Transcript Chapter 15 Quiz

Chapter 15 Quiz
Treatment of Psychological Disorders
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separate piece of paper to grade when you’re
done!
1. Jenna is telling her therapist about the dream
she had last night and her therapist begins to
interpret it for her. Which approach to
psychotherapy does Jenna’s therapist probably
represent?
a) humanistic
b) behavioral
c) psychoanalytic
d) cognitive
2. In contrast to a clinical psychologist, a
psychiatrist is more likely to
a) engage in an eclectic
b) use a biomedical/somatic treatment
c) recognize the importance of group
therapy with patients having the same
disorder
d) treat clients in community mental health
centers exclusively
3. Joseph Wolpe launched behavior therapy in
1958 with his description of
a) the token economy
b) social skills training
c) systematic desensitization
d) aversion therapy
4. The MOST commonly cited side effect
associated with anti-anxiety drugs is
a) insomnia
b) blurred vision
c) drowsiness
d) tachycardia
5. The goal of psychoanalytical therapy is
a) to change maladaptive behavior to more
socially acceptable behavior
b) to change negative thinking into more
positive attributions
c) to attain self-actualization
d) to bring unconscious conflicts to
conscious awareness and gain insight
6. Systematic desensitization is a technique
based on
a) classical conditioning
b) instrumental conditioning
c) operant conditioning
d) aversive conditioning
7. Treating the therapist as though he were a
very important person from one’s past, such as
a parent, defines
a) resistance
b) transference
c) frustration
d) reaction formation
8. Vic is encouraged to take charge of the
therapy session and his therapist uses an active
listening approach to mirror back the feelings
he hears from him. Which therapy is most
likely being described?
a) client-centered therapy
b) cognitive therapy
c) psychodynamic therapy
d) existential therapy
9. Prozac and other modern antidepressant
medications work to
a) block dopamine receptors
b) decrease the level of acetylcholine
c) break down the MAO enzymes
d) block the reuptake of seratonin
10. All of the following are potential benefits of group
therapy EXCEPT
a) it is often more economical than 1:1 treatment
b) it does not require the services of a mental
health professional
c) clients with similar problems can provide
helpful insight and feedback to peers
d) group members can see how their problems
might impact others
11. Valium is
a) an antidepressant drug
b) an MAO inhibitor
c) an antipsychotic drug
d) an antianxiety drug
12. Antabuse is a drug that, when paired with alcohol in
the bloodstream, bring about extreme nausea. For
many motivated alcoholics, this has proven to be an
effective treatment. Under which umbrella of
psychotherapy would it most likely be found?
a) insight therapy
b) aversive conditioning
c) Gestalt therapy
d) self-help therapy
13. Andre suffers from mood swings, alternating from
wild episodes of euphoria and spending sprees to
motionless staring and hopelessness. If someone
from the biomedical approach were to treat his
condition, the prescription most likely would be
a) Lithium carbonate
b) Haldol
c) Xanax
d) Thorazine
14. The beliefs of ancient Greeks such as
Hippocrates and Galen about the cause of
abnormal behavior was closest to which of the
following modern approaches to psychology?
a) psychoanalytical
b) behavioral
c) humanistic
d) biomedical
15. After conducting a meta-analysis of over 475
outcome studies on the effectiveness of
psychotherapies, psychologists concluded that
a) evidence overwhelmingly supported its
efficacy
b) psychotherapy is no more effective than
talking to a friend
c) the potential to do further harm to the patient
with psychotropic drugs outweighs its
effectiveness
d) psychotherapy proves no more beneficial than
no treatment at all
Chapter 15 Answer Key
1. C
2. B
3. C
4. C
5. D
6. A
7. B
8. A
9. D
10. B
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
D
B
A
D
A
Essay Question Possibilities!!
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One of the following essay questions will
appear on your test, be familiar with all of
them!!
Essay Question # 1
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Compare and contrast the psychoanalytical and
humanistic brands of insight therapy.
Essay Question # 2
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Persons suffering from different psychological
disorders differ from each other in the extent to
which they admit they need help and the extent
to which they are resistant to therapy. For
which disorders are patients most likely and
least likely to cooperate with therapeutic
interventions?
Essay Question # 3
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A major difference between insight therapies
and behavior therapies is in their position
about whether it’s necessary or useful to seek
out the origin of psychological difficulties. A
compromise position might be that this kind of
information is important for patients with some
disorders, but not for patients with other
disorders. Explain why this kind of
information might be more helpful for some
kinds of patients than for others.
Essay Question # 4
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It is believed by some that all psychological disorders
can be traced to some sort of biological malfunctions,
especially malfunctions in the nervous system. In
other words, in a perfectly formed and perfectly
functioning biological organism, there could be no
psychological disorder. If this were true, then the
“ultimate cure” for any psychological disorder would
be a biomedical cure. Explain why this position does
or does not make sense to you.
Essay Question # 5
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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.
Good Luck!
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Make sure to double check all of your answers
and study them for the upcoming exam.
Remember, AT LEAST FIVE of the questions
from this quiz will make some sort of
appearance on the chapter test along with one
of the essay questions.
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luck on your test!