Early influences on the field of clinical psychology include the work of which psychoanalyst?

Related Mcqs:

1. Community psychology, health psychology, and neuropsychology are considered which of the following in clinical psychology?

   A. Precursors
   B. Continuums
   C. Inferences
   D. Subspecialties

2. The clinical psychology field covers a broad range of disciplines except which one of the following?

   A. Learning and behavioral processes
   B. Psychopathology
   C. Personality development
   D. Testing and psychotherapies

3. Which subfield of psychology share much common ground with clinical psychology?

   A. Counselling psychology
   B. Developmental psychology
   C. Health psychology
   D. Forensic psychology

4. The two primary concerns in the clinical psychology practice are which of the following?

   A. Diagnosis, prevention
   B. Prevention, treatment
   C. Development, treatment
   D. Diagnosis, treatment

5. What is the main purpose of clinical psychology?

   A. Describe, explain, predict, and change human behavior
   B. To conduct research on mental disorders
   C. To develop new testing measures to identify mental disorders
   D. To teach psychology courses in an academic setting

6. In psychology the nature-nurture debate refers to the relative influences of __________________?

   A. paternal genes and maternal care
   B. genes and environment
   C. genotype and phenotype
   D. genotype and karyotype

7. In treating abnormal behavior, the main concern of a psychoanalyst would be to discover the:

   A. childhood unconscious conflict that led to the behavior
   B. repressed that instigate aggressive behavior
   C. inappropriate thought patterns that underlie the behavior
   D. ways in which the behavior keeps the client from becoming self – actualized

8. Clinical Psychology deals with the practical aspect of ___________?

   A. Abnormal Psychology
   B. Educational Psychology
   C. Child Psychology
   D. Experimental Psychology

9. “Modern clinical Psychology” is written by:

   A. Skinner
   B. Monroe
   C. Sheldon j. Korchin
   D. None of the above

10. Clinical psychologists who work as psychotherapists often focus on a very specific treatment outlook, many use what is referred to as which approach?

    A. Eclectic approach
    B. Psychodynamic approach
    C. Humanistic approach
    D. Behavioral approach