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Family therapy is a form of ______ therapy.


A) organic
B) group
C) self-help
D) informal

E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

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The overall goal of psychoanalysis is to:


A) make the unconscious conscious.
B) promote fulfillment of the person's potential.
C) remove symptoms as quickly as possible.
D) correct faulty thinking and perception.

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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Client-centered therapy is a type of ______ therapy.


A) insight
B) behavior
C) cognitive
D) reality

E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

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Which of the following is the appropriate definition of neurosurgery for psychiatric disorders?


A) information given to a patient about a surgical procedure before the surgery in order to prevent anxiety
B) surgery that is performed on brain tissue to reduce the symptoms of psychological disorders
C) surgery that severs the spinal cord of the patient
D) a procedure in which a brief current of electricity is used to trigger a seizure that typically lasts one minute,causing the body to convulse

E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

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Which method of treating phobias involves relaxation training and exposure to the feared object?


A) extinction
B) punishment
C) token economy
D) systematic desensitization

E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

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Client-centered therapy has its roots in:


A) humanistic psychology.
B) the medical model.
C) psychoanalysis.
D) the cognitive model.

E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

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Maureen is in therapy because she is very frightened of her father and feels tongue-tied around him.After a few months she begins to feel frightened of her therapist also.According to Freud,this is an example of _______.


A) latency
B) interpretation
C) transference
D) sublimation

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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Which of the following physicians,an early teacher of Freud's,created a technique that would later become known as hypnosis?


A) Emil Kraepelin
B) Jean Charcot
C) Franz Anton Mesmer
D) Josef Breuer

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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Free association is a technique used in ______ therapy.


A) psychoanalytic
B) rational-emotive
C) person-centered
D) Gestalt

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Lee believes that all psychological disorders can be treated in much the same way as can physical disorders.He was most likely trained under the _______ model.


A) psychoanalytic
B) rational emotive
C) Freudian
D) biological

E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

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A behavioral contract is a formal written agreement in which the goals for behavioral change,reinforcements,and penalties are clearly stated.

A) True
B) False

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Effectiveness studies,also called ________ studies,attempt to evaluate the effectiveness of therapy in real-world settings.


A) recidivism
B) efficacy
C) efficiency
D) cross-sectional

E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

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Paula's mother painted Paula's nails with an unpleasant-tasting liquid to stop her nail biting.This illustrates ________.


A) aversion therapy
B) systematic desensitization
C) biofeedback
D) modeling

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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Some of the earliest aversion techniques involved the use of nausea and electric shock to try to:


A) get those with schizophrenia to stop experiencing delusions and hallucinations.
B) get those suffering from alcoholism to stop drinking.
C) get people to stop using profanity in their everyday language.
D) change the sexual orientation of gay men.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

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For which of the following psychological problems has group therapy NOT been found to be an effective treatment approach?


A) depression
B) sexual abuse
C) schizophrenia
D) eating disorders

E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

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A recent government initiative in your city has claimed that its goal is to reduce factors such as unemployment,racism,sexism,and violence so that the resulting mental disorders associated with those factors could also be reduced.The goal of this program from a community psychology perspective would best be described as:


A) primary prevention.
B) secondary prevention.
C) tertiary prevention.
D) concurrent prevention.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Some of the earliest writings attributing mental abnormality to physical causes came from ________.They suggested that abnormality was caused by either an imbalance of body fluids,an inappropriate diet,or faulty body activity.


A) Persia
B) Rome
C) India
D) Egypt

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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Some psychological professionals today take a(n) ______ approach to psychotherapy,combining and integrating various techniques as needed.


A) group treatment
B) humanistic
C) eclectic
D) behavioral

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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Contingency management programs are most closely associated with the _______ approach to treatment.


A) operant conditioning
B) cognitive
C) humanistic-existential
D) rational emotive

E) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

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Shedrika uses a form of therapy that emphasizes revealing his clients' unconscious conflicts,urges,and desires,which he believes are the cause of his clients' disordered emotions and behavior.This therapist is most likely using ________.


A) behavior therapy
B) psychoanalysis
C) Gestalt therapy
D) systematic desensitization

E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

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