Question 1

An effective therapist

Accepted Answer

A) is an enthusiastic learner and values complexity and ambiguity. 
B) is mentally healthy and mature and nurtures their own emotional well-being. 
C) have strong social skills and expertly use these skills in therapy. 
D) is characterized by all of these. 
A) is an enthusiastic learner and values complexity and ambiguity. 
B) is mentally healthy and mature and nurtures their own emotional well-being. 
C) have strong social skills and expertly use these skills in therapy. 
D) is characterized by all of these.

Question 2

Which of the following is listed as an effective counseling skill in your text?

Accepted Answer

A) Focus on trying to understand the cause of the behavior. 
B) Provide multiple solutions for the client's problems. 
C) Ask open-ended questions. 
D) Keep the conversation going with absolutely no silence. 
A) Focus on trying to understand the cause of the behavior. 
B) Provide multiple solutions for the client's problems. 
C) Ask open-ended questions. 
D) Keep the conversation going with absolutely no silence.

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT likely to be a goal of psychotherapy?

Accepted Answer

A) gaining insight 
B) personality reorganization 
C) resolution of conflicts 
D) change in undesirable behaviors 
A) gaining insight 
B) personality reorganization 
C) resolution of conflicts 
D) change in undesirable behaviors

Question 4

Regarding somatic therapy, which of the following statements is/are TRUE?

Accepted Answer

A) Somatic therapy is often done in the context of psychiatric hospitalization. 
B) Major mental disorders, such as schizophrenia and major depression, are most often treated with somatic therapy. 
C) Somatic therapy includes electroconvulsive therapy and psychosurgery. 
D) All of these statements are true. 
A) Somatic therapy is often done in the context of psychiatric hospitalization. 
B) Major mental disorders, such as schizophrenia and major depression, are most often treated with somatic therapy. 
C) Somatic therapy includes electroconvulsive therapy and psychosurgery. 
D) All of these statements are true.

Question 5

Which of the following behaviors could you exhibit that would help another person to solve a personal problem?

Accepted Answer

A) judging and moralizing 
B) reflecting feelings 
C) probing painful topics 
D) criticism of conduct 
A) judging and moralizing 
B) reflecting feelings 
C) probing painful topics 
D) criticism of conduct

Question 6

_____ is any surgical alteration of the brain designed to bring about desirable behavioral or emotional changes.

Accepted Answer

A) Somatic surgery 
B) Psychosurgery 
C) Deep ECT 
D) Psychic surgery 
A) Somatic surgery 
B) Psychosurgery 
C) Deep ECT 
D) Psychic surgery

Question 7

When you are using the counseling skill known as reflection, you

Accepted Answer

A) give feedback by simply restating what was said. 
B) ask open-ended questions. 
C) encourage catharsis by eliciting defensiveness in the person you are counseling. 
D) do all of these. 
A) give feedback by simply restating what was said. 
B) ask open-ended questions. 
C) encourage catharsis by eliciting defensiveness in the person you are counseling. 
D) do all of these.

Question 8

Marie who wants to lose weight looks at a dessert and visualizes maggots crawling all over it.Marie is obviously using _____ directly in a situation that tests her self-control.

Accepted Answer

A) systematic adaptation 
B) covert sensitization 
C) stress inoculation 
D) systematic desensitization 
A) systematic adaptation 
B) covert sensitization 
C) stress inoculation 
D) systematic desensitization

Question 9

A behavior modification procedure that assists an individual in suppressing upsetting mental images and internal "talk" is called

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 10

If you choose one or more target behaviors and then rehearse them mentally with a vivid rewarding image, you would be using the technique of

Accepted Answer

A) thought-stopping. 
B) covert sensitization. 
C) desensitization. 
D) covert reinforcement. 
A) thought-stopping. 
B) covert sensitization. 
C) desensitization. 
D) covert reinforcement.

Question 11

Regarding mental hospitalization, which of the following statements is/are TRUE?

