Question 1

Research discussed in your textbook suggests that virtual reality exposure therapy might help:

Accepted Answer

A) suicidal adolescents. 
B) girls and young women with negative body-image issues. 
C) people with substance abuse problems. 
D) soldiers returning from combat with PTSD.

Question 2

Cognitive models of therapy tend to focus on:

Accepted Answer

A) corrective emotional experiences. 
B) changing thinking processes. 
C) removing symptoms. 
D) fulfilling one's potential.

Question 3

Trina attempts to overcome her fear of clowns by learning how to shift from a feeling of tension to one of calm and relaxation.Next she is asked to imagine different situations,each more anxiety-provoking than the previous.She only proceeds to the next situation if she can maintain her feeling of relaxation.Trina's therapist is using ________ to remove her fear.

Accepted Answer

A) exposure therapy 
B) modeling 
C) client-centered therapy 
D) systematic desensitization

Question 4

According to your textbook,analysis of several studies investigating the effectiveness of the self-help book Feeling Good suggests that self-help books probably have:

Accepted Answer

A) no effect. 
B) a negative (detrimental)effect. 
C) a large positive effect. 
D) a positive effect,but the effect seems small.

Question 5

For which of these problems would systematic desensitization most likely be used?

Accepted Answer

A) Joe has been depressed for two years. 
B) Ken is sexually attracted to young children. 
C) As a result of schizophrenia,David does not interact with members of his family. 
D) A fear of heights restricts Alice's enrollment to classes that meet on the first floor.

Question 6

According to Rogers,people brought up with conditional positive regard _______.

Accepted Answer

A) tend to be vain and narcissistic 
B) tend to act as if they were orally fixated 
C) feel valued regardless of their attitudes and behaviors 
D) live lives directed toward what others want and value

Question 7

In client-centered therapy,this nonjudgmental acceptance of all feelings the patient expresses is known as:

Accepted Answer

A) unconditional bipositive regard. 
B) unconditional negative regard. 
C) unconditional positive regard. 
D) unconditional neutral regard.

Question 8

According to your textbook,two of the major barriers to mental health treatment are:

Accepted Answer

A) time and money. 
B) a lack therapists and racism. 
C) rigid diagnostic criteria for mental illness and insurance companies. 
D) pharmaceutical companies and medical lobbyists.

Question 9

Originally developed by the Portuguese surgeon Antonio Moniz,the lobotomy procedure was "perfected" and popularized in the United States by ____________.

Accepted Answer

A) Albert Ellis 
B) Walter Freeman 
C) Henry Stack Sullivan 
D) Aaron Beck

Question 10

Franco feels like he fails at everything he tries.His cognitive-behavioral therapist helps Franco change this overly pessimistic view of himself and helps Franco to focus on more productive and rational thoughts.This part of cognitive-behavioral therapy is called

Accepted Answer

A) cognitive restructuring. 
B) stress inoculation training. 
C) transference. 
D) exposure.

Question 11

According to your textbook,which of the following is true regarding the effectiveness of psychodynamic therapies?

Accepted Answer

A) Psychodynamic therapies are ineffective in treating psychological disorders. 
B) Psychodynamic therapies are extremely effective in treating almost all psychological disorders. 
C) The effectiveness of psychodynamic therapies has never been scientifically tested. 
D) Psychodynamic therapies may be effective for less serious disorders,but does not work well for people with severe mental illness.

Question 12

Tardive dyskinesia is a side effect of _______.

Accepted Answer

A) barbiturate use 
B) psychosurgery 
C) ECT 
D) antipsychotic drugs

Question 13

Freud believed that with insight and better understanding of past experiences,his patients' symptoms would improve.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Rihanna goes to a mental health professional for help with her depression.While waiting for the therapist,she notices the medical degree hanging on the wall in the office.At the end of the session,the therapist writes Rihanna a prescription for an antidepressant drug.Rihanna's therapist is a ______________.

Accepted Answer

A) clinical social worker 
B) psychiatrist 
C) clinical psychologist 
D) counseling psychologist

Question 15

_____ involves a process in which the client faces feared situations gradually and under controlled conditions.

Accepted Answer

A) Client-centered therapy 
B) Family therapy 
C) Insight therapy 
D) Exposure therapy

Question 16

Which form of biological therapy would a psychiatrist be most likely to suggest for a client?

Accepted Answer

A) electroconvulsive therapy 
B) psychopharmacotherapy 
C) psychosurgery 
D) deep brain stimulation

Question 17

Juan is so afraid of germs that he wears gloves when opening doors.He is encouraged by his therapist to imitate a person in a video who demonstrates opening a door,step-by-step,without wearing gloves.Which technique is his therapist using?

Accepted Answer

A) flooding 
B) modeling 
C) systematic desensitization 
D) aversive conditioning

Question 18

What does it mean to say that a therapy has "empirical support"?

Accepted Answer

A) Insurance companies prefer it. 
B) Therapists prefer to use it. 
C) Research studies confirm that it is effective compared to no treatment and possibly compared to other alternatives. 
D) Research studies demonstrate that it can do a better job than drugs.

Question 19

Members of these racial and ethnic minority groups are less likely to seek mental health services than are Caucasian Americans.

Accepted Answer

A) Asian and African Americans 
B) Asian Americans and Latinos 
C) Hispanic and African Americans 
D) Hispanic and Caucasians

Question 20

As a result of the ____________________ movement,very few people with mental illness are kept in psychiatric hospitals for extended periods anymore.

Accepted Answer

The answer of As a result of the ____________________ movement,very...

Exam 14: Therapies