Chapter 17: Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Test Bank

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. ______ 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

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. ADHD, conduct disorder, and separation anxiety disorder are especially common diagnoses among children.

B. Children can be diagnosed with major depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.

C. DSM-5 modifies the diagnostic criteria of some disorders for children.

D. Some clinical psychologists divide children’s psychological problems into two broad classes: specific and generalized disorders.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Disorders of Childhood

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Some clinical child psychologists divide children’s psychological problems into ______ disorders, such as ADHD, and ______ disorders, such as depression.

A. internalizing; externalizing

B. externalizing; internalizing

C. specific; generalized

D. generalized; specific

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Disorders of Childhood

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. According to research discussed in the textbook, which of the following factors does NOT influence 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. tactile factors, including fine motor skills

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Resilience and Vulnerability

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. Which statement best summarizes the research cited in the textbook about the importance of family on a child’s mental health (e.g., Schleider et al., 2014)?

A. A child is less likely to develop a mental disorder if their parents are diagnosed with ADHD or depression.

B. A child is less likely to develop a mental disorder if they have a cold, unloving relationships with their siblings.

C. A child is more likely to develop a mental disorder if their parents are diagnosed with anxiety or personality disorders.

D. A child is more likely to develop a mental disorder if they have a warm, loving relationships with their siblings.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Resilience and Vulnerability

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. Which three factors did Grotberg (2003) suggest contribute to resilience in children?

A. child strengths, parental support, and community involvement

B. external supports, inner strengths, and interpersonal problem-solving skills

C. peer relationships, educational commitment, and quality of life

D. social supports, psychological skills, and biological strengths

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Resilience and Vulnerability

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. Dr. Rand, a clinical child psychologist, strives to understand his child patients’ behaviors within the context of what can be expected of a child at that particular age. Dr. Rand is using a ______ perspective.

A. holistic

B. developmental

C. client-centered

D. bifurcated

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The Developmental Perspective

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. 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. both the child and adults who know the child well

D. administrators at the child’s school

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Interviews

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. When assessing a child patient, ______.

A. a multisource, multimethod, multisetting approach is recommended

B. a holistic approach is recommended

C. an individual, internal, inclusive approach is recommended

D. a psychodiagnostic approach is recommended

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: A Comprehensive Assessment

Difficulty Level: Easy

10. When implementing behavioral observation with a child client, the psychologist should be on the lookout for ______ in which the child’s behaviors change simply because the child realizes they are being watched by the psychologist.

A. analogue motion

B. naturalistic action

C. reactivity

D. modification

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: A Comprehensive Assessment

Difficulty Level: Medium

11. 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

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Behavioral Observations

Difficulty Level: Medium

12. ______ are standardized paper-and-pencil forms that parents, teachers, or other adults complete regarding a child’s presenting problems.

A. Pediatric questionnaires

B. Behavior rating scales

C. Developmental checklists

D. Genograms

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Behavior Rating Scales

Difficulty Level: Medium

13. 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

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Behavior Rating Scales

Difficulty Level: Medium

14. 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 rather than adolescents.

C. There is not an adolescent version of the MCMI.

D. Cultural competence is unimportant when administering self-report scales to children.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Self-Report Scales

Difficulty Level: Medium

15. 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

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Projective/Expressive Techniques

Difficulty Level: Medium

16. Projective/expressive childhood and adolescent instruments include the ______.

A. AAHPERD Functional Fitness Test

B. WIAT-III

C. TEMAS

D. WISC-IV

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Projective/Expressive Techniques

Difficulty Level: Hard

17. Which of the following statements about intellectual tests for children is TRUE?

A. The Spanish WISC-IV is generally a poor choice for assessing the intelligence of Puerto Rican children.

B. The UNIT is a gender-fair intelligence test that may be administered to children.

C. The Spanish WISC-IV was normed on children from multiple Spanish speaking countries.

D. Robert’s Apperception Test is commonly used to assess the intelligence of very young children.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Intellectual Tests

Difficulty Level: Hard

18. 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

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Frequency of Use of Specific Assessment Techniques

Difficulty Level: Medium

19. Which of the following statements about conducting psychotherapy with child patients is NOT true?

A. The therapeutic alliance is just as crucial with children as it is in therapy with adults.

B. The therapeutic alliance must be established with both the child and his or her parents.

C. Adult interventions and techniques should be adjusted for children.

D. Children can often be understood and conceptualized as miniature adults.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Psychotherapy With Children and Adolescents

Difficulty Level: Medium

20. ______ is a cognitive-behavioral technique for children in which therapists teach kids behaviors that improve their interactions with others.

