Child Psychology Exam Prep - Question List

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6. Clinical psychologists working with children and adolescents sometimes use an assessment tool called ABC. What does ABC refer to?
  1. Assessment of Behavior in Children
  2. Atypical Behavior Criteria
  3. Aberrant Behavior Checklist
  4. Aggressive Behavior Checklist
7. Anhedonia is an emotional state typically associated with what type of childhood mental illness?
  1. Schizophrenia
  2. Bipolar disorder
  3. Depression
  4. Antisocial personality
8. Which of the following procedures is generally not included as part of a child’s psychological assessment?
  1. Physical examination
  2. Non-verbal exercises and activities
  3. Paper and pencil tests
  4. Parental interview
9. Which of the following was not a valid criticism of the original WISC, eventually leading to the development of subsequent versions of the test?
  1. Some of the items were potentially discriminatory against certain subgroups of the population.
  2. There are additional areas of intellectual functioning that the test could have tapped into but didn’t.
  3. The test provided little, if any, helpful clinical information other than a verbal, performance, and overall IQ score which a simpler written intelligence test could do equally well.
  4. The test could be likened in some ways to a “dinosaur,” worthy of “extinction” because it was not fully in keeping with current theories about intelligence and had outrun its usefulness.
10. In the case of conducting evaluation in child custody disagreements, which of the following is the most desirable relationship between the psychologist who will conduct the evaluation and all others involved in the process (child and parents)?
  1. If the family has been in therapy together, their current psychologist should conduct an evaluation.
  2. If the child has been in therapy, his psychologist should conduct the evaluation.
  3. A psychologist who does not know any of the family members should conduct the evaluation.
  4. A psychologist who does not have a current therapeutic relationship with any of the family members, but who will begin one after the case is resolved, should conduct the evaluation.

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