Download Name: Date: ______ 1. Which of the following drugs is most likely to

Name: __________________________ Date: _____________
1. Which of the following drugs is most likely to provide schizophrenia patients with some
relief from their auditory hallucinations and paranoia?
A) Xanax
B) Prozac
C) Ativan
D) Thorazine
E) lithium
2. The most effective psychotherapists are those who:
A) establish an empathic, caring relationship with their clients.
B) employ personality tests to accurately diagnose their clients' difficulties.
C) discourage clients from using antianxiety or antidepressant drugs.
D) have had many years of experience practicing psychotherapy.
3. During her weekly therapy sessions, Sabrina will often abruptly shift the focus of her
attention and lose her train of thought. A psychoanalyst would suggest that this
illustrates:
A) transference.
B) resistance.
C) regression toward the mean.
D) meta-analysis.
E) displacement.
4. Because she mistakenly believes that the herbal remedy she is using will help her lose
weight, Mrs. Redding is feeling a considerable reduction in her appetite. This best
illustrates:
A) systematic desensitization.
B) virtual reality exposure therapy.
C) tardive dyskinesia.
D) progressive relaxation.
E) the placebo effect.
5. Which of the following factors is not a therapeutically effective component of eye
movement desensitization and reprocessing?
A) rapidly moving one's eyes
B) a relaxing therapeutic environment
C) patients' anticipation that the treatment will work
D) reliving traumatic memories
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6. Which of the following is a selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitor?
A) Thorazine
B) Xanax
C) Clozaril
D) Prozac
E) Ativan
7. In order to help Janet overcome her nearly irresistible craving for chocolate, a therapist
provides her with a supply of chocolate candies that contain solidified droplets of a
harmless but very bitter-tasting substance. This approach to treatment best illustrates:
A) eclectic therapy.
B) systematic desensitization.
C) aversive conditioning.
D) light exposure therapy.
E) stress inoculation training.
8. The double-blind technique is most likely to be used in evaluating the effectiveness of:
A) psychodynamic therapies.
B) drug therapies.
C) cognitive therapies.
D) behavior therapies.
E) humanistic therapies.
9. While focusing on several intrusive thoughts that had been bothering her recently, Jenny
was instructed by her therapist to report any ideas or memories stimulated by these
thoughts. Jenny's therapist was making use of a technique known as:
A) free association.
B) transference.
C) systematic desensitization.
D) active listening.
E) aversive conditioning.
10. A therapist helps Rebecca overcome her fear of water by getting her to swim in the
family's backyard pool three times a day for two consecutive weeks. The therapist's
approach to helping Rebecca best illustrates:
A) humanistic therapy.
B) aversive conditioning.
C) stress inoculation training.
D) EMDR.
E) exposure therapy.
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11. Several years after his wife's death, Mr. Sanchez remains incapacitated by feelings of
guilt and sadness. In order to reduce Mr. Sanchez's depression, a therapist is actively
encouraging him to stop blaming himself for not being able to prevent his wife's death.
The therapist's approach is most representative of:
A) client-centered therapy.
B) therapeutic touch.
C) cognitive therapy.
D) systematic desensitization.
E) psychoanalysis.
12. When people's symptoms of psychological distress are at their worst, whatever they do
to try to alleviate the condition is likely to be followed by improvement rather than
further deterioration. This is best explained in terms of:
A) counterconditoning.
B) virtual reality exposure therapy.
C) the therapeutic alliance.
D) regression toward the mean.
E) systematic desensitization.
13. Classical psychoanalysts were especially interested in:
A) interpreting the meaning of clients' resistance to therapeutic procedures.
B) establishing an empathic and personal emotional relationship with clients.
C) minimizing the possibility that clients would experience anxiety during therapy.
D) encouraging clients to carefully observe the consequences of their maladaptive
behaviors.
E) discouraging clients from using antianxiety or antidepressant drugs.
14. Tardive dykinesia is associated with the long-term use of certain ________ drugs.
A) antidepressant
B) antianxiety
C) mood-stabilizing
D) antipsychotic
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15. In a residential treatment facility for troubled youth, adolescent children receive large
colored buttons when they hang up their clothes, make their beds, and come to meals on
time. The children return the buttons to staff members in order to receive bedtime
snacks or watch TV. This best illustrates an application of:
A) virtual reality exposure therapy.
B) operant conditioning.
C) humanistic therapy.
D) stress inoculation training.
E) systematic desensitization.
16. Which of the following individuals is most likely to benefit from lithium?
A) Ivan, who experiences sudden brief episodes of intense dread and panic
B) Olivia, who experiences delusions and auditory hallucinations
C) Juan, who experiences a persistently depressed mood and low energy level
D) Miranda, who experiences periods of extreme sadness followed by episodes of
optimistic overexcitement
E) Landon, who experiences a generalized sense of apprehension and anxiety
17. Patients receive a general anesthetic and muscle relaxant prior to treatment with:
A) SSRIs.
B) rTMS.
C) ECT.
D) EMDR.
18. Delinquent boys put through Scared Straight programs said they were now ________
likely to be law-abiding. Compared with delinquent boys not assigned to Scared
Straight, they became _______ likely to commit new offenses.
A) more; more
B) more; less
C) less; less
D) less; more
19. In order to help Adam reduce his fear of dogs, a therapist encourages him to physically
relax and then simply imagine that he is walking toward a friendly and harmless little
dog. The therapist's technique best illustrates:
A) stress inoculation training.
B) operant conditioning
C) client-centered therapy.
D) psychodynamic therapy.
E) systematic desensitization..
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20. Psychotherapy is likely to be most effective when a client's problem is:
A) self-inflicted.
B) a response to a stressful life situation.
C) the result of unconscious conflicts.
D) clear-cut.
E) long-standing and habitual.
21. Which of the following is least likely to be effective in the treatment of depression?
A) SSRIs
B) EMDR
C) rTMS
D) ECT
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