Question 1

In some studies, depressed patients who had not benefited from drug therapy and ECT improved when a specific brain region was stimulated using

Accepted Answer

A) EMDR. 
B) logotherapy. 
C) DBS. 
D) systematic desensitization. 
A) EMDR. 
B) logotherapy. 
C) DBS. 
D) systematic desensitization.

Question 2

Danger signals to watch out for in psychotherapy include the therapist

Accepted Answer

A) being controlling and blaming the client for not making progress. 
B) making verbal threats to the client. 
C) encouraging prolonged dependence on him or her. 
D) exhibiting any of these characteristics. 
A) being controlling and blaming the client for not making progress. 
B) making verbal threats to the client. 
C) encouraging prolonged dependence on him or her. 
D) exhibiting any of these characteristics.

Question 3

The desired behaviors a therapist selects for improvement (which are then reinforced)are called __________ behaviors.

Accepted Answer

A) adaptive 
B) target 
C) token 
D) contingent 
A) adaptive 
B) target 
C) token 
D) contingent

Question 4

Jack considers himself to be a total failure in every aspect of his life because he failed one college class, a distortion of thinking that cognitive therapists call overgeneralization.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Many former mental patients who were deinstitutionalized have become homeless or are repeatedly jailed for minor crimes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Mattie, an extremely overweight patient at the mental hospital, had a persistent and disturbing habit of stealing food from other patients. The behavior therapist assigned Mattie to a special table in the dining room. If Mattie approached any other table, she was immediately removed from the dining room. To produce extinction of Mattie's food stealing, the therapist in this example used which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) aversive conditioning 
B) nonreinforcement 
C) covert desensitization 
D) respondent conditioning 
A) aversive conditioning 
B) nonreinforcement 
C) covert desensitization 
D) respondent conditioning

Question 7

When Thomas, an autistic boy, was ignored after instances of self-destructive behavior, his tendency to injure himself disappeared. The operant principle employed was nonreinforcement and will lead to which of the following occurring?

Accepted Answer

A) operant shaping 
B) stimulus control 
C) operant extinction 
D) reciprocal inhibition 
A) operant shaping 
B) stimulus control 
C) operant extinction 
D) reciprocal inhibition

Question 8

An elementary school teacher practically ends classroom discipline problems by giving students "chances" in a lottery to be held at the end of the week for some small toy. The chances are given for completing assignments, paying attention, and so forth. The chances are considered

Accepted Answer

A) tokens. 
B) stimulus controls. 
C) conditioned stimuli. 
D) unconditioned stimuli. 
A) tokens. 
B) stimulus controls. 
C) conditioned stimuli. 
D) unconditioned stimuli.

Question 9

In reference to operant conditioning, which term does NOT belong with the others?

Accepted Answer

A) extinction 
B) conditioned aversion 
C) stimulus control 
D) reinforcement 
A) extinction 
B) conditioned aversion 
C) stimulus control 
D) reinforcement

Question 10

Freud considered the distinction between manifest content and latent content essential for

Accepted Answer

A) free association. 
B) dream analysis. 
C) resistance. 
D) transference. 
A) free association. 
B) dream analysis. 
C) resistance. 
D) transference.

Question 11

Regarding how therapies are conducted, the basic aspects described in your textbook include whether the psychotherapy is

Accepted Answer

A) face-to-face versus distance. 
B) chronic versus acute. 
C) intermittent versus continuous. 
D) reflective versus confrontational. 
A) face-to-face versus distance. 
B) chronic versus acute. 
C) intermittent versus continuous. 
D) reflective versus confrontational.

Question 12

The oldest and most radical psychosurgery is

Accepted Answer

A) ECT. 
B) the lobotomy. 
C) REBT. 
D) deep lesioning. 
A) ECT. 
B) the lobotomy. 
C) REBT. 
D) deep lesioning.

