Chapter 1

Question 1

APA meaning

Answer 1

American Psychological Association

Question 2

This field integrates science, theory and practice to understand, predict and alleviate maladjustment, disability and personal development

Answer 2

Clinical Psychology

Question 3

It focuses on the intellectual, emotional. biological, psychological, social, and behavioral aspects of human functioning across the life span, in varying cultures, and at all socioeconomic levels

Answer 3

Clinical Psychology

Question 4

for those entering with a bachelor’s degree, training typically consists of?

Answer 4

-at least 4 years of intensive
-full-time coursework
-1-year full-time predoctoral internship

Question 5

(for those entering with a bachelor’s degree) Require coursework includes?

Answer 5

courses on
-Psychotherapy
-Assessment
-Statistics
-Research design and methodology
-Biological bases of behavior
-Cognitive-affective bases of behavior
-Social bases of behavior
-Individual difference, and other subjects

Question 6

The most common specialty in clinical psychology

Answer 6

-Clinical child
-Clinical health
-Forensic
-Family
-Clinical neuropsychology

Question 7

3 models of training

Answer 7

1. Scientist-Practitioner (Boulder) Model
2. Practitioner-Scholar (Vail) Model
3. Clinical Scientist Model

Question 8

In what year and place is the first conference on graduate training in clinical psychology

Answer 8

1949
Boulder, Colorado

Question 9

In what year and place is the conference on clinical psychology training

Answer 9

1973
Vail, Colorado

Question 10

(in this model)To become a clinical psychologist, graduate students would need to receive training and display competence in the application of clinical methods and the research methods necessary to study and evaluate the field scientifically

Answer 10

Scientist-Practitioner Mode
or Boulder Model

Question 11

To receive this degree, graduates students would conduct both clinical work and their own empirical research

Answer 11

PhD degree (Doctor in Philosophy major in Psychology)

Question 12

(in this model) doctoral-level degree with less extensive training in research and more extensive training in the development of applied clinical skills

Answer 12

Practitioner-Scholar Model
or Vail Model

Question 13

these program typically offer more coursework directly related to practice and fewer courses related to research and statistics

Answer 13

PsyD degree (Doctor of Psychology)

Question 14

this model stressed the scientific side of clinical psychology more strongly that did the Boulder Model

Answer 14

Clinical Scientist Model

Question 15

publisher of “Manifesto for a Science of Clinical Psychology”

Answer 15

1991, Richard Mcfall

Question 16

Mcfall was the president of this Academy for the first several years of its existence

Answer 16

Academy of Psychological Clinical Science

Question 17

This internship consists of a full year of supervised clinical experience in an applied setting

Answer 17

Predoctoral Internship

Question 18

Most states require this internship for licensure as a psychologist; typically lasts 1-2 years

Answer 18

Postdoctoral Internship

Question 19

gives the professionals the right to identify as members of the profession (psychologist)

Answer 19

License/Licensure

Question 20

meaning of EPPP

Answer 20

Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology

Question 21

standardized multiple-choice exam on a broad range of psychology topics

Answer 21

Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP)

Question 22

Clinical Psychologists in many states must accumulate this to renew the license from year to year

Answer 22

Continuing Education units (CEUs)

Question 23

Ways that psychologists can meet requirements (CEUs)

Answer 23

• attending workshops
• taking course
• undergoing additional specialized training
• passing exams on selected professional reading material

Question 24

Primary work setting of clinical psychologists

Answer 24

• psychiatric hospitals
• general hospitals
• community mental health centers
• medical schools
• veterans affairs medical centers

Question 25

this field work with less pathological clients; endorse humanistic/client-centered approaches more strongly

Answer 25

Counseling Psychologists

Question 26

they go to medical school and are licensed as physicians; allowed to prescribed medication;

Answer 26

Psychiatrists

Question 27

Focused their work on the interaction between an individual and the component of society that may contribute to or alleviate the individual’s problems (client’s problem are products of social ills)

Answer 27

social workers

Question 28

usually work in schools, but some may work in other settings such as day-care centers or correlational facilities

Answer 28

school psychologists

Question 29

their primary function is to enhance the intellectual, emotional, social, and developmental lives of students

Answer 29

School Psychologists

Question 30

they frequently conduct psychological testing to determine diagnoses such as learning disorders and ADHD

Answer 30

School Psychologists

Question 31

emphasizes biology to such extent that disorders are viewed as physiological abnormalities of the brain.

Answer 31

psychiatrists

Question 32

work involves counselling people with problems in living or mild mental illness; compared with clinical psychologists, it includes very little emphasis on psychological testing or conducting research, focusing instead on providing services to clients

Answer 32

Professional Counselors

Question 33

training focuses on working with couples and families, but sometimes they also see individuals struggling with issues related to their partners or families

Answer 33

Marriage and Family Therapists
or Couple and Family Therapists