Unit 9

Question 1

From which type of therapy does cognitive therapy borrow many techniques?
A. Client-centered
B. Psychodynamic
C. Behaviour
D. Group

Answer 1

C. Behaviour

Question 2

Which type of therapist employs the principles of classical and operant conditioning and observational learning?
A. Psychoanalytic
B. Behaviour
C. Biomedical
D. Group

Answer 2

B. Behaviour

Question 3

What proportion of psychiatric inpatient releases are re-admitted within 30 days?
A. One third
B. One fourth
C. One seventh
D. One fifth

Answer 3

C. One seventh

Question 4

Which statement best describes behaviour therapy?

A. The evidence for effectiveness of insight therapy is stronger than the evidence for the effectiveness of behaviour therapy

B. Insight therapists can generally measure progress more precisely than behaviour therapists

C. Behaviour therapists have historically placed little emphasis opn measuring therapeutic outcomes.

D. Behaviour therapies can make important contributions in treating OCD, schizophrenia, eating disorders and hyperactivity.

Answer 4

D. Behaviour therapies can make important contributions in treating OCD, schizophrenia, eating disorders and hyperactivity.

Question 5

What is NOT a main category of treatment?
A. biomedical
B. revelation
C. insight
D. Behaviour

Answer 5

B. revelation

Question 6

Which statement best characterizes psychotherapy?

A. it is a fast or rapid process that requires hard work or effort.

B. it is a slow or gradual process that requires minimal effort. ‘

C. it is a fast or rapid process that requires minimal effort

D. it is a slow or gradual process that requires hard work or effort.

Answer 6

D. it is a slow or gradual process that requires hard work or effort.

Question 7

With regard to psychological disorders, what does spontaneous remission refer to?

A. Sudden reccurence of a disorder in a client who had been cured.

B. Failure to recover despite extensive treatment

C. Recovery from a disorder that occurs because of formal treatment

C. Recovery from a disorder without formal treatment.

Answer 7

C. Recovery from a disorder without formal treatment.

Question 8

According to behaviour therapists, what is the cause of psychological disorders?

A. Past conditioning

B. Unconscious conflicts left from childhood.

C. Current stressful situations in one’s life

D. Inconsistency between ones self-concept and reality.

Answer 8

A. Past conditioning

Question 9

What do clients do in self-instructional training, the therapeutic approach developed by meichenbaum?

A. Learn skills of psychoanalysis so that they may use the procedures at home, outside the therapeutic context.

B. They teach themselves new skills, rather than relying on the therapeutic relationship.

C. They direct the progress of therapy within sessions with a therapist.

D. They learn to develop and use verbal statements that help them cope with difficult situations.

Answer 9

D. They learn to develop and use verbal statements that help them cope with difficult situations.

Question 10

What has NOT been an outcome of deinstitutionalization?

A. more outpatient care of psych disorders

B. An increase in the number of patients who are mentally ill in local general hospitals

C. An increase in the average length of stay in mental hospitals

D. A decrease in the average inpatient population in mental hospitals.

Answer 10

C. An increase in the average length of stay in mental hospitals

Question 11

What type of conditioning is the basis for systematic desensitization?

A. Instrumental

B. Aversive

C. Classical

D. Operant

Answer 11

C. Classical

Question 12

Consistent with the phenomenon of regression toward the mean, what would you expect of the person who recieves the highest grade in the class on the first psychology exam?

A. They will get below average on the next
B. They will get the highest grade on the next
C. They will get a high grade, but not the highest on the next
D. They will get the highest on the next economics exam.

Answer 12

C. They will get a high grade, but not the highest on the next

Question 13

Dr. Yosef often acts like a sounding board, restating and clarifying the themes that come to the surface as his client speaks freely about their concerns or problems. What kind of therapist is he?

A. Cognitive behaviourist

B. Psychoanalyst

C. Client-centered

D. Rational-emotive

Answer 13

C. Client-centered

Question 14

Which statement best describes atypical (second gen) antipsycotics?

A. They are less effective

B. They have more unpleasant side effects

C. They have less risk of heart problems

D. They have less risk of tardive dyskinesia.

Answer 14

D. They have less risk of tardive dyskinesia.

Question 15

What is ECT most likely treating in the late 1930’s or early 1940’s?

A. Severe depression

B. Schizophrenia

C. OCD

D. Epilepsy

Answer 15

B. Schizophrenia

Question 16

What is demonstrated by research comparing the effectiveness of psychotherapists who receive training in several different areas?

A. Psychiatrists are more effective than clinical counselling psychologists

B. Psychologists and psychiatrists are more effective than counsellors and social workers

C. Clinical psychologists are more effective then psychiatrists

D. there is no reliable association concering therapists training and effectiveness.

Answer 16

D. there is no reliable association concering therapists training and effectiveness.

Question 17

ECT was a popular treatment for schizophrenia, but other clinicians preferred alternative methods. We have learned a great deal about schizophrenia due to the results of each form of treatment, which theme does this highlight?

A. The subjectivity of experience among individuals.
B. The value of theoretical diversity
C. The danger of theoretical diversity
D. The importance of sociohistorical context.

Answer 17

B. The value of theoretical diversity

Question 18

Nancy has just begun antidepressant medication. Her family hasnt seen any improvement after 12 hours of her first dose. What advice should the family be given?

A. Patients dont usually respond to antidepressants for at least 1-2 weeks.

B. If she doesnt show improvement, a different med should be tried.

C. She may have been misdiagnosed.

D. Early changes due to meds are usually not apparent to nonprofessionals.

Answer 18

A. Patients dont usually respond to antidepressants for at least 1-2 weeks.

Question 19

What shows the most appropriate matching of therapy to psychological problem?

A. Lithium to phobic disorder

B. Cognitive therapy to panic disorder

C. Systematic desensitization for bipolar mood disorder

D. Xanax for depression.

Answer 19

B. Cognitive therapy to panic disorder

Question 20

Mandy is taking part in group therapy for treatment of her eating disorder. What benefit can she expect to experience?

A. Greater access to biomedical interventions.

B. Recognition that her struggles are shared by others.

C. Constant monitoring of her progress.

D. Faster treatment of symtoms

Answer 20

B. Recognition that her struggles are shared by others.