Clinical psych Flashcards
What is gate control theory?
Gate control theory suggests that the spinal cord contains a neurological ‘gate’ that either blocks pain signals or allows them to continue on to the brain. This theory is often used to explain both phantom and chronic pain issues.
What is the main motivation behind the treatment approach represented in the Unified Protocol?
Core emotional regulation processes appear relevant across different diagnoses -and these can be addressed with a limited set of methods.
ACT consists of
Which of the following is most desirable in meta-analyses and calculation of summary effect sizes?
Low heterogeneity between studies
aka high homogeneity between studies - the methods should be lika, easier to compare results
In relation to changes observed in psychotherapy, which of the following best describes the meaning of the term mechanism?
An intervening variable that statistically accounts for an observed difference in a comparison of two treatments.
The series of step by step changes that forms the basis for an observed effect, or the process of change on which the treatment effect rests.
The event that initiates a process of change.
A characteristic that is correlated with the magnitude or direction of effect observed in a comparison between treatments.
The series of step by step changes that forms the basis for an observed effect, or the process of change on which the treatment effect rests.
Which of the following reflects characteristics of clinical psychology?
a) Includes assessment and case formulation
b) Includes treatment delivery and evaluation
c) Is based in psychological or behavioral science
D) All the alternatives
All the alternatives
As applied to cognitive behavior therapy what does the word “contextual” mean?
That learning history and situation influences what people experience, how they experience what they do, and what they do with that experience.
That there must be a primary focus on changing thoughts and feelings in the context of therapy.
That therapists should deliver treatment in clients’ home and work situations.
None of the alternatives.
That learning history and situation influences what people experience, how they experience what they do, and what they do with that experience.
Which statements below best reflect the meaning of the word ergodic?
The situation where results from group analyses are shown to apply to individual people.
Which of the following statements best reflects an issue or issues FALSELY assumed in current conventional approaches to treatment mediation as studied within RCTs?
That change is linear and unidirectional.
Which of the options below best describes the summary results from the study by Caneiro et al. on “how does change unfold?” in low back pain, fear and avoidance?
a. It appears that change in potential mediators and change in disability happens at the same time.
b. Different people show different processes of change.
C. Both alternatives A. and B.
d. None of the alternatives.
Which of the following is NOT one of the categories of types of causes of spurious therapeutic effectiveness (CSTEs).
There is a perception of change in the absence of any change.
There is change but it is due to some events outside of therapy.
THE patient thinks they changed but the therapist does not.
There is change but it is due to nonspecific therapeutic factors.
What is a placebo treatment?
An unexpectedly painful treatment.
An inert treatment that produces no effect.
A treatment with no known mechanism of action.
A simulated treatment that provides nonspecific treatment effects. :)
Which of the following are arguments for the application of evidence supported therapies?
Which of the following are arguments for the application of evidence supported therapies?
This protects the public.
This protects psychology.
This integrated clinical psychology with the remainder of scientific psychology
ALL the alternatives
Which of the following is an accurate description of Process-Based Therapy (PBT)?
There is so far little evidence for PBT (den håller fortf på å utvecklas
It includes careful adherence to a session by session manual.
It requires integration of psychodynamic and existential therapy methods with CBT
It requires that clients or patients receive a careful diagnosis.
Which of the following best describes mental health providers self-assessment of their own competency and results?
These providers consistently exaggerate their skills in relation to others in the field and their success rate in the people they treat :)
Most of these providers recognize that they are average.
These providers are overall quite accurate in their self-assessments
They downplay their skills but are more accurate in assessing the number of their cases who get worse
