Deck 17: A Different Perspective on Tragedy: Euripides Medea

Question 1

The House-Tree-Person test and the Roberts Apperception Test are examples of __________used with child clients.

A) projective/expressive techniques.
B) self-report scales.
C) achievement tests.
D) naturalistic observation techniques.

Answer 1

projective/expressive techniques.

Question 2

When naturalistic direct observation of a child is not practical, clinical child psychologists often conduct _________ to achieve the same purpose.

A) sentence-completion tests
B) intelligence testing
C) achievement testing
D) analogue direct observation

Answer 2

analogue direct observation

Question 3

Which of the following is true regarding self-report scales for children and adolescents?

A) There is a version of the MMPI appropriate for use with adolescent clients.
B) Self-report scales are used more commonly with young children than with adolescents.
C) all of the above
D) none of the above

Answer 3

There is a version of the MMPI appropriate for use with adolescent clients.

Question 4

Self-instructional training is a form of psychotherapy with children that derives from the _________ approach to psychotherapy.

A) psychodynamic
B) behavioral
C) cognitive
D) humanistic

Question 5

Some clinical child psychologists divide children's psychological problems into externalizing disorders, such as _______, and internalizing disorders, such as _______.

A) ADHD; conduct disorder
B) ADHD; depression
C) conduct disorder; oppositional defiant disorders
D) generalized anxiety disorder; ADHD

Question 6

Parent training programs have been developed for

A) ADHD.
B) conduct disorder.
C) separation anxiety.
D) all of the above

Question 7

Most of the specific forms of psychotherapy that have demonstrated empirical benefits for specific disorders of childhood are

A) behavioral.
B) humanistic.
C) psychodynamic.
D) cognitive.

Question 8

According to research, which of the following influences children's resilience or vulnerability to psychological problems?

A) environmental factors, including poverty
B) parental factors, including low parent IQ
C) child factors, including difficult temperament
D) all of the above

Question 9

For both children and adolescents, the most commonly used specific assessment technique is the

A) Draw-a-Person technique.
B) Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children.
C) Rorschach Inkblot Technique.
D) MMPI-A.

Question 10

Self-instructional training was originally developed by

A) Marsha Linehan.
B) Irvin Yalom.
C) Donald Meichenbaum.
D) none of the above

Question 11

__________ promotes both the mental and physical health of children with medical conditions.

A) Child clinical psychology
B) Pediatric psychology
C) Developmental psychology
D) Abnormal psychology

Question 12

When the client is a child, the clinical psychologist's interview process typically includes

A) the child.
B) adults who know the child well.
C) all of the above
D) none of the above

Question 13

__________ is a form of therapy with children in which clients learn to "talk themselves through" situations in which their behavior might be problematic.

A) Narrative therapy
B) Self-instructional training
C) Solution-focused therapy
D) Humanistic play therapy

Question 14

Compared to psychodynamic play therapists, humanistic play therapists tend to emphasize

A) reflection of the child's feelings.
B) the development of a therapeutic relationship characterized by acceptance and empathy.
C) all of the above
D) none of the above

Question 15

Clinical child psychologists who conduct ________ believe that a child's play communicates important processes occurring within the child's mind of which the child may be unaware.

A) self-instructional training
B) psychodynamic play therapy
C) humanistic play therapy
D) parent training

Question 16

The key criterion for the diagnosis of a learning disability is

A) intelligence that is significantly below average.
B) achievement in a particular academic area that is significantly below average.
C) all of the above
D) none of the above

Question 17

An accurate summary of the body of empirical research on the outcome of psychotherapy with children and adolescents would state that generally,

A) psychotherapy with children and adolescents produces significant improvement.
B) psychotherapy with children produces significant improvement, but psychotherapy with adolescents produces no improvement.
C) psychotherapy with children and adolescents produces no improvement.
D) psychotherapy with adolescents produces significant improvement, but psychotherapy with children produces no improvement.

Question 18

The Conners' Rating Scale and the Child Behavior Checklist are examples of

A) analogue direct observation.
B) behavior rating scales.
C) projective personality tests.
D) achievement tests.

Question 19

In the first psychological clinic, founded by Lightner Witmer in the late 1800s,

A) child clients were assessed but not treated.
B) child clients were neither assessed nor treated.
C) child clients were assessed and treated.
D) parent training took place, but no direct treatment of children took place.

Question 20

In humanistic play therapy,

A) interpretation of the child's actions are more important than in psychodynamic play therapy.
B) the child and the therapist play directly with each other without any toys or other objects.
C) all of the above
D) none of the above

Question 21

Briefly describe behavior rating scales as used in child assessment.

Question 22

What is the rationale for a multisource, multimethod, multisetting approach to the assessment of children?

Question 23

The Spanish version of the WISC-IV

A) has not yet been created.
B) was normed exclusively on children whose parents are from Mexico.
C) includes no change in item content in spite of linguistic translation.
D) was normed exclusively on children whose parents are from Spain.

Question 24

The __________ is a recently developed, culturally sensitive alternative to projective story-telling personality tests.

A) TEMAS
B) RBANS
C) WIAT-II
D) Bender Gestalt

Question 25

What is naturalistic direct observation, and how does it differ from analogue direct observation?

Question 26

What types of tests do clinical child psychologists use to assess for learning disabilities?

Question 27

The TEMAS is most similar in format to which of these assessment tools?

A) SCID
B) MMPI-2
C) TAT
D) WISC-IV

Question 28

Briefly explain the steps involved in self-instructional training.