Exam Prep Chapter 13 Therapies - Mastering the World of Psychology 6th Edition Exam Pack by Samuel E. Wood. DOCX document preview.
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Chapter 13: Therapies
Multiple Choice
1. _____ uses psychological rather than biological means to treat psychological disorders.
a) Insight therapy
b) Rational emotive behavior therapy
c) Psychopharmacology
d) Psychotherapy
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.1.1: Describe the basic techniques of psychodynamic therapies
Topic: Insight Therapies
2. _____ specifically refers to the idea that working toward psychological health requires self-understanding.
a) Systematic desensitization
b) Psychotherapy
c) Rational emotive behavior therapy
d) Insight therapy
Skill Level: Analyze
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.1.1: Describe the basic techniques of psychodynamic therapies
Topic: Insight Therapies
3. Which of the following would not be considered psychotherapy?
a) Cognitive therapy
b) Gestalt therapy
c) The use of electroconvulsive therapy
d) aversion therapy
Skill Level: Analyze
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.1.1: Describe the basic techniques of psychodynamic therapies
Topic: Insight Therapies
4. Insight therapies work by increasing an individual’s understanding of her or his own _____
a) coping mechanisms and thoughts, but not motives and behaviors.
b) thoughts, behaviors, coping mechanisms, emotions, and motives.
c) motives, emotions, and thoughts, with no focus on behaviors.
d) thoughts, coping mechanisms, and behaviors but not emotions.
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.1.1: Describe the basic techniques of psychodynamic therapies
Topic: Insight Therapies
5. _____ attempt to uncover repressed childhood experiences that are thought to explain a patient’s current difficulties.
a) Cognitive therapies
b) Cognitive-behavioral therapies
c) Behavioral therapies
d) Psychodynamic therapies
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 13.1.1: Describe the basic techniques of psychodynamic therapies
Topic: Insight Therapies
6. Henry is a therapist and always begins sessions with new patients by asking them all about their childhood. Because he believes strongly that childhood experiences, especially traumatic ones, can affect the unconscious, he prefers to start there. Which type of therapy does Henry likely provide?
a) Psychodynamic therapy
b) Behavioral therapy
c) Humanistic therapy
d) Cognitive-behavioral therapy
Skill Level: Apply
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.1.1: Describe the basic techniques of psychodynamic therapies
Topic: Insight Therapies
7. The first psychodynamic therapy, which was developed by Sigmund Freud, is called _____
a) rational emotive behavior therapy.
b) psychoanalysis.
c) aversion therapy.
d) Gestalt therapy.
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 13.1.1: Describe the basic techniques of psychodynamic therapies
Topic: Insight Therapies
8. Rasha uses free association, resistance, and dream analysis to help understand her patients’ unconscious functioning. Which type of therapy does Rasha likely provide?
a) Rational emotive behavior therapy
b) Gestalt therapy
c) Aversion therapy
d) Psychoanalysis
Skill Level: Apply
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.1.1: Describe the basic techniques of psychodynamic therapies
Topic: Insight Therapies
9. Uncovering repressed childhood issues, if any exist, and using them to explain an individual’s current difficulty is the goal of _____
a) humanistic therapy.
b) psychodynamic therapy.
c) behavioral modification.
d) Gestalt therapy.
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 13.1.1: Describe the basic techniques of psychodynamic therapies
Topic: Insight Therapies
10. The psychoanalytic technique of _____ is used to explore the unconscious by having patients reveal whatever thoughts, feelings, or images come to mind.
a) dream analysis
b) exposure and response prevention
c) free association
d) resistance
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.1.1: Describe the basic techniques of psychodynamic therapies
Topic: Insight Therapies
11. Jaycee attends therapy once per week. Her therapist instructs her to say whatever comes to mind without censoring it, and stresses the importance of this instruction. Jaycee’s therapist is utilizing _____
a) rational emotive behavior therapy.
b) unconditional positive regard.
c) free association.
d) systematic desensitization.
Skill Level: Apply
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Objective: 13.1.1: Describe the basic techniques of psychodynamic therapies
Topic: Insight Therapies
12. Which of the following is a technique used in psychodynamic therapy?
a) Free association
b) Flooding
c) Unconditional positive regard
d) Participant modeling
Skill Level: Analyze
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.1.1: Describe the basic techniques of psychodynamic therapies
Topic: Insight Therapies
13. Which of the following is NOT used in psychoanalysis?
a) dream analysis
b) resistance
c) transference
d) systematic desensitization
Skill Level: Analyze
Learning Objective: 13.1.1: Describe the basic techniques of psychodynamic therapies
Topic: Insight Therapies
14. Freud’s view that important information is contained in what is NOT being said, is referred to as _____
a) resistance.
b) genuineness.
c) free association.
d) an automatic thought.
