Question 1

In Rogerian therapy, the role of the therapist is to _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  practice new behaviors, having learned the antecedent and consequence of that behavior 
B)  always agree completely with the client to allow improved congruence between the client's self-concept and environmental experiences 
C)  provide an accepting environment for a client's free exploration of important thoughts and feelings 
D)  unconditionally love his or her patients 
A)  practice new behaviors, having learned the antecedent and consequence of that behavior 
B)  always agree completely with the client to allow improved congruence between the client's self-concept and environmental experiences 
C)  provide an accepting environment for a client's free exploration of important thoughts and feelings 
D)  unconditionally love his or her patients

Question 2

Interpretation in psychoanalysis _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  is the analyst's explanations of a patient's free associations, dreams, resistance, and transference 
B)  is the analyst's presentation of the patient's problems in a new light or manner 
C)  is when the therapist explains the underlying meanings 
D)  all of these options 
A)  is the analyst's explanations of a patient's free associations, dreams, resistance, and transference 
B)  is the analyst's presentation of the patient's problems in a new light or manner 
C)  is when the therapist explains the underlying meanings 
D)  all of these options

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT a type of antidepressant drug?

Accepted Answer

A)  Tricyclics 
B)  MAO (monoamine oxidase) inhibitors 
C)  SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) 
D)  Lithium 
A)  Tricyclics 
B)  MAO (monoamine oxidase) inhibitors 
C)  SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) 
D)  Lithium

Question 4

Which of the following drugs might be used to treat an anxiety disorder?

Accepted Answer

A)  Antianxiety drugs 
B)  Antipsychotics 
C)  Neuroleptics 
D)  All of these options 
A)  Antianxiety drugs 
B)  Antipsychotics 
C)  Neuroleptics 
D)  All of these options

Question 5

In therapy, Alda started speaking about her upcoming birthday, which reminded her of a childhood birthday. In discussing her fifth birthday, she remembered feelings of rage and disappointment, and recalled a dream she'd had last night in which she was behind the wheel of a steamroller. This process would BEST be described as _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  dream analysis 
B)  psychotic processing 
C)  free association 
D)  all of these options 
A)  dream analysis 
B)  psychotic processing 
C)  free association 
D)  all of these options

Question 6

In family therapy, the identified patient _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  is the member with the most problems 
B)  is the member with the deepest disturbance 
C)  has often been blamed by the family for problems in the family's interactions and relationships 
D)  slows down progress if he or she is unwilling to acknowledge his/her role and work on his or her problem with the rest of the family 
A)  is the member with the most problems 
B)  is the member with the deepest disturbance 
C)  has often been blamed by the family for problems in the family's interactions and relationships 
D)  slows down progress if he or she is unwilling to acknowledge his/her role and work on his or her problem with the rest of the family

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT a potential reason for involuntary commitment to a psychiatric hospital?

Accepted Answer

A)  Threats to commit suicide 
B)  Bizarre behavior that prevents self-care 
C)  Threats to rob a bank 
D)  Threats to hurt others 
A)  Threats to commit suicide 
B)  Bizarre behavior that prevents self-care 
C)  Threats to rob a bank 
D)  Threats to hurt others

Question 8

What would a behavior therapist tell a snake-phobic client using systematic desensitization to do if he/she were to begin experiencing anxiety while visualizing a snake through the window?

Accepted Answer

A)  Continue the process by increasing his coping thoughts 
B)  Continue the process by decreasing his distress-maintaining thoughts 
C)  Repeat his relaxation technique until his anxiety diminishes 
D)  Stop the visualization for the rest of this session 
A)  Continue the process by increasing his coping thoughts 
B)  Continue the process by decreasing his distress-maintaining thoughts 
C)  Repeat his relaxation technique until his anxiety diminishes 
D)  Stop the visualization for the rest of this session

Question 9

The creation of anxiety to decrease maladaptive behavior occurs in _____ therapy; the induction of relaxation to increase an adaptive behavior occurs in _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  behavior; humanistic therapy 
B)  random sensitization; gestalt therapy 
C)  aversion; systematic desensitization 
D)  rational-emotive; cognitive restructuring 
A)  behavior; humanistic therapy 
B)  random sensitization; gestalt therapy 
C)  aversion; systematic desensitization 
D)  rational-emotive; cognitive restructuring

Question 10

Abbas is maintaining a deep state of relaxation as he visualizes looking at a picture of a snake first, then viewing a snake through a window, then watching a snake from across the room, then observing a snake at arm's length. In this example, Abbas is using _____ to decrease his snake phobia.

