Clinical Psychology Multiple Choice Questions
1. The discipline of clinical psychology did not come into existence until
A. around the turn of the 19th
B. around the turn of the 20th
C. the 1950s
D. the 1980s
2. _____ was an early pioneer in the field of mental health who advocated for better treatment of the mentally ill in England.
A. William Tuke
B. Phillippe Pinel
C. Eli Todd
D. Henry Murray
3. The _____, a residential treatment center for the mentally ill in England, served as a model for humane treatment facilities that subsequently opened throughout Europe and the United States.
A. Pinel Institute
B. Hartford Retreat
C. York Retreat
D. Todd Institute
4. _____ was an early pioneer in the field of mental health who advocated for better treatment of the mentally ill in France.
A. Eli Todd
B. Edward Lee Thorndike
C. Phillippe Pinel
D. Hermann Rorschach
5. Which of the following is NOT true of Philippe Pinel?
A. Pinel helped to establish compassionate treatment of the mentally ill in England
B. Pinel advocated for institution staff to record a patient’s case history and ongoing treatment notes.
C. Pinel wrote Treatise on Insanity, in which he argued for empathy for the mentally ill.
D. Pinel created institutions where patients were given healthy food and kind treatment.
6. Eli Todd is most notable for
A. creating an inkblot personality test that is still used by many clinical psychologists.
B. advocating for humane treatment of the mentally ill in the United States
C. coining the term clinical psychology.
D. creating the first widely used test of intelligence.
7. _____’s work directly resulted in the establishment of more than 30 state institutions for the mentally ill throughout the United States.
A. William Tuke
B. Philippe Pinel
C. Eli Todd
D. Dorthea Dix
8. James receives his doctorate in psychology in the late 1800s. Upon graduation, he is most likely to find employment as
A. a clinician providing psychotherapy.
B. a clinician conducting psychological assessments.
C. a lecturer at a professional school of psychology that trains the next generation of practitioners.
D. a researcher in an academic setting
9. The first psychological clinic was founded by
A. Lightner Witmer
B. Wilhelm Wundt.
C. James McKeen Cattell.
D. William Tuke.
10. At the first psychological clinic, the patients were primarily
A. children with school-related problems
B. adults with personality disorders.
C. children and adults with depression.
D. couples experiencing relationship problems.
11. The journal founded by Lightner Witmer was titled
A. Treatment of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders.
B. The Psychological Clinic
C. Behavior Change.
D. Psychology and Cognition.
12. Lightner Witmer originally defined clinical psychology as related to the disciplines of _____.
A. philosophy and pathology
B. sociology, physiology, and communication sciences
C. medicine, education, and social work
D. psychiatry and anthropology
13. _____ is credited with the first known publication in which the term clinical psychology was used.
A. Wilhelm Wundt
B. Lightner Witmer
C. Emil Kraepelin
D. Edward Lee Throndike
14. In 1800s Europe, mental illness was initially placed in one of two categories: _____, psychiatric symptoms, or _____, breaks from reality.
A. neuroses, psychoses
B. psychoses, neuroses
C. exogenous disorders, endogenous disorders
D .endogenous disorders, exogenous disorders
15. Emil Kraepelin
A. is considered a pioneer in the diagnosis of mental illness
B. authored an objective personality test that remains widely used among clinical psychologists today.
C. created the first Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
D. argued for humane treatment of the mentally ill in France.
16. Emil Kraepelin’s two-category system of mental illness included _____, disorders caused by external factors, and _____, disorders caused by internal factors.
A. neuroses, psychoses
B. psychoses, neuroses
C. exogenous disorders, endogenous disorders
D. endogenous disorders, exogenous disorders
17. _____, a term coined by Emil Kraepelin, described a cluster of symptoms similar to what is now known as schizophrenia.
A. Dementia praecox
B. Paranoia
C. Depressive psychosis
D. Cyclothymic personality
18. The first edition of the DSM was published in _____.
A. 1896
B. 1926
C. 1952
D. 1980
19. The DSM is published by the
A. American Psychological Association.
B. National Association of Social Workers.
C. American Psychotherapy Association.
D. American Psychiatric Association
20. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Each edition of the DSM has included fewer pages and diagnoses than the previous edition.
