Question 1

The authors of the text recommend seeking treatment from a mental health professional under all of the following circumstances, EXCEPT when you ________.

Accepted Answer

A) have severe and recurring conflicts with other people 
B) are experiencing emotional discomfort that that is interfering with your everyday functioning 
C) are encountering a major change in your life 
D) are preoccupied with your body weight or body image and you have taken extreme steps such as not eating or vomiting

Question 2

In Albert Ellis's "ABCD" model, the "B" stands for the client's maladaptive behaviours.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

This therapy is often conducted in a group format, it sometimes incorporates role playing, and it can be rather confrontational. This is ______________ therapy.

Accepted Answer

A) client-centered 
B) rational-emotive 
C) Gestalt 
D) behavioural marital 
E) cognitive therapy

Question 4

A drug is used to treat a psychological disorder that slows down the excitatory synaptic activity in the nervous system by enhancing the activity of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), a major inhibitory transmitter. It is most likely that this drug is a(n)

Accepted Answer

A) tricyclic antidepressant 
B) selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, or SSRI 
C) antipsychotic drug 
D) anti-anxiety drug

Question 5

Though initially created for use with schizophrenia, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is best suited for individuals suffering from _______________.

Accepted Answer

A) depression 
B) anxiety 
C) dissociativeidentity disorder 
D) somatic symptom disorder

Question 6

After conducting several neurological tests, a researcher evaluating the impact of a drug on the nervous system concludes that the drug is increasing the activity of the neurotransmitter serotonin. Given this information, one thing we can be sure of is that this drug is not

Accepted Answer

A) a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) 
B) a tricyclic antidepressant 
C) a monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitor 
D) an antipsychotic drug

Question 7

The basic goal of aversion therapy is to ___________________ response.

Accepted Answer

A) increase an anxiety 
B) decrease an anxiety 
C) increase a depressive 
D) decrease a depressive

Question 8

Ciara's therapist believes that her problems are rooted in her childhood and her unconscious, and that he can help her uncover the dynamics responsible for her problem. This awareness, also called ______________, will allow her to adjust her behaviour.

Accepted Answer

A) free association 
B) insight 
C) transference 
D) client-centred therapy 
E) resistance

Question 9

You are working for a drug company that has just designed a new drug-Ziffrin-that works in the same way as the medication for schizophrenia. What process does Ziffrin target?

Accepted Answer

A) The release of acetylcholine. 
B) The neutralizing of MAO. 
C) The reuptake of serotonin. 
D) Decreases the action of dopamine. 
E) It blocks the release of GABA.

Question 10

For humanistic theorists, disordered behaviour reflects ________.

Accepted Answer

A) a blocking of the natural growth process 
B) distorted thinking 
C) inner conflicts and unconscious factors 
D) faulty learning

Question 11

What are the different types of mental-health professionals?

Accepted Answer

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Question 12

Of the following, which one is not a variable that would affect the outcome of therapy?

Accepted Answer

A) Self-relatedness 
B) A low dose-response effect 
C) Openness 
D) "Fit" to the therapy being used 
E) Quality of the relationship with the therapist

Question 13

The assumption that psychological disorders are produced by the blockage or frustration of natural tendencies for growth is most consistent with the

Accepted Answer

A) humanistic approach 
B) psychodynamic approach 
C) behavioural approach 
D) cognitive approach 
E) socio-cognitive approach

Question 14

Inadequate funding of community-based mental-health treatment facilities has resulted in

Accepted Answer

A) fewer repeated hospitalizations 
B) a growing population of disturbed and homeless people 
C) greater use of antipsychotic medications 
D) overburdened mental health care departments in hospitals

Question 15

Which of the following pays the least amount of attention to internal processes, including thoughts, feelings, or unconscious dynamics?

Accepted Answer

A) Behaviour therapies 
B) Psychodynamic therapies 
C) Cognitive therapies 
D) Humanistic therapies

Question 16

Lennon was diagnosed with depression. Following an fMRI, the doctor suggested that Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) would not likely be the best treatment option. It is likely that when Lennon rated words with negative emotional meaning he showed low levels of activity in his

Accepted Answer

A) frontal cortex 
B) amygdala 
C) cingulate cortex 
D) hippocampus

Question 17

In Ellis's rational-emotive therapy, the idea that emotions are directly caused by events is challenged. Instead, emotions are attributed to ________.

Accepted Answer

A) beliefs 
B) behaviours 
C) unconscious conflicts 
D) learned family patterns

Question 18

You are treating a patient for unipolar depression and decide to proscribe drugs. In order to minimize any side effects of the drug, your best choice to prescribe would be a(n)

Accepted Answer

A) MAO inhibitor 
B) tricyclic 
C) antipsychotic 
D) GABA inhibitor 
E) SSRI

Question 19

Prime Minister Trudeau implemented changes to the Canadian Child Tax Benefit. The new plan provides greater support to those who need help the most: single-parent families and low-income families. This is called

Accepted Answer

A) an intervention program. 
B) competency-focused prevention. 
C) free association. 
D) situation focused prevention. 
E) emotion focused problem solving.

Question 20

Although more expensive and time-consuming, long-term classical psychoanalysis still tends to produce better therapeutic outcomes than briefer psychodynamic therapies do.

Accepted Answer