Question 1

The text reported the case of a 6-year-old boy who hated school and showed off in class. His parents and teacher were instructed to ignore the showing-off behavior while reinforcing appropriate behavior. This is an example of

Accepted Answer

A)  systematic use of reinforcement. 
B)  modeling. 
C)  aversion therapy. 
D)  systematic desensitization.

Question 2

Lawrence, a hypochondriac, gains a great deal of attention from his family when he complains about health problems; they tend to ignore him when he talks about other topics. A behavior therapist has instructed the family to reverse these responses: ignore the complaints and reinforce other topics. What kind of treatment does this best illustrate?

Accepted Answer

A)  Aversion therapy 
B)  Contingency management 
C)  Guided exposure 
D)  Systematic desensitization

Question 3

According to psychoanalysts, what is the therapist's task when doing dream analysis?

Accepted Answer

A)  Overcome the client's natural tendency to resist change. 
B)  Uncover the disguised meanings of the manifest content. 
C)  Explain that the latent and manifest content have little to do with one another. 
D)  Reduce the client's tendency to use transference when he/she remembers a dream.

Question 4

A major advantage of the atypical antipsychotic drugs is that

Accepted Answer

A)  they work better than the conventional ones. 
B)  they work for more people than the conventional ones. 
C)  they have a low risk of movement-related side effects. 
D)  they last longer than the conventional ones.

Question 5

A token economy is

Accepted Answer

A)  a form of imaginal exposure therapy. 
B)  a type of in vivo exposure therapy. 
C)  a type of contingency management. 
D)  a form of modeling therapy.

Question 6

Humanistic-existential therapies are based in the belief that psychopathology is a result of

Accepted Answer

A)  faulty learning. 
B)  self-defeating thinking. 
C)  early parental interactions. 
D)  lack of fulfillment.

Question 7

____________________ is not a problem associated with the benzodiazepines.

Accepted Answer

A)  Risk of withdrawal symptoms if the patient stops them suddenly 
B)  High relapse rates when stopped 
C)  Tardive dyskinesia 
D)  Psychological dependence

Question 8

In what way does therapy differ from simply talking to a friend or family member about a problem?

Accepted Answer

A)  Therapy takes time, while a friend's guidance is more likely to lead to a "quick fix" of the problem. 
B)  Friends provide empathy, while a professional therapist does not. 
C)  A therapist's interaction with a client is guided by theory. 
D)  Therapists will seek to determine the underlying issues that have created the problem.

Question 9

A Nobel Prize winning treatment for schizophrenia was

Accepted Answer

A)  the SSRIs. 
B)  prefrontal lobotomies. 
C)  ECT. 
D)  token economies.

Question 10

A clinical psychologist who said that maladaptive behaviors are shared between members of a relationship and not just the responsibility of an individual would be in harmony with therapists who take the ________ approach.

Accepted Answer

A)  humanistic 
B)  classical psychoanalytic 
C)  cognitive-behavioral 
D)  family therapy

Question 11

The Brady family is attending family therapy sessions. The therapist has told them, "If the whole family context changes, Marcia's problem behavior will change as well." The family therapist probably agrees with the ________ therapy approach.

Accepted Answer

A)  structural family 
B)  behavioral family 
C)  cognitive 
D)  conjoint family

Question 12

What is tardive dyskinesia?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is tardive dyskinesia?...

Question 13

Describe Beck's cognitive theory and therapy.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Describe Beck's cognitive theory and therapy....

Question 14

Joan was surprised that, when she went to therapy, her therapist didn't ask her questions, but just listened to her talk. She said she felt very comfortable with the therapist and felt she could say anything at all and be accepted, unlike with her critical parents. She said she could try out new ideas and the therapist was always warm and nonjudgmental. Joan was probably in

Accepted Answer

A)  rational emotive therapy. 
B)  psychodynamic therapy. 
C)  systematic desensitization. 
D)  client-centered therapy.

Question 15

According to the views of Carl Rogers, how should children be raised?

Accepted Answer

A)  With strict rules and much guidance 
B)  They should be permitted to blossom into the people they are destined to be. 
C)  Parents are responsible for shaping their children into responsible adults. 
D)  Children should be raised in groups and permitted to develop their own unique society.

Question 16

The conventional antipsychotic drugs have a problematic side effect involving abnormal movement. This side effect is called

Accepted Answer

A)  agranulocytosis. 
B)  monoamine oxidase. 
C)  tardive dyskinesia. 
D)  atypical neuroleptics.

Question 17

In contrast to most other forms of therapy, the client-centered therapist

Accepted Answer

A)  focuses on present concerns rather than past problems. 
B)  does not give answers or interpretations nor even steer the client onto certain topics. 
C)  teaches a new set of beliefs and values so the client can cope more effectively. 
D)  helps make the client's unconscious concerns conscious.

Question 18

What recent changes have altered the types of therapy that are available?

Accepted Answer

A)  There is an increased need to prove that therapy is effective. 
B)  Psychiatrists are hesitant to write prescriptions for many drugs. 
C)  The increased use of nurses as therapy providers has increased the use of drugs in many community health settings. 
D)  Many popular therapies have been found to do more harm than good.

Question 19

Today, neurosurgery

Accepted Answer

A)  is still used, including prefrontal lobotomies, on patients who have not responded to any other treatment. 
B)  is used as a last resort and involves the destruction of only tiny areas of the brain. 
C)  is done frequently for certain types of psychological illnesses, such as obsessive compulsive disorder. 
D)  is no longer done for any psychological disorder.

Question 20

Under what circumstances might the use of medications prior to psychotherapy be essential?

Accepted Answer

A)  When the patient is suicidal 
B)  When the patient won't admit that they have a problem 
C)  When the patient's symptoms are so severe that they make psychotherapy impossible 
D)  When a quick cure is needed

Exam 16: Therapy