Accepted Answer

A) Without hospitalization, people with drug addiction may find it nearly impossible to resist the temptation for drug abuse in their daily lives. 
B) At their best, hospitals are sanctuaries that provide diagnosis, support, refuge, and therapy. 
C) Most psychiatric patients do as well with short-term hospitalization as they do with longer periods of hospitalization. 
D) All of these statements are true. 
A) Without hospitalization, people with drug addiction may find it nearly impossible to resist the temptation for drug abuse in their daily lives. 
B) At their best, hospitals are sanctuaries that provide diagnosis, support, refuge, and therapy. 
C) Most psychiatric patients do as well with short-term hospitalization as they do with longer periods of hospitalization. 
D) All of these statements are true.

Question 12

Modern practices in the treatment of psychological disorders avoid long-term hospitalization and its chief negative side-effect, which is often

Accepted Answer

A) self-destructive behaviors. 
B) physical disability. 
C) chronic depression. 
D) life-long dependency. 
A) self-destructive behaviors. 
B) physical disability. 
C) chronic depression. 
D) life-long dependency.

Question 13

Regarding the predicted future of psychotherapy, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A) The use of lower cost Internet services, telephone counseling, and self-help groups will grow. 
B) More therapy will be provided by psychiatrists and Ph.D.level practitioners. 
C) There will be an increase in the use of short-term therapy and solution-focused, problem-solving approaches. 
D) The use of psychoanalysis will decrease. 
A) The use of lower cost Internet services, telephone counseling, and self-help groups will grow. 
B) More therapy will be provided by psychiatrists and Ph.D.level practitioners. 
C) There will be an increase in the use of short-term therapy and solution-focused, problem-solving approaches. 
D) The use of psychoanalysis will decrease.

Question 14

In counseling a friend, which of the following would NOT be one of your goals?

Accepted Answer

A) providing advice regarding a solution for your friend's problem 
B) helping to clarify your friend's problem 
C) providing support 
D) accepting your friend's frame of reference 
A) providing advice regarding a solution for your friend's problem 
B) helping to clarify your friend's problem 
C) providing support 
D) accepting your friend's frame of reference

Question 15

Regarding the services provided by community mental health centers,

Accepted Answer

A) these centers provide counseling and outpatient care. 
B) these centers provide crisis intervention. 
C) some centers attempt to raise the general level of mental health in a community by combating unemployment, delinquency, and drug abuse. 
D) all of these occur. 
A) these centers provide counseling and outpatient care. 
B) these centers provide crisis intervention. 
C) some centers attempt to raise the general level of mental health in a community by combating unemployment, delinquency, and drug abuse. 
D) all of these occur.

Question 16

Major tranquilizers are also referred to as _____ drugs.

Accepted Answer

A) anxiolytic 
B) antidepressant 
C) antipsychotic 
D) narcoleptic 
A) anxiolytic 
B) antidepressant 
C) antipsychotic 
D) narcoleptic

Question 17

For those with major mental disorders, hospitalization is often used as therapy because it provides

Accepted Answer

A) the venue to conduct psychosurgery. 
B) a sanctuary that provides diagnosis, support, refuge, and therapy. 
C) a free place to stay without the financial pressures of the real world. 
D) an opportunity to engage in immunotherapy to alleviate disorders. 
A) the venue to conduct psychosurgery. 
B) a sanctuary that provides diagnosis, support, refuge, and therapy. 
C) a free place to stay without the financial pressures of the real world. 
D) an opportunity to engage in immunotherapy to alleviate disorders.

Question 18

Voluntary relaxation can be achieved by using all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) the tension-release procedure. 
B) imagining a very safe, pleasant relaxing scene. 
C) stimulus control. 
D) breathing deeply. 
A) the tension-release procedure. 
B) imagining a very safe, pleasant relaxing scene. 
C) stimulus control. 
D) breathing deeply.

Question 19

Regarding psychosurgery, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A) It is a form of somatic therapy for psychological disorders. 
B) It is defined as any surgical alteration of the brain designed to bring about desirable behavioral changes. 
C) It is often used as an additional treatment with medication to help people with psychosis. 
D) It includes the procedure known as the "lobotomy." 
A) It is a form of somatic therapy for psychological disorders. 
B) It is defined as any surgical alteration of the brain designed to bring about desirable behavioral changes. 
C) It is often used as an additional treatment with medication to help people with psychosis. 
D) It includes the procedure known as the "lobotomy."

