Question 1

Which of the following is likely to be found in cognitive therapy?

Accepted Answer

A)  searching for negative, illogical thinking 
B)  dream interpretation 
C)  free association 
D)  an emphasis on childhood conflicts 
A)  searching for negative, illogical thinking 
B)  dream interpretation 
C)  free association 
D)  an emphasis on childhood conflicts

Question 2

Eclectic therapists

Accepted Answer

A)  commit themselves to just one theoretical approach. 
B)  utilize only the insight approaches to therapy. 
C)  use ideas and techniques from a variety of therapeutic approaches. 
D)  refuse to adjust their techniques to the unique needs of each client. 
A)  commit themselves to just one theoretical approach. 
B)  utilize only the insight approaches to therapy. 
C)  use ideas and techniques from a variety of therapeutic approaches. 
D)  refuse to adjust their techniques to the unique needs of each client.

Question 3

Cognitive therapy is an insight therapy that emphasizes recognizing and changing negative thoughts and ____________________ beliefs.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Cognitive therapy is an insight therapy that...

Question 4

Cognitive therapy is to negative thinking as drug therapy is to

Accepted Answer

A)  ECT. 
B)  incongruence. 
C)  maladaptive learning. 
D)  abnormal neurotransmitter activity. 
A)  ECT. 
B)  incongruence. 
C)  maladaptive learning. 
D)  abnormal neurotransmitter activity.

Question 5

Which of the following therapies is most likely to see the symptom as the problem?

Accepted Answer

A)  psychoanalysis 
B)  client-centered therapy 
C)  behavior therapy 
D)  cognitive therapy 
A)  psychoanalysis 
B)  client-centered therapy 
C)  behavior therapy 
D)  cognitive therapy

Question 6

Compared to the 1950s, the average inpatient population in public mental hospitals today is

Accepted Answer

A)  vastly lower. 
B)  slightly lower 
C)  slightly higher. 
D)  vastly higher. 
A)  vastly lower. 
B)  slightly lower 
C)  slightly higher. 
D)  vastly higher.

Question 7

Therapeutic drugs that gradually elevate mood are

Accepted Answer

A)  antidepressant drugs. 
B)  antipsychotic drugs. 
C)  mood stabilizers. 
D)  antianxiety drugs. 
A)  antidepressant drugs. 
B)  antipsychotic drugs. 
C)  mood stabilizers. 
D)  antianxiety drugs.

Question 8

The practice of therapy that involves drawing ideas from two or more systems of therapy instead of committing to just one is known as

Accepted Answer

A)  a psychoanalytic approach to therapy. 
B)  an eclectic approach to therapy. 
C)  a Gestalt approach to therapy. 
D)  a behavioral approach to therapy. 
A)  a psychoanalytic approach to therapy. 
B)  an eclectic approach to therapy. 
C)  a Gestalt approach to therapy. 
D)  a behavioral approach to therapy.

Question 9

Suggestions for improving mental health services for American minority groups have included all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  recruitment and training of more ethnic minority therapists. 
B)  some modifications in traditional approaches to therapy. 
C)  the provision of free therapeutic services for all ethnic clients. 
D)  work harder to build a therapeutic alliance. 
A)  recruitment and training of more ethnic minority therapists. 
B)  some modifications in traditional approaches to therapy. 
C)  the provision of free therapeutic services for all ethnic clients. 
D)  work harder to build a therapeutic alliance.

Question 10

A major difference between insight therapies and behavior therapies is in their position about whether it's necessary or useful to seek out the origin of psychological difficulties. A compromise position might be that this kind of information is important for patients with some disorders, but not for patients with other disorders. Explain why this kind of information might be more helpful for some kinds of patients than for others.

Accepted Answer

Answers to this question also should rev

Question 11

If you feel that your therapy isn't progressing, you should

Accepted Answer

A)  get a new therapist immediately. 
B)  assume you are not a good candidate for therapy, and drop the idea. 
C)  first consider the possibility of your own resistance to therapy. 
D)  first question your therapist's competence. 
A)  get a new therapist immediately. 
B)  assume you are not a good candidate for therapy, and drop the idea. 
C)  first consider the possibility of your own resistance to therapy. 
D)  first question your therapist's competence.

Question 12

Health maintenance organizations (HMOs) can hold down costs by restricting mental health services. According to critics, these restrictions may include all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  underdiagnosing mental health conditions. 
B)  requiring re-certification of the service providers within the HMO. 
C)  failing to make needed referrals to mental health specialists. 
D)  arbitrarily limiting the length of treatment. 
A)  underdiagnosing mental health conditions. 
B)  requiring re-certification of the service providers within the HMO. 
C)  failing to make needed referrals to mental health specialists. 
D)  arbitrarily limiting the length of treatment.

