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PSYC 242 Exam 1 questions withcomplete solutions
Clinical psychologists were primarily engaged in what clinical activity in the early 20th century? - correct
answer ✔✔intellectual assessment
In what way did the Department of Veteran's Affairs contribute to the growth of the field of clinical
psychology? - correct answer ✔✔It funded clinical psychology graduate programs
Who is attributed with creating one of the first categorical systems for identifying and describing
psychological disorders? - correct answer ✔✔Emil Kraepelin
McFall proposes that untested clinical services should be - correct answer ✔✔administered to the public
only under controlled experimental conditions
In what common way did William Tuke, Philippe Pinel, and Dorothea Dix all improve treatment for
individuals with mental illness? - correct answer ✔✔They all advocated for the humane and benevolent
treatment of individuals with mental illness.
Which of the following is a fundamental training difference between psychiatrists and clinical
psychologists? - correct answer ✔✔A. Psychiatrists go to medical school whereas clinical psychologists
go to a doctoral graduate program.
B. Psychiatrists typically emphasize the biological etiology (i.e., cause) of mental illness whereas clinical
psychologists usually consider multiple etiologies (e.g., biological, social, behavioral).
C. Psychiatrists first approach to treatment is typically medication whereas most clinical psychologists do
not prescribe medications.
School psychologists are most likely to engage in which of the following clinical activities:? - correct
answer ✔✔Intellectual assessment
In which of the following settings are clinical psychologists most likely to work? - correct answer
✔✔Private Practice
, Professional counselors are more likely to have what type of educational training compared to clinical
psychologists? - correct answer ✔✔Master's Degree in Counseling
Which of the following accurately represents a current meaningful distinction between clinical
psychologists and counseling psychologists? - correct answer ✔✔Clinical psychologists are more likely to
treat individuals with severe mental illness, whereas counseling psychologists are more likely to treat less
severely disturbed populations.
Pignotti, who prided herself on being a good critic of research, was quickly pulled into TFT. In what way
did the social psychological influence of commitment contribute to her ongoing support of TFT? - correct
answer ✔✔She made public statements via blogs about the validity and efficacy of TFT as well as her
support for TFT, which made her more likely to rationalize her support despite conflicting data.
When Pignotti was initially introduced to TFT, she critiqued its scientific validity on what primary basis?
In other words, what was her major complaint about TFT that she proposed needed to be addressed? -
correct answer ✔✔Callahan and TFT proponents had not offered any peer-reviewed empirical data to
support their conclusions about the efficacy of the treatment.
Which of the following is one of the reasons proposed by Lilienfeld that laypeople do not consider
psychology a "science? - correct answer ✔✔A. Individuals believe that daily life experiences and
commonsense are adequate training in psychology.
C. The majority of individuals do not agree that psychology uses scientific methods to understand the
way people behave.
D. Psychology is viewed as having less rigorous scientific standards than other "hard sciences."
Pignotti eventually began to doubt the scientific validity of TFT. Which of the following was one of her
areas of doubt? - correct answer ✔✔A. People who were not benefitting from TFT and VT were having
their failures explained away with ad hoc hypotheses.
B. Misrepresentation of data in the literature to spin it such that TFT was shown to be significantly more
effective than other therapies.
D. Grandiose claims of success that were not supported by empirical evidence.
Which of the following statements best represents Lilienfeld's argument that eliminative reductionism
has undermined the scientific value of the field of psychology as a whole? - correct answer
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