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A psychology instructor who presents a case study that describes how a person recognized, and was helped to overcome, his difficulty relating to others and dealing with his environment is introducing ________________. |
| | A) | free association |
| | B) | aversive conditioning |
| | C) | psychotherapy |
| | D) | telepathy |
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A person under a great amount of work-related stress often becomes agitated and "jittery." In order to control these symptoms, a therapist might prescribe an _______________ drug.
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| | A) | antianxiety
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| | B) | antidepressant
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| | C) | antipsychotic
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| | D) | anticonvulsive
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A young woman who has been diagnosed as suffering from depression is most likely to be taking _______________.
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| | A) | Xanax
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| | B) | Prozac
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| | C) | Librium
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| | D) | Clozaril
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A patient in a psychiatric hospital who is receiving medication to control the hallucinations and delusions associated with paranoid schizophrenia is taking an ________________ drug.
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| | A) | antianxiety
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| | B) | antidepressant
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| | C) | antipsychotic
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| | D) | anticonvulsive
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Because a severely depressed person did not respond to any treatment during the past year, a team of therapists has decided that inducing a brain seizure is the only remaining alternative. Therefore, the patient will receive ____________________.
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| | A) | psychosurgery
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| | B) | lithium overload
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| | C) | an antipsychotic drug
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| | D) | electroconvulsive therapy
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A psychotherapist who practices Freudian psychoanalysis would emphasize ____________________.
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| | A) | self-actualization
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| | B) | childhood sexuality
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| | C) | behavior modification
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| | D) | conscious processes
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A person relating a dream to a psychodynamic therapist who reports that he was in a pit surrounded by a large number of snakes is describing the __________ content.
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| | A) | manifest
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| | B) | latent
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| | C) | associated
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| | D) | transferred
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A person in therapy who begins to argue with her therapist like she had argued with her father as an adolescent is exhibiting ____________________.
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| | A) | catharsis
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| | B) | free association
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| | C) | resistance
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| | D) | transference
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A therapist who tries to help a client understand his emotions so that he can grow as a person is practicing one of the _______________ therapies.
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| | A) | behavior
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| | B) | humanistic
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| | C) | biological
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| | D) | cognitive
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Clients at a smoking cessation clinic are permitted to smoke any time they wish. However, each time they do, a member of the staff insults and criticizes them. This method is an example of ___________________ therapy.
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| | A) | psychodynamic
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| | B) | gestalt
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| | C) | client-centered
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| | D) | behavior
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An alcohol treatment center makes alcohol readily available to patients, but they must drink a liquid that causes nausea when combined with alcohol. This therapy is an example of ____________________.
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| | A) | systematic desensitization
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| | B) | insight therapy
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| | C) | aversive conditioning
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| | D) | cognitive therapy
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A school psychologist has recommended that a teacher and a disruptive child enter into a contract in which the child agrees not to talk when the teacher is talking and the teacher agrees to use a normal tone of voice when speaking to the child. This agreement is an example of _____________________.
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| | A) | gestalt therapy
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| | B) | behavior modification
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| | C) | aversive conditioning
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| | D) | cognitive therapy
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A college student seeks help at the counseling center because he cannot accept the fact that he is did not get A's in all his courses and because he believes that he will be a failure if he does not graduate with a perfect grade point average. This student would be helped by ____________________.
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| | A) | rational-emotive therapy
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| | B) | behavior modification
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| | C) | antipsychotic drugs
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| | D) | lithium
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A psychotherapist working with a mother, father, and their three children is conducting _______________ therapy.
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| | A) | psychodynamic
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| | B) | gestalt
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| | C) | client-centered
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| | D) | family
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A cohabiting man and woman decide to seek help because they want to reduce the number of arguments they have. A type of therapy appropriate for them is _______________ therapy.
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| | A) | rational-emotive
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| | B) | couple
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| | C) | biological
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| | D) | family
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