Study Guide for Last Test Clinical Psych & Treatment

Question 1

Group therapy is typically more effective than individual therapy for enabling people to do what?

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Enabling people to discover that others have problems similar to their own

Question 2

Panic attacks are most closely associated with what disorder?

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Anxiety Disorders.

Question 3

Those with an avoidant personality disorder are most likely to display a fear of what

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Social Rejection

Question 4

Compulsions are best described as what

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Repetitive behaviors

Question 5

Lithium is often an effective ________ drug

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Mood-stabilizing

Question 6

Midori’s therapist suggests that she developed a dissociative identity disorder as a way of protecting herself from an awareness of her own hatred for her abusive mother. The therapist’s suggestion most directly reflects a ________ perspective.

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Psychoanalytic

Question 7

Jonathan is afraid to ask a girl for a date, so his therapist instructs him to relax and simply imagine he is reaching for a telephone and then calling a potential date. The therapist’s technique best illustrates the process of

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Systematic Desensitization

Question 8

Anxiety about being in places or situations from which escape might be difficult is indicative of

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Agoraphobia

Question 9

Freud’s techniques and assumptions are most evident in today’s

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Psychodynamic therapies

Question 10

A therapist who takes an eclectic approach is one who uses a variety of what

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Psychological theories and therapeutic approaches.
uses a variety of psychological theories and therapeutic approaches

Question 11

Seeing one-eyed monsters would be a(n) ________. Believing that you are Christopher Columbus would be a ________.

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Hallucination
Delusion

Question 12

In 1924, Mary Cover Jones reported that 3-year-old Peter lost his fear of rabbits when a rabbit was repeatedly presented while Peter was eating a tasty snack. This episode best illustrated the potential usefulness of

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Exposure therapies

Question 13

Instead of focusing on the cure of psychological disorders, ________ therapies seek to promote personal growth and self-fulfillment

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Humanistic

Question 14

Abnormally low levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin are associated with

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Depression

Question 15

The least used biomedical intervention for changing behavior is

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Lobotomy

Question 16

Saul frequently feels like he has a lump in his throat that makes it difficult for him to speak or swallow. Medical examinations, however, indicate that there is no apparent physical cause for these symptoms. Saul appears to be suffering from a

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Somatic Symptom Disorder

Question 17

Long-term use of certain antipsychotic drugs can produce involuntary movements of the facial muscles, tongue, and limbs. This menacing condition is known as

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Tardive Dyskinesia

Question 18

Prozac, Zoloft, and Paxil are called SSRIs because they…

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Slow the normal reabsorption of excess serotonin from synapses

Question 19

Mania is most likely to be associated with a(n)

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Bipolar Disorder

Question 20

A psychotherapist is most likely to use the DSM-5 in order to ________ various psychological disorders

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Identify

Question 21

The major characteristic of dissociative disorders is a disturbance of

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Memory

Question 22

Psychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes are called

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Mood Disorders

Question 23

Matt is restless and often jumps out of his seat or interferes with ongoing class activities in response to the sound of outside traffic. Matt most clearly exhibits symptoms of

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Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Question 24

Most political dissidents who survive dozens of episodes of torture do not later exhibit PTSD. This best illustrates survivor

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Resiliency

Question 25

Psychodynamic therapy is ________ than traditional psychoanalysis

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Briefer

Question 26

Cognitive therapists are most likely to emphasize that emotional disturbances result from

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Self-blaming and overgeneralized explanations of bad events.

Question 27

Schizoid personality disorder is most likely to be characterized by

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Detachment from social relationships

Question 28

Dr. Miller prescribes drugs for the treatment of chronic depression, and she encourages rest and relaxation training for clients suffering from excessive anxiety. It is most likely that Dr. Miller is a

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Psychiatrist

Question 29

Schizophrenia is associated with an excess of receptors for

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Dopamine

Question 30

Those with a histrionic personality disorder are most likely to display

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Dramatic, attention-getting behaviors

Question 31

Carl Rogers is known for the development of

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Client-centered therapy

Question 32

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation shows greatest promise for the treatment of

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Depression

Question 33

Because Gretchen is afraid of contracting infectious diseases, she compulsively avoids shaking people’s hands or touching doorknobs. Research suggests that an especially effective treatment for her difficulty would involve

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Behavior Therapy

Question 34

Mr. McGee, a long-term government employee, falsely believed that his supervisor was a communist agent who was putting poison in the employees’ coffee. When Mr. McGee was referred to a psychiatrist, he claimed to be the grandson of Abraham Lincoln. Mr. McGee is most likely suffering from

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Schizophrenia

Question 35

Compared with ECT, rTMS is ________ likely to produce seizures and ________ likely to produce memory loss

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Less
Less

Question 36

The interpretation of dreams is most closely associated with

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Psychoanalysis

Question 37

After several weeks of feeling apathetic and dissatisfied with his life, Mark has suddenly become extremely cheerful and so talkative he can’t be interrupted. He seems to need less sleep and becomes irritated when his friends tell him to slow down. Mark’s behavior is indicative of

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Bipolar Disorder

Question 38

The social withdrawal and haunting nightmares of battle-scarred war veterans best illustrate symptoms of

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PTSD

Question 39

Persuading depressed patients to reverse their catastrophizing self-defeating beliefs about themselves and their futures is most characteristic of

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Beck’s Cognitive Therapy

Question 40

Which therapeutic approach relies most heavily on patients’ discovering their own ways of effectively dealing with their difficulties

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Client-Centered Therapy

Question 41

Freud suggested that for those suffering a generalized anxiety disorder, the anxiety is

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Free-Floating

Question 42

Episodes of intense dread that last for several minutes and are accompanied by shortness of breath, trembling, dizziness, or heart palpitations are most characteristic of a(n)

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Panic Disorder

Question 43

When Indio 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 illustrates the technique of

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Active Listening

Question 44

The biomedical treatment most widely used today is

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Drug Therapy

Question 45

The number one reason people seek mental health services is

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Depression

Question 46

The billionaire aviator Howard Hughes insisted that his assistants carry out elaborate hand-washing rituals and wear white gloves when handling any document he would later touch. His behavior best illustrated the symptoms of

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OCD

Question 47

For the last month, Gabrielle has felt lethargic and has been unable to get out of bed in the morning. She has withdrawn from friends and family because she feels worthless and unlovable. Gabrielle is most likely suffering from

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Major Depressive Disorder

Question 48

Virtual reality exposure therapy is most likely to prove effective in the treatment of

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Phobias

Question 49

Flat affect and catatonia are symptoms most closely associated with

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Schizophrenia

Question 50

Xanax and Ativan are ________ drugs

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Antianxiety

Question 51

Positive symptoms of schizophrenia are the ________ of inappropriate behaviors, and negative symptoms are the ________ of appropriate behaviors

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Presence
Absence

Question 52

Those with a narcissistic personality disorder are likely to be preoccupied with

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Their own self-importance

Question 53

Rishi, a college student, complains that he feels apprehensive and fearful most of the time but doesn’t know why. Without warning, his heart begins to pound, his hands get icy, and he breaks out in a cold sweat. Rishi most likely suffers from a(n)

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Question 54

Mr. Phillips has recently begun to express feelings of hostility and resentment toward his therapist, who is consistently friendly, caring, and helpful. A psychoanalyst would most likely consider Mr. Phillips’s hostility to be an example of

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Transference

Question 55

To treat nail biting, one can paint a patient’s fingernails with a bitter-tasting nail polish. This procedure best illustrates

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Aversion Conditioning