Question 1

In the context of community mental-health movement, deinstitutionalization involves

Accepted Answer

A) releasing individuals with mental disorders from prison. 
B) requiring individuals with mental disorders to participate in community service. 
C) transferring individuals with psychological disorders from mental institutions to community-based facilities. 
D) transferring individuals with mental disorders from the community to psychiatry-based facilities. 
A) releasing individuals with mental disorders from prison. 
B) requiring individuals with mental disorders to participate in community service. 
C) transferring individuals with psychological disorders from mental institutions to community-based facilities. 
D) transferring individuals with mental disorders from the community to psychiatry-based facilities.

Question 2

In the context of types of therapy, client-centered therapy follows a _____ approach.

Accepted Answer

A) symptom-oriented 
B) nondirective 
C) skill-development 
D) insight-oriented 
A) symptom-oriented 
B) nondirective 
C) skill-development 
D) insight-oriented

Question 3

Which of the following is an important aspect of cognitive-behavior therapy?

Accepted Answer

A) self-efficacy 
B) insight 
C) self-awareness 
D) cultural sensitivity 
A) self-efficacy 
B) insight 
C) self-awareness 
D) cultural sensitivity

Question 4

Dr.Patterson tries to create a warm supportive atmosphere to help her clients improve their self-concepts and to encourage insight into problems.Dr.Patterson says little to her depressed client.Instead, she waits for him to express his feelings and for him to decide what he wants to do about his problems.This emphasis on encouraging self-reflection indicates that Dr.Patterson is practicing

Accepted Answer

A) client-centered therapy. 
B) behavior therapy. 
C) systematic desensitization therapy. 
D) cognitive therapy. 
A) client-centered therapy. 
B) behavior therapy. 
C) systematic desensitization therapy. 
D) cognitive therapy.

Question 5

Decatastrophize technique in cognitive therapy involves

Accepted Answer

A) helping the client evaluate whether he is overestimating the nature of a situation. 
B) helping the client distribute responsibility for events appropriately. 
C) providing the client with ways of stopping a cascade of negative thoughts. 
D) systematically examining the evidence for the client's beliefs or assertions. 
A) helping the client evaluate whether he is overestimating the nature of a situation. 
B) helping the client distribute responsibility for events appropriately. 
C) providing the client with ways of stopping a cascade of negative thoughts. 
D) systematically examining the evidence for the client's beliefs or assertions.

Question 6

Which of the following is true of neuroleptic drugs?

Accepted Answer

A) Neuroleptic drugs treat the causes of schizophrenia, not its symptoms. 
B) Neuroleptic drugs have substantially increased the length of hospital stays for individuals with schizophrenia. 
C) Neuroleptic drugs are widely used to treat bipolar disorder. 
D) If an individual with schizophrenia stops taking neuroleptic drugs, the symptoms return. 
A) Neuroleptic drugs treat the causes of schizophrenia, not its symptoms. 
B) Neuroleptic drugs have substantially increased the length of hospital stays for individuals with schizophrenia. 
C) Neuroleptic drugs are widely used to treat bipolar disorder. 
D) If an individual with schizophrenia stops taking neuroleptic drugs, the symptoms return.

Question 7

Which of the following treatments reduce or eliminate the symptoms of psychological disorders by altering aspects of body functioning?

Accepted Answer

A) psychotherapies 
B) humanistic therapies 
C) cognitive-behavioral therapies 
D) biological therapies 
A) psychotherapies 
B) humanistic therapies 
C) cognitive-behavioral therapies 
D) biological therapies

Question 8

_____ therapies emphasize that thoughts are the main source of psychological problems, and they attempt to influence and change the feelings and behaviors by changing the thoughts.

Accepted Answer

A) Humanistic 
B) Cognitive 
C) Gestalt 
D) Psychoanalytic 
A) Humanistic 
B) Cognitive 
C) Gestalt 
D) Psychoanalytic

Question 9

As part of a smoking-cessation program, Paul receives an injection of a nausea-inducing drug and then is asked to smoke a cigarette.Even though he knows he is receiving the drug, it is hoped that Paul will associate the nausea symptoms with smoking and will thus smoke less.This example best demonstrates the procedures typically used in

Accepted Answer

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

Question 10

Which of the following is a technique that is used in family therapy?

Accepted Answer

A) scaling 
B) guided Association 
C) structural change 
D) reattribution 
A) scaling 
B) guided Association 
C) structural change 
D) reattribution

Question 11

Aversive conditioning can be an effective treatment for

Accepted Answer

A) schizophrenia and panic disorder. 
B) depression. 
C) smoking, overeating, and drinking alcohol. 
D) generalized anxiety disorder. 
A) schizophrenia and panic disorder. 
B) depression. 
C) smoking, overeating, and drinking alcohol. 
D) generalized anxiety disorder.

Question 12

Explain Beck's cognitive therapy.

Accepted Answer

All cognitive therapies involve two basi

Question 13

Cindy's therapist uses the technique of distraction to help her deal with anxiety and asks her to count to 200 by 13s when she feels herself becoming anxious.From this scenario, it can be inferred that Cindy's therapist practices

Accepted Answer

A) psychodynamic therapy. 
B) humanistic therapy. 
C) behavioral therapy. 
D) cognitive therapy. 
A) psychodynamic therapy. 
B) humanistic therapy. 
C) behavioral therapy. 
D) cognitive therapy.

Question 14

Which of the following statements is true of behavior therapies?

