Clinical Child Psychology Exam Solutions
Course Introduction
Clinical Child Psychology focuses on the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of psychological disorders in children and adolescents. This course explores the developmental, biological, and environmental factors influencing child mental health, as well as evidence-based therapeutic interventions designed for young populations. Students will learn about common psychological issues such as anxiety, depression, autism spectrum disorders, and behavioral problems, with attention to family dynamics, cultural context, and ethical considerations in clinical practice. Through case studies and practical applications, the course prepares students to understand and address the unique psychological needs of children and their families.
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Introduction to Abnormal Child and Adolescent Psychology 3rd Edition by Robert Weis
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Chapter 1: The Science and Practice of Abnormal Child Psychology
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT one of the ways in which ethnicity and culture affect and interact with the diagnostic process?
A) Different cultural values affect the behaviors that are considered problematic.
B) Cultural differences can cause problems in the assessment and diagnostic process.
C) Ethnic minorities are often underrepresented in mental health research.
D) Having a clinician who is of the same ethnicity as the client is vital to the diagnostic process.
Answer: D
Q2) Which of the following is NOT one of the sociodemographic factors that is considered especially important for understanding psychological disorders,according to your text?
A) age
B) gender
C) birth order
D) socioeconomic status
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: The Causes of Childhood Disorders: A Levels of Analysis Approach
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Q1) One primary weakness of adoption studies is that the population of biological parents who place their children for adoption and the population of adoptive parents differ substantially from each other and from the general population.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Which of the following is NOT a dimension of temperament as identified by Chess,Thomas,and Birch (1965)?
A) the infant's response to familiar people and situations
B) the regularity of the infant's eating, sleeping, and daily schedules
C) the infant's intensity of responses to new stimuli
D) the infant's attention span
Answer: A
Q3) A chief limitation of family studies is that they confound genetic and environmental factors.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Assessment and Diagnosis
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Q1) Whereas DSM-5 diagnosis is based largely on ______,the proposed Research Domain Criteria classification system is to be based on ______.
A) antecedents; consequences
B) signs and symptoms; underlying causes
C) underlying causes; treatment outcomes
D) distress; impairment
Answer: B
Q2) Which of the following is the best example of a multimethod assessment?
A) A psychologist asks a parent and a teacher to complete a rating scale about a child's behavior.
B) A psychologist observes a child at school and then asks a teacher to complete a rating scale about the child's behavior at home.
C) A psychologist gathers data from parents about the child's behavior at home, at school, and at home on the weekend.
D) A psychologist uses self-report questionnaires from parents, teachers, and the child to assess the child's mood.
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Treating Children, Adolescents, and Families
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Q1) A child who refuses to take medication and instead gives it to his peers is engaging in
A) adherence
B) compliance
C) diversion
D) diffusion
Q2) If researchers from the United States tested new psychotropic medications on populations in Ghana,and then determined which was most efficacious and effective and brought them back to the United States at such a high price that those in Ghana could not afford these treatments,this would violate which of the following General Principles of the APA Ethics Code?
A) Beneficence and Nonmaleficence
B) Fidelity and Responsibility
C) Integrity
D) Justice
Q3) Which classes of medication impact the dopamine system?
A) stimulants and SSRIs
B) Stimulants and antipsychotics
C) anxiolytics and lithium
D) anxiolytics and stimulants
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Chapter 5: Intellectual Disability and Developmental
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Q1) Zander is engaging in self-injurious behavior by biting his lips until they bleed.His therapist praises him when he talks,chews gum,or even sticks out his tongue,because when he engages in these behaviors he cannot bite his lips.This approach is ______.
A) differential reinforcement of incompatible behaviors
B) differential reinforcement of zero behavior
C) punishment by contingent stimulation
D) overcorrection
Q2) Which of the following is NOT a way a fetus or child might be exposed to lead in toxic amounts?
A) if a mother is exposed to lead during gestation
B) if a mother was exposed to lead in childhood and adolescence and consumes too much calcium during pregnancy
C) if a mother was exposed to lead in childhood and adolescence and consumes too little calcium during pregnancy
D) if a child ingests lead-based paint
Q3) In what ways can challenging behavior adversely affect children?
Q4) In what ways might the characteristics of Williams syndrome (WS)predispose those with the condition toward anxiety problems?
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Chapter 6: Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Q1) Longitudinal studies of those with ASD have indicated which of the following?