Skill Level: Analyze
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Objective: 13.1.1: Describe the basic techniques of psychodynamic therapies
Topic: Insight Therapies
15. Tipi’s therapist notices that Tipi changes the topic whenever her mother is brought up. Additionally, when her mother is brought up, Tipi is always late to her next therapy session. Tipi is demonstrating the phenomenon Freud labeled _____
a) transference.
b) free association.
c) aversion therapy.
d) resistance.
Skill Level: Apply
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Objective: 13.1.1: Describe the basic techniques of psychodynamic therapies
Topic: Insight Therapies
16. Because Freud believed that emotional concerns repressed in waking life are sometimes expressed in symbolic form while sleeping, he utilized the technique of _____ in therapy.
a) dream analysis
b) exposure and response prevention
c) free association
d) resistance
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.1.1: Describe the basic techniques of psychodynamic therapies
Topic: Insight Therapies
17. _____ refers to the strong emotional reaction a patient has to the psychoanalyst, which demonstrates how the patient acts toward significant individuals in her or his life.
a) Flooding
b) Transference
c) The empty chair technique
d) Resistance
Skill Level: Analyze
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Objective: 13.1.1: Describe the basic techniques of psychodynamic therapies
Topic: Insight Therapies
18. Which type of therapist bases her or his therapy on the notion that the emotional features of early relationships become the blueprint for future relationships?
a) Behavioral therapist
b) Humanistic therapist
c) Object relations therapist
d) Cognitive therapist
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Objective: 13.1.1: Describe the basic techniques of psychodynamic therapies
Topic: Insight Therapies
19. Youssif is a psychotherapist who believes strongly that people attempt to resolve their early relationship struggles using their current relationships. Many of the people he helps in his practice were raised by at least one alcoholic parent. Interestingly, many of those individuals currently find themselves married to an alcoholic and are struggling once again. Based on this explanation, what type of therapist is Youssif?
a) Behavioral therapist
b) Humanistic therapist
c) Object relations therapist
d) Cognitive therapist
Skill Level: Apply
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Objective: 13.1.1: Describe the basic techniques of psychodynamic therapies
Topic: Insight Therapies
20. Brief psychodynamic psychotherapy tends to be most effective for _____
a) the undifferentiated type of schizophrenia.
b) those who have a single psychological diagnosis, have functioning relationships, and who believe the therapy will be effective.
c) individuals who have more than one diagnosable psychological disorder.
d) individuals who lack significant social relationships.
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Objective: 13.1.1: Describe the basic techniques of psychodynamic therapies
Topic: Insight Therapies
21. A brief psychotherapy designed to help people with depression better understand and cope with problems relating to their interpersonal relationships defines _____
a) behavior therapy.
b) humanistic therapy.
c) biomedical therapy.
d) interpersonal therapy (IPT).
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.1.1: Describe the basic techniques of psychodynamic therapies
Topic: Insight Therapies
22. Based on the research, which of the following will interpersonal therapy be effective in resolving?
a) Depression
b) Schizophrenia
c) Dissociative disorders
d) Somatic disorders
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Objective: 13.1.1: Describe the basic techniques of psychodynamic therapies
Topic: Insight Therapies
23. Harold is a 52-year-old manager at a major automotive company. He was just informed that the company is downsizing, and he has two weeks to find a new job. Harold had been with the company for the past 24 years and was surprised, angry, and bitter about the news. Eventually, Harold’s job loss started to interfere with his functioning. Based on research from your text, which of the following types of therapy would likely benefit Harold the most?
a) Aversion therapy
b) Group therapy
c) Family therapy
d) Interpersonal therapy
Skill Level: Apply
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.1.1: Describe the basic techniques of psychodynamic therapies
Topic: Insight Therapies
24. Henderson lost his wife to cancer about four months ago. Nonetheless, he seems unable to pull himself together and live his life. His adult children fear that he is developing a depression and is getting worse as opposed to feeling better. According to your text, which type of therapy would be the initial choice that Henderson will benefit from most?
a) Interpersonal therapy (IPT)
b) Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
c) Aversion therapy
d) Systematic desensitization
Skill Level: Apply
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.1.1: Describe the basic techniques of psychodynamic therapies
Topic: Insight Therapies
25. Which of the following is a basic assumption of humanistic therapies?
a) Individuals have learned maladaptive behavior through various forms of conditioning.
b) People need to be directed in therapy in order for it to be fully effective.
c) Childhood experiences, especially traumas, greatly impact psychological development.
d) People have the ability and freedom to lead rational lives and make rational choices.
