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Summarize the general principles underlying behavioral approaches to therapy and discuss evidence on the effectiveness of behavior therapies.

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Behavior therapies are based on the work...

Question 2

In the 1960's disenchantment with the public mental hospital system inspired the ____________________ movement that emphasizes prevention,local care,and a reduced dependence on hospitalization.

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community ...

Question 3

In the Featured Study "Combining Insight Therapy and Medication" the relapse rate was lowest for the treatment condition that received

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A)   medication only.
B)   interpersonal therapy and placebo medication.
C)   interpersonal therapy and medication.
D)   placebo medication.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 4

Problems associated with ____________________ include the revolving door and increased homelessness among the mentally ill.

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Deinstitut...

Question 5

Therapeutic drugs that reduce tension,apprehension,and nervousness are

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A)   antidepressant drugs.
B)   antipsychotic drugs.
C)   mood stabilizes.
D)   antianxiety drugs.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 6

Tricyclics,MAO inhibitors,and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are all

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A)   mood stabilizers.
B)   antianxiety drugs.
C)   antidepressant drugs.
D)   antipsychotic drugs.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 7

The use of varied combinations of verbal interventions and behavioral modification techniques to help clients change maladaptive patterns of thinking BEST describes

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A)   group therapy treatments.
B)   cognitive-behavioral treatments.
C)   biomedical treatments.
D)   insight treatments.E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 8

Gil has a psychological disorder,and his doctor has prescribed an antipsychotic drug to reduce the severity of Gil's symptoms.In this case,Gil's therapist is most likely treating him for

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A)   panic disorder.
B)   mild depression.
C)   generalized anxiety disorder.
D)   schizophrenia.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 9

Therapists who emphasize altering an individual's physiological functioning in treatment use the ____ approach to psychotherapy.

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A)   behavior
B)   biomedical
C)   insight
D)   emotionE) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 10

Carl Rogers believed that psychological disorders are caused by

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A)   current stressful situations in one's life.
B)   inconsistency between one's self-concept and reality.
C)   unconscious conflicts left over from early childhood.
D)   maladaptive patterns of thinking established in childhood.E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 11

Clinical psychologists are medical doctors who specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Transference in psychoanalytic therapy may reveal itself when the patient

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A)   transfers from one stage of analysis to another.
B)   changes the way the patient feels about people close to the patient.
C)   responds to the therapist as though he or she were the patient's parent.
D)   shifts social roles during the course of therapy.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 13

Systematic desensitization is a therapy designed to

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A)   create a negative response to a stimulus that has elicited problematic behavior.
B)   correct habitual thinking errors and maladaptive beliefs.
C)   reduce phobic responses.
D)   improve interpersonal skills.E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 14

Which of the following factors can affect the outcome of a treatment program?

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A)   the efficacy of the treatment itself
B)   regression toward the mean
C)   placebo effects
D)   all of these aboveE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 15

Placebo effects occur when

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A)   people's expectations lead them to experience some change, even though they receive a fake or ineffective treatment.
B)   people recover from a mental or physical illness without any form of intervention.
C)   people who originally score extremely high or low on some trait are measured a second time, and their new score falls closer to the average.
D)   people who originally score near the average on some trait are measured a second time, and their new score falls at the extreme high or low end of the scale.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 16

Which of the following academic degrees is NOT associated with being a psychologist?

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A)   M.D.
B)   Ph.D.
C)   Psy.D.
D)   Ed.D.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 17

In light of the differences between the various psychological disorders and their hypothesized etiologies,it would seem that for each disorder,a particular type of therapy might work best.Discuss this notion,and give examples using specific disorders and specific approaches to therapy to support your arguments.

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Question 18

Carl Rogers' client-centered therapy grew from the

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A)   psychoanalytic tradition.
B)   behaviorist tradition.
C)   humanistic tradition.
D)   cognitive tradition.E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 19

When Cary was eight years old,she was startled and began to cry when a car backfired just as she was walking under a ladder.As an adult,Cary is still terrified of ladders.Based on principles of classical conditioning,the sound of the car backfiring

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A)   acted as a conditioned stimulus.
B)   produced transference.
C)   resulted in counterconditioning.
D)   acted as an unconditioned stimulus.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 20

According to Beck,which types of thought processes tend to produce depression?

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A)   blaming setbacks on circumstantial factors
B)   focusing selectively on positive experiences
C)   drawing negative conclusions about one's personal worth based on insignificant events
D)   failing to accept responsibility for one's own actionsE) A) and C)
F) None of the above

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Therapists who emphasize altering an individual's physiological functioning in treatment use the ____ approach to psychotherapy.

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Gil has a psychological disorder,and his doctor has prescribed an antipsychotic drug to reduce the severity of Gil's symptoms.In this case,Gil's therapist is most likely treating him for

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Therapeutic drugs that reduce tension,apprehension,and nervousness are

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Transference in psychoanalytic therapy may reveal itself when the patient

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In the Featured Study "Combining Insight Therapy and Medication" the relapse rate was lowest for the treatment condition that received

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Carl Rogers believed that psychological disorders are caused by

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According to Beck,which types of thought processes tend to produce depression?

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Clinical psychologists are medical doctors who specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders.

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