Question 13

Neuroscientists are experimenting with transcranial magnetic stimulation mainly as a treatment for

Accepted Answer

A)  depression. 
B)  obsessive-compulsive disorder. 
C)  anxiety disorders. 
D)  schizophrenia. 
A)  depression. 
B)  obsessive-compulsive disorder. 
C)  anxiety disorders. 
D)  schizophrenia.

Question 14

The policy of transferring the treatment of mental illness from inpatient institutions to community-based facilities that emphasize outpatient care is called

Accepted Answer

A)  minimalization. 
B)  cost-benefit policy. 
C)  dehospitalization. 
D)  deinstitutionalization. 
A)  minimalization. 
B)  cost-benefit policy. 
C)  dehospitalization. 
D)  deinstitutionalization.

Question 15

Most experts believe that for certain types of psychological problems, some treatment approaches are more effective than others. Martin Seligman asserts that panic disorders respond best to

Accepted Answer

A)  systematic desensitization. 
B)  cognitive therapy. 
C)  behavior therapy or medication. 
D)  group therapy. 
A)  systematic desensitization. 
B)  cognitive therapy. 
C)  behavior therapy or medication. 
D)  group therapy.

Question 16

Felicity scored 98% on her first statistics exam, while Baxter scored only 35%. Felicity studied really hard in an attempt to score 100% on the next exam. Baxter decided he wasn't going to be successful in the course, so he didn't study at all. On the second exam Felicity scored 89%, while Baxter scored 42%. One explanation for this might be

Accepted Answer

A)  both Felicity and Baxter experienced a placebo effect. 
B)  Felicity is experiencing a "sophomore slump," while Baxter is experiencing a "junior jump." 
C)  both Felicity's and Baxter's scores reflect regression toward the mean. 
D)  both Felicity's and Baxter's scores reflect the impact of a self-fulfilling prophecy. 
A)  both Felicity and Baxter experienced a placebo effect. 
B)  Felicity is experiencing a "sophomore slump," while Baxter is experiencing a "junior jump." 
C)  both Felicity's and Baxter's scores reflect regression toward the mean. 
D)  both Felicity's and Baxter's scores reflect the impact of a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Question 17

How does biomedical therapy differ from psychotherapy in its approach?

Accepted Answer

Biomedical therapies are physiological i

Question 18

Which of the following therapies would be most likely to employ aversive conditioning?

Accepted Answer

A)  psychoanalysis 
B)  behavior therapy 
C)  biomedical therapies 
D)  client-centered therapy 
A)  psychoanalysis 
B)  behavior therapy 
C)  biomedical therapies 
D)  client-centered therapy

Question 19

Hiding information or things from your therapist can be evidence for

Accepted Answer

A)  displacement. 
B)  resistance to therapy. 
C)  transference. 
D)  counterconditioning. 
A)  displacement. 
B)  resistance to therapy. 
C)  transference. 
D)  counterconditioning.

Question 20

When people who score extremely high or low on some trait are measured a second time and their new scores fall closer to the mean (or average), it is referred to as

Accepted Answer

A)  the law-of-averages. 
B)  regression toward the mean. 
C)  reaction formation. 
D)  the placebo effect. 
A)  the law-of-averages. 
B)  regression toward the mean. 
C)  reaction formation. 
D)  the placebo effect.

Exam 30: Treatment of Psychological Disorders Part 2

Which of the following is likely to be found in cognitive therapy?

Eclectic therapists

Cognitive therapy is an insight therapy that emphasizes recognizing and changing negative thoughts and ____________________ beliefs.

Cognitive therapy is to negative thinking as drug therapy is to

Which of the following therapies is most likely to see the symptom as the problem?

Compared to the 1950s, the average inpatient population in public mental hospitals today is

Therapeutic drugs that gradually elevate mood are

The practice of therapy that involves drawing ideas from two or more systems of therapy instead of committing to just one is known as

Suggestions for improving mental health services for American minority groups have included all of the following EXCEPT

If you feel that your therapy isn't progressing, you should

Health maintenance organizations (HMOs) can hold down costs by restricting mental health services. According to critics, these restrictions may include all of the following EXCEPT

Neuroscientists are experimenting with transcranial magnetic stimulation mainly as a treatment for

The policy of transferring the treatment of mental illness from inpatient institutions to community-based facilities that emphasize outpatient care is called

Most experts believe that for certain types of psychological problems, some treatment approaches are more effective than others. Martin Seligman asserts that panic disorders respond best to

How does biomedical therapy differ from psychotherapy in its approach?

Which of the following therapies would be most likely to employ aversive conditioning?

Hiding information or things from your therapist can be evidence for

When people who score extremely high or low on some trait are measured a second time and their new scores fall closer to the mean (or average), it is referred to as

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