Question 1

Health Canada requires short-term controlled trials to test the effects of drugs used in the treatment of psychological disorders. But even if a drug is effective in the short run, what long-term risks need to be considered?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Health Canada requires short-term controlled trials to...

Question 2

A person may have short-term success with antipsychotic or antidepressant drugs, but because of their unpleasant side effects, ________ of the people stop taking them.

Accepted Answer

A)  three-quarters 
B)  over 90% 
C)  one-half to two-thirds 
D)  one-quarter

Question 3

Cognitive-behaviour therapy with depressed patients restores their brain-wave sleep profiles to normal.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Who of the following developed rational-emotive behaviour therapy?

Accepted Answer

A)  B. F. Skinner 
B)  Albert Ellis 
C)  Aaron Beck 
D)  Irvin Yalom

Question 5

Today's psychodynamic therapists are more goal-directed than were orthodox psychoanalysts of the past.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

A patient lies comfortably relaxed on a couch while verbally reporting on all of his thoughts, feelings, sensations, and other mental events. The patient is engaged in what Freud calls:

Accepted Answer

A)  resistance. 
B)  free association. 
C)  transference. 
D)  dream work.

Question 7

Which of the following is not a behavioural therapy?

Accepted Answer

A)  flooding 
B)  exposure 
C)  skills training 
D)  family-systems perspective

Question 8

Antipsychotic drugs offer schizophrenics relief by eliminating jumbled thoughts, difficulty concentrating, and the inability to interact with others.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Match the primary goal with the appropriate type of therapy.
-The primary goals of therapy are resolution of conflicts and breaking out of destructive habits.

Accepted Answer

A) couples therapy 
B) behavioural therapy 
C) existential therapy 
D) humanist therapy 
E) psychodynamic therapy

Question 10

Critics of electroconvulsive therapy believe that it is inhumane because ECT is ineffective unless the patient is conscious.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Give examples of phobias that are common to many individuals and give examples that show how an idiosyncratic phobia may be acquired through classical conditioning. Which type of phobia did three-year-old Peter have before Mary Cover Jones was able to eliminate it? Describe her counterconditioning technique and then explain how a variation of this procedure, systematic desensitization, is used for treating phobias in adults.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Give examples of phobias that are common...

Question 12

A therapist views a patient's symptom as the result of repression and so he focuses on understanding rather than cure. Which type of therapy would this represent?

Accepted Answer

A)  existential 
B)  psychoanalytic 
C)  cognitive 
D)  behavioural

Question 13

In what ways can a family be compared to a kaleidoscope?

Accepted Answer

The answer of In what ways can a family be...

Question 14

"You look just like my ex-husband used to look before he would pick a fight. I hate that look!" This patient's utterance directed at her therapist during psychoanalysis is referred to as:

Accepted Answer

A)  transference. 
B)  skills training. 
C)  flooding. 
D)  free association.

Question 15

________, such as Valium and Xanax, increase the activity of the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA).

Accepted Answer

A)  Tranquilizers 
B)  Antipsychotic drugs 
C)  Antidepressants 
D)  Lithium carbonate

Question 16

The primary goal of ________ is to find meaning in life.

Accepted Answer

A)  cognitive therapy 
B)  existential therapy 
C)  humanist therapy 
D)  behaviour therapy

Question 17

Another name for exposure treatment is:

Accepted Answer

A)  flooding. 
B)  systematic desensitization. 
C)  successive approximations. 
D)  aversive conditioning.

Question 18

In the Japanese practice of Morita therapy, clients are taught to:

Accepted Answer

A)  "eradicate psychological weeds from the lawns of their lives." 
B)  accept and live with their most troubling emotions. 
C)  seek self-actualization in order to realize their potential. 
D)  use Pavlovian conditioning techniques to conquer fear.

Question 19

One of the anxiety disorders discussed in Chapter 16 is obsessive-compulsive disorder. Define obsessions and compulsions. What brain abnormality may be associated with OCD? Since OCD appears to have a biological abnormality, is a biological treatment most appropriate? Support your answer with information from the PET scan studies of people taking Prozac or receiving cognitive-behaviour therapy with no medication.

Accepted Answer

The answer of One of the anxiety disorders discussed in...

Question 20

Biological therapy with depressed patients restores their brain-wave sleep profiles to normal.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 16: Approaches to Treatment and Therapy

Health Canada requires short-term controlled trials to test the effects of drugs used in the treatment of psychological disorders. But even if a drug is effective in the short run, what long-term risks need to be considered?

A person may have short-term success with antipsychotic or antidepressant drugs, but because of their unpleasant side effects, ________ of the people stop taking them.

Cognitive-behaviour therapy with depressed patients restores their brain-wave sleep profiles to normal.

Who of the following developed rational-emotive behaviour therapy?

Today's psychodynamic therapists are more goal-directed than were orthodox psychoanalysts of the past.

A patient lies comfortably relaxed on a couch while verbally reporting on all of his thoughts, feelings, sensations, and other mental events. The patient is engaged in what Freud calls:

Which of the following is not a behavioural therapy?

Antipsychotic drugs offer schizophrenics relief by eliminating jumbled thoughts, difficulty concentrating, and the inability to interact with others.

Match the primary goal with the appropriate type of therapy. -The primary goals of therapy are resolution of conflicts and breaking out of destructive habits.

Critics of electroconvulsive therapy believe that it is inhumane because ECT is ineffective unless the patient is conscious.

A therapist views a patient's symptom as the result of repression and so he focuses on understanding rather than cure. Which type of therapy would this represent?

In what ways can a family be compared to a kaleidoscope?

"You look just like my ex-husband used to look before he would pick a fight. I hate that look!" This patient's utterance directed at her therapist during psychoanalysis is referred to as:

________, such as Valium and Xanax, increase the activity of the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) .

The primary goal of ________ is to find meaning in life.

Another name for exposure treatment is:

In the Japanese practice of Morita therapy, clients are taught to:

Biological therapy with depressed patients restores their brain-wave sleep profiles to normal.