Question 1

Regarding transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS),which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  TMS uses magnetic pulses to temporarily block activity in specific parts of the brain. 
B)  Unlike surgical lesioning, TMS is noninvasive and is reversible. 
C)  During treatment for compulsive gambling, TMS stimulation is applied to the brain stem
Areas to target the reticular formation. 
D)  Patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder have shown marked improvement when
TMS disrupted brain areas involved in compulsive behavior. 
A)  TMS uses magnetic pulses to temporarily block activity in specific parts of the brain. 
B)  Unlike surgical lesioning, TMS is noninvasive and is reversible. 
C)  During treatment for compulsive gambling, TMS stimulation is applied to the brain stem
Areas to target the reticular formation. 
D)  Patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder have shown marked improvement when
TMS disrupted brain areas involved in compulsive behavior.

Question 2

In counseling a friend,you are most likely to experience the "Yes,but" game,according to Eric Berne,if you

Accepted Answer

A)  use closed questions. 
B)  give advice. 
C)  use reflection. 
D)  fail to maintain confidentiality. 
A)  use closed questions. 
B)  give advice. 
C)  use reflection. 
D)  fail to maintain confidentiality.

Question 3

Regarding the typical fees charged by different psychological professionals,which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Psychiatrists average about $160 to $200 per hour, while psychologists average about $100 per hour. 
B)  Counselors and social workers average about $80 per hour. 
C)  Because the therapist's fee is divided among several people, group therapy averages about $25 an hour. 
D)  If fees are a problem for the client, many therapists charge on a sliding scale, or ability-to-pay basis. 
A)  Psychiatrists average about $160 to $200 per hour, while psychologists average about $100 per hour. 
B)  Counselors and social workers average about $80 per hour. 
C)  Because the therapist's fee is divided among several people, group therapy averages about $25 an hour. 
D)  If fees are a problem for the client, many therapists charge on a sliding scale, or ability-to-pay basis.

Question 4

To be culturally skilled,a therapist must be able to do all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  establish rapport with those from different cultural backgrounds. 
B)  be open to cultural differences. 
C)  use existing helping resources within the cultural group. 
D)  treat members of racial or ethnic communities as a group rather than as individual clients. 
A)  establish rapport with those from different cultural backgrounds. 
B)  be open to cultural differences. 
C)  use existing helping resources within the cultural group. 
D)  treat members of racial or ethnic communities as a group rather than as individual clients.

Question 5

Which of the following is a technology that allows the client and therapist to see and talk with each other over long distances through a two-way audio-video link,although it still lacks the close personal contact of face-to-face interaction?

Accepted Answer

A)  REBT 
B)  IPT 
C)  Skype 
D)  EMDR 
A)  REBT 
B)  IPT 
C)  Skype 
D)  EMDR

Question 6

According to your textbook,the claimed benefits of large-group awareness training and sensitivity and encounter groups may be due to all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  positive expectations that accompany one's attendance at the training. 
B)  a break in daily routine and an excuse to act differently. 
C)  the therapy placebo effect. 
D)  the occurrence of a strong therapeutic alliance being formed. 
A)  positive expectations that accompany one's attendance at the training. 
B)  a break in daily routine and an excuse to act differently. 
C)  the therapy placebo effect. 
D)  the occurrence of a strong therapeutic alliance being formed.

Question 7

Marge and Aaron are attending Marriage Encounter meetings.These sessions

Accepted Answer

A)  do not fit the guidelines to be considered a group therapy. 
B)  will most likely create a false sense of well-being through a therapy placebo effect. 
C)  will have group members with similar problems who can offer support and useful input. 
D)  will not be effective since other members of the family are not involved. 
A)  do not fit the guidelines to be considered a group therapy. 
B)  will most likely create a false sense of well-being through a therapy placebo effect. 
C)  will have group members with similar problems who can offer support and useful input. 
D)  will not be effective since other members of the family are not involved.

Question 8

In a recent study,clients worked through computer-guided sessions to treat relatively minor problems.Regarding this technique,which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  In this study, the participants worked through a total of ten computer-guided sessions. 
B)  The computer-guided sessions helped the clients to identify the problem. 
C)  The computer-guided sessions helped the clients to form a plan of action and work through carrying out the plan. 
D)  A majority of the clients who participated in the computer-guided sessions were dissatisfied with this impersonal help they received. 
A)  In this study, the participants worked through a total of ten computer-guided sessions. 
B)  The computer-guided sessions helped the clients to identify the problem. 
C)  The computer-guided sessions helped the clients to form a plan of action and work through carrying out the plan. 
D)  A majority of the clients who participated in the computer-guided sessions were dissatisfied with this impersonal help they received.