A. Social skills training

B. Bravery Bingo

C. Applied behavior analysis

D. Self-talk therapy

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies for Children

Difficulty Level: Easy

21. ______ is a cognitive-behavioral technique that is highly supported and recommended for treating children with autism spectrum disorder.

A. Social skills training

B. Bravery Bingo

C. Applied behavior analysis

D. Self-talk therapy

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies for Children

Difficulty Level: Easy

22. Self-instructional training was originally developed by ______.

A. Marsha Linehan

B. Irvin Yalom

C. Donald Meichenbaum

D. Harry Harlow

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Self-Instructional Training

Difficulty Level: Easy

23. 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

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Self-Instructional Training

Difficulty Level: Medium

24. ______ is a form of therapy with children in which clients learn to “talk themselves through” situations in which their behaviors might be problematic.

A. Narrative therapy

B. Self-instructional training

C. Solution-focused therapy

D. Humanistic play therapy

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Self-Instructional Training

Difficulty Level: Medium

25. ______ is a form of behavioral therapy in which therapists teach parents to use techniques based on conditioning to modify problematic behavior in their children.

A. Parent training

B. Adult rehabilitation

C. Child modification

D. Behavioral shaping

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Parent Training

Difficulty Level: Easy

26. Parent training programs have been developed for ______.

A. ADHD

B. conduct disorder

C. separation anxiety

D. many disorders and problems, including those listed in the other answer choices

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Parent Training

Difficulty Level: Easy

27. Which of the following is NOT one of the three basic functions of play therapy identified by Brems (2008)?

A. the formation of important relationships

B. disclosure of feelings and thoughts

C. imitative relearning

D. healing

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Play Therapy

Difficulty Level: Medium

28. Clinical child psychologists who practice ______ believe that a child’s play communicates important unconscious processes occurring within the child’s mind.

A. self-instructional training

B. psychodynamic play therapy

C. humanistic play therapy

D. parent training

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Play Therapy--Psychodynamic

Difficulty Level: Medium

29. 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. the therapist reflects the child’s feelings, which may be expressed indirectly through play activities

D. the goal is to make the child’s unconscious processes conscious

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Play Therapy--Humanistic

Difficulty Level: Medium

30. Which of the following most accurately summarizes the body of empirical research on the outcome of psychotherapy with children and adolescents?

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.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: How Well Does Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents Work?

Difficulty Level: Medium

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

A. cognitive-behavioral

B. humanistic

C. psychodynamic

D. metacognitive

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: How Well Does Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents Work?

Difficulty Level: Medium

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

A. SCID

B. MMPI-2

C. TAT

D. WISC-IV

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Projective/Expressive Techniques

Difficulty Level: Medium

33. 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

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Intellectual Tests

Difficulty Level: Medium

Short Answer

1. ______ psychology is a cross-disciplinary field that promotes both the mental and physical health of children with medical conditions.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. What are the three categories of child resilience identified by Grotberg (2003)?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Psychological Issues of Childhood

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. What is the recommended approach to assessment of children?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Assessment of Children and Adolescents

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. ______ direct observation of a child behavior takes place where it actually happens, whereas ______ direct observation typically takes place in a clinic room where the real-life situation is simulated.

Ans; Naturalistic; analogue

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Assessment of Children and Adolescents

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. What type of test are instruments such as the Roberts Apperception Test and the TEMAS?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Assessment of Children and Adolescents

Difficulty Level: Easy

6. What is the most commonly used assessment test for both children and adolescents?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Assessment of Children and Adolescents

Difficulty Level: Easy

7. In what type of therapy is a child taught to gain control over their behaviors by saying instructions aloud to themselves?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Psychotherapy with Children and Adolescents

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. What are the three basic functions of play therapy identified by Brems (2008)?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Psychotherapy with Children and Adolescents

Difficulty Level: Easy

Essay

1. Discuss the role of the therapeutic alliance when treating children. With whom is it important to establish a therapeutic alliance?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Psychotherapy with Children and Adolescents

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. How do cognitive-behavioral therapists adapt their techniques to work with children and adolescents? Give at least one specific example.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Psychotherapy with Children and Adolescents

Difficulty Level: Medium

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

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Assessment of Children and Adolescents

Difficulty Level: Medium

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

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Assessment of Children and Adolescents

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. Briefly describe behavior rating scales frequently used for child assessment.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Assessment of Children and Adolescents

Difficulty Level: Medium