The Stipulation of the PhD as the Credential Required to Practice

question 24

Multiple Choice

The stipulation of the PhD as the credential required to practice clinical psychology came about

• A)as a way for universities to cash in on the increasing number of students applying to graduate school.
• B)as an attempt on the part of psychologists to compete academically with psychiatrists.
• C)because of the fear that people would practice psychology without proper training and accreditation.
• D)because the field of Psychology had grown so much that more training was required to cover all of the information that had been gathered.

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