Accepted Answer

A) They encourage self-awareness as the key to psychological health. 
B) They offer action-oriented strategies to help people change underlying thoughts or emotions. 
C) They lay emphasis on the person's self-healing capacities. 
D) They strive to eliminate individuals' depressed symptoms or behaviors. 
A) They encourage self-awareness as the key to psychological health. 
B) They offer action-oriented strategies to help people change underlying thoughts or emotions. 
C) They lay emphasis on the person's self-healing capacities. 
D) They strive to eliminate individuals' depressed symptoms or behaviors.

Question 15

Integrative therapy is most compatible with the _____ model of abnormal behavior.

Accepted Answer

A) psychodynamic 
B) humanistic 
C) biopsychosocial 
D) cognitive 
A) psychodynamic 
B) humanistic 
C) biopsychosocial 
D) cognitive

Question 16

John, an alcoholic, does not have much money, but requires the help of a mental-health professional.He might best be served by contacting a

Accepted Answer

A) board-certified psychiatrist. 
B) self-help support group. 
C) humanistic therapist. 
D) counseling psychologist. 
A) board-certified psychiatrist. 
B) self-help support group. 
C) humanistic therapist. 
D) counseling psychologist.

Question 17

Which of the following class of drugs is used to treat agoraphobia?

Accepted Answer

A) selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors 
B) neuroleptics 
C) tetracyclic drugs 
D) tricyclic drugs 
A) selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors 
B) neuroleptics 
C) tetracyclic drugs 
D) tricyclic drugs

Question 18

Elizabeth, a family therapist, tells Roy's family that his problem of cocaine addiction is related to the dynamics that exists within their family.According to this information, it can be inferred that Elizabeth practices the _____ technique.

Accepted Answer

A) client-centered 
B) structural change 
C) reframing 
D) scaling 
A) client-centered 
B) structural change 
C) reframing 
D) scaling

Question 19

Carlos intends to help one of his clients who feels that he is a failure and is not capable of achieving anything in life.Which of the following cognitive therapies should be implemented by Carlos in this situation?

Accepted Answer

A) contingency approach 
B) reflective speech 
C) self-instructional technique 
D) free-association technique 
A) contingency approach 
B) reflective speech 
C) self-instructional technique 
D) free-association technique

Question 20

Contrast the philosophies of psychoanalytic psychotherapy and humanistic therapies.

Accepted Answer

Psychoanalysis is Freud's therapeutic te

In the context of community mental-health movement, deinstitutionalization involves

In the context of types of therapy, client-centered therapy follows a _____ approach.

Which of the following is an important aspect of cognitive-behavior therapy?

Decatastrophize technique in cognitive therapy involves

Which of the following is true of neuroleptic drugs?

Which of the following treatments reduce or eliminate the symptoms of psychological disorders by altering aspects of body functioning?

_____ therapies emphasize that thoughts are the main source of psychological problems, and they attempt to influence and change the feelings and behaviors by changing the thoughts.

Which of the following is a technique that is used in family therapy?

Aversive conditioning can be an effective treatment for

Explain Beck's cognitive therapy.

Cindy's therapist uses the technique of distraction to help her deal with anxiety and asks her to count to 200 by 13s when she feels herself becoming anxious.From this scenario, it can be inferred that Cindy's therapist practices

Which of the following statements is true of behavior therapies?

Integrative therapy is most compatible with the _____ model of abnormal behavior.

John, an alcoholic, does not have much money, but requires the help of a mental-health professional.He might best be served by contacting a

Which of the following class of drugs is used to treat agoraphobia?

Elizabeth, a family therapist, tells Roy's family that his problem of cocaine addiction is related to the dynamics that exists within their family.According to this information, it can be inferred that Elizabeth practices the _____ technique.

Carlos intends to help one of his clients who feels that he is a failure and is not capable of achieving anything in life.Which of the following cognitive therapies should be implemented by Carlos in this situation?

Contrast the philosophies of psychoanalytic psychotherapy and humanistic therapies.

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In the context of community mental-health movement, deinstitutionalization involves

In the context of types of therapy, client-centered therapy follows a _____ approach.

Which of the following is an important aspect of cognitive-behavior therapy?

Decatastrophize technique in cognitive therapy involves

Which of the following is true of neuroleptic drugs?

Which of the following treatments reduce or eliminate the symptoms of psychological disorders by altering aspects of body functioning?

_____ therapies emphasize that thoughts are the main source of psychological problems, and they attempt to influence and change the feelings and behaviors by changing the thoughts.

Which of the following is a technique that is used in family therapy?

Aversive conditioning can be an effective treatment for

Explain Beck's cognitive therapy.

Cindy's therapist uses the technique of distraction to help her deal with anxiety and asks her to count to 200 by 13s when she feels herself becoming anxious.From this scenario, it can be inferred that Cindy's therapist practices

Which of the following statements is true of behavior therapies?

Integrative therapy is most compatible with the _____ model of abnormal behavior.

John, an alcoholic, does not have much money, but requires the help of a mental-health professional.He might best be served by contacting a

Which of the following class of drugs is used to treat agoraphobia?

Elizabeth, a family therapist, tells Roy's family that his problem of cocaine addiction is related to the dynamics that exists within their family.According to this information, it can be inferred that Elizabeth practices the _____ technique.

Carlos intends to help one of his clients who feels that he is a failure and is not capable of achieving anything in life.Which of the following cognitive therapies should be implemented by Carlos in this situation?

Contrast the philosophies of psychoanalytic psychotherapy and humanistic therapies.

The Science of Psychology

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States of Consciousness

Learning

Memory

Thinking, Intelligence, and Language

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Motivation and Emotion

Personality

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