with individual
psychology.
1.4 True or false?
1. Positive reinforcement refers to increasing a desired behavior, while negative
reinforcement refers to eliminating an undesirable behavior.
2. Systematic desensitization involves meditation and relaxation.
Chapter 1
1.1
1. Characteristics of stigma include all of the following except:
a. A label reflecting desirable characteristics
b. Discrimination against those with the label
c. Focus on differences between those with and without the label
d. Labelling a group of people who are different
2. 2. Which of the following definitions of mental disorder is currently thought best?
a. Personal distress
b. Harmful dysfunction
c. Norm violation
d. None of the above
3. 3. Why is the DSM definition of mental disorder perhaps the best current definition?
a. It includes information about both violation of social norms and dysfunction.
b. It includes many components, none of which alone can account for mental
disorder.
c. It is part of the current diagnostic system.
d. It recognizes the limits of our current understanding.
1.2 True or false?
1. Benjamin Rush is credited with beginning moral treatment in the United States.
2. The most recent historical research has found that nearly all of the people
persecuted as witches were mentally ill.
3. Hippocrates was one of the first to propose that mental illness had a biological cause.
4. The term lunatic is derived from the ideas of Paracelsus.
1.3 Fill in the blanks.
1. ________ was a French neurologist who was influenced by the work of ________.
2. ________ developed the cathartic method, which ________ later built on in the
development of psychoanalysis.
3. The ________ is driven by the pleasure principle, but the ________ is driven by the
reality principle.
4. In psychoanalysis, ________ refers to interpreting the relationship between therapist
and client as indicative of the client’s relationship to others.
5. ________ developed the concept of the collective unconscious; ________
developed the technique of free association; ________ is associated with individual
psychology.
1.4 True or false?
1. Positive reinforcement refers to increasing a desired behavior, while negative
reinforcement refers to eliminating an undesirable behavior.
2. Systematic desensitization involves meditation and relaxation.