Question 20

By relying on "empirically-supported" therapies, all of the following will occur EXCEPT for clinicians

Accepted Answer

A) relying mainly on intuition in the selection of therapies for specific disorders. 
B) seeking guidance from research experiments. 
C) having a better understanding of which therapies "work" best for specific types of problems. 
D) being able to weed out fringe "therapies" that have little or no value. 
A) relying mainly on intuition in the selection of therapies for specific disorders. 
B) seeking guidance from research experiments. 
C) having a better understanding of which therapies "work" best for specific types of problems. 
D) being able to weed out fringe "therapies" that have little or no value.

Exam 15: Extension C: Therapies

An effective therapist

Which of the following is listed as an effective counseling skill in your text?

Which of the following is NOT likely to be a goal of psychotherapy?

Regarding somatic therapy, which of the following statements is/are TRUE?

Which of the following behaviors could you exhibit that would help another person to solve a personal problem?

_____ is any surgical alteration of the brain designed to bring about desirable behavioral or emotional changes.

When you are using the counseling skill known as reflection, you

Marie who wants to lose weight looks at a dessert and visualizes maggots crawling all over it.Marie is obviously using _____ directly in a situation that tests her self-control.

A behavior modification procedure that assists an individual in suppressing upsetting mental images and internal "talk" is called

If you choose one or more target behaviors and then rehearse them mentally with a vivid rewarding image, you would be using the technique of

Regarding mental hospitalization, which of the following statements is/are TRUE?

Modern practices in the treatment of psychological disorders avoid long-term hospitalization and its chief negative side-effect, which is often

Regarding the predicted future of psychotherapy, which of the following statements is FALSE?

In counseling a friend, which of the following would NOT be one of your goals?

Regarding the services provided by community mental health centers,

Major tranquilizers are also referred to as _____ drugs.

For those with major mental disorders, hospitalization is often used as therapy because it provides

Voluntary relaxation can be achieved by using all of the following EXCEPT

Regarding psychosurgery, which of the following statements is FALSE?

By relying on "empirically-supported" therapies, all of the following will occur EXCEPT for clinicians

Introduction the Psychology

Extension A: Introduction to Psychology and Research Methods

Extension B: Introduction to Psychology and Research Methods

Extension C: Introduction to Psychology and Research Methods

Extension A: Brain and Behavior

Extension B: Brain and Behavior

Extension C: Brain and Behavior

Extension A: Human Development

Extension B: Human Development

Extension C: Human Development

Extension D: Human Development

Extension A: Sensation and Reality

Extension B: Sensation and Reality

Extension A: Perceiving the World

Extension B: Perceiving the World

Extension A: States of Consciousness

Extension B: States of Consciousness

Extension C: States of Consciousness

Extension D: States of Consciousness

Extension A: Conditioning and Learning

Extension B: Conditioning and Learning

Extension C: Conditioning and Learning

Extension A: Memory

Extension B: Memory

Extension C: Memory

Extension A: Cognition, Language, Creativity, and Intelligence

Extension B: Cognition, Language, Creativity, and Intelligence

Extension C: Cognition, Language, Creativity, and Intelligence

Extension D: Cognition, Language, Creativity, and Intelligence

Extension A: Motivation and Emotion

Extension B: Motivation and Emotion

Extension C: Motivation and Emotion

Extension D: Motivation and Emotion

Extension A: Gender and Sexuality

Extension B: Gender and Sexuality

Extension C: Gender and Sexuality

Extension A: Personality

Extension B: Personality

Extension C: Personality

Extension D: Personality

Extension A: Health, Stress, and Coping

Extension B: Health, Stress, and Coping

Extension C: Health, Stress, and Coping

Extension A: Psychological Disorders

Extension B: Psychological Disorders

Extension C: Psychological Disorders

Extension D: Psychological Disorders

Extension A: Therapies

Extension B: Therapies

Extension D: Therapies

Extension A: Social Thinking and Social Influence

Extension B: Social Thinking and Social Influence

Extension C: Social Thinking and Social Influence

Extension A: Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior

Extension B: Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior

Extension C: Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior

Extension A: Applied Psychology

Extension B: Applied Psychology

Extension C: Applied Psychology