Question 1

Several widely used antidepressant drugs are most often called ________ because they are used in treating disorders other than depression-from anxiety to strokes.

Accepted Answer

A)   placebos
B)   mood-stabilizing medications
C)   selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
D)   norepinephrine blockers

Question 2

Researchers are exploring the possible use of quicker-acting antidepressants such as ketamine,which blocks receptor sites for the neurotransmitter

Accepted Answer

A)   serotonin.
B)   norepinephrine.
C)   dopamine.
D)   glutamate.

Question 3

Principles of operant conditioning have most directly influenced the development of

Accepted Answer

A)   cognitive therapies.
B)   humanistic therapies.
C)   behavior therapies.
D)   psychodynamic therapies.

Question 4

Which of the following is considered to be the most nondirective form of therapy?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 5

As a psychotherapist,Dr.Buist does not analyze people's motives or diagnose the nature of their difficulties because he believes that they are in the best position to diagnose and solve their own problems.Dr.Buist's position is most characteristic of ________ therapy.

Accepted Answer

A)   cognitive
B)   psychodynamic
C)   operant conditioning
D)   client-centered

Question 6

Psychosurgery involves

Accepted Answer

A)   passing an electric current through the entire brain.
B)   injecting lithium directly into the limbic system.
C)   removing or destroying brain tissue.
D)   all of these procedures.

Question 7

The construction of a list of anxiety-triggering situations and training in relaxation are important aspects of

Accepted Answer

A)   aversive conditioning.
B)   systematic desensitization.
C)   dialectical behavior therapy.
D)   client-centered therapy.

Question 8

Believing in their own professional competence,psychotherapists are often more likely to notice and remember their treatment successes than their failures.This best illustrates a vulnerability to

Accepted Answer

A)   meta-analysis.
B)   confirmation bias.
C)   collectivism.
D)   the placebo effect.

Question 9

In the United States,managed health care has limited the number of psychotherapy sessions that may be covered by insurance.This is particularly likely to discourage the widespread practice of

Accepted Answer

A)   virtual reality exposure therapy.
B)   behavior modification.
C)   cognitive therapies.
D)   psychoanalysis.

Question 10

Psychoanalysis is most likely to view patient transference as

Accepted Answer

A)   a symptom of depression.
B)   a sign of healthy personality development.
C)   a potential aid to the patient in developing insight.
D)   evidence that no further therapy is needed.

Question 11

Compared with placebos,antidepressant drugs provide ________ benefits to patients with severe symptoms of depression and ________ benefits to patients with mild symptoms of depression.

Accepted Answer

A)   minimal;substantial
B)   substantial;minimal
C)   minimal;minimal
D)   substantial;substantial

Question 12

Carl Rogers encouraged therapists to genuinely express their own true feelings during their interactions with clients.He also encouraged therapists to refrain from directing clients toward certain insights.Explain how a therapist might be genuine and nondirective and still be able to help a client who feels ashamed of his or her physical appearance and is intensely anxious about developing close friendships.

Accepted Answer

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Question 13

Critics of ________ have expressed a concern that appropriate patient behaviors will disappear following the discontinuation of a token economy.

Accepted Answer

A)   cognitive therapy
B)   transference
C)   behavior modification
D)   unconditional positive regard

Question 14

AA participants whose personal stories include a ________ narrative are more often successful in sustaining sobriety.

Accepted Answer

A)   death-anxiety
B)   redemptive
C)   social connection
D)   self-victimization

Question 15

While focusing on several intrusive thoughts that had been bothering her recently,Jenny was instructed by her therapist to report any ideas or memories stimulated by these thoughts.Jenny's therapist was making use of a technique known as

Accepted Answer

A)   active listening.
B)   free association.
C)   systematic desensitization.
D)   transference.

Question 16

There is little or no scientific support for the therapeutic effectiveness of

Accepted Answer

A)   systematic desensitization.
B)   aversive conditioning.
C)   rebirthing therapies.
D)   cognitive-behavioral therapy.

Question 17

Deep-brain stimulation has been reported to provide relief from

Accepted Answer

A)   dissociative disorders.
B)   phobias.
C)   schizophrenia.
D)   depression.

Question 18

During psychotherapy,Sharon talked about a dream in which she jumped off a sinking boat in order to avoid drowning.Sharon's psychoanalyst suggested that the dream imagery reflected her desperate efforts to cope with her failing marriage.The analyst's suggestion best illustrates the practice of

Accepted Answer

A)   transference.
B)   systematic desensitization.
C)   free association.
D)   interpretation.

Question 19

A useful feature of group therapy is that it

Accepted Answer

A)   ensures that therapists will become more emotionally involved in clients' real-life problems.
B)   eliminates the possibility that clients will experience anxiety during therapy.
C)   encourages clients to improve their communication skills.
D)   enables severely disturbed individuals to quickly regain normal social functioning.

Question 20

A psychoanalyst who notes the supposed meaning of a patient's dream in order to provide the patient with new insight is engaging in

Accepted Answer

A)   transference.
B)   interpretation.
C)   counterconditioning.
D)   free association.

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