Exam 14: Psychological Disorders

Modern, targeted psychosurgery has been used to treat severe cases of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

The erroneous belief that self-contained events will have major repercussions in one's life is called:

Dr. Alvarez is a strict Freudian psychoanalyst. Dr. Brown is a non-directive, client-centered humanistic therapist. Dr. Charles is a behavior therapist. Which of these psychologists is an insight therapist?

The course of family therapy is usually brief.

In _____, the goal is to replace a positive response to a harmful stimulus with a negative one.

In person-centered therapy, the therapist:

Which adjective MOST nearly captures the essence of unconditional positive regard?

Aaron Beck was originally trained as a humanistic therapist.

Bipolar disorder is treated with _____ or _____.

Systematic desensitization and aversion therapy are based on operant conditioning.

Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) were developed in the:

Dr. Yates believes that people are motivated to grow in positive directions, and that problems in the here-and-now are more important than past experiences. Dr. Yates' beliefs are consistent with humanistic therapy.

Aaron Beck was originally trained in _____ therapy. He later went on to develop _____ therapy.

Selective serotonin uptake inhibitors were introduced in the:

According to a behavior therapist, how are psychological disorders treated MOST effectively?

______ is more colloquially known as "talk therapy."

Mood stabilizers are used to treat _____ disorder.

Major depression is usually treated with anticonvulsants and mood-stabilizers.

Cognitive therapies are brief.

GABA is to serotonin as antidepressant is to antianxiety drug.