Russell, a clinical psychology graduate student, is less interested in diagnosing or treating psychological problems that in preventing them in the first place. Which subspecialty below would fit best with his career aims?
a. consumer psychology
b. health psychology
c. rehabilitation psychology
d. neuropsychology
Question 2Which of the following is NOT an element of the training model in clinical psychology that has been dominant for the last 50 years?
a. competency in diagnosis
b. a clinical internship
c. achievement of the Psy.D. degree
d. All of the above are elements of this training model.
Question 3What was the most significant outcome of the 1949 conference held in Boulder, Colorado?
a. APA's first set of ethical standards
b. the first list of empirically validated treatments
c. the scientist-practitioner training model
d. the establishment of the first psychological clinic
Question 4After World War II, the Veterans Administration
a. funded the training of a large number of psychologists.
b. conducted independent research refuting the efficacy of behavior therapy.
c. recognized that additional mental health services were needed for traumatized veterans and trained physicians, rather than psychologists, to provide these services.
d. publicized criticisms of clinical psychologists that ultimately reduced the pay that clinical psychologists were able to command.
Question 5Your learn that your friend's great-great-grandfather was a psychologist in the U.S. during the early part of the last century (roughly 1900-1910). Based on this information alone, in what kind of setting would you guess that he worked?
a. a private practice
b. a corporate or business setting
c. a government agency
d. a university department
Question 6Many historians point to the establishment of the first psychological clinic by __________ in 1896 as the beginning of the field of clinical psychology.
a. Jung
b. Rogers
c. Witmer
d. Smith and Glass
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