Question 9

When people have problems with anxiety or depression and call into a radio psychologist or ask an Internet therapist for advice,the very best advice for this media counselor to give is to tell these people to

Accepted Answer

A)  enroll in a large group awareness training seminar in their area. 
B)  join an encounter group in their community in order to better breakdown their defenses. 
C)  complete a questionnaire over the phone or on-line and then set up a series of regular email or telephone counseling sessions with this media therapist. 
D)  consider discussing their problems with a psychologist or counselor in their own community. 
A)  enroll in a large group awareness training seminar in their area. 
B)  join an encounter group in their community in order to better breakdown their defenses. 
C)  complete a questionnaire over the phone or on-line and then set up a series of regular email or telephone counseling sessions with this media therapist. 
D)  consider discussing their problems with a psychologist or counselor in their own community.

Question 10

Regarding half-way houses,which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Halfway houses offer supervision and support to people with mental illness without being as restrictive or medically-oriented as hospitals. 
B)  Halfway houses can reduce a person's chances of being readmitted to a hospital. 
C)  Halfway houses help patients with mental illness become more independent. 
D)  Halfway houses are long-term group living facilities for patients with mental illness. 
A)  Halfway houses offer supervision and support to people with mental illness without being as restrictive or medically-oriented as hospitals. 
B)  Halfway houses can reduce a person's chances of being readmitted to a hospital. 
C)  Halfway houses help patients with mental illness become more independent. 
D)  Halfway houses are long-term group living facilities for patients with mental illness.

Question 11

Jan is a college student who is coping with an alcoholic parent by attending a group in which other members of the group also have family members with alcohol and drug problems.The members in this group provide each other with mutual support and a chance to discuss problems.Jan is most likely attending a(n)__________ group.

Accepted Answer

A)  peer counseling 
B)  self-help 
C)  sensitivity 
D)  encounter 
A)  peer counseling 
B)  self-help 
C)  sensitivity 
D)  encounter

Question 12

Which of the following is NOT an effective counseling skill?

Accepted Answer

A)  active listening 
B)  focusing on feelings 
C)  providing advice and several solutions to the person's problem 
D)  accepting the person's perception of the world 
A)  active listening 
B)  focusing on feelings 
C)  providing advice and several solutions to the person's problem 
D)  accepting the person's perception of the world

Question 13

A new noninvasive treatment that has shown success as an adjunct therapy together with cognitive therapy to treat compulsive gambling is

Accepted Answer

A)  transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). 
B)  eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR). 
C)  deep lesioning of the limbic system. 
D)  electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). 
A)  transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). 
B)  eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR). 
C)  deep lesioning of the limbic system. 
D)  electroconvulsive therapy (ECT).

Question 14

In order to be maximally effective,covert sensitization should be done

Accepted Answer

A)  several times a day. 
B)  once a day. 
C)  only when the person is completely relaxed. 
D)  in the presence of a therapist. 
A)  several times a day. 
B)  once a day. 
C)  only when the person is completely relaxed. 
D)  in the presence of a therapist.

Question 15

The covert sensitization technique described in the text requires

Accepted Answer

A)  self-imposed periods of time-out. 
B)  one to associate disgusting or disturbing thoughts with an undesirable habit. 
C)  one to construct a personal hierarchy of aversive situations and then vividly picture relaxing images. 
D)  the listing of rewards that maintain an undesirable habit and then eliminating them. 
A)  self-imposed periods of time-out. 
B)  one to associate disgusting or disturbing thoughts with an undesirable habit. 
C)  one to construct a personal hierarchy of aversive situations and then vividly picture relaxing images. 
D)  the listing of rewards that maintain an undesirable habit and then eliminating them.

Question 16

Janice tends to engage in a great deal of negative self-talk in which she constantly "puts herself down." To eliminate this negative self-talk,Janice sets aside time each day to deliberately think of the unwanted thought and then to shout "Stop!" aloud and with conviction.She will repeat this procedure 10 or 20 times for the first two or three days.Then,she will switch to shouting "Stop!" to herself rather than aloud whenever these negative thoughts occur.Janice is using which procedure?

