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

Cindy's assessment revealed significant verbal strengths.The test used was the __________.

The process of a client displacing feelings about her father onto her therapist so that she starts to view her therapist as a "father figure" is called ________.

An imaging technique that uses an X-ray beam and radiation to reveal abnormality in the shape or structure of various parts of the brain is a ________.

Valium,Miltown,Librium,and Xanax are all types of ________.

The MMPI contains several hundred open-ended questions that assess intellectual ability.

Researchers have found that computer-assisted cognitive therapy has more robust effects than standard cognitive therapy.

The Chinese Society of Psychiatry has published its own system of classification of mental disorders.

The DSM-5 no longer embraces the

Tricyclics and MAO inhibitors are types of ________.

The concept of irrational beliefs would be most important to ________.

A test that is closely tied to the DSM-5 Clinical Syndromes is the __________.

________ is characterized by excessive fear that one may behave in ways that will embarrass or offend other people.

Mary Ann is a therapist who helps people who have abused their children.She is able to accept her clients without judgement even though she objects to their behaviours.Carl Rogers called this acceptance __________.

In the case of depression,some psychotherapies may be as effective as drug therapy.

Hillary visits a therapist to help deal with her anxiety and depression.The therapist administers a rating scale in which she rates the weekly frequency and degree of conviction of 30 negative thoughts.The scale Hillary was given was probably the ________.

The Binet-Simon scale yields a score called a(n)________.

In some provinces in Canada,anyone can set up shop as a psychotherapist.

Modelling approaches for curing phobias were pioneered by ________.

Which of the following is NOT true of minor tranquilizers?

In discussing his child's problem behaviours with a therapist,Fred is asked to review a checklist of more than 100 specific problem behaviours and place a check mark next to each behaviour that applies to his child.This checklist is known as a ________.