Question 1

Which form of therapy has played the greatest role in contributing to the sharp reduction in the number of residents in U.S. mental hospitals?

Accepted Answer

drug therapy

Question 2

Transference refers to a client\'s Select one: A. conversion of psychological conflicts into physical and behavioral disorders. B. translation of threatening dream content into nonthreatening images. C. expression toward a therapist of feelings linked with earlier life relationships. D. replacement of self-centeredness with a genuine concern for others.

Accepted Answer

C

Question 3

Psychopharmacology involves the study of how Select one: A. exercise alleviates depression. B. diseases influence psychological well-being. C. drugs affect mind and behavior. D. psychosurgery and ECT influence emotions.

Accepted Answer

C

Question 4

Which of the following drugs has been found to be effective in treating the manic episodes associated with bipolar disorder?

Accepted Answer

Depakote

Question 5

Reducing patients\' anxiety by having them repeatedly experience in safe settings the things they fear and often avoid is most central to

Accepted Answer

exposure therapies.

Question 6

A meta-analysis is best described as Select one: A. counseling and treatment of troubled individuals by friends, family, and other nonprofessionals. B. the use of a variety of therapeutic techniques in the treatment of a single client. C. clinical decision making that integrates the best available research with clinical experience and patient characteristics. D. a statistical digest of the results of many different studies.

Accepted Answer

D

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

antipsychotic

Question 8

Which therapeutic approach emphasizes that people are often disturbed because of their negative interpretations of events?

Accepted Answer

cognitive therapy

Question 9

Deep-brain stimulation has been reported to provide relief from

Accepted Answer

depression

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

behavior modification

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

electrodes

Question 12

In which form of therapy is unwanted behavior systematically associated with unpleasant experiences?

Accepted Answer

aversive conditioning

Question 13

Echoing, restating, and clarifying what a client expresses is most central to the process of

Accepted Answer

active listening.

Question 14

Which drugs appear to produce therapeutic effects by blocking receptor sites for dopamine?

Accepted Answer

antipsychotic drugs

Question 15

An eclectic approach to psychotherapy is one that

Accepted Answer

uses techniques from various forms of therapy.

Question 16

The therapeutic alliance refers to Select one: A. the transference of feelings from earlier relationships to client-therapist interactions. B. a program developed by the American Psychological Association to advance evidence-based practice. C. a bond of trust and mutual understanding between a therapist and a client. D. a form of therapy conducted with groups rather than individuals.

Accepted Answer

C

Question 17

Clients often stay in touch with their psychotherapists only if satisfied with the treatment they received. This helps us understand why therapists

Accepted Answer

often overestimate the effectiveness of psychotherapy.

Question 18

Which form of therapy has been criticized for offering interpretations that cannot be proven or disproven?

Accepted Answer

psychoanalysis

Question 19

Which counterconditioning technique is especially helpful when it would be too expensive or too embarrassing for a person to directly confront an anxiety-arousing situation?

Accepted Answer

virtual reality exposure therapy

Question 20

Psychodynamic therapy has been found to be helpful in the treatment of

Accepted Answer

depression

Question 21

One good alternative to antidepressant drugs is

Accepted Answer

aerobic exercise.

Question 22

The placebo effect refers to Select one: A. the use of drugs in the treatment of psychological disorders. B. relief from symptoms without psychotherapy. C. the beneficial consequences of merely expecting that a treatment will be effective. D. the alleviation of depression and anxiety by means of aerobic exercise.

Accepted Answer

C

Question 23

One possible explanation for the delayed effect of antidepressant drugs is that the increased availability of serotonin seems to promote

Accepted Answer

neurogenesis

Question 24

By earning a client\'s trust, empathic and caring therapists promote

Accepted Answer

a therapeutic alliance.

Question 25

Tardive dyskinesia is characterized by

Accepted Answer

involuntary muscle movements.

Question 26

Carl Rogers encouraged client-centered therapists to ________ during the process of therapy.

Accepted Answer

genuinely express their own true feelings

Question 27

Carl Rogers encouraged therapists to foster client growth by exhibiting

Accepted Answer

genuineness, acceptance, and empathy

Question 28

A token economy represents an application of the principles of

Accepted Answer

operant conditioning.

Question 29

Psychoanalysis is most likely to view patient transference as

Accepted Answer

a potential aid to the patient in developing insight.

Question 30

An important component of psychoanalysis is

Accepted Answer

dream analysis

Question 31

Psychosurgery involves

Accepted Answer

removing or destroying brain tissue.

