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

When a diagnosis of mental disorder is made,what other pertinent details are gathered from the individual?

Projective tests rely heavily on self-reports.

Amy takes a Rorschach test.Her responses tend to be based solely on minor details of the inkblots.She is likely to be diagnosed with ________ tendencies.

Rebound anxiety is a common problem associated with ________.

Researchers have found that about ________% of clients in once weekly psychotherapy experience a remission of their presenting complaints sufficient to restore them to normal functioning by about one year of therapy.

In remote and northern regions of Canada,__________ between therapists and clients has been found useful.

Candace is asked to role-play how she would approach her parents to tell them she failed a course.This is an example of _________.

Research on the effectiveness of antidepressant drugs indicates that ________.

Shannon's family is involved in family therapy.Their therapist suggests that the family's problems arise from faulty patterns of communication and interaction,which need to be adjusted to enhance the family as a unit as well as the growth of individual family members.The therapist is using ________.

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

Each of the following is a limitation to self-report inventories EXCEPT ________.

Freud intended that his clients should become conscious of all repressed material.

Dissociative identity disorder is most commonly found in ________ cultures.

Conjoint family therapy was developed by ________.

Both conjoint and structural family therapy adopt a ________ model of abnormal behaviour.

Nate goes to a therapist to help overcome his fear of snakes.The therapist has Nate observe other people interacting with snakes and then asks Nate to imitate the behaviours he observed.Nate receives positive reinforcement for attempting to imitate what he observed.This process is called ________.

Discuss the problems the insanity plea creates for jurors.

Doug is asked to solve a riddle.A technique that can show which parts of his brain are active would be the __________.

A review of research on computer interviews indicates that they are ________ expensive and ________ time-efficient than human interviews.

On the Rorschach test,a response that is consistent with the form or contours of an inkblot suggests adequate reality testing.