Skill Level: Evaluate
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.1.2: Summarize the goal of the therapist in person-centered therapy
Topic: Insight Therapies
26. In an effort to help individuals facilitate their own personal growth in therapy, humanistic therapists did which of the following?
a) Employed the empty chair technique
b) Decided to use the word “client” as opposed to “patient”
c) Determined that transference was appropriate for use in treatment
d) Created systematic desensitization
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.1.2: Summarize the goal of the therapist in person-centered therapy
Topic: Insight Therapies
27. _____ are psychotherapies that assume that people have the ability and freedom to lead rational lives and make rational choices.
a) Cognitive therapies
b) Cognitive-behavioral therapies
c) Behavioral therapies
d) Humanistic therapies
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.1.2: Summarize the goal of the therapist in person-centered therapy
Topic: Insight Therapies
28. _____ developed person-centered therapy, which is based on the _____ school of thought.
a) Sigmund Freud; psychoanalytic
b) Aaron Beck; cognitive
c) Carl Rogers; humanistic
d) Fritz Perls; behavioral
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 13.1.2: Summarize the goal of the therapist in person-centered therapy
Topic: Insight Therapies
29. _____ is a nondirective, humanistic therapy developed by Carl Rogers, in which the therapist creates an accepting climate and shows empathy, freeing clients to be themselves and releasing their natural tendency toward self-actualization.
a) Cognitive therapy
b) Person-centered therapy
c) Psychoanalysis
d) Rational emotive behavior therapy
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 13.1.2: Summarize the goal of the therapist in person-centered therapy
Topic: Insight Therapies
30. The realization of one’s inner potential is called _____
a) self-actualization.
b) symbiosis.
c) reflection.
d) transference.
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 13.1.2: Summarize the goal of the therapist in person-centered therapy
Topic: Insight Therapies
31. Humanistic psychologists believe that psychological disorders result when _____
a) self-actualization is attained too early.
b) an individual’s object of relation is an unhealthy one.
c) the natural tendency toward realizing one’s inner potential is blocked by oneself or others.
d) transference interferes with one’s authentic self.
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Objective: 13.1.2: Summarize the goal of the therapist in person-centered therapy
Topic: Insight Therapies
32. Which of the following statements is false regarding person-centered therapy?
a) Unconditional positive regard is created by the therapist.
b) Person-centered therapy was developed by Carl Rogers.
c) Person-centered therapy is a nondirective type of therapy.
d) The therapist plays the role of the “expert.”
Skill Level: Evaluate
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.1.2: Summarize the goal of the therapist in person-centered therapy
Topic: Insight Therapies
33. _____ is any type of psychotherapy in which the therapist allows the direction of the therapy session to be controlled by the client.
a) Rational emotive behavior therapy
b) Nondirective therapy
c) Psychoanalysis
d) Directive therapy
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 13.1.2: Summarize the goal of the therapist in person-centered therapy
Topic: Insight Therapies
34. The goal of person-centered therapy is to _____
a) uncover sexual and aggressive impulses buried deep within the mind.
b) help the person get back on the path toward self-actualization.
c) modify maladaptive behaviors.
d) help individuals work through difficult and traumatic childhood issues that have invaded the unconscious.
Skill Level: Analyze
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.1.2: Summarize the goal of the therapist in person-centered therapy
Topic: Insight Therapies
35. Mamie notices that when she discusses her issues in therapy, her therapist often says, “Okay, now let me make sure I understand. What it sounds like you are saying is that....” Mamie doesn’t mind at all because it makes her feel like the therapist is paying attention, actually cares, and even gives her the opportunity to correct the therapist if what he says is not what she meant. Mamie’s therapist is using the technique of _____
a) flooding.
b) active listening.
c) transference.
d) unconditional positive regard.
Skill Level: Apply
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Objective: 13.1.2: Summarize the goal of the therapist in person-centered therapy
Topic: Insight Therapies
36. Which of the following are techniques used by a person-centered therapist?
a) Active listening
b) Analyzing resistance
c) Transference
d) Dream analysis
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.1.2: Summarize the goal of the therapist in person-centered therapy
Topic: Insight Therapies
37. Brett notices in therapy that he seems to be the one controlling the direction the session is taking. He also notices that his therapist has done a nice job of creating an atmosphere of acceptance in therapy. Because his therapist does not make it seem like she is a know-it-all and an expert, he feels like they are on a person-to-person basis. Brett finds this all helpful because it make him trust his therapist even more. Brett’s therapist is practicing _____ therapy and is utilizing _____ and _____ as therapeutic techniques.
a) person-centered; transference; flooding
b) behavior; genuineness; aversion therapy
c) humanistic; unconditional positive regard; congruence
d) interpersonal; dream analysis; the empty chair
Skill Level: Apply
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Objective: 13.1.2: Summarize the goal of the therapist in person-centered therapy
Topic: Insight Therapies
38. Gestalt therapy was developed by _____
a) Carl Rogers.
b) Walt Jabsco.
c) Sigmund Freud.
d) Fritz Perls.