Question 13

Ralph's long-time girlfriend Amy dumped him during his junior year in college. When asked why he hasn't dated much in the last five years, he says that "he'll never be able to truly trust another woman after what Amy did to him." According to REBT, Ralph

Accepted Answer

A) has lost meaningfulness in his life and needs to make the courageous choice to find love. 
B) is exhibiting learned helplessness and avoidance conditioning. 
C) is exhibiting the defense mechanism of regression. 
D) has an irrational belief that because something once strongly affected him, it will do so forever. 
A) has lost meaningfulness in his life and needs to make the courageous choice to find love. 
B) is exhibiting learned helplessness and avoidance conditioning. 
C) is exhibiting the defense mechanism of regression. 
D) has an irrational belief that because something once strongly affected him, it will do so forever.

Question 14

As Janine goes through the series of steps in the fear hierarchy for her fear of closed spaces, she will gradually undergo

Accepted Answer

A) extinction of her conditioned fear response. 
B) a role reversal regarding her phobic nature. 
C) disinhibition of her maladaptive behavior. 
D) aversion to the fear stimuli. 
A) extinction of her conditioned fear response. 
B) a role reversal regarding her phobic nature. 
C) disinhibition of her maladaptive behavior. 
D) aversion to the fear stimuli.

Question 15

The reduced use of full-time commitment to mental hospitals for the treatment of mental disorders is referred to as __________.

Accepted Answer

deinstitut

Question 16

When experiments are used to determine whether therapy is effective,

Accepted Answer

A) it is not unusual for the control group to show some improvement, even without receiving therapy. 
B) the therapy can be deemed effective only if the experimental group shows more improvement than the control group. 
C) a waiting-list control group is used since it would be unethical to withhold treatment from someone who really needs therapy. 
D) all of these can occur. 
A) it is not unusual for the control group to show some improvement, even without receiving therapy. 
B) the therapy can be deemed effective only if the experimental group shows more improvement than the control group. 
C) a waiting-list control group is used since it would be unethical to withhold treatment from someone who really needs therapy. 
D) all of these can occur.

Question 17

Sigmund Freud developed psychoanalysis, his "talking cure," to help patients

Accepted Answer

A) gain insight into their hidden unconscious conflicts. 
B) change their irrational beliefs that are causing them distress. 
C) make courageous choices to find the meaning that they had lost in their lives. 
D) directly change their maladaptive behaviors. 
A) gain insight into their hidden unconscious conflicts. 
B) change their irrational beliefs that are causing them distress. 
C) make courageous choices to find the meaning that they had lost in their lives. 
D) directly change their maladaptive behaviors.

Question 18

Traditional psychoanalysis was

Accepted Answer

A) open-ended and required three to five therapy sessions a week, often for many years. 
B) found through research to only be effective in treating somatic symptom and dissociative disorders. 
C) too nondirective in its approach and placed too much responsibility on the client. 
D) characterized by all of these statements. 
A) open-ended and required three to five therapy sessions a week, often for many years. 
B) found through research to only be effective in treating somatic symptom and dissociative disorders. 
C) too nondirective in its approach and placed too much responsibility on the client. 
D) characterized by all of these statements.

Question 19

In a national survey, nearly nine out of ten people who have sought mental health care say their lives improved as a result of the treatment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

When you are using the counseling skill known as reflection , you

Accepted Answer

A) give feedback by simply restating what was said. 
B) ask open-ended questions. 
C) encourage catharsis by eliciting defensiveness in the person you are counseling. 
D) do all of these. 
A) give feedback by simply restating what was said. 
B) ask open-ended questions. 
C) encourage catharsis by eliciting defensiveness in the person you are counseling. 
D) do all of these.

In some studies, depressed patients who had not benefited from drug therapy and ECT improved when a specific brain region was stimulated using

Danger signals to watch out for in psychotherapy include the therapist

The desired behaviors a therapist selects for improvement (which are then reinforced)are called __________ behaviors.

