Clinical Psychology Exam 1 Chapters 1-7
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Clinical psychology - ANS-involves rigorous study and applied practice directed toward
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understanding and improving the psychological facts of the human experience,
including but not limited to issues or problems of behavior, emotions, or intellect.
Scientist-practitioner model (Boulder model) - ANS-psychotherapy and research blend;
training in psychology should jointly emphasize both practice and research blend;
graduate student need to receive training and display competence in the application of
clinical methods and the research methods necessary to study and evaluate the field
scientifically.
Predoctoral internship - ANS-consists of a full year of supervised clinical experience in
an applied setting-a psychiatric hospital, a VA medical center, a university counseling
center, a community mental health center, a medical school, or another agency where
clinical psychologists work; takes place before PhD/PsyD is awarded.
Postdoctoral internship - ANS-lasts 1 to 2 years, and it is essentially a step up from the
predoctoral internship. Postdocs take on more responsibility than in predocs, but they
remain under supervision. Upon completing postdoc, you become licensed to practice
independently.
Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP) - ANS-EPPP is a
standardized multiple-choice exam on a board range of psychology topics; all U.S.
states and most provinces in Canada establish a minimum score for licensure; taken
after completing Phd/PsyD requirements
Compare PhD programs to PsyD programs - ANS-a. PhD: research emphasis, research
assistance experience.
b. PsyD: enroll more students, accept students with lower GRE scores and GPAs, have
less funding for students.
Requirements for being licensed as a clinical psychologist - ANS-PhD or PsyD,
postdoctoral training (one year under licensed psychologist), EPPP (minimum score =
500, 35% do not pass first time), CEUs
What authorizes a clinician to pracitce? - ANS-Licensure
Most common work setting of a clinical psychologist? - ANS-private practices
What is the most common activity of a psychologist within a private practice? - ANStherapy
What clinical psychologists do for employment? - ANS-psychotherapy, assessment and
testing, teach, prescribe medication in some states.
Counseling psychologists v. clinical psychologists - ANS-a. Counseling psychologists:
work with less pathological (disturbed) individual and work and complete internships
more often in setting such as university counseling centers.
b. Clinical psychologists: more seriously disturbed individuals and work and complete
internships more often in settings such as hospitals and inpatient psychiatric units.
Psychiatrist v. psychologist - ANS-Psychiatrist: go to medical school and are licensed as
physicians; can prescribe medication and training emphasizes biology to such an extent
that disorders are viewed first and foremost as physiological abnormalities of the brain.
Social workers v. psychologists - ANS-Social workers: focused their work on the
interaction between an individual and the components of society that may contribute to
or alleviate the individual's problems; psychotherapy and transition into the community;
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