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 13.1.3: Identify the major emphasis of Gestalt therapy
Topic: Insight Therapies
39. The goal of Gestalt therapy is to _____
a) uncover sexual and aggressive impulses buried deep within the mind.
b) help the person get back on the path of self-actualization.
c) modify maladaptive behaviors.
d) help clients achieve a more integrated self and become more self-accepting and authentic.
Skill Level: Analyze
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.1.3: Identify the major emphasis of Gestalt therapy
Topic: Insight Therapies
40. Which of the following statements is false regarding Gestalt therapy?
a) The goal is to become more self-accepting and authentic.
b) It encourages people to take responsibility for their behaviors.
c) It utilizes the empty chair technique.
d) It is nondirective therapy.
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Objective: 13.1.3: Identify the major emphasis of Gestalt therapy
Topic: Insight Therapies
41. _____ emphasizes the importance of clients’ fully experiencing, in the present moment, their feelings, thoughts, and actions, and then taking responsibility for them.
a) Rational emotive behavior therapy
b) Gestalt therapy
c) Psychoanalysis
d) Nondirective therapy
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.1.3: Identify the major emphasis of Gestalt therapy
Topic: Insight Therapies
42. Which of the following therapies is directive and is known for its use of the empty chair technique?
a) Psychoanalysis
b) Cognitive therapy
c) Gestalt therapy
d) Rational emotive behavior therapy
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Objective: 13.1.3: Identify the major emphasis of Gestalt therapy
Topic: Insight Therapies
43. When a therapist takes an active role in determining the course of therapy sessions and provides answers and suggestions to the client, she or he is providing _____
a) directive therapy.
b) a token economy.
c) humanistic therapy.
d) dream analysis.
Skill Level: Analyze
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.1.3: Identify the major emphasis of Gestalt therapy
Topic: Insight Therapies
44. Anya provides therapy to her clients in a very straightforward manner. She decides what course the sessions will take and offers advice and suggestions when she feels it is necessary. What type of therapy does Anya likely provide?
a) Exposure and response prevention
b) A token economy
c) Humanistic therapy
d) Directive therapy
Skill Level: Apply
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Objective: 13.1.3: Identify the major emphasis of Gestalt therapy
Topic: Insight Therapies
45. _____ is any type of psychotherapy in which the therapist takes an active role in determining the course of therapy sessions and provides answers and suggestions to the client.
a) Humanistic therapy
b) Aversion therapy
c) Directive therapy
d) Psychoanalysis
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.1.3: Identify the major emphasis of Gestalt therapy
Topic: Insight Therapies
46. _____ focus solely on the individual in the therapeutic process, whereas _____ focus on both the individual and the individual’s interpersonal relationships in the therapeutic process.
a) Couples therapies; group therapies
b) Insight therapies; relationship therapies
c) Group therapies; psychoanalytic techniques
d) Psychodynamic therapies; insight therapies
Skill Level: Analyze
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Objective: 13.2.1: Explain the goals of family and couple therapy
Topic: Relationship Therapies
47. _____ are defined as therapies that attempt to improve clients’ interpersonal relationships or create new relationships to support clients’ efforts to address psychological problems.
a) Humanistic therapies
b) Aversion therapies
c) Relationship therapies
d) Psychoanalytic techniques
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 13.2.1: Explain the goals of family and couple therapy
Topic: Relationship Therapies
48. Which of the following does not fall within the category of relationship therapies?
a) Couples therapy
b) Group therapy
c) Family therapy
d) Psychoanalysis
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Objective: 13.2.1: Explain the goals of family and couple therapy
Topic: Relationship Therapies
49. _____ has the goal of helping family members reach agreement on changes that will help heal the family unit, improve communication problems, and create more understanding and harmony within the group.
a) Family therapy
b) A self-help group
c) Psychoanalysis
d) Gestalt therapy
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 13.2.1: Explain the goals of family and couple therapy
Topic: Relationship Therapies
50. Family therapy would probably not be the most ideal treatment for which of the following situations?
a) A family who has twin boys with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and a stressed-out mother
b) A family who argues constantly about who is to blame for the parents’ divorce
c) A family who has a teenage daughter with an eating disorder and two younger daughters who are saddened by the situation
d) A woman who has just lost her husband in a tragic car accident
Skill Level: Evaluate
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Objective: 13.2.1: Explain the goals of family and couple therapy
Topic: Relationship Therapies
51. _____ involves intimate partners whose behavior change or emotional responses to each other or both are the focus of treatment.
