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PSYCH205 Final Exam - Clinical Psychology
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MCQs on diagnosing, treating, and understanding abnormal and maladaptive behaviors, which include depression, anxiety, and schizophrenia.
 

PSYCH205 Final Exam - Clinical Psychology
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1. Which type of therapy focuses on relationships between people, aiming to improve an individual's relational skills (e.g., interaction/interacting with others)?
2. According to your readings, in about what percentage of school-age children does ADHD occur within a 6-month period?
3. Fill in the blank. One important finding in the literature regarding the intersection of culture and diagnosis reveals that _______ are more likely than Caucasians to be diagnosed with severe psychotic disorders, including schizophrenia, in clinical settings.
4. Community psychology focuses on which of the following?
5. Consider the following scenario, and then answer the question. As a clinical psychologist working at a hospital, you do an intake interview for a patient who has recently been admitted to the Emergency Room for an attempted suicide. You learn that this patient, a 50-year old female, has had a history of depression and just recently lost her job. When determining the patient's risk of suicide, which factors are you most concerned about?
6. The health care information laws were created to protect individuals from violations of privacy. Which types of people are expected to uphold these laws?
7. In what way does depression, as it manifests in children and adolescents, differ from its manifestation in adults?
8. Beyond the history of manic or hypomanic episodes, which of the following features distinguish bipolar disorder from major depressive disorder in adults as compared to children?
9. Which of the following statements regarding Alzheimer's disease is TRUE?
10. In the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change, the processes of change include which of the following?
11. Widowhood, physical illness, educational attainment less than high school, impaired functional status, and heavy alcohol consumption are all risk factors particular to and characteristic of which disorder?
12. Which negative symptom of schizophrenia is characterized by a difficulty in initiating and persisting in goal-directed behavior?
13. In the Schizophrenia unit, you read an empirical journal article that detailed which of the following particular components of the psychosocial treatment of schizophrenia, which helps individuals to enhance their ability to use problem solving?
14. Read the following scenario, and then answer the question. An individual sometimes experiences panic disorders when in class. According to the DSM-IV, what panic disorder subtype is this individual exhibiting?
15. Which statement best describes the Head Start program?
16. The ultimate goal of which type of psychotherapy is to help the individual reach a point where awareness and decision making can be exercised responsibly, with an emphasis on the present and the potential for future development?
17. The brains of schizophrenics are markedly different from those individuals with no such diagnosis. Which of the following represents the characteristic markers of a schizophrenic brain?
18. Psychology made numerous advances in understanding mental illness and physical illness during which time period?
19. Which of the following describes the difference between clinical psychologists and psychiatrists?
20. According to your readings from the United States Department of Health and Human Services, what percent of the adult U.S. Population is affected by mental disorders during a given year?
21. Choose the best answer to fill in the blanks. The symptom of _______ reflects a perceived detachment of the mind from the emotional state or even the body and is a critical symptom of _______, which falls in the family of anxiety disorders.
22. Cognitive deficits in social perception are the main characteristic of which mental disorder - a mental disorder usually diagnosed in childhood?
23. Read the following scenario, and then answer the question. A poor African American woman is experiencing symptoms of depression but does not seek help. Which of the following demographic aspects may decrease the likelihood that this person would seek help?
24. Choose the best answer to fill in the blanks. Late-onset schizophrenia is considered _______ severe and _______ prevalent, as compared to early-onset schizophrenia.
25. According to Freud, the superego has two components: _______and________?