AP Psych Unit 13 – Flashcards
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Psychological disorders that researchers believe are learned: phobias, most likely treated with....
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psychotherapy
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Schizophrenia is a disorder that is MOST likely to be treated with...
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biomedical therapies
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A therapist who takes an eclectic approach is one who
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uses variety psychological theories &therapeutic approaches
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Free association involves the
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uncensored reporting of any thoughts that come to mind
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The expression toward a therapist of feelings linked with earlier relationships is known as
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transference
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Psychoanalysts would be most likely to discourage patients from
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discontinue psychotherapy whenever it felt like it was no longer necessary
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Which form of therapy is likely to be criticized for being too expensive and time-consuming
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psychoanalysis
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Interpersonal therapy focuses primarily on helping people to
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improve their relationship skills
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Freud is to _____ as Rogers is to _____.
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free association;active listening
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Humanistic therapists are most likely to
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emphasize importance self-awareness psych. adjustment
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Carl Rogers is known for the development of
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client-centered therapy
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The healing power of insight &self-awareness is LEAST likely to be emphasized by __ therapists
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behavior
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Procedure trains people to make new responses to stimuli currently trigger unwanted responses
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counterconditioning
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Mary Cover Jones said 3yr.old Peter lost fear of rabbits when repeatedly shown them; this is
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exposure therapies
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Systematic desensitization involves
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associating pleasant relaxed statew/anxiety arousing stimuli
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Virtual reality exposure therapy is most likely to prove effective in the treatment of
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Phobias
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Treating alcohol depend. therapists have clients consume alcohol that has nausea-producing drug
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aversive conditioning
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The practice of ________ is based on the application of operant conditioning principles
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behavior modification
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Proponents of__say maintaining patient behaviors w/pos. rewards more humane relying punishment
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token economies
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Peter's depressed bc he thinks teacher's study tips = he's going to fail;he wld be helped by
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cognitive therapy
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The psychologist known for challenging people's absurd self-defeating ideas is
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Albert Ellis
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Joe-undergraduate feels incompetent&believes life's worthless&hopeless;wld profit most from
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Beck's cognitive therapy
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Stress inoculation training focuses on helping people to
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replace negative self-talk with more positive comments
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A famous 12-step program is associated with
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AA
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People enter psychotherapy during crisis; helps us understand why they
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tend to overestimate effectiveness of psychotherapy
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ESP subjects defy chance 1st tested always lose "psychic powers" retested;decline effect is
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regression toward the mean
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The best outcome studies for evaluating the effectiveness of psychotherapy typically use
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randomized clinical trials
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Which of following is procedure for statistically combining results of many different studies?
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meta-analysis
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Which form of psychotherapy especially effective in coping w/depression&reducing suicide risk?
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cognitive therapy
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Psychotherapy is MOST likely to be effective in freeing
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Jim from an excessive fear of giving speeches in public
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Which of the following treatment approaches has received little or no scientific support?
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energy therapies
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Increasingly, insurer and government support for mental health services requires
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evidence-based practice
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EMDR is most similar to a technique known as
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systematic desensitization
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EMDR was originally developed for the treatment of
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anxiety
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Light exposure therapy was developed to relieve symptoms of
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depression
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Three benefits attributed to all psychotherapies are
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hope, a new perspective, and a caring relationship
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By earning a client's trust, empathic and caring therapists promote
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a therapeutic alliance
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In 1 experiment, Asian-American clients were more likely to perceive counselor empathy if they
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shared the clients' cultural values
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What do psychologists call personal strengths that help people cope with stress?
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resilience
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Psychopharmacology involves the study of how:
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drugs affect mind and behavior
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The double-blind procedure involves
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patients/staff don't know if patient get drug/placebo
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Which drug provided most help to schizophrenia patients who experience auditory hallucination & paranoia?
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Thorazine
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Which drugs appear to produce therapeutic effects by blocking receptor sites for dopamine?
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antipsychotic drugs
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Xanax would most likely be prescribed in order to help
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Jerome overcome feeling nervous apprehension&inability relax
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Unpleasant withdrawal symptoms following discontinued use of antianxiety drug are indicative of
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physiological dependence
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Prozac, Zoloft, and Paxil are called SSRIs because they
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slow normal reabsorption of excess serotonin from synapses
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The approach that helped children with autism learn to function successfully in school involves
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operant conditioning
