Question 1

Psychoanalysts would be most likely to discourage patients from

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A)   experiencing strong positive or negative feelings for their therapist.
B)   discontinuing psychotherapy whenever they felt it was no longer necessary.
C)   talking about anxiety-arousing material during therapy.
D)   taking antianxiety drugs during the course of psychotherapy.

Question 2

Stress inoculation training focuses on helping people to

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A)   associate unwanted behaviors with unpleasant experiences.
B)   replace negative self-talk with more positive comments.
C)   associate a pleasant relaxed state with anxiety-arousing stimuli.
D)   establish empathic, caring relationships with others.

Question 3

The construction of an anxiety hierarchy and training in relaxation are important aspects of

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A)   aversive conditioning.
B)   systematic desensitization.
C)   interpersonal psychotherapy.
D)   stress inoculation training.

Question 4

Dr. Byrne is a clinical psychologist who often uses operant conditioning techniques to treat her clients. She also encourages them to modify their thought patterns, and on occasion she interprets their transference behaviors. Dr. Byrne's therapeutic approach would best be described as

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A)   biomedical.
B)   psychoanalytic.
C)   behavioral.
D)   eclectic.

Question 5

Dual-action antidepressant drugs work by increasing the availability of

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A)   dopamine and acetylcholine.
B)   serotonin and dopamine.
C)   acetylcholine and norepinephrine.
D)   norepinephrine and serotonin.

Question 6

Counteracting self-blame by reattributing responsibility for past negative outcomes is a cognitive therapy technique designed to

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A)   reveal beliefs.
B)   test beliefs.
C)   modify beliefs.
D)   rank beliefs.

Question 7

A famous 12-step program is associated with

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

Question 8

The use of antipsychotic drugs for the treatment of schizophrenia best illustrates

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A)   biomedical therapy.
B)   behavior therapy.
C)   psychodynamic therapy.
D)   cognitive therapy.

Question 9

Which of the following individuals is most likely to benefit from lithium?

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A)   Olivia, who experiences delusions and auditory hallucinations
B)   Landon, who experiences a generalized sense of apprehension and anxiety
C)   Miranda, who experiences periods of extreme sadness followed by episodes ofOptimistic overexcitement
D)   Ivan, who experiences sudden brief episodes of intense dread and panic

Question 10

Cognitive-behavioral therapy aims to

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A)   alter the way people act.
B)   make people more aware of their irrational negative thinking.
C)   alter the way people think and act.
D)   countercondition anxiety-provoking stimuli.

Question 11

Psychosurgery involves

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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 12

Among the common ingredients of the psychotherapies is

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A)   the offer of a therapeutic relationship.
B)   the expectation among clients that the therapy will prove helpful.
C)   the chance to develop a fresh perspective on oneself and the world.
D)   all of these are common ingredients.

Question 13

Meta-analysis refers to

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A)   a procedure for statistically combining the results of many different studies.
B)   the use of a variety of therapeutic techniques in the treatment of a single client.
C)   counseling and treatment of troubled individuals by friends, family, and other nonprofessionals.
D)   the technique of simply rephrasing much of what a client says during the course of therapy.

Question 14

A psychodynamic therapist is most likely to

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A)   help patients identify a hierarchy of anxiety-arousing experiences.
B)   suggest interpretive insights regarding patients' difficulties.
C)   recommend the use of antipsychotic drugs during the process of psychotherapy.
D)   encourage depressed patients to take more responsibility for their failures.

Question 15

Tardive dyskinesia is often associated with long-term use of drugs that occupy certain ________ receptor sites.

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

Question 16

Preventive mental health is based on the assumption that psychological disorders result from

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A)   repressed impulses and conflicts.
B)   stressful social situations.
C)   abnormal personality traits.
D)   regression toward the mean.

Question 17

In treating alcohol dependence, therapists have clients consume alcohol that contains a nausea-producing drug. This technique is known as

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A)   operant conditioning.
B)   systematic desensitization.
C)   aversive conditioning.
D)   transference.

Question 18

The best outcome studies for evaluating the effectiveness of psychotherapy typically use

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A)   virtual reality.
B)   token economies.
C)   randomized clinical trials.
D)   rTMS.

Question 19

Therapist David Shapiro helped a patient to realize that he couldn't say "I love you" to his wife because it would feel soft and unmanly. The therapist's efforts best illustrate

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A)   exposure therapy.
B)   stress-inoculation training.
C)   psychodynamic therapy.
D)   rational-emotive behavior therapy.

Question 20

Sluggishness, tremors, and twitches similar to those of Parkinson's disease are most likely to be associated with the excessive use of certain ________ drugs.

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

Exam 16: Psychological Disorders

Among the common ingredients of the psychotherapies is

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Stress inoculation training focuses on helping people to

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Meta-analysis refers to

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