A. multiple-personality disorders
B. major depression
C. schizophrenia
D. bipolar mood disorders
Related Mcqs:
- A chest implant that intermittently stimulates the vagus nerve has been used to treat some patients with:
A. bulmia.
B. anxiety dis orders.
C. schizophrenia.
D. chronic depression. - In programs to treat alcoholism clients consume alcohol that contains a nausea-producing drug. The therapist is using a technique known as: _________?
A. free association.
B. systematic desensitization.
C. aversive conditioning
D. operant conditioning. - If research indicated that phobia result from a chemical imbalance in the central nervous system, this would most clearly give added cerebility to:
A. psychoanalytic theory.
B. the medical model.
C. learning theory.
D. the social-cognitive perspective. - All of the following are ways psychologists judge abnormal behavior EXCEPT:
A. Distress
B. Disability
C. Depression
D. Statistical rarity - Which of the following symptoms do anorexia nervosa and bulmia nervosa have in common?
A. Distorted body image
B. Intense fear of being fat
C. Sense of self revolves around body and weight
D. Eating regulated by psychological and not physical processes
E. All of the above - Clifford Beers founded the _________?
A. State hospital system
B. Mental hygiene movement
C. Deinstitutionalization trend
D. Community mental health movement - After understanding psychoanalysis for several months, Karen has suddenly started “forgetting” to attend her therapy sessions. Karen’s behavior is most likely a form of: ____________?
A. resistance.
B. transference.
C. insight
D. catharsis. - Insanity is a legal status indicating that ____________?
A. a defendant is unable to understand the nature and purpose of legal proceedings
B. a person cannot be held responsible for his or her actions because of mental illness
C. a person has a chronic mental illness that is not responsive to treatment
D. an individual is dangerous to themselves or to others - You make an appointment to see a therapist and, as you are waiting, you notice that a large number of the books on the therapist’s shelves deal with the work of Aaron Beck. You might expect that this therapist will.
A. use counterconditioning to reverse maladaptive behaviours
B. help you discover the underlying cause of your aggressive behaviour
C. help you recognize and change negative thoughts and maladaptive beliefs
D. provide a supportive emotional environment while allowing you to determine the peace and direction of your therapy - A therapist openly challenges a client’s statement that she is a failure as a woman because her boyfriend left her, insisting that she justify it with evidence. Which type of therapy is probably being used?
A. Psychodynamic therapy
B. client-centered therapy
C. aversion therapy
D. cognitive therapy
