Question 1

A belief that people with mental illnesses should be treated humanely and with compassion.

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Moral therapy was characterized by:

Question 2

Is relatively stable.

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According to the text, personality:

Question 3

Deinstitutionalization

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______ describes the social policy of redirecting the care of people with severe mental disorders from state mental hospitals towards community-based treatment settings.

Question 4

Social loafing.

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The tendency for people to reduce their efforts when working as part of a group is called:

Question 5

Talk therapy.

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As discussed in the text, a popular term often used to describe psychotherapy is:

Question 6

What we are thinking and feeling at any given moment in time.

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Freud\'s psychoanalytic theory posits that the conscious part of the mind consists of:

Question 7

Vernon, who administers electro convulsive therapy to people experiencing severe depression.

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All of the following mental health professionals are psychotherapists EXCEPT:

Question 8

Foot-in-the-door

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Shiloh is asked by a neighbor to sign a petition supporting a local politician and agrees. A week later, the neighbor asks for a donation to the candidate. The neighbor realizes that asking someone for a small favor makes it easier to convince that person to do a larger favor at a later time. Which technique of persuasion takes advantage of this principle?

Question 9

Must have earned a doctoral degree and passed a licensing exam.

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As a clinical psychologist, Dr. Berne:

Question 10

Regression.

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After 6 year old Samantha\'s baby brother was born, she stated to have temper tantrums the way she had when she was two. This may be a case of:

Question 11

Free association.

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During a visit to his therapist, Ishmael was asked to begin talking about whatever was on his mind even if it seems trivial or irrelevant. This example describes:

Question 12

When asked to choose a line that was the same length as a test line, subjects would rather offer a wrong answer than dissent from their peers.

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What was the surprising finding of Asch\'s research study?

Question 13

Client-centered therapy, gestalt therapy

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Humanistic therapy encompasses_____ and _____.

Question 14

Behaving in a way that is opposite of ones true desire to keep them repressed.

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Reaction formation is:

Question 15

Accurately mirrors the clients experiences and feelings.

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In client-centered therapy, the therapist demonstrates empathy when s/he:

Question 16

Dr. Reeves says, \"Interpersonal violence takes place in the context of poverty, unemployment, and violent communities.\"

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From the text: a group of psychologist discuss the causes of aggression. Which psychologist speaks form a sociocultural perspective?

Question 17

Lack of emphasis on the client\'s subjective experience in the present.

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With which aspect of psychoanalysis was Fritz Perls most disillusioned, to the extent that he made it a core aspect of his own therapeutic technique?

Question 18

A collective unconscious.

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A major contribution of Jung to the psycho dynamic approach was his belief in:

Question 19

Systematic desensitization

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Callie is participating in a behavior therapy method in which her therapist first teaches her relaxation techniques. Based on this description, what is most likely to be Callie\'s therapy of choice?

Question 20

prejudice

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All of the following may help explain the inaction of witnesses in the famous case of Kitty Genovese EXCEPT:

Question 21

virtual therapy

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Computer technology has been used for a new form of exposure therapy called:

Question 22

It places too much emphasis on social influences.

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Psychodynamic theory has been criticized on all EXCEPT which of the following grounds?

Question 23

cognitive; rational-emotive behavior

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Aaron Beck developed __________ therapy, and Albert Ellis developed __________ therapy.

Question 24

is similar to her in physical attractiveness.

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From the textbook: the matching hypothesis predicts that Sandra will look for a partner who:

Question 25

irrational belief

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Paul was not given a promotion. He feels upset and disappointed because he thinks of himself as a failure who will never succeed. From the perspective of rational-emotive behavior therapy, his view of himself is the:

Question 26

three; cardinal, central, and secondary traits

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Allport proposed __________ types of traits in the personality, and they are called __________.

Question 27

integrate approaches from many different schools of therapy.

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Eclectic therapists:

Question 28

physical appearance.

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Research evidence on romantic attraction suggests that the major determinant of initial attraction is:

Question 29

empirically-supported treatments.

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Therapies that are judged to have demonstrated effectiveness in scientifically-based studies are called:

Question 30

source traits.

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In Cattell\'s model, characteristics of personality that are composed of, or give rise to, traits that can be inferred from behavior but not directly observed are called:

Question 31

There are four major groupings of psychotropic drugsâantianxiety, antidepressant, antipsychotic, and antisomatic.

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Regarding psychotropic drugs, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Question 32

Likeability

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Using models (female or male) to sell automobiles most directly addresses which aspect of the source?

Question 33

three; MAO inhibitors, tricyclics, and selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitors

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There are __________ major types of antidepressants, and they are called __________.

Question 34

Introversion-extraversion, neuroticism, and psychoticism

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Eysenck\'s model of personality posits that personality is based on combinations of which three traits?

Question 35

the elaboration likelihood model

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According to __________, people are more likely to carefully evaluate a persuasive message when their motivational state is high and when they have the ability or knowledge to evaluate the information.

Question 36

Lithium

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Gail suffers from bipolar disorder. Which drug is her doctor likely to prescribe to help stabilize her mood swings?

Question 37

increase the risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in children.

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Dr. Albert, a psychiatrist, is treating nine-year-old Edward for childhood depression. So far, he has used only cognitive therapy with the child. \"I can\'t understand why you don\'t just give us a prescription for Prozac,\" says Edward\'s mother. Dr. Albert might accurately respond by pointing out that antidepressant drugs:

Question 38

Lively, carefree, and sociable

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Cybill takes a personality test based on Eysenck\'s theory and finds that her \"type\" is extraverted-stable. Which description most likely fits Cybill?

Question 39

cognitions; emotions; behaviors

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Regarding the components that comprise one\'s attitudes, __________refer to one\'s set of beliefs, __________ refer to feelings of liking or disliking, and __________ refer to inclinations to act positively or negatively.

Question 40

five

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Current research on the factors of personality suggests that there are __________ major personality factors that best describe variations in human personality.

Question 41

a self-serving bias.

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When people explain their own behavior by making a situational attribution and the behavior of others by making a dispositional attribution it is called:

Question 42

Agreeableness

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In the five-factor model of personality, the extent to which a person is sensitive, warm, and tolerant versus callous, cold, and hostile is captured in which personality factor?

Question 43

is more likely to commit the fundamental attribution error.

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From the textbook: Compared to a person from a collectivist culture, a person from an individualistic culture:

Question 44

personality is shaped by rewards and punishments.

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Watson and Skinner believed that:

Question 45

Dispositional

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Sven believes that his co-worker was promoted to manager because of her hard effort and winning personality. What type of attribution has Sven made?

Question 46

our beliefs about our own abilities to perform tasks we set out to accomplish.

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Albert Bandura\'s theory emphasizes the importance of an individual\'s efficacy expectations, which are:

Question 47

stereotype

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A ___________ is a preconceived notion about a group of people that influence one\'s first impressions of an individual.

Question 48

help clinicians diagnose mental disorders.

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The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory was designed to:

Question 49

social schema

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A ___________ is a mental image or representation that a person uses to understand her/his social environment and functions as a major influence on first impressions.

Question 50

Thematic Apperception Test

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Wanda takes a personality test in which she is required to tell stories in response to a series of ambiguous pictures. Which test is Wanda taking?

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