B. Specific diagnostic criteria have been a characteristic of the DSM since its first edition.
C. DSM-II introduced a multiaxial diagnostic system
D. DSM-5, published in May 2013, is the most recent version of the manual
21. The current edition of the DSM contains “proposed criteria sets.” These sets are
A. descriptions of proposed disorders that may become official disorders in a future DSM
B. lists of disorders that will be eliminated in a future version of the DSM.
C. diagnostic aids to assist clinicians in distinguishing between disorders with similar presentations.
D. a new classification system for personality disorders.
22. _____ is a proposed criteria set in the current DSM that involves cutting, burning, or otherwise intentionally hurting one’s own body without the intent to kill oneself.
A. Internet gaming disorder
B. Attenuated psychosis syndrome
C. Persistent complex bereavement
D. Nonsuicidal self-injury
23. June believes there is one general intelligence that overlaps with many abilities. Which of the following theorists is most likely to agree with June?
A. Edward Lee Thorndike
B. Charles Spearman
C. Alfred Binet
D. Lewis Terman
24. In the early 1900s, _____ created a test of intelligence to help the French school system determine if students should qualify for special services.
A. Lewis Terman
B. David Wechsler
C. Alfred Binet
D. Harland Stanford
25. David Wechsler created
A. an inkblot test of personality.
B. a popular objective questionnaire measuring symptoms of depression.
C. a test of intelligence
D. the MMPI
26. The Rorschach Inkblot Method is best identified as
A. a projective intelligence test.
B. an objective intelligence test.
C. a projective personality test
D. an objective personality test.
27. _____ tests assume that people reveal their personalities by their responses to ambiguous stimuli, while _____ tests offer straightforward scoring and interpretation guidelines and are often in multiple-choice or true-false format.
A. Projective intelligence, objective intelligence
B. Objective intelligence, projective intelligence
C. Projective personality, objective personality
D. bjective personality, projective personality
28. The _____ has patients tell stories in response to cards that depict interpersonal scenes.
A. Rorschach Inkblot Method
B. Thematic Apperception Test
C. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
D. Wechsler Adult Story Scale
29. _____ are the authors of the TAT.
A. Christiana Morgan and Henry Murray
B. Lewis Terman and Alfred Binet
C. Edward Thorndike and Charles Spearman
D. Herman Rorschach and James Cattell
30. The MMPI
A. is an objective test of personality
B. was created prior to the Rorschach Inkblot test.
C. is a projective test of personality.
D. is modeled after the Thematic Apperception Test.
31. Psychotherapy began to play a significant role in the history of clinical psychology around _____.
A. 1900–1910
B. 1940–1950
C. 1970–1980
D. 1990–2000
32. Which approach to psychotherapy that arose in the 20th century emphasized empirical methodology and the study and treatment of measurable, observable symptoms?
A. Psychodynamic
B. Behavioral
C. Humanistic
D. Cognitive
33 Currently, the most popular singular psychotherapy orientation among clinical psychologists is the _________ orientation.
A behavioral
B cognitive
C psychodynamic
D humanistic
34. Clinical psychology’s major contribution to World War I was
A. the creation of tests to measure the intelligence of recruits
B. treatment for returning veterans with “shell shock.”
C. development of effective interrogation techniques.
D. coaching of newly trained fighter pilots.
35. The historic Boulder conference took place in _____.
A. 1896
B. 1921
C. 1949
D. 1969
36. Which of the following assessment methods was created most recently?
A. MMPI
B. Thematic Apperception Test
C. NEO-PI-R
D. Rorschach Inkblot Method
37. At the 1896 convention of the American Psychological Association, when Lightner Witmer encouraged his colleagues to “throw light upon the problems that confront humanity,” he meant that they should
A. develop a diagnostic manual.
B. open psychological clinics
C. convince local politicians to improve the conditions of inpatient facilities for the seriously mentally ill.
D. organize and lobby for the right to prescribe medication.
38. _____, more than any other activity, characterized clinical psychology during the earliest years of the profession.
A. Cognitive psychotherapy
B. Behavioral psychotherapy
C. Motivational interviewing
D. Assessment of intelligence
39. From roughly 1900 to 1950, the treatment of mental illness
A. did not exist.
B. was conducted primarily by clinical psychologists.
C. was conducted primarily by physicians
D. was conducted primarily by counseling psychologists.
40. The result of the Boulder conference was an agreement among clinical psychology training directors that
A. PhD clinical psychology training should focus on clinical practice.
B. research was the most essential facet of PhD clinical psychology training.
C. both practice and research were important parts of PhD clinical psychology training
D. PhD clinical psychology training standards should be revised at least every 10 years.