Accepted Answer

A)  desensitization 
B)  covert sensitization 
C)  thought-stopping 
D)  operant suppression 
A)  desensitization 
B)  covert sensitization 
C)  thought-stopping 
D)  operant suppression

Question 17

Which of the following is a technique that is designed to help one see him or herself more clearly and involves watching one's own behavior re-enacted by another group member much like watching a character in a play?

Accepted Answer

A)  the mirror technique 
B)  reciprocal inhibition 
C)  transference 
D)  the somatic technique 
A)  the mirror technique 
B)  reciprocal inhibition 
C)  transference 
D)  the somatic technique

Question 18

Which of the following questions should be answered during the first meeting with a therapist?

Accepted Answer

A)  What risks do I face if I begin therapy? 
B)  Will the information I reveal in therapy remain completely confidential? 
C)  How long do you expect treatment to last? 
D)  All of these questions should be answered during the first meeting. 
A)  What risks do I face if I begin therapy? 
B)  Will the information I reveal in therapy remain completely confidential? 
C)  How long do you expect treatment to last? 
D)  All of these questions should be answered during the first meeting.

Question 19

When people say that they feel better after six months of therapy,it could be the result of the therapy or the result of

Accepted Answer

A)  a spontaneous remission. 
B)  a therapy placebo effect. 
C)  the person receiving help from other people, such as family, friends, or clergy. 
D)  any of these. 
A)  a spontaneous remission. 
B)  a therapy placebo effect. 
C)  the person receiving help from other people, such as family, friends, or clergy. 
D)  any of these.

Question 20

Although Jesse would not be considered an alcoholic,he wishes to reduce the number of beers he drinks to a couple a week.So,Jesse makes out a set of cards that will help him to vividly imagine himself becoming an alcoholic.He will take out these cards and picture this disturbing scene several times a day.To break his drinking habit,Jesse is using

Accepted Answer

A)  stimulus substitution. 
B)  thought control. 
C)  covert sensitization. 
D)  thought stopping. 
A)  stimulus substitution. 
B)  thought control. 
C)  covert sensitization. 
D)  thought stopping.

Exam 15: C: Therapies

Regarding transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS),which of the following statements is FALSE?

In counseling a friend,you are most likely to experience the "Yes,but" game,according to Eric Berne,if you

Regarding the typical fees charged by different psychological professionals,which of the following statements is FALSE?

To be culturally skilled,a therapist must be able to do all of the following EXCEPT

Which of the following is a technology that allows the client and therapist to see and talk with each other over long distances through a two-way audio-video link,although it still lacks the close personal contact of face-to-face interaction?

According to your textbook,the claimed benefits of large-group awareness training and sensitivity and encounter groups may be due to all of the following EXCEPT

Marge and Aaron are attending Marriage Encounter meetings.These sessions

In a recent study,clients worked through computer-guided sessions to treat relatively minor problems.Regarding this technique,which of the following statements is FALSE?

When people have problems with anxiety or depression and call into a radio psychologist or ask an Internet therapist for advice,the very best advice for this media counselor to give is to tell these people to

Regarding half-way houses,which of the following statements is FALSE?

Which of the following is NOT an effective counseling skill?

A new noninvasive treatment that has shown success as an adjunct therapy together with cognitive therapy to treat compulsive gambling is

In order to be maximally effective,covert sensitization should be done

The covert sensitization technique described in the text requires

Which of the following is a technique that is designed to help one see him or herself more clearly and involves watching one's own behavior re-enacted by another group member much like watching a character in a play?

Which of the following questions should be answered during the first meeting with a therapist?

When people say that they feel better after six months of therapy,it could be the result of the therapy or the result of

A: Introduction to Psychology and Research Methods

B: Introduction to Psychology and Research Methods

C: Introduction to Psychology and Research Methods

A: Brain and Behavior

C: Brain and Behavior

A: Human Development

B: Human Development

C: Human Development

D: Human Development

A: Sensation and Perception

B: Sensation and Perception

C: Sensation and Perception

D: Sensation and Perception

A: States of Consciousness

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D: Conditioning and Learning

A: Memory

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A: Intelligence

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A: Motivation and Emotion

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D: Motivation and Emotion

A: Gender and Sexuality

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D: Gender and Sexuality Completion

A: Personality

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D: Personality

A: Health,stress,and Coping

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A: Psychological Disorders

B: Psychological Disorders

C: Psychological Disorders

D: Psychological Disorders

A: Therapies

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A: Social Thinking and Social Influence

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A: Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior

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Appendix A: Behavioral Statistics