Clinical Psychology- Online Assignment #2 ( Ch.12-15 )
Part A: Read Ch.12-15 PowerPoint. Ask 2 questions and answer that 2 questions in each Chapter, so total
have 8 questions and 8 answers.
Chapter 12:
1. Question:
Answer:
2. Question:
Answer:
Chapter 13:
1. Question:
Answer:
2. Question:
Answer:
Chapter 14:
1. Question:
Answer:
2. Question:
Answer:
Chapter 15:
1. Question:
Answer:
2. Question:
Answer:
Part B: Based on Textbook (Clinical Psychology: A Modern health Profession) or PowerPoint, Answer All the
questions in Chapter 12-15.
Chapter 12:
1. Can one conduct cognitive therapy without introduction behavioral elements?
2. How many different self- regulation treatments do we need? Are they not all very similar?
3. What clients are likely going to benefit most from which type of treatment?
4. Can I mix different types of therapy when working with one client who has multiple presenting
problems?
5. Does behavior therapy have to be mechanical? How important is the therapist in behavior therapy?
Chapter 13:
1. Why do most active treatments tend to produce similar benefits?
2. Which criteria are the most important for determining whether or not therapy worked?
3. Who should decide what therapy success is: patients, insurance companies, or therapists?
4. What are the most urgent, unresolved questions in psychotherapy research?
5. Which therapist produces the best treatment outcomes?
Chapter 14:
1. How is healing touch (or therapeutic touch) purported to work?
2. Is acceptance and commitment therapy essentially a cognitive therapy, or is it distinct?
3. Why is EMDR so popular when there is so little support for its specificity of effect?
4. How much and what kind of evidence is needed before a new treatment approach should be declared
effective?
Chapter 15:
1. Are the reservations we have about drug treatments the same for children as they are for adults?
2. Should school systems be required to screen for learning disorders as early as grade one and promptly
offer a different learning approach?
3. How can we prepare for the fact that many special needs children become special needs adults?
4. How much and what kind of extra or different training is required to become a competent child clinical
psychologist?