A) that deficits in social communication tend to precede restricted, repetitive behaviors or interests
B) that restricted, repetitive behaviors or interests tend to precede deficits in social communication
C) that deficits in social communication tend to be more long lasting than restricted, repetitive behaviors or interests
D) that deficits in restricted, repetitive behaviors or interests tend to be more long lasting than deficits in social communication
Q2) What is the importance of the finding that children with ASD spend more time looking at caregivers' mouths than their eyes?
Q3) Are medications effective in helping children with autism spectrum disorder? For what symptoms (if any)are medications useful?
Q4) Can a child be diagnosed with ASD if he or she displays only marked deficits in social communication and hypersensitivity to sensory stimuli? Why or why not?
Q5) Describe some of the evidence for the heritability of ASD.
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Chapter 7: Communication and Learning Disorders
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Q1) Supplemental,small-group instruction in an academic domain in which a child has exhibited low performance in curriculum-based assessment would be considered ______.
A) Tier I
B) Tier II
C) Tier III
D) Tier IV
Q2) Which of the following sentences would likely be least difficult for an older child with language disorder to produce?
A) The puppy's ears were long, shaggy, and brown.
B) The puppy climbed into the crate and the cat climbed out.
C) After the puppy rolled over, the cat climbed back in.
D) The crate, which was gray and long, made a comfy nook for the puppy.
Q3) IDEIA guarantees which of the following?
A) the right to a free education, if the parent and child are insured
B) the right for all children to be educated alongside students without disabilities
C) the right to an Individualized Education Plan
D) the right for teachers to make decisions about how best to educate the student
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Chapter 8: Attention-Deficithyperactivity Disorder
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Q1) Which of the following best reflects common peer relationships for those with ADHD?
A) Children with hyperactive-impulsive symptoms were most likely to be neglected by their peers.
B) Adolescents with hyperactive-impulsive symptoms were most likely to be rejected by their peers, while children with hyperactive-impulsive symptoms were most likely to be neglected by their peers.
C) Children with inattentive symptoms are at risk for being neglected by peers.
D) Children who are controversial with peers are most likely to have their ADHD symptom severity increase and continue to be controversial with peers two years later.
Q2) What are the benefits and drawbacks of adding behavioral therapy to a medication regimen for kids with ADHD?
Q3) Why might kids with ADHD be able to watch TV for hours but not be able to focus on a writing assignment for more than a few minutes?
Q4) It is possible to be diagnosed with ADHD,even if one has no hyperactive symptoms. A)True B)False
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Chapter 9: Conduct Problems in Children and Adolescents
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Q1) Describe the components of multisystemic therapy.
Q2) Which of the following is NOT one of the three main pathways toward conduct problems?
A) ODD only pathway
B) childhood-onset CD pathway
C) adolescent-onset CD pathway
D) CD only pathway
Q3) The distinction between childhood-onset CD and adolescent-onset CD is ______.
A) whether at least one symptom occurs before age 10
B) whether the criteria are fully met before age 10
C) whether the child is diagnosed before age 10
D) whether the condition is treated before age 10
Q4) Which class of symptoms for ODD is characterized by problems controlling both emotions and overt actions?
A) argumentative and defiant behavior
B) angry or irritable mood
C) vindictiveness
D) aggression toward people and animals
Q5) Provide an example of environmental structuring.
Q6) How does conduct disorder relate to psychopathy?
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Chapter 10: Substance Use Disorders in Adolescents
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT a cause of substance use disorder in the deviance-prone model?
A) low parental monitoring
B) early problems with neurobehavioral disinhibition
C) disruptive behavior and academic problems
D) peer rejection and affiliation with deviant peers
Q2) Family therapy for adolescents was associated with all of the following EXCEPT for ______.
A) greater reduction in substance use than CBT
B) more rapid reductions in alcohol use
C) greater emphasis on decreasing family conflict than CBT
D) more lasting abstinence than CBT
Q3) According to Monitoring the Future,illicit drug use among adolescents ______.
A) is more common than marijuana use
B) is less common than prescription medication misuse
C) is more common for inhalants than for other types of illicit drugs
D) has increased since 1995
Q4) Relpase is uncommon in those who have undergone cognitive behavioral therapy.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Anxiety Disorders and Obsessivecompulsive Disorder
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Q1) Differences between typical worrying and the worrying done by those with generalized anxiety disorder seem to be all of the following EXCEPT ______.
A) the topics of the worry
B) the amount of problem-solving engaged in while worrying
C) the persistence of the worry
D) the number and degree of cognitive distortions
Q2) Which of the following is true about panic disorder?
A) It cannot, by definition, occur in children under the age of 10.
B) It is most common in those between the ages of 15 and 19.
