Exam 2: Assessment, classification, and Treatment of Abnormal Behaviour

The SCID represents a(n)________.

Andrew is asked to rate the frequency of times he says "I hate myself." His therapist is using a(n)__________.

Drugs such as Prozac and Zoloft increase the availability of the neurotransmitter ________ in the brain.

Patient-advocacy groups and precedent-setting court cases have been required to establish important patient rights,such as the right to treatment in the ___________environment.

Darby seeks out a therapist to help her overcome her severe depression.The therapist suggests that her depression results from a series of cognitive distortions,which have affected her self-image.Darby is asked to do some "homework assignments," recording upsetting events,the thoughts that follow the events,and the feelings resulting from the thoughts.Her therapist also gives her behavioural "homework assignments" to help her structure her time with meaningful activities and counteract the listlessness and apathy characterizing her free time since she became depressed.Her therapist is using ________.

Brittany earns buttons for performing adaptive behaviours such as making her bed and cleaning her room.At a later time she can exchange her buttons for a trip to purchase her favourite video game.This method of stimulating desired behaviour is called ________.

There is a growing emphasis in Canadian psychiatry on the ________ bases of abnormal behaviour.

Clinicians have criticized the DSM system for its reliance on the medical model.

A person using which of the following titles is allowed,in some provinces in Canada,to engage in "therapy" without any specific training or a licence?

In the DSM system,abnormal behaviours are classified as ________.

Each of the following is a criticism of the TAT EXCEPT ________.

The elements that psychotherapies share are called ________.

Humanistic therapies tend to focus on unconscious processes.

Bryan is being assessed for anxiety and his therapist uses a test to assess his muscle tension.The test used would most likely be the _________ test.

Discuss the controversy concerning psychiatric commitment.

The TAT is an example of a(n)________ test.

Today,the largest single group of psychologists and psychotherapists identify themselves as ________ in orientation.

Standardized interviews are also known as ________ interviews.

Trait-based tests such as the MMPI and the Rorschach are based upon the ________ approach.

The IQ test designed to measure both verbal and performance areas of intelligence is the ________ scale.