Study Guide for Last Test Clinical Psych & Treatment Flashcards
Group therapy is typically more effective than individual therapy for enabling people to do what?
Enabling people to discover that others have problems similar to their own
Panic attacks are most closely associated with what disorder?
Anxiety Disorders.
Those with an avoidant personality disorder are most likely to display a fear of what
Social Rejection
Compulsions are best described as what
Repetitive behaviors
Lithium is often an effective ________ drug
Mood-stabilizing
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.
Psychoanalytic
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
Systematic Desensitization
Anxiety about being in places or situations from which escape might be difficult is indicative of
Agoraphobia
Freud’s techniques and assumptions are most evident in today’s
Psychodynamic therapies
A therapist who takes an eclectic approach is one who uses a variety of what
Psychological theories and therapeutic approaches.
uses a variety of psychological theories and therapeutic approaches
Seeing one-eyed monsters would be a(n) ________. Believing that you are Christopher Columbus would be a ________.
Hallucination
Delusion
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
Exposure therapies
Instead of focusing on the cure of psychological disorders, ________ therapies seek to promote personal growth and self-fulfillment
Humanistic
Abnormally low levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin are associated with
Depression
The least used biomedical intervention for changing behavior is
Lobotomy
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
Somatic Symptom Disorder
Long-term use of certain antipsychotic drugs can produce involuntary movements of the facial muscles, tongue, and limbs. This menacing condition is known as
Tardive Dyskinesia
Prozac, Zoloft, and Paxil are called SSRIs because they…
Slow the normal reabsorption of excess serotonin from synapses
Mania is most likely to be associated with a(n)
Bipolar Disorder
A psychotherapist is most likely to use the DSM-5 in order to ________ various psychological disorders
Identify
The major characteristic of dissociative disorders is a disturbance of
Memory
Psychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes are called
Mood Disorders
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
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Most political dissidents who survive dozens of episodes of torture do not later exhibit PTSD. This best illustrates survivor
Resiliency
Psychodynamic therapy is ________ than traditional psychoanalysis
Briefer
Cognitive therapists are most likely to emphasize that emotional disturbances result from
Self-blaming and overgeneralized explanations of bad events.
Schizoid personality disorder is most likely to be characterized by
Detachment from social relationships
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
Psychiatrist
Schizophrenia is associated with an excess of receptors for
Dopamine
Those with a histrionic personality disorder are most likely to display
Dramatic, attention-getting behaviors
Carl Rogers is known for the development of
Client-centered therapy
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation shows greatest promise for the treatment of
Depression
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
Behavior Therapy
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
Schizophrenia
Compared with ECT, rTMS is ________ likely to produce seizures and ________ likely to produce memory loss
Less
Less
The interpretation of dreams is most closely associated with
Psychoanalysis
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
Bipolar Disorder
The social withdrawal and haunting nightmares of battle-scarred war veterans best illustrate symptoms of
PTSD
Persuading depressed patients to reverse their catastrophizing self-defeating beliefs about themselves and their futures is most characteristic of
Beck’s Cognitive Therapy
Which therapeutic approach relies most heavily on patients’ discovering their own ways of effectively dealing with their difficulties
Client-Centered Therapy
Freud suggested that for those suffering a generalized anxiety disorder, the anxiety is
Free-Floating
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)
Panic Disorder
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
Active Listening
The biomedical treatment most widely used today is
Drug Therapy
The number one reason people seek mental health services is
Depression
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
OCD
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
Major Depressive Disorder
Virtual reality exposure therapy is most likely to prove effective in the treatment of
Phobias
Flat affect and catatonia are symptoms most closely associated with
Schizophrenia
Xanax and Ativan are ________ drugs
Antianxiety
Positive symptoms of schizophrenia are the ________ of inappropriate behaviors, and negative symptoms are the ________ of appropriate behaviors
Presence
Absence
Those with a narcissistic personality disorder are likely to be preoccupied with
Their own self-importance
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)
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
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
Transference
To treat nail biting, one can paint a patient’s fingernails with a bitter-tasting nail polish. This procedure best illustrates
Aversion Conditioning