Jack considers himself to be a total failure in every aspect of his life because he failed one college class, a distortion of thinking that cognitive therapists call overgeneralization.

Many former mental patients who were deinstitutionalized have become homeless or are repeatedly jailed for minor crimes.

When Thomas, an autistic boy, was ignored after instances of self-destructive behavior, his tendency to injure himself disappeared. The operant principle employed was nonreinforcement and will lead to which of the following occurring?

An elementary school teacher practically ends classroom discipline problems by giving students "chances" in a lottery to be held at the end of the week for some small toy. The chances are given for completing assignments, paying attention, and so forth. The chances are considered

In reference to operant conditioning, which term does NOT belong with the others?

Freud considered the distinction between manifest content and latent content essential for

Regarding how therapies are conducted, the basic aspects described in your textbook include whether the psychotherapy is

The oldest and most radical psychosurgery is

Ralph's long-time girlfriend Amy dumped him during his junior year in college. When asked why he hasn't dated much in the last five years, he says that "he'll never be able to truly trust another woman after what Amy did to him." According to REBT, Ralph

As Janine goes through the series of steps in the fear hierarchy for her fear of closed spaces, she will gradually undergo

The reduced use of full-time commitment to mental hospitals for the treatment of mental disorders is referred to as __________.

When experiments are used to determine whether therapy is effective,

Sigmund Freud developed psychoanalysis, his "talking cure," to help patients

Traditional psychoanalysis was

In a national survey, nearly nine out of ten people who have sought mental health care say their lives improved as a result of the treatment.

When you are using the counseling skill known as reflection , you

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In some studies, depressed patients who had not benefited from drug therapy and ECT improved when a specific brain region was stimulated using

Danger signals to watch out for in psychotherapy include the therapist

The desired behaviors a therapist selects for improvement (which are then reinforced)are called __________ behaviors.

Jack considers himself to be a total failure in every aspect of his life because he failed one college class, a distortion of thinking that cognitive therapists call overgeneralization.

Many former mental patients who were deinstitutionalized have become homeless or are repeatedly jailed for minor crimes.

When Thomas, an autistic boy, was ignored after instances of self-destructive behavior, his tendency to injure himself disappeared. The operant principle employed was nonreinforcement and will lead to which of the following occurring?

An elementary school teacher practically ends classroom discipline problems by giving students "chances" in a lottery to be held at the end of the week for some small toy. The chances are given for completing assignments, paying attention, and so forth. The chances are considered

In reference to operant conditioning, which term does NOT belong with the others?

Freud considered the distinction between manifest content and latent content essential for

Regarding how therapies are conducted, the basic aspects described in your textbook include whether the psychotherapy is

The oldest and most radical psychosurgery is

Ralph's long-time girlfriend Amy dumped him during his junior year in college. When asked why he hasn't dated much in the last five years, he says that "he'll never be able to truly trust another woman after what Amy did to him." According to REBT, Ralph

As Janine goes through the series of steps in the fear hierarchy for her fear of closed spaces, she will gradually undergo

The reduced use of full-time commitment to mental hospitals for the treatment of mental disorders is referred to as __________.

When experiments are used to determine whether therapy is effective,

Sigmund Freud developed psychoanalysis, his "talking cure," to help patients

Traditional psychoanalysis was

In a national survey, nearly nine out of ten people who have sought mental health care say their lives improved as a result of the treatment.

When you are using the counseling skill known as reflection , you

Psychology, Critical Thinking, and Science

Brain and Behavior

Human Development

Sensation and Perception

States of Consciousness

Conditioning and Learning

Memory

Cognition, Language, and Creativity

Intelligence

Motivation and Emotion

Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

Personality

Health, Stress, and Coping

Psychological Disorders

Social Thinking and Social Influence

Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior

Maximizing Learning through Reflective Processing and Active Thinking

Applied Psychology

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