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Dylan is a second-year undergraduate who feels so incompetent that he believes his life is worthless and hopeless. Dylan would profit the most from


A) Jones' counterconditioning.
B) Wolpe's systematic desensitization.
C) Beck's cognitive therapy.
D) Shapiro's EMDR.

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Family therapy differs from other forms of psychotherapy because it focuses on


A) using a variety of treatment techniques.
B) conscious rather than unconscious processes.
C) the present instead of the past.
D) how family tensions may cause individual problems.

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Light exposure therapy sparks activity in a brain region that influences


A) the body's arousal.
B) tardive dyskinesia.
C) animal magnetism.
D) transference.

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The relentless rehearsal of overgeneralized and self-blaming thought by depressed clients is called


A) aversive conditioning.
B) catastrophizing.
C) systematic desensitization.
D) tardive dyskinesia.

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Repeatedly introducing people to things they fear and avoid is most characteristic of


A) the double-blind procedure.
B) exposure therapies.
C) behavior modification.
D) rTMS.

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Deep-brain stimulation involves the implantation of ________ into the brain.


A) DNA
B) lithium
C) electrodes
D) new nerve cells

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To reduce his daughter's fear of the dark, Mr. Chew would hug and gently rock her immediately after turning off the lights at bedtime. Mr. Chew's strategy best illustrates the technique of


A) cognitive-behavioral therapy.
B) light exposure therapy.
C) free association.
D) counterconditioning.

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Lithium reduces bipolar patients' vulnerability to


A) future obesity.
B) significant cognitive decline.
C) transference.
D) tardive dyskinesia.

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Patients receive a general anesthetic and muscle relaxant prior to treatment with


A) rTMS.
B) EMDR.
C) SSRIs.
D) ECT.

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Although Dr. Anderson uses systematic desensitization for the treatment of phobias, he prescribes antianxiety drugs as well. It is most likely that Dr. Anderson is a


A) psychoanalyst.
B) client-centered therapist.
C) cognitive therapist.
D) psychiatrist.

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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


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

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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.


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

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Identifying and eliminating the socially stressful conditions that contribute to psychological disorders is of most central interest to the advocates of


A) systematic desensitization.
B) the biomedical therapies.
C) preventive mental health.
D) cognitive-behavioral therapy.

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Treating our mind and body as independent entities seems especially inappropriate to those who take a ________ approach to therapy.


A) biopsychosocial
B) classical conditioning
C) psychoanalytic
D) client-centered

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Which biomedical therapy is MOST likely to be practiced today?


A) psychosurgery
B) electroconvulsive therapy
C) drug therapy
D) counterconditioning

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Xanax and Ativan are ________ drugs.


A) antidepressant
B) antipsychotic
C) mood-stabilizing
D) antianxiety

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Which therapeutic approach relies most heavily on patients' discovering their own ways of effectively dealing with their difficulties?


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

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Which of the following types of therapy does NOT belong with the others?


A) cognitive therapy
B) family therapy
C) behavior therapy
D) psychosurgery

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Restating and clarifying what another person says is central to


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

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Prozac is an antidepressant drug that partially blocks the reabsorption and removal of ________ from synapses.


A) serotonin
B) dopamine
C) acetylcholine
D) chlorpromazine

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