Accepted Answer

A)  cognitive-relaxation therapy 
B)  the relaxation response 
C)  systematic desensitization 
D)  virtual-relaxation therapy 
A)  cognitive-relaxation therapy 
B)  the relaxation response 
C)  systematic desensitization 
D)  virtual-relaxation therapy

Question 11

Which of the following is (are) true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Women are diagnosed with more mental illness than men 
B)  Women are treated for more mental illness than men 
C)  Women's passive lifestyles play a role in their mental illness 
D)  a and b 
A)  Women are diagnosed with more mental illness than men 
B)  Women are treated for more mental illness than men 
C)  Women's passive lifestyles play a role in their mental illness 
D)  a and b

Question 12

The belief that humans have personal freedom to make choices and that they are responsible for the choices they make characterizes the _____ approach to therapy.

Accepted Answer

A)  psychoanalytic 
B)  humanistic 
C)  learning 
D)  gestalt 
A)  psychoanalytic 
B)  humanistic 
C)  learning 
D)  gestalt

Question 13

A biomedical treatment that is based on passing an electrical current through the brain is called _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  EMT 
B)  ECT 
C)  EKG 
D)  EFG 
A)  EMT 
B)  ECT 
C)  EKG 
D)  EFG

Question 14

Critics suggest that which of the following MIGHT happen with behavior therapy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Marcel makes great progress with a behavior modification program in the hospital, but his maladaptive behavior returns once he gets home. 
B)  Jason stops his compulsive gambling, but upon leaving therapy, begins to compulsively shoplift. 
C)  Brandy works with adolescents on an inpatient unit; she is reinforcing behaviors that fit with her own religious and moral beliefs and punishing behaviors that don't fit. 
D)  All of these options 
A)  Marcel makes great progress with a behavior modification program in the hospital, but his maladaptive behavior returns once he gets home. 
B)  Jason stops his compulsive gambling, but upon leaving therapy, begins to compulsively shoplift. 
C)  Brandy works with adolescents on an inpatient unit; she is reinforcing behaviors that fit with her own religious and moral beliefs and punishing behaviors that don't fit. 
D)  All of these options

Question 15

Define behavior therapy, then describe and illustrate how classical conditioning, operant conditioning, and observational learning are used to increase adaptive behaviors and decrease maladaptive ones.

Accepted Answer

Behavior therapy is a type of psychother

Question 16

Modern psychodynamic therapy is different from psychoanalysis in all but which of the following reasons?

Accepted Answer

A)  Treatment is briefer 
B)  Therapy occurs face-to-face 
C)  Therapy is more directive 
D)  All of the above are valid reasons 
A)  Treatment is briefer 
B)  Therapy occurs face-to-face 
C)  Therapy is more directive 
D)  All of the above are valid reasons

Question 17

The three steps in systematic desensitization include all EXCEPT _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  learning to become deeply relaxed 
B)  arranging anxiety-arousing stimuli into a hierarchy from least to worst arousing 
C)  practicing relaxation to anxiety-arousing stimuli, starting at the top of the hierarchy, with the most anxiety-producing stimuli first 
D)  all of these options are included 
A)  learning to become deeply relaxed 
B)  arranging anxiety-arousing stimuli into a hierarchy from least to worst arousing 
C)  practicing relaxation to anxiety-arousing stimuli, starting at the top of the hierarchy, with the most anxiety-producing stimuli first 
D)  all of these options are included

Question 18

An analyst says to her patient, "When you raise your voice with me, it seems like you are doing what you did to be heard by your father, and what you may be doing with your boss that is keeping you from getting promoted." It is MOST likely that this analyst is engaged in the psychoanalytic technique called _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  projection 
B)  interpretation 
C)  countertransference 
D)  self-disclosure 
A)  projection 
B)  interpretation 
C)  countertransference 
D)  self-disclosure

Question 19

Describe criticisms and successes of each of the following types of therapies: psychoanalytic, cognitive, and humanistic. State the overall effectiveness of all therapy. If you were to want or need therapy, discuss why you would choose one type over other types of therapy.

