Knowledge check

Knowledge check: Foundations and early history

Linked to the module Foundations and early history. Study the module first, then test yourself.

1 Who opened the first psychological clinic and coined the term 'clinical psychology'?

Multiple choice Introductory

Wilhelm Wundt Lightner Witmer Alfred Binet Sigmund Freud

Basis: Textbook concept, original question

2 The original purpose of the Binet–Simon scale was to:

Multiple choice Introductory

Select army officers Identify schoolchildren who needed different instruction Diagnose schizophrenia Measure personality traits

Basis: Textbook concept, original question

3 Clifford Beers, a former psychiatric patient, helped found an organisation concerned with humane treatment of people with mental illness.

True / false Introductory

True False

Basis: Textbook concept, original question

4 What best describes 'biomedical reductionism'?

Multiple choice Intermediate

Belief that illness is caused by sin The view that illness can be fully explained by physical processes Integration of biological, psychological and social factors Reliance on unconscious conflict to explain symptoms

Basis: Textbook concept, original question

5 Why did the First World War matter for clinical psychology?

Multiple choice Introductory

It led to the invention of psychotherapy It created demand for large-scale group testing of recruits It ended the use of intelligence tests It established the PsyD degree

Basis: Textbook concept, original question

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