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
Related Mcqs:
- 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 - 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 - Psychopharmacotherapy involves the treatment of mental disorders with ___________?
A. electroconvulsive shock
B. insight therapy
C. surgery
D. medication - Systematic desensitization involves the use of: _____________?
A. progressive relexation
B. unconditional positive regard.
C. transference.
D. aversive conditioning. - 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. - Klaun is a psychology graduate student who wants to determine whether electronvulsive for schizoprenia. To combine the results of numerous published studies on this issue, klaus should use a technique called:
A. counterconditioning
B. meta-analysis.
C. factor analysis.
D. electic therapy. - During a marriage counselling session, the therapist suggests to Mr.and Mrs. Gallo that they each restate their spouse’s comments before making their own. The therapist was applying a technique most closely associated with:
A. client-centered therapy
B. psychoanalysis.
C. systematic desensitization.
D. cognitive-behavior therapy - Kammy vividly imagines being abused by her own mother while her therapist triggers eye movements by waving a finger in front of Kammy’s eyes. The therapist is apparently using a technique known as:
A. EMDR
B. virtual reality exposure therapy.
C. meta-analysis.
D. transference. - The technique reduces people to puppets controlled by therapists! It doesn’t respect human freedom.” This criticism is most likely to be directed at:
A. systematic desensitization.
B. psychoanalysis.
C. EMDR.
D. a token economy - 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.
