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Quiz 17: Treatment of Psychological Disorders
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Question 201
Short Answer
The humanistic therapy approach known as _____________,was initially derived from and based on the basic laws that govern the perceptual processing of different stimuli.
Question 202
Short Answer
_____________ takes place when the client responds to the analyst as if he/she were an important figure from the client's past.
Question 203
Short Answer
With regard to the issue of gender,many psychological disorders,such as those involving anxiety and depression,have been found to be more prevalent among ___________.
Question 204
True/False
Antidepressant drugs work by decreasing the activity of certain neurotransmitters.
Question 205
Short Answer
According to Stanley Sue and Nolan Zane (1987),the biggest barrier preventing minority clients from receiving psychological care is the lack of ________.
Question 206
Short Answer
______________ therapy is based primarily on the principles of classical conditioning and involves pairing a noxious stimulus with a stimulus that already triggers an unwanted behaviour.
Question 207
Short Answer
In systematic desensitization,the client develops a(n)____________________ that contains 10 to 15 scenes related to the fear that vary from low-anxiety provoking scenes to high-anxiety provoking scenes.
Question 208
Short Answer
In Albert Ellis's ABCD model of emotional disturbance,the C stands for _____________.
Question 209
Short Answer
Increase in self-efficacy appear to be mainly responsible for the effectiveness of the therapeutic procedure called ______________,which makes heavy use of modelling.
Question 210
True/False
Tardive dyskinesia is a negative side effect associated with the use of antipsychotic drugs.
Question 211
Short Answer
In _______________,desired behaviours are immediately reinforced by such things as points or chips that can later be redeemed for tangible reinforcers.
Question 212
Short Answer
When making use of _____________ to treat psychological disorders,it is important to make sure that clients have a strong experience of "presence" or of being in another place.
Question 213
True/False
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)can be useful in treating severe depression,but has also been found to relieve anxiety disorders.
Question 214
True/False
One of the disorders that is thought to respond well to the use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)is severe depression.
Question 215
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A therapist tells her client that his current relationships with women appear to very similar to his early relationship with his mother.According to psychoanalysis,this statement would be considered an example of a(n)_______________.
Question 216
Short Answer
Dialectical behaviour therapy was designed to treat ___________.
Question 217
Short Answer
In the exposure therapy known as ___________,the client is exposed to real-life stimuli that provoke fear whereas in the therapy known as _________________ the client is asked merely to imagine scenes involving the fear-provoking stimuli.
Question 218
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The main assumption of the ______________ approach to psychotherapy is that the same laws of govern the acquisition of both adaptive and maladaptive behaviours.
Question 219
Short Answer
In most of the ________________ approaches to therapy,the therapist attempts to create a safe environment in which clients can engage in self-exploration and remove the barriers that block their natural tendencies toward growth.