Question 1

As the new field of _____ advances, it may help overcome the trial-and-error nature of prescribing not only antidepressants, but other psychotropic medications as well.

Accepted Answer

A) pharmacogenetics. 
B) contingency management. 
C) psychoneuroleptics. 
D) psychopharmacology. 
A) pharmacogenetics. 
B) contingency management. 
C) psychoneuroleptics. 
D) psychopharmacology.

Question 2

In the 1920s, the famous case of Little Albert demonstrated that:

Accepted Answer

A) fears and phobias could be reduced or eliminated through systematic desensitization. 
B) strong negative emotional reactions, such as fear of a lab rat, were the result of biological predispositions and not learning. 
C) strong negative emotional reactions, such as fear of a lab rat, could be classically conditioned. 
D) children, as well as dogs, could be classically conditioned to salivate at the sound of a bell. 
A) fears and phobias could be reduced or eliminated through systematic desensitization. 
B) strong negative emotional reactions, such as fear of a lab rat, were the result of biological predispositions and not learning. 
C) strong negative emotional reactions, such as fear of a lab rat, could be classically conditioned. 
D) children, as well as dogs, could be classically conditioned to salivate at the sound of a bell.

Question 3

In Beck's cognitive therapy, the therapist strives to create a therapeutic climate of:

Accepted Answer

A) collaboration. 
B) confrontation. 
C) genuineness, empathic understanding, and unconditional positive regard. 
D) optimal frustration. 
A) collaboration. 
B) confrontation. 
C) genuineness, empathic understanding, and unconditional positive regard. 
D) optimal frustration.

Question 4

A new experimental treatment for major depressive disorder that does not induce seizures, called _____, involves the surgical implantation of a device that delivers brief, intermittent electrical stimulation via an important nerve that runs through the neck to the brainstem.

Accepted Answer

A) eye movement desensitization reprocessing (EMDR) 
B) vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) 
C) transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) 
D) deep brain stimulation (DBS) 
A) eye movement desensitization reprocessing (EMDR) 
B) vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) 
C) transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) 
D) deep brain stimulation (DBS)

Question 5

When Meredith was 12 years old, she had to endure a very painful dental procedure. Ever since, she has had an intense fear of going to the dentist. Which of the following techniques is most likely to help her overcome her fear of going to the dentist?

Accepted Answer

A) contingency management 
B) eye movement desensitization reprocessing (EMDR) 
C) systematic desensitization 
D) rational-emotive therapy 
A) contingency management 
B) eye movement desensitization reprocessing (EMDR) 
C) systematic desensitization 
D) rational-emotive therapy

Question 6

The heavily prescribed psychoactive drug Prozac is an example of a class of:

Accepted Answer

A) psychoactive medications called first-generation antidepressants. 
B) psychoactive medications called atypical antipsychotics. 
C) antianxiety drugs called atypical tranquilizers. 
D) antidepressants called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). 
A) psychoactive medications called first-generation antidepressants. 
B) psychoactive medications called atypical antipsychotics. 
C) antianxiety drugs called atypical tranquilizers. 
D) antidepressants called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs).

Question 7

A common side effect of ECT is:

Accepted Answer

A) mild brain damage and a greater susceptibility to seizures. 
B) increased anxiety, suicidal thoughts, hallucinations, and coma. 
C) tardive dyskinesia. 
D) temporary or permanent memory loss for the events leading up to the ECT session. 
A) mild brain damage and a greater susceptibility to seizures. 
B) increased anxiety, suicidal thoughts, hallucinations, and coma. 
C) tardive dyskinesia. 
D) temporary or permanent memory loss for the events leading up to the ECT session.

Question 8

Mary Cover Jones is regarded by many psychologists as the:

Accepted Answer

A) first female psychoanalyst. 
B) first person to use cognitive therapy to reduce people's irrational beliefs and fears. 
C) person who pioneered the use of learning principles in the development of virtual reality therapy. 
D) person who pioneered the use of behavioral techniques in therapy. 
A) first female psychoanalyst. 
B) first person to use cognitive therapy to reduce people's irrational beliefs and fears. 
C) person who pioneered the use of learning principles in the development of virtual reality therapy. 
D) person who pioneered the use of behavioral techniques in therapy.

Question 9

Doris was has been offered the choice of two prescription antidepressants that are classified as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, Zoloft or Paxil. Her doctor should warn her that the potential side effects of these drugs include:

Accepted Answer

A) brain aneurysms and blood cloths. 
B) severe, uncontrollable facial tics and grimaces, and chewing movement. 
C) reduced coordination, alertness, and reaction time. 
D) headaches, nervousness, and sexual dysfunction. 
A) brain aneurysms and blood cloths. 
B) severe, uncontrollable facial tics and grimaces, and chewing movement. 
C) reduced coordination, alertness, and reaction time. 
D) headaches, nervousness, and sexual dysfunction.

