Question 1

In a residential treatment facility for troubled youth, adolescent children receive large colored buttons when they hang up their clothes, make their beds, and come to meals on time. The children return the buttons to staff members in order to receive bedtime snacks or watch TV. This best illustrates an application of:

Accepted Answer

Operant conditioning

Question 2

When Murli told his therapist, \"I came to see what you could do for me,\" the therapist responded, \"It sounds like you\'re feeling you need some help. Am I right?\" The therapist\'s response reflects the technique of:

Accepted Answer

Active listening

Question 3

The biomedical treatment most widely used today is:

Accepted Answer

Drug Therapy

Question 4

Albert Ellis emphasizes that emotional disturbances result from:

Accepted Answer

Irrational thinking

Question 5

Which of the following therapies is more concerned with removing specific troubling symptoms than with providing special insights into the personality of the client?

Accepted Answer

Behavior therapy

Question 6

Although Moniz won the Nobel prize for developing the lobotomy procedure, the technique is not widely used today because:

Accepted Answer

All of the above reasons: >It produces a lethargic, immature personality >It is irreversible >Calming drugs become available in the 1950s

Question 7

The operant conditioning technique in which desired behaviors are rewarded with points or poker chips that can later be exchanged for various rewards is called:

Accepted Answer

A token economy

Question 8

Which of the following treatments is most likely to be used only with severely depressed patients?

Accepted Answer

Electroconvulsive therapy

Question 9

The interpretation of dreams is most closely associated with:

Accepted Answer

Psychoanalysis

Question 10

Systematic desensitization is a form of:

Accepted Answer

Exposure therapy

Question 11

Abraham\'s doctor prescribes medication that increases the availability of norepinephrine or serotonin in his nervous system. Evidently, Abraham is being treated with an ____ drug

Accepted Answer

Antidepressant

Question 12

Which form of therapy is most criticized for being too lengthy and time-consuming?

Accepted Answer

Psychoanalysis

Question 13

Light-exposure therapy has proven useful as a form of treatment for people suffering from:

Accepted Answer

Seasonal affective disorder

Question 14

Antipsychotic drugs have proved helpful in the treatment of:

Accepted Answer

Schizophrenia

Question 15

Psychoanalytic techniques are designed primarily to help clients:

Accepted Answer

Become aware of their repressed conflicts and impulses

Question 16

Of the following therapists, who would be most likely to interpret a person?s psychological problems in terms of repressed impulses?

Accepted Answer

A psychoanalyst

Question 17

A therapist who uses a variety of psychological theories and therapeutic methods is said to be:

Accepted Answer

Eclectic

Question 18

A therapist helps Rebecca overcome her fear of water by getting her to swim in the family\'s backyard pool three times a day for two consecutive weeks. The therapist\'s approach to helping Rebecca best illustrates:

Accepted Answer

Exposure Therapy

Question 19

Because she mistakenly believes that a new herbal remedy will help her lose weight, Mrs. Redding has begun feeling a considerable reduction in her appetite. This best illustrates:

Accepted Answer

The placebo effect

Question 20

Who emphasized the importance of transference in the therapeutic process?

Accepted Answer

Sigmund Freud

Question 21

Which type of psychotherapy emphasizes the individual\'s inherent potential for self-fulfillment?

Accepted Answer

Humanistic therapy

Question 22

Carl Rogers is known for the development of:

Accepted Answer

Person-centered therapy

Question 23

The double-blind technique is most likely to be used in evaluating the effectiveness of

Accepted Answer

Drug therapies

Question 24

Sheena\'s therapist tells her to relax, close her eyes, and state aloud whatever comes to mind no matter how trivial or absurd. The therapist is using a technique that is central to:

Accepted Answer

Psychoanalysis

Question 25

During her weekly therapy sessions, Sabrina will often abruptly shift the focus of her attention and lose her train of thought. A psychoanalyst would suggest that this illustrates:

Accepted Answer

Resistance

Question 26

A physician who specializes in the treatment of psychological disorders is called a:

Accepted Answer

Psychiatrst

Question 27

In order to help Adam reduce his fear of dogs, a therapist encourages him to physically relax and then simply imagine that he is walking toward a friendly and harmless little dog. The therapist\'s technique best illustrates:

Accepted Answer

Systematic desensitization

Question 28

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

Accepted Answer

Miranada, who experiences periods of extreme sadness followed by episodes of optimistic overexcitement

Question 29

The placebo effect best illustrates the importance of _______ in therapeutic success.

Accepted Answer

Cognitive processed

Question 30

Electroconvulsive therapy is most useful in the treatment of

Accepted Answer

Depression

Question 31

Freud is to ________ as Rogers is to ________.

Accepted Answer

Free association; Active listening

Question 32

Surgically cutting the nerves connecting the frontal lobes to the emotion-controlling centers of the inner brain is called:

Accepted Answer

A lobotomy

Question 33

Given that Jim\'s therapist attempts to help him by offering genuineness, acceptance, and empathy, she is probably practicing

Accepted Answer

Client centered therapy

Question 34

In which operant conditioning procedure are positive reinforcers given for desired behaviors?

Accepted Answer

A token economy

Question 35

Which type of therapy focuses on eliminating irrational thinking?

Accepted Answer

Cognitive therapy

Question 36

In order to help Janet overcome her nearly irresistible craving for chocolate, a therapist provides her with a supply of chocolate candies that contain solidified droplets of a harmless but very bitter-tasting substance. This approach to treatment best illustrates:

Accepted Answer

Aversive conditioning

Question 37

Who emphasized the importance of active listening in the process of psychotherapy?

Accepted Answer

Carl Rogers

Question 38

Cognitive therapists are most likely to:

Accepted Answer

Emphasize the importance of clients\' personal interpretations of life events

Question 39

Leota is startled when her therapist says that she needs to focus on eliminating her problem behavior rather than gaining insight into it?s underlying cause. Most likely, Leota has consulted a _____ therapist.

Accepted Answer

Behavior

Question 40

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

Free association

Question 41

What would be most helpful for encouraging mentally retarded adults to make their beds every morning?

Accepted Answer

A toek economy

Question 42

To help Sam quit smoking, his therapist blew a blast of smoke into Sam\'s face each time Sam inhaled. Which technique is the therapist using?

Accepted Answer

Aversive conditioning

Question 43

Which of the following therapists made the most extensive use of free association?

Accepted Answer

Sigmund Freud

Question 44

When people are forced to face situations that make them extremely fearful, their fear often begins to extinguish. This fact underlies the use of a procedure known as:

Accepted Answer

Systematic Desensitization

Question 45

Of the following individuals, who is most likely to benefit from therapeutic drugs that block receptor sites for dopamine?

Accepted Answer

Betsy, who hears imaginary voices telling her she will soon be killed

Question 46

Alex feels so hopeless and depressed that he has recently thought about taking his own life. The drug most likely to prove beneficial to him is:

Accepted Answer

Prozac

Question 47

Light exposure therapy has proven useful as a form of treatment for people suffering from:

Accepted Answer

Seasonal Affective Disorder

Question 48

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

Accepted Answer

Psychiatrist

Question 49

Which of the following drugs is most likely to provide schizophrenia patients with some relief from their auditory hallucinations and paranoia?

Accepted Answer

Thorazine

Question 50

An increase in the availability of neurotransmitters such as norepinephrine and serotonin is most likely to result from the administration of ________ drugs.

Accepted Answer

Antidepressant

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