Question 1

Which of the following is NOT an effective counseling skill?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 2

_____ are groups of people who share a particular type of problem and provide mutual support to one another.

Accepted Answer

A) Peer counseling groups 
B) Self-help groups 
C) Sensitivity groups 
D) Encounter groups 
A) Peer counseling groups 
B) Self-help groups 
C) Sensitivity groups 
D) Encounter groups

Question 3

Psychosurgery is rarely used for treatment of mental illness because

Accepted Answer

A) regrowth of brain cells slowly reverses effects of the procedures. 
B) electroconvulsive therapy has replaced it. 
C) it is irreversible and unpredictable. 
D) it has been shown to have little or no effect on personality. 
A) regrowth of brain cells slowly reverses effects of the procedures. 
B) electroconvulsive therapy has replaced it. 
C) it is irreversible and unpredictable. 
D) it has been shown to have little or no effect on personality.

Question 4

Regarding the success of deinstitutionalization, which of the following statements is/are TRUE?

Accepted Answer

A) Although high quality care is available in almost every community, a lack of money prevents large numbers of people from getting the help they need. 
B) One in five of the two million Americans who are in jail or prison are mentally ill. 
C) Many former mental patients have joined the ranks of the homeless. 
D) All of these statements are true. 
A) Although high quality care is available in almost every community, a lack of money prevents large numbers of people from getting the help they need. 
B) One in five of the two million Americans who are in jail or prison are mentally ill. 
C) Many former mental patients have joined the ranks of the homeless. 
D) All of these statements are true.

Question 5

Partial hospitalization

Accepted Answer

A) allows patients to go out into the real world and practice what they've learned in treatment. 
B) involves the patients spending their days in the hospital and going home at night. 
C) is as effective as full hospitalization. 
D) is characterized by all of these. 
A) allows patients to go out into the real world and practice what they've learned in treatment. 
B) involves the patients spending their days in the hospital and going home at night. 
C) is as effective as full hospitalization. 
D) is characterized by all of these.

Question 6

_____ is a caring relationship that unites a therapist and a client in working to solve the client's problems.

Accepted Answer

A) A therapeutic alliance 
B) Carthartic bonding 
C) The mirror effect 
D) Reciprocal determination 
A) A therapeutic alliance 
B) Carthartic bonding 
C) The mirror effect 
D) Reciprocal determination

Question 7

Which of the following therapies would be considered a somatic therapy?

Accepted Answer

A) pharmacotherapy 
B) electroconvulsive therapy 
C) psychosurgery 
D) all of these 
A) pharmacotherapy 
B) electroconvulsive therapy 
C) psychosurgery 
D) all of these

Question 8

Persons with anxiety disorders tend to _____ the danger associated with intense emotional experience and tend to reduce their anxiety by _____.The use of virtual reality therapy has been successful in counteracting both of these tendencies.

Accepted Answer

A) overestimate; running away from the situation. 
B) be hyposensitive; ignoring them 
C) be hypersensitive; fainting or "passing out" 
D) underestimate; getting sympathy from others 
A) overestimate; running away from the situation. 
B) be hyposensitive; ignoring them 
C) be hypersensitive; fainting or "passing out" 
D) underestimate; getting sympathy from others

Question 9

_____ are individuals who work in a near-professional capacity under the supervision of a more highly trained person in providing psychological services.

Accepted Answer

A) Paraprofessionals 
B) Psycholinguists 
C) Psychiatric orderlies 
D) Psychiatric social workers 
A) Paraprofessionals 
B) Psycholinguists 
C) Psychiatric orderlies 
D) Psychiatric social workers

Question 10

Regarding peer counselors and self-help groups, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A) In self-help groups, helping others also serves as therapy for those who give help. 
B) Many studies have shown that peer counselors are often as effective as professionals. 
C) A self-help group is usually made up of all of a psychologist's clients having the same problem. 
D) Services provides by peer counselors in some communities and on college campuses are free or very low cost. 
A) In self-help groups, helping others also serves as therapy for those who give help. 
B) Many studies have shown that peer counselors are often as effective as professionals. 
C) A self-help group is usually made up of all of a psychologist's clients having the same problem. 
D) Services provides by peer counselors in some communities and on college campuses are free or very low cost.

Question 11

Jason has reached a card in his self-directed desensitization procedure that he cannot visualize without becoming tense in three attempts, so he stops the procedure for the day.The next day, he will continue with the desensitization by

Accepted Answer

A) starting one or two cards before the one on which he stopped the previous day. 
B) starting with the card on which he stopped the previous day. 
C) skipping the card on which he stopped the previous day and proceeding with the next card. 
D) starting at the beginning of the hierarchy with the least fear-producing card. 
A) starting one or two cards before the one on which he stopped the previous day. 
B) starting with the card on which he stopped the previous day. 
C) skipping the card on which he stopped the previous day and proceeding with the next card. 
D) starting at the beginning of the hierarchy with the least fear-producing card.

Question 12

In one study, depressed patients who had not benefited from drug therapy and ECT improved when a specific brain region was stimulated using

Accepted Answer

A) EMDR. 
B) logotherapy. 
C) implanted electrodes. 
D) systematic desensitization. 
A) EMDR. 
B) logotherapy. 
C) implanted electrodes. 
D) systematic desensitization.

Question 13

_____ is a last resort treatment for selected cases of depression and has been shown to rapidly end wildly self-destructive or suicidal behavior.At best, it produces only temporary improvement and causes memory losses in some patients.