Question 10

_____, an anticonvulsive, is useful for treating bipolar patients who do not respond to lithium.

Accepted Answer

A) Zoloft 
B) Depakote 
C) Buspar 
D) Clozaril 
A) Zoloft 
B) Depakote 
C) Buspar 
D) Clozaril

Question 11

The medication called Antabuse is used:

Accepted Answer

A) to control hallucinations and delusions associated with severe mental disorders. 
B) as a biomedical therapy to treat chronic anxiety. 
C) in aversive conditioning therapy for alcohol addiction. 
D) as a biomedical therapy to treat bipolar disorder. 
A) to control hallucinations and delusions associated with severe mental disorders. 
B) as a biomedical therapy to treat chronic anxiety. 
C) in aversive conditioning therapy for alcohol addiction. 
D) as a biomedical therapy to treat bipolar disorder.

Question 12

According to Carl Rogers, therapeutic change in client-centered therapy occurs:

Accepted Answer

A) as the client's views of himself and the world become less distorted. 
B) as the client develops insight into unconscious conflicts. 
C) as the therapist teaches the client to challenge irrational beliefs. 
D) when new conditioned responses are learned that inhibit the unhealthy conditioned responses of anxiety, fear, and hopelessness. 
A) as the client's views of himself and the world become less distorted. 
B) as the client develops insight into unconscious conflicts. 
C) as the therapist teaches the client to challenge irrational beliefs. 
D) when new conditioned responses are learned that inhibit the unhealthy conditioned responses of anxiety, fear, and hopelessness.

Question 13

Which of the following statements about aversive conditioning is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A) In general, aversive conditioning is not very effective. 
B) Aversive conditioning attempts to create an unpleasant conditioned response to a harmful stimulus, such as cigarette smoking or alcohol consumption. 
C) Aversive conditioning has been used to treat cigarette smoking, alcohol addiction, and compulsive gambling. 
D) Aversive conditioning is a key component of systematic desensitization. 
A) In general, aversive conditioning is not very effective. 
B) Aversive conditioning attempts to create an unpleasant conditioned response to a harmful stimulus, such as cigarette smoking or alcohol consumption. 
C) Aversive conditioning has been used to treat cigarette smoking, alcohol addiction, and compulsive gambling. 
D) Aversive conditioning is a key component of systematic desensitization.

Question 14

Regarding sexual interactions between client and therapist, which of the following statements is TRUE?

Accepted Answer

A) As long as a client is of legal age, sexual relationships between a client and therapist are both legal and ethical. 
B) Sexual contact between a therapist and client is never ethical. 
C) Although sexual contact is not supposed to take place between therapist and client, if it does occur, it rarely has any detrimental effects on the client. 
D) Sexual interaction between the therapist and the client is a key component of many forms of psychotherapy. 
A) As long as a client is of legal age, sexual relationships between a client and therapist are both legal and ethical. 
B) Sexual contact between a therapist and client is never ethical. 
C) Although sexual contact is not supposed to take place between therapist and client, if it does occur, it rarely has any detrimental effects on the client. 
D) Sexual interaction between the therapist and the client is a key component of many forms of psychotherapy.

Question 15

The most common form of biomedical therapy used to treat the symptoms of psychological disorders is:

Accepted Answer

A) deep brain stimulation (DBS). 
B) psychotropic medications. 
C) electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). 
D) transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). 
A) deep brain stimulation (DBS). 
B) psychotropic medications. 
C) electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). 
D) transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS).

Question 16

Which techniques did Mary Cover Jones use in her successful treatment of a 3-year-old boy named Peter who had a phobia of rabbits?

Accepted Answer

A) dream interpretation, free association, and transference 
B) observational learning and counterconditioning 
C) positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, and shaping 
D) virtual reality (VR) therapy 
A) dream interpretation, free association, and transference 
B) observational learning and counterconditioning 
C) positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, and shaping 
D) virtual reality (VR) therapy

Question 17

Because of the various side effects associated with the first (or typical) antipsychotic medications:

Accepted Answer

A) the number of people hospitalized for schizophrenia and other serious mental disorders steadily increased during the 1960s and 1970s. 
B) patients were required to undergo daily blood tests to monitor liver function and prevent liver failure. 
C) patients who had been discharged from mental hospitals often quit taking the medication and had to be rehospitalized. 
D) schizophrenic patients no longer received neuroleptic medications during the 1960s and 1970s. 
A) the number of people hospitalized for schizophrenia and other serious mental disorders steadily increased during the 1960s and 1970s. 
B) patients were required to undergo daily blood tests to monitor liver function and prevent liver failure. 
C) patients who had been discharged from mental hospitals often quit taking the medication and had to be rehospitalized. 
D) schizophrenic patients no longer received neuroleptic medications during the 1960s and 1970s.

Question 18

Hisaya, a Japanese businessman, spent the last several days meditating upon his obligations to family members and co-workers, the favors that he has received from them, and the problems that he has caused them. Hisaya is probably engaged in which type of psychotherapy?

Accepted Answer

A) network therapy 
B) Naikan therapy 
C) rational-emotive therapy (RET) 
D) psychoanalysis 
A) network therapy 
B) Naikan therapy 
C) rational-emotive therapy (RET) 
D) psychoanalysis

Question 19

To deal with 4-year-old Anne's temper tantrums at home and preschool, the behavior therapist trained Anne's parents and her preschool teachers to modify the problem behavior by using _____ and _____, which are two techniques based on operant conditioning.

