Systematic desensitization involves the use of: _____________?

Related Mcqs:

1. The use of the anxiety hierarchy in systematic desensitization allows for the ____________?

   A. transfer of treatment to real-life situations
   B. direct confrontation with the feared object
   C. use of virtual reality to confront the fear
   D. gradual approach to the feared object

2. Systematic desensitization is particularly effective for the treatment of _______ disorders.

   A. generalized anxiety
   B. panic
   C. obsessive-compulsive
   D. phobic

3. According to Thomas, abnormal behavior usually involves:

   A. behavior that is statistically unusual.
   B. behavior that deviates from social norms.
   C. a disease of the mind.
   D. biological imbalance

4. Psychopharmacotherapy involves the treatment of mental disorders with ___________?

   A. electroconvulsive shock
   B. insight therapy
   C. surgery
   D. medication

5. Hypochondriasis involves: _______________?

   A. the deliberate faking of physical illness
   B. apparent physical illness caused by psychological factors
   C. not acknowledge the presence of a real mental or physical illness
   D. a tendency to misinterpret minor bodily changes as being indicative of serious illness

6. Psychopharrmacology involves the study of how: ___________?

   A. diseases influence psychological well-being.
   B. physical relaxation reduces anxiety.
   C. drugs affect mind and behavior
   D. psychosurgery and ECT influence emotions.

7. The double-blind technique involves: _______________?

   A. the simulataneous use of two or more therapeutic treatments in the hope that at least one will be effective.
   B. replacing a positive response to a harmful stimulus with a negative response.
   C. blocking anxiety-arousing material from consciousness during therapy.
   D. a procedure in which neither patients nor health care staff know whether a given patient is receiving a drug or a placebo

8. Zahid is 32 years old, well above average in intelligence, and quite charming. He has swindled several elderly people out of the their life savings, and he seems to have little feelings for his victims, nor does he fear the consequences of getting caught. His behaviour is evidence of: _____________?

   A. a dissociative disorder.
   B. obsessive-compulsive disorder.
   C. schizophrenia.
   D. a personality disorder.

9. Learned helplessness is most closely associated with: _____________?

   A. depression.
   B. schizophrenia.
   C. compulsions.
   D. antisocial personality disorder.

10. A psychodynamic therapist is most likely to: _____________?

    A. suggest interpretive insights regarding patients’ difficulties.
    B. help patients identify a hierarchy of anxiety-arousing experiences.
    C. associate patients’ undesirable behaviors with unpleasant consequences.
    D. recommend the use of antipsychotic drugs during the process of psychotherapy.