Accepted Answer

A) EMDR 
B) ECT 
C) REBT 
D) DSM 
A) EMDR 
B) ECT 
C) REBT 
D) DSM

Question 14

Jared's therapist uses an action therapy to help Jared to manage his anger.The therapist expects to see observable changes in Jared's reactions to frustrations and disappointments that in the past led to violent outbursts.Jared's therapist is most likely a

Accepted Answer

A) psychoanalyst. 
B) Gestalt therapist. 
C) behavior therapist. 
D) client-centered therapist. 
A) psychoanalyst. 
B) Gestalt therapist. 
C) behavior therapist. 
D) client-centered therapist.

Question 15

Every time Tenisha goes in the kitchen, this action serves as a cue for her to take out her covert sensitization cards and vividly picture herself engaging in smoking and developing lung cancer.Thus, Tenisha has placed her covert sensitization procedure under _____ in order to practice it several times a day.

Accepted Answer

A) extinction 
B) stimulus control 
C) a fixed interval schedule 
D) a fixed ratio schedule 
A) extinction 
B) stimulus control 
C) a fixed interval schedule 
D) a fixed ratio schedule

Question 16

Crisis intervention involves

Accepted Answer

A) skilled management of an ongoing, long-term psychological problem. 
B) skilled management of a psychological emergency. 
C) the use of partial hospitalization instead of institutionalization. 
D) the use of halfway houses rather than hospitalization. 
A) skilled management of an ongoing, long-term psychological problem. 
B) skilled management of a psychological emergency. 
C) the use of partial hospitalization instead of institutionalization. 
D) the use of halfway houses rather than hospitalization.

Question 17

If you repeatedly "put yourself down" mentally or are preoccupied by needless worries and fears, a way to gain control over such thoughts involves using a technique known as

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 18

Lobotomies and deep lesioning are examples of

Accepted Answer

A) ECT. 
B) psychosurgeries. 
C) REBT. 
D) pharmacotherapy. 
A) ECT. 
B) psychosurgeries. 
C) REBT. 
D) pharmacotherapy.

Question 19

You have been urged by friends to consider seeking professional psychological help because you have been so "down" that you have not socialized with friends in over a month and you have missed work several times, which is uncharacteristic of you.Perhaps you should consider

Accepted Answer

A) having yourself hospitalized to relieve your exhaustion. 
B) seeking advice from friends on how to eliminate your moodiness. 
C) going to see a professional counselor. 
D) doing nothing, as "blues" tend to run their course and you are likely to feel better in a few days. 
A) having yourself hospitalized to relieve your exhaustion. 
B) seeking advice from friends on how to eliminate your moodiness. 
C) going to see a professional counselor. 
D) doing nothing, as "blues" tend to run their course and you are likely to feel better in a few days.

Question 20

Jeffrey has a phobia of rabbits, but loves eating warm porridge.So, his mother tries to associate the rabbit with the good feeling of eating the porridge in a behavioral technique known as

Accepted Answer

A) aversion therapy. 
B) counterconditioning. 
C) reality therapy. 
D) eye-movement desensitization. 
A) aversion therapy. 
B) counterconditioning. 
C) reality therapy. 
D) eye-movement desensitization.

Exam 15: Extension C: Therapies

Which of the following is NOT an effective counseling skill?

_____ are groups of people who share a particular type of problem and provide mutual support to one another.

Psychosurgery is rarely used for treatment of mental illness because

Regarding the success of deinstitutionalization, which of the following statements is/are TRUE?

Partial hospitalization

_____ is a caring relationship that unites a therapist and a client in working to solve the client's problems.

Which of the following therapies would be considered a somatic therapy?

Persons with anxiety disorders tend to _____ the danger associated with intense emotional experience and tend to reduce their anxiety by _____.The use of virtual reality therapy has been successful in counteracting both of these tendencies.

_____ are individuals who work in a near-professional capacity under the supervision of a more highly trained person in providing psychological services.

Regarding peer counselors and self-help groups, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Jason has reached a card in his self-directed desensitization procedure that he cannot visualize without becoming tense in three attempts, so he stops the procedure for the day.The next day, he will continue with the desensitization by

In one study, depressed patients who had not benefited from drug therapy and ECT improved when a specific brain region was stimulated using

_____ is a last resort treatment for selected cases of depression and has been shown to rapidly end wildly self-destructive or suicidal behavior.At best, it produces only temporary improvement and causes memory losses in some patients.

Jared's therapist uses an action therapy to help Jared to manage his anger.The therapist expects to see observable changes in Jared's reactions to frustrations and disappointments that in the past led to violent outbursts.Jared's therapist is most likely a

Crisis intervention involves

If you repeatedly "put yourself down" mentally or are preoccupied by needless worries and fears, a way to gain control over such thoughts involves using a technique known as

Lobotomies and deep lesioning are examples of

You have been urged by friends to consider seeking professional psychological help because you have been so "down" that you have not socialized with friends in over a month and you have missed work several times, which is uncharacteristic of you.Perhaps you should consider

Jeffrey has a phobia of rabbits, but loves eating warm porridge.So, his mother tries to associate the rabbit with the good feeling of eating the porridge in a behavioral technique known as

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

Appendix A: Behavioral Statistics

Persons with anxiety disorders tend to _ the danger associated with intense emotional experience and tend to reduce their anxiety by _.The use of virtual reality therapy has been successful in counteracting both of these tendencies.