Accepted Answer

Psychoanalytic therapy, developed by Sig

Question 20

In a lobotomy, a neurosurgeon would sever the pathways between the frontal lobe and the _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  parietal lobe 
B)  cerebellum 
C)  thalamus and hypothalamus 
D)  corpus callosum 
A)  parietal lobe 
B)  cerebellum 
C)  thalamus and hypothalamus 
D)  corpus callosum

In Rogerian therapy, the role of the therapist is to _____.

Interpretation in psychoanalysis _____.

Which of the following is NOT a type of antidepressant drug?

Which of the following drugs might be used to treat an anxiety disorder?

In family therapy, the identified patient _____.

Which of the following is NOT a potential reason for involuntary commitment to a psychiatric hospital?

What would a behavior therapist tell a snake-phobic client using systematic desensitization to do if he/she were to begin experiencing anxiety while visualizing a snake through the window?

The creation of anxiety to decrease maladaptive behavior occurs in _ therapy; the induction of relaxation to increase an adaptive behavior occurs in _.

Abbas is maintaining a deep state of relaxation as he visualizes looking at a picture of a snake first, then viewing a snake through a window, then watching a snake from across the room, then observing a snake at arm's length. In this example, Abbas is using _____ to decrease his snake phobia.

Which of the following is (are) true?

The belief that humans have personal freedom to make choices and that they are responsible for the choices they make characterizes the _____ approach to therapy.

A biomedical treatment that is based on passing an electrical current through the brain is called _____.

Critics suggest that which of the following MIGHT happen with behavior therapy?

Define behavior therapy, then describe and illustrate how classical conditioning, operant conditioning, and observational learning are used to increase adaptive behaviors and decrease maladaptive ones.

Modern psychodynamic therapy is different from psychoanalysis in all but which of the following reasons?

The three steps in systematic desensitization include all EXCEPT _____.

Describe criticisms and successes of each of the following types of therapies: psychoanalytic, cognitive, and humanistic. State the overall effectiveness of all therapy. If you were to want or need therapy, discuss why you would choose one type over other types of therapy.

In a lobotomy, a neurosurgeon would sever the pathways between the frontal lobe and the _____.

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In Rogerian therapy, the role of the therapist is to _____.

Interpretation in psychoanalysis _____.

Which of the following is NOT a type of antidepressant drug?

Which of the following drugs might be used to treat an anxiety disorder?

In family therapy, the identified patient _____.

Which of the following is NOT a potential reason for involuntary commitment to a psychiatric hospital?

What would a behavior therapist tell a snake-phobic client using systematic desensitization to do if he/she were to begin experiencing anxiety while visualizing a snake through the window?

The creation of anxiety to decrease maladaptive behavior occurs in _____ therapy; the induction of relaxation to increase an adaptive behavior occurs in _____.

Abbas is maintaining a deep state of relaxation as he visualizes looking at a picture of a snake first, then viewing a snake through a window, then watching a snake from across the room, then observing a snake at arm's length. In this example, Abbas is using _____ to decrease his snake phobia.

Which of the following is (are) true?

The belief that humans have personal freedom to make choices and that they are responsible for the choices they make characterizes the _____ approach to therapy.

A biomedical treatment that is based on passing an electrical current through the brain is called _____.

Critics suggest that which of the following MIGHT happen with behavior therapy?

Define behavior therapy, then describe and illustrate how classical conditioning, operant conditioning, and observational learning are used to increase adaptive behaviors and decrease maladaptive ones.

Modern psychodynamic therapy is different from psychoanalysis in all but which of the following reasons?

The three steps in systematic desensitization include all EXCEPT _____.

Describe criticisms and successes of each of the following types of therapies: psychoanalytic, cognitive, and humanistic. State the overall effectiveness of all therapy. If you were to want or need therapy, discuss why you would choose one type over other types of therapy.

In a lobotomy, a neurosurgeon would sever the pathways between the frontal lobe and the _____.

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Neuroscience and Biological Foundations

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Sensation and Perception

Consciousness

Learning

Memory

Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

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The creation of anxiety to decrease maladaptive behavior occurs in _ therapy; the induction of relaxation to increase an adaptive behavior occurs in _.