Accepted Answer

A) punishment; conditional acceptance 
B) unconditional acceptance; empathic understanding 
C) extinction; positive reinforcement 
D) counterconditioning; systematic desensitization 
A) punishment; conditional acceptance 
B) unconditional acceptance; empathic understanding 
C) extinction; positive reinforcement 
D) counterconditioning; systematic desensitization

Question 20

Who is most likely to have said: "The resistance accompanies the treatment step by step. Every single association, every act of the person under treatment must reckon with the resistance and represents a compromise between the forces that are striving towards recovery and opposing ones?"

Accepted Answer

A) Carl Rogers 
B) Mary Cover Jones 
C) Sigmund Freud 
D) Albert Ellis 
A) Carl Rogers 
B) Mary Cover Jones 
C) Sigmund Freud 
D) Albert Ellis

Exam 14: Section 2: Therapies

As the new field of _____ advances, it may help overcome the trial-and-error nature of prescribing not only antidepressants, but other psychotropic medications as well.

In the 1920s, the famous case of Little Albert demonstrated that:

In Beck's cognitive therapy, the therapist strives to create a therapeutic climate of:

A new experimental treatment for major depressive disorder that does not induce seizures, called _____, involves the surgical implantation of a device that delivers brief, intermittent electrical stimulation via an important nerve that runs through the neck to the brainstem.

When Meredith was 12 years old, she had to endure a very painful dental procedure. Ever since, she has had an intense fear of going to the dentist. Which of the following techniques is most likely to help her overcome her fear of going to the dentist?

The heavily prescribed psychoactive drug Prozac is an example of a class of:

A common side effect of ECT is:

Mary Cover Jones is regarded by many psychologists as the:

Doris was has been offered the choice of two prescription antidepressants that are classified as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, Zoloft or Paxil. Her doctor should warn her that the potential side effects of these drugs include:

_____, an anticonvulsive, is useful for treating bipolar patients who do not respond to lithium.

The medication called Antabuse is used:

According to Carl Rogers, therapeutic change in client-centered therapy occurs:

Which of the following statements about aversive conditioning is FALSE?

Regarding sexual interactions between client and therapist, which of the following statements is TRUE?

The most common form of biomedical therapy used to treat the symptoms of psychological disorders is:

Which techniques did Mary Cover Jones use in her successful treatment of a 3-year-old boy named Peter who had a phobia of rabbits?

Because of the various side effects associated with the first (or typical) antipsychotic medications:

Hisaya, a Japanese businessman, spent the last several days meditating upon his obligations to family members and co-workers, the favors that he has received from them, and the problems that he has caused them. Hisaya is probably engaged in which type of psychotherapy?

To deal with 4-year-old Anne's temper tantrums at home and preschool, the behavior therapist trained Anne's parents and her preschool teachers to modify the problem behavior by using _____ and _____, which are two techniques based on operant conditioning.

Who is most likely to have said: "The resistance accompanies the treatment step by step. Every single association, every act of the person under treatment must reckon with the resistance and represents a compromise between the forces that are striving towards recovery and opposing ones?"

Section 1: Introduction and Research Methods

Section 2: Introduction and Research Methods

Section 3: Introduction and Research Methods

Section 4: Introduction and Research Methods

Section 5: Introduction and Research Methods

Section 1: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 2: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 3: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 4: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 5: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 1: Sensation and Perception

Section 2: Sensation and Perception

Section 3: Sensation and Perception

Section 4: Sensation and Perception

Section 5: Sensation and Perception

Section 1: Consciousness and Its Variations

Section 2: Consciousness and Its Variations

Section 3: Consciousness and Its Variations

Section 4: Consciousness and Its Variations

Section 5: Consciousness and Its Variations

Section 1: Learning

Section 2: Learning

Section 3: Learning

Section 4: Learning

Section 5: Learning

Section 1: Memory

Section 2: Memory

Section 3: Memory

Section 4: Memory

Section 5: Memory

Section 1: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

Section 2: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

Section 3: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

Section 4: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

Section 5: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

Section 1: Motivation and Emotion

Section 2: Motivation and Emotion

Section 3: Motivation and Emotion

Section 4: Motivation and Emotion

Section 5: Motivation and Emotion

Section 1: Lifespan Development

Section 2: Lifespan Development

Section 3: Lifespan Development

Section 4: Lifespan Development

Section 5: Lifespan Development

Section 1: Personality

Section 2: Personality

Section 3: Personality

Section 4: Personality

Section 5: Personality

Section 1: Social Psychology

Section 2: Social Psychology

Section 3: Social Psychology

Section 4: Social Psychology

Section 5: Social Psychology

Section 1: Stress, Health, and Coping

Section 2: Stress, Health, and Coping

Section 3: Stress, Health, and Coping

Section 4: Stress, Health, and Coping

To deal with 4-year-old Anne's temper tantrums at home and preschool, the behavior therapist trained Anne's parents and her preschool teachers to modify the problem behavior by using _ and _, which are two techniques based on operant conditioning.