Psych 342 Ch. 3 Quiz Wiggins – Flashcards
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Which neuroimaging test takes X rays of the brain's structure at different angles and then combines those images?
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CAT Scan
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Research indicates that which of the following factors affects the outcome of therapy?
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Therapist's sense of well-being
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_________ tests require that clients interpret vague stimuli, such as inkblots or ambiguous pictures, or follow open-ended instructions, such as to "Draw a person, place, or tree".
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Projective
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States of anxiety regularly increase the following physiological aspects EXCEPT:
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Hunger
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A number of studies suggest that more than ______ percent of patients actually seem to get worse because of therapy.
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5-10
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Which evidence-based treatment is considered highly effective for phobias?
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Behavioral Therapy
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Which is an argument for doing away with diagnoses?
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Diagnostic labels can be self-fulfilling prophecies.
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Who developed the first modern classification system for abnormal behavior in 1883?
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Kraeplin
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In the US, ______ percent of people qualify for three or more diagnoses during their lives.
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17.3
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There are more than ______ forms of therapy currently practiced in the clinical field today.
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400
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What is the measure of the consistency of test or research results?
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Reliability
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In the DSM-5, the term "mental retardation" has been replaced with the term:
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"Intellectual disability"
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The most recent DSM was published in:
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2013
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What percent of Americans report that they would NOT seek counseling for fear of being labeled "mentally ill"?
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33
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In order to help clinicians become more familiar with and apply research findings, there is an ever-growing movement in the US, the UK, and other parts of the world called ____________ treatment.
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Empirically supported