C) It is usually diagnosed shortly after the onset of symptoms.
D) It is most common in those between 10 and 15.
Q3) Which of the following is NOT a typical difference between the obsessions of children with OCD and the obsessions of adults with OCD?
A) Children typically have more obsessions than adults do.
B) Children's obsessions tend to be more vague.
C) Children may be less willing to state their obsessions aloud.
D) Children's obsessions are more likely to change over time.
Q4) Which medications are most commonly used to treat tic disorders and why?
Q5) In what ways can anxiety be positive,helpful,or adaptive?
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Chapter 12: Trauma-Related Disorders and Child
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Q1) The number of youths in the United States subjected to abuse or neglect is reported to be approximately 1.3%.Is this number an accurate representation of the true rate of abuse or neglect? Why or why not?
Q2) What was formerly called anaclitic depression is most closely related to which condition in the DSM-5?
A) reactive attachment disorder
B) disinhibited social engagement disorder
C) acute stress disorder
D) Posttraumatic stress disorder
Q3) Children who experience parental neglect are which of the following?
A) more likely to develop behavior problems because they often have no friends
B) more likely to develop behavior problems because they often have friends who have also been rejected and who are more likely to exhibit delinquent behavior
C) less likely to develop behavior problems because the intermittent parental monitoring of their parents is particularly effective in eliminating bad behavior
D) less likely to develop behavior problems because parental responsibilities, such as caring for younger siblings, usually fall to them
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Chapter 13: Depressive Disorders and Suicide
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Q1) A model of depression to explain its higher prevalence in girls centers around excessive empathy,excessive compliance,and problems with emotion regulation.If a boy exhibited all three of these factors,would he too be at higher risk for depression? Why or why not?
Q2) The finding that maternal depression is associated with less responsive and more hostile parenting behavior provides support for which hypothesis of the cause of depression?
A) the monoamine hypothesis
B) the intergenerational interpersonal stress model
C) the peer contagion model
D) the social-information processing theory of depression
Q3) Research has linked depressogenic attributions to all EXCEPT which of the following?
A) genetics
B) negative life events
C) depression itself
D) social contagion
Q4) Parent training is typically sufficient to treat DMDD.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Pediatric Bipolar Disorders and Schizophrenia
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Q1) Which of the following comments would NOT be assessed by clinicians as a statement contributing toward "expressed emotion "?
A) I care about you and I want to do what I can to support you.
B) I am constantly worried that you won't take your medication and what will happen to you if that happens; I can't fall asleep until I know you've taken your medication.
C) When you act that way, I have to leave. I know you can do better and you're choosing this behavior.
D) I don't understand why you can't just do your chores like your brother and sister. You're using your diagnosis as an excuse.
Q2) Which of the following is the most common modality for hallucinations?
A) auditory
B) visual
C) tactile
D) olfactory
Q3) What is the evidence that genetics does not entirely account for schizophrenia?
Q4) Bipolar disorder cannot be comorbid with ADHD.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Feeding and Eating Disorders
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Q1) The dual pathway model predicts all EXCEPT which of the following?
A) A culture without a socially sanctioned thin ideal would have no eating disorders.
B) Praising girls for being overweight instead of for being thin would reduce restrictive eating.
C) It is failure to reach a socially constructed beauty ideal that drives eating disordered behavior.
D) Teasing overweight individuals would likely help them to lose weight sustainably.
Q2) Bariatric surgery (e.g.,gastric bypass)is which of the following?
A) the recommended treatment for those with binge eating disorder
B) less effective for those with binge eating disorder in the short term, but more effective than any other treatment in the long term
C) ineffective long-term treatment for those with binge eating disorder; they are likely to regain their weight following surgery
D) unsafe for those with binge eating disorder; they are at far greater risk of medical complications from the surgery than their overweight counterparts without binge eating disorder.
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Chapter 16: Health-Related Disorders and Pediatric Psychology
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Q1) Which is the most widely used treatment for pediatric insomnia?
A) behavior modification
B) cognitive restructuring
C) planned ignoring
D) medication
Q2) Which of the following is NOT true concerning the prevalence of enuresis?
A) It is more common in boys.
B) It is more common in younger children than older children.
C) Every year, 15% of those with enuresis experience spontaneous remission.
D) The disorder cannot occur in adults.
Q3) Urine alarms are thought to stop urination through which of the following?
A) negative reinforcement
B) positive reinforcement
C) negative punishment
D) classical conditioning
Q4) Camps for children with asthma,cancer,diabetes,and gastrointestinal problems have not reliably been shown to have positive results.
A)True
B)False
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