a) Family therapy
b) A self-help group
c) Psychoanalysis
d) Couples therapy
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.2.1: Explain the goals of family and couple therapy
Topic: Relationship Therapies
52. In _____, several clients meet regularly with one or more therapists to resolve personal problems.
a) family therapy
b) a self-help group
c) psychoanalysis
d) group therapy
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 13.2.2: List some advantages of group therapy
Topic: Relationship Therapies
53. _____ focuses on a single problem and is often led by someone who is not a professional therapist.
a) A self-help group
b) Family therapy
c) Psychoanalysis
d) Gestalt therapy
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.2.2: List some advantages of group therapy
Topic: Relationship Therapies
54. Alcoholics Anonymous, Overeaters Anonymous, and Gamblers Anonymous are all examples of _____
a) family therapy.
b) self-help groups.
c) psychodynamic concepts.
d) Gestalt therapy.
Skill Level: Analyze
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.2.2: List some advantages of group therapy
Topic: Relationship Therapies
55. Although Caitlynn is already in cognitive therapy for her eating disorder, her psychologist believes that she would also benefit from talking to others with eating disorders. Her psychologist wants Caitlynn to meet others struggling to beat an eating disorder and also someone who has already recovered. What type of treatment will Caitlynn’s psychologist likely suggest to her?
a) Gestalt therapy
b) Exposure and response prevention
c) A self-help group
d) Family therapy
Skill Level: Apply
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.2.2: List some advantages of group therapy
Topic: Relationship Therapies
56. Which of the following is not a benefit of group therapy?
a) It gives individuals an opportunity to express themselves and be heard by others who may be feeling the same way.
b) Individuals in the group may experience helpful feedback from other members in the group.
c) It offers a sense of connectedness and belonging to the individuals in the group.
d) It is usually more expensive than individual therapy, but most feel it is well worth the extra cost.
Skill Level: Analyze
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.2.2: List some advantages of group therapy
Topic: Relationship Therapies
57. _____ utilizes the principles of operant conditioning, classical conditioning, and/or observational learning to eliminate inappropriate and maladaptive behaviors.
a) A self-help group
b) Humanistic therapy
c) Psychoanalysis
d) Behavior therapy
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.3.1: Describe how behavior therapists modify clients’ problematic behaviors
Topic: Behavior Therapies
58. An approach to therapy that uses learning principles to eliminate inappropriate or maladaptive behaviors and replace them with more adaptive responses defines _____
a) behavior modification.
b) active listening.
c) dream analysis.
d) couples therapy.
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 13.3.1: Describe how behavior therapists modify clients’ problematic behaviors
Topic: Behavior Therapies
59. Behavioral therapy rests on the notion that abnormal behavior _____
a) is a result of childhood traumas that have never been dealt with; therefore, exploring one’s childhood is the first step in recovery.
b) is mostly genetic; thus, medications seem to be the first step in working to eliminate it.
c) is learned and can therefore be unlearned with the appropriate behavioral techniques.
d) is a result of both one’s heredity and one’s environment; consequently, not much can be done to resolve the disorders.
Skill Level: Analyze
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 13.3.1: Describe how behavior therapists modify clients’ problematic behaviors
Topic: Behavior Therapies
60. Tanisha, a therapist, works with individuals who display poor social skills. In treatment, she uses reinforcements and other operant conditioning principles to bring about more adaptive responses in her clients. Tanisha is a _____ therapist using _____ in her therapy sessions to help treat the individuals.
a) psychoanalytic; resistance
b) humanistic; reflection
c) cognitive; rational emotive behavior therapy
d) behavior; behavior modification
Skill Level: Apply
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 13.3.1: Describe how behavior therapists modify clients’ problematic behaviors
Topic: Behavior Therapies
61. Which of the following behavior modification techniques is based on operant conditioning?
a) Systematic desensitization
b) The empty chair technique
c) Time out
d) Aversion therapy
Skill Level: Analyze
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Objective: 13.3.1: Describe how behavior therapists modify clients’ problematic behaviors
Topic: Behavior Therapies
62. When appropriate and desirable behaviors earn points or tokens that can later be exchanged for rewards, which of the following techniques is being used?