Question 32

Which form of therapy most directly encourages clients to question their reasoning, decatastrophize their thinking, and reattribute responsibility for past outcomes?

Accepted Answer

cognitive therapy

Question 33

Lithium is often an effective ________ drug.

Accepted Answer

mood-stabilizing

Question 34

Which of the following approaches to therapy would most likely involve efforts to understand an adult\'s psychological disorder by exploring that person\'s childhood experiences?

Accepted Answer

psychoanalysis

Question 35

Psychological research on the principles of learning has most directly influenced the development of

Accepted Answer

behavior therapies.

Question 36

Helping people gain insight into the unconscious origins of their disorder is a central aim of

Accepted Answer

psychoanalysis

Question 37

Systematic desensitization involves Select one: A. associating a pleasant relaxed state with anxiety-arousing stimuli. B. depriving a client access to an addictive drug. C. replacing a positive response to a harmful stimulus with a negative response. D. associating unwanted behaviors with unpleasant experiences.

Accepted Answer

A

Question 38

An antianxiety drug has been found to help relieve the symptoms of

Accepted Answer

obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Question 39

Carl Rogers referred to a caring, nonjudgmental attitude as

Accepted Answer

unconditional positive regard.

Question 40

Systematic desensitization is a form of ________, which is a type of ________.

Accepted Answer

counterconditioning; behavior therapy

Question 41

To reduce a patient\'s fear of certain medical procedures, a therapist repeatedly paired the sight of a hypodermic needle that triggered a learned fear response with the taste of chocolate that triggered an unlearned sense of pleasure. The therapist was most clearly using a technique involving

Accepted Answer

classical conditioning.

Question 42

Empathic understanding of the patient\'s subjective experiences is a major goal of

Accepted Answer

client-centered therapy.

Question 43

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

Accepted Answer

serotonin

Question 44

Systematic desensitization is based on the idea that ________ in fear-provoking situations can gradually eliminate anxiety.

Accepted Answer

relaxation

Question 45

Humanistic therapists are likely to teach clients to

Accepted Answer

take more responsibility for their own feelings and actions.

Question 46

Compared with first-generation antipsychotic drugs such as chlorpromazine, newer-generation antipsychotic drugs such as risperidone and olanzapine have ________ side effects and work best for those with _______ symptoms of schizophrenia.

Accepted Answer

fewer; severe

Question 47

In which approach to therapy do psychotherapists expect that patients are often motivated to resist discussing anxiety-laden material?

Accepted Answer

psychoanalysis

Question 48

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

Accepted Answer

aversive conditioning.

Question 49

A central therapeutic technique of psychoanalysis is

Accepted Answer

free association.

Question 50

A procedure that trains people to make new responses to stimuli that currently trigger unwanted responses is called

Accepted Answer

counterconditioning

Question 51

Psychological disorders that can be overcome with techniques such as counterconditioning are most likely to be treated with

Accepted Answer

psychotherapy.

Question 52

The process of systematic desensitization is most likely to require patients to

Accepted Answer

construct a list of anxiety-triggering situations

Question 53

Two counterconditioning techniques for replacing unwanted responses are

Accepted Answer

aversive conditioning and exposure therapy.

Question 54

The treatment of serious psychological disorders with prescribed medications or medical procedures that directly influence the nervous system is called

Accepted Answer

biomedical therapy

Question 55

Systematic desensitization involves replacing a negative response to a harmless stimulus with a positive response, whereas ________ involves replacing a positive response to a harmful stimulus with a negative response.

Accepted Answer

aversive conditioning

Question 56

An integrative therapy that aims to modify both self-defeating thinking and maladaptive actions is known as

Accepted Answer

cognitive-behavioral therapy.

Question 57

The least-used biomedical intervention for changing thoughts and behavior is

Accepted Answer

psychosurgery

Question 58

The placebo effect refers to Select one: A. relief from symptoms without psychotherapy. B. the alleviation of depression and anxiety by means of aerobic exercise. C. the use of drugs in the treatment of psychological disorders. D. the beneficial consequences of merely expecting that a treatment will be effective.

Accepted Answer

C

Question 59

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

Accepted Answer

dopamine

Question 60

Which of the following is a type of exposure therapy?

Accepted Answer

systematic desensitization

Question 61

Xanax and Ativan are ________ drugs.

Accepted Answer

antianxiety

Question 62

Which treatment procedure involves the application of repeated pulses of magnetic energy to the brain?

Accepted Answer

rTMS

Question 63

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

Accepted Answer

randomized clinical trials.

Question 64

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors are frequently prescribed for the treatment of

Accepted Answer

depression

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