Deck 19: Current Trends and the Future of Clinical Psychology

Question 1

Smoking accounts for ____ deaths per year in the US.

A) 100,000
B) 200,000
C) 300,000
D) 4000,000

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The second leading behavioral cause of death in the US is:

A) Smoking.
B) Diet / physical inactivity.
C) Car accidents,
D) Guns.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Diet / lack of physical activity accounts for ____ deaths per year in the US.

A) 100,000
B) 200,000
C) 300,000
D) 4000,000

Answer 3

C

Question 4

More than ____ % of all the dollars you spend on health care in your lifetime is spent in the last year of life.

A) 10
B) 20
C) 30
D) 50

Question 5

Over ____ % of gravely ill older patients who are sufficiently lucid to make their
Own decisions will refuse to participate in any dramatic medical treatment that maintains an incurable and painful disease for just a few months more.

A) 60
B) 70
C) 80
D) 90

Question 6

In the US over ____ % of the country's GNP is spent on health care.

A) 5
B) 15
C) 25
D) 35

Question 7

In 2008 there were ______ times as many Canadians over 65 years of age as there were in 1956.

A) two
B) three
C) four
D) five

Question 8

What is a disadvantage of internet use in terms of diagnosis?

A) Overstandardization may lead to laziness.
B) Users need to differentiate between junk sites and quality sites.
C) Maintenance of confidentiality is difficult.
D) Time and cost savings are not realized.

Question 9

What is a disadvantage of internet use in terms of treatment?

A) Overstandardization may lead to laziness.
B) Users need to differentiate between junk sites and quality sites.
C) Maintenance of confidentiality is difficult.
D) Time and cost savings are not realized.

Question 10

What is an advantage of internet use in terms of diagnosis?

A) Overstandardization may lead to laziness.
B) Users need to differentiate between junk sites and quality sites.
C) Maintenance of confidentiality is difficult.
D) Time and cost savings.

Question 11

Desmond generates a theory and hypothesis that sports teams that wear black jerseys are more likely to have fouls called on them than teams in white jerseys. Galileo would argue this is the _______ step in psychological research.

A) Observation
B) Quantification
C) Conceptual
D) Existential

Question 12

Desmond generated a theory and hypothesis that sports teams that wear black jerseys are more likely to have fouls called on them than teams in white jerseys. Now he analyses his data. Galileo would argue this is the _________ step in psychological research.

A) Observation
B) Quantification
C) Conceptual
D) Existentialism

Question 13

Desmond generated a theory and hypothesis that sports teams that wear black jerseys are more likely to have fouls called on them than teams in white jerseys. He collects data, analyses it, and finds that he is not wrong; teams with black jerseys do get more fouls called on them. He argues that peoples' stereotypes about black and white are the reason for this. Galileo would argue this is the ________ step in psychological research

A) Observation
B) Quantification
C) Conceptual
D) Existentialism

Question 14

Positive psychology is based on increasing:

A) Peace.
B) Happiness.
C) Emotional regulation.
D) Attention focusing.

Question 15

What are the leading behavioral causes of death?

Question 16

Briefly discuss the Boulder model and how it relates to research in the field today.

Question 17

Briefly discuss the debate regarding prescription privileges. What are some arguments for and against?

Question 18

Describe Galileo's steps of the scientific method.

Question 19

Briefly discuss positive psychology and how the research there has influenced the field.