a) Systematic desensitization
b) A token economy
c) The empty chair technique
d) Participant modeling
Skill Level: Analyze
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.3.1: Describe how behavior therapists modify clients’ problematic behaviors
Topic: Behavior Therapies
63. _____ is a behavior modification technique that rewards appropriate behavior with tokens that can be exchanged later for desired goods and/or privileges.
a) A self-help group
b) Exposure and response prevention
c) Electroconvulsive therapy
d) A token economy
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 13.3.1: Describe how behavior therapists modify clients’ problematic behaviors
Topic: Behavior Therapies
64. Lester, a 29-year-old smoker, has a head injury and lives in a group home with four other men. They have staff members who are with them 24 hours per day to help them with everyday tasks. Lester often displays aggressive or otherwise inappropriate behaviors as a result of his brain injury. For this reason, the staff members have been trained by the agency psychologist to give him a coupon every time Lester shows an appropriate behavior. When he saves up eight coupons, Lester is rewarded with a cigarette. Which of the following techniques is the staff members using with Lester?
a) Healing circle
b) Aversion therapy
c) A token economy
d) Unconditional positive regard
Skill Level: Apply
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.3.1: Describe how behavior therapists modify clients’ problematic behaviors
Topic: Behavior Therapies
65. _____, a behavior modification technique, is used to eliminate undesirable behavior, especially in children and adolescents, by withdrawing all reinforcers for a period of time.
a) A self-help group
b) Exposure and response prevention
c) Electroconvulsive therapy
d) The time out
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 13.3.1: Describe how behavior therapists modify clients’ problematic behaviors
Topic: Behavior Therapies
66. The removal of reinforcers for a certain period of time as a means to eliminate undesirable behaviors is called _____
a) systematic desensitization.
b) exposure and response prevention.
c) the time out.
d) a token economy.
Skill Level: Analyze
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.3.1: Describe how behavior therapists modify clients’ problematic behaviors
Topic: Behavior Therapies
67. Jeremiah is told that he can play in the sand box only if he promises not to throw sand. He agrees. After about six minutes in the sand box, however, Jeremiah is caught by the teacher throwing sand at another child. Jeremiah is taken out of the sand box and made to sit on a chair for eight minutes where he can see the others playing in the sand box and having fun, but he cannot join in. Jeremiah is experiencing _____
a) aversion therapy.
b) a time out.
c) the empty chair technique.
d) negative reinforcement.
Skill Level: Apply
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.3.1: Describe how behavior therapists modify clients’ problematic behaviors
Topic: Behavior Therapies
68. Which of the following will increase the effectiveness of the time out as a way of reducing or eliminating undesirable behaviors?
a) Setting the time period to 20 minutes if the child is under age 10 and 30 minutes or more if the child is age 10 or older
b) Sending children to their rooms where they can play with their toys and books to keep them occupied
c) Having a child sit next to her or his favorite teacher away from the other kids so she or he gets the individual attention from the teacher
d) Making sure the child knows the rules first and then consistently following through with the punishment, remembering to remove all reinforcers
Skill Level: Evaluate
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Objective: 13.3.1: Describe how behavior therapists modify clients’ problematic behaviors
Topic: Behavior Therapies
69. Which of the following is not a behavioral technique based on classical conditioning?
a) Flooding
b) Exposure and response prevention
c) Token economy
d) Systematic desensitization
Skill Level: Analyze
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Objective: 13.3.2: Describe the behavior therapies that are based on classical conditioning and social- cognitive theory
Topic: Behavior Therapies
70. Which of the following statements is true of systematic desensitization?
a) It forces people to face their fear by surrounding them with the feared object.
b) It pairs the feared object with an aversive, or unpleasant, stimulus.
c) It removes all potential reinforcers from the situation.
d) It pairs the feared object with relaxation.
Skill Level: Analyze
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.3.2: Describe the behavior therapies that are based on classical conditioning and social- cognitive theory
Topic: Behavior Therapies
71. _____ applied classical conditioning techniques to therapy and is credited for devising systematic desensitization.
a) Joseph Wolpe
b) Sigmund Freud
c) B. F. Skinner
d) Albert Bandura
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.3.2: Describe the behavior therapies that are based on classical conditioning and social- cognitive theory
Topic: Behavior Therapies
72. _____ is used to treat fears by training clients in deep muscle relaxation and then having them confront a graduated series of anxiety-producing situations until they can remain relaxed while confronting even the most feared situation.
a) Aversion therapy
b) Congruence
c) A token economy
d) Systematic desensitization
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.3.2: Describe the behavior therapies that are based on classical conditioning and social- cognitive theory
Topic: Behavior Therapies
73. What is the difference between systematic desensitization and flooding?
a) Flooding is based on operant conditioning, whereas systematic desensitization is based on classical conditioning.
b) Systematic desensitization is based on operant conditioning, whereas flooding is based on classical conditioning.
c) Systematic desensitization is gradual, whereas flooding is administered all at once.
d) There is no difference. They are alternate names for the same exact technique.
