Exam 16: Specific Disorders and Treatments

Older data indicated that men were __________ likely to develop schizophrenia compared to women. More recent data suggest that men are __________ likely to develop schizophrenia compared to women.

Positive symptoms in schizophrenia refer to behaviors that __________, while negative symptoms refer to behaviors that __________.

Which of the following is not a characteristic of the thought disorder of schizophrenia?

Which of the following is NOT true of methadone?

In John B. Watson's attempt to produce a phobia through classical conditioning, the conditioned stimulus was

On average, people with depression have __________ than people who are not depressed.

Which of the following is a method of treating phobias that closely resembles Skinner's shaping procedure?

Antipsychotic drugs, such as haloperidol and chlorpromazine

Which type of schizophrenic person has movement disorders, including periods of total inactivity?

Compared to women, what tends to be men's experience with schizophrenia?

People who fail a task are most likely to become depressed if they attribute their failure to

Jill has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Her friends notice that she alternates between periods of

Compared to antidepressant drug therapy, cognitive therapy for depression has the advantage of

Young men who are known to be at risk for becoming alcoholics (because their fathers were alcoholics) are more likely than other young men to

The majority of people who suffer from agoraphobia also suffer from

A false belief that "people are out to get me" is a delusion of

Aaron Beck, a pioneer in cognitive therapy, says that depressed people

Alcoholism is most likely to develop in a man who

Cigarettes that advertise "low nicotine" can nevertheless deliver high nicotine, depending on

Someone with schizophrenia