Skill Level: Analyze
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Objective: 13.3.2: Describe the behavior therapies that are based on classical conditioning and social- cognitive theory
Topic: Behavior Therapies
74. When utilizing systematic desensitization, clients are trained in _____, which becomes a vital component to the treatment.
a) aversion therapy
b) progressive muscle relaxation
c) dream analysis
d) flooding
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.3.2: Describe the behavior therapies that are based on classical conditioning and social- cognitive theory
Topic: Behavior Therapies
75. Bernice has a terrible phobia of heights. It has become more problematic since the announcement of her promotion. With the promotion come more money, more perks, and more prestige. Unfortunately, it also requires Bernice to work on the 35th floor of the building. She knows that she must overcome this fear if she wants to accept the promotion. With which therapeutic technique will she likely find the most success?
a) Empathy and genuineness
b) Transference
c) Systematic desensitization
d) A token economy
Skill Level: Apply
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.3.2: Describe the behavior therapies that are based on classical conditioning and social- cognitive theory
Topic: Behavior Therapies
76. LeRoi has been diagnosed with a specific phobia. His therapist asks him to imagine a time when he was very relaxed. After he achieves that relaxed state, the therapist asks him to imagine the feared object and then eventually works with him to be relaxed in the presence of the real object. This procedure is completed in gradual steps. Which technique did his therapist use?
a) Systematic desensitization
b) Flooding
c) The empty chair technique
d) Aversion therapy
Skill Level: Apply
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.3.2: Describe the behavior therapies that are based on classical conditioning and social- cognitive theory
Topic: Behavior Therapies
77. _____ occurs when an individual is asked to imagine or even be in the presence of the feared object; she or he remains there until the fear has subsided.
a) Aversion therapy
b) Systematic desensitization
c) Exposure and response prevention
d) Flooding
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.3.2: Describe the behavior therapies that are based on classical conditioning and social- cognitive theory
Topic: Behavior Therapies
78. Stella has a phobia of bridges, but needs to cross one in order to get to her new job. She found a therapist who can help her by using in vivo flooding. If she chooses this therapist, what should Stella expect during treatment?
a) To draw many bridges on canvas until her anxiety decreases
b) To be on an actual bridge until her fear subsides
c) To discuss bridges for the first five sessions
d) To analyze the root of her bridge phobia
Skill Level: Apply
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.3.2: Describe the behavior therapies that are based on classical conditioning and social- cognitive theory
Topic: Behavior Therapies
79. Dora has been admitted to veterinary school and is excited to begin. She has an intense fear of dogs, probably stemming from when she was bitten by a dog many years ago. Dora knows that she must overcome this fear before she begins vet school. She finds a therapist who has her stand in a room with five dogs; the therapist remains in the room with her. After a few minutes of thinking that she would need to run out or start screaming, she realized that the dogs were actually not hurting her. After about an hour and a half, she noticed her anxiety level was substantially lower than it was before she entered the room. The technique seemed to be working. Dora’s therapist was using the _____ technique known as _____
a) humanistic; flooding.
b) cognitive; exposure and response prevention.
c) behavioral; flooding.
d) psychodynamic; transference.
Skill Level: Apply
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Objective: 13.3.2: Describe the behavior therapies that are based on classical conditioning and social- cognitive theory
Topic: Behavior Therapies
80. The technique of exposure and response prevention has been used successfully in treating individuals with _____
a) schizophrenia.
b) dissociative identity disorder.
c) autism.
d) obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.3.2: Describe the behavior therapies that are based on classical conditioning and social- cognitive theory
Topic: Behavior Therapies
81. Encouraging individuals to think of obsessions without allowing them to engage in compulsive behavior is the gist of the _____ technique.
a) aversion therapy
b) flooding
c) systematic desensitization
d) exposure and response prevention
Skill Level: Analyze
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.3.2: Describe the behavior therapies that are based on classical conditioning and social- cognitive theory
Topic: Behavior Therapies
82. _____ exposes patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder to stimuli that trigger obsessions and compulsive rituals, while patients must resist performing the compulsive rituals for progressively longer periods of time.
a) Aversion therapy
b) Systematic desensitization
c) Exposure and response prevention
d) Flooding
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 13.3.2: Describe the behavior therapies that are based on classical conditioning and social- cognitive theory
Topic: Behavior Therapies
83. Though not the main disorder of its focus, exposure and response prevention has also proven useful in the treatment of _____
a) posttraumatic stress disorder.
b) schizophrenia.
c) autism.
d) dissociative identity disorder.
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Objective: 13.3.2: Describe the behavior therapies that are based on classical conditioning and social- cognitive theory
Topic: Behavior Therapies
84. Sharif has been diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder. His therapist purposely asks him to think about the unwanted, intrusive, unpleasant thought. These thoughts typically trigger Sharif to feel the need to engage in a particular behavior. However, his therapist does not allow him to engage in that behavior for periods of time. The goal is to decrease and eventually eliminate the need for the compulsion. This technique is called _____
a) flooding.
b) aversion therapy.
c) exposure and response prevention.
d) overexposure.
Skill Level: Apply
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.3.2: Describe the behavior therapies that are based on classical conditioning and social- cognitive theory
Topic: Behavior Therapies
85. Pairing an unpleasant stimulus with an undesirable behavior in an effort to reduce or eliminate that undesirable behavior is the basic idea behind _____
a) flooding.
b) aversion therapy.
c) systematic desensitization.
d) exposure and response prevention.
Skill Level: Analyze
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.3.2: Describe the behavior therapies that are based on classical conditioning and social- cognitive theory
Topic: Behavior Therapies
86. MaryBeth has awful and frequent thoughts of suicide. Her therapist wants those thoughts to be eliminated as soon as possible. The therapist decides to pair the suicidal thoughts with the repugnant smell of ammonia with the intent that MaryBeth will eventually avoid engaging in suicidal thoughts. MaryBeth’s therapist is using the _____ technique.
a) aversion therapy
b) exposure and response prevention
c) flooding
d) systematic desensitization
Skill Level: Apply
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.3.2: Describe the behavior therapies that are based on classical conditioning and social- cognitive theory
Topic: Behavior Therapies
87. _____ is a behavior therapy in which an aversive stimulus is paired with a harmful or socially undesirable behavior until the behavior becomes associated with pain or discomfort.
a) Aversion therapy
b) Systematic desensitization
c) Overexposure therapy
d) Flooding
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 13.3.2: Describe the behavior therapies that are based on classical conditioning and social- cognitive theory
Topic: Behavior Therapies
88. The nausea-producing drug prescribed to those battling alcoholism in an effort to reduce their drinking is called _____
a) Librium.
b) Antabuse.
c) Thorazine.
d) Paxil.
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Objective: 13.3.2: Describe the behavior therapies that are based on classical conditioning and social- cognitive theory
Topic: Behavior Therapies
89. Aversion therapy is built upon the concept of _____
a) operant conditioning.
b) rational emotion behavior therapy.
c) psychoanalysis.
d) classical conditioning.
Skill Level: Analyze
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Objective: 13.3.2: Describe the behavior therapies that are based on classical conditioning and social- cognitive theory
Topic: Behavior Therapies
90. In which of the following scenarios would aversion therapy be an appropriate treatment?
a) Trying to get three-year-old Greta to learn how to write
b) Wanting Jerome to stop dwelling on violent thoughts
c) Reinforcing Riley for using her manners
d) Assisting Bradley through the pain of his divorce
Skill Level: Analyze
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Objective: 13.3.2: Describe the behavior therapies that are based on classical conditioning and social- cognitive theory
Topic: Behavior Therapies
91. Which of the following behavioral techniques is based on Albert Bandura’s observational learning theory?
a) Systematic desensitization
b) Exposure and response prevention
c) Flooding
d) Participant modeling
Skill Level: Analyze
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.3.2: Describe the behavior therapies that are based on classical conditioning and social- cognitive theory
Topic: Behavior Therapies
92. Solomon has poor social skills, which are interfering with his ability to make friends at school. His therapist demonstrates correct and appropriate social skills for him and then encourages Solomon to mimic them. The learning of social skills eventually occurs and is all a result of Solomon watching his therapist and then practicing the new skills with him. This technique is referred to as _____
a) participant modeling.
b) the token economy.
c) aversion therapy.
d) systematic desensitization.
Skill Level: Apply
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.3.2: Describe the behavior therapies that are based on classical conditioning and social- cognitive theory
Topic: Behavior Therapies
93. _____ models an appropriate response to a feared stimulus in graduated steps, after which the client attempts to imitate the model step-by-step, encouraged and supported by the therapist.
a) Aversion therapy
b) Systematic desensitization
c) Participant modeling
d) Flooding
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 13.3.2: Describe the behavior therapies that are based on classical conditioning and social- cognitive theory
Topic: Behavior Therapies
94. _____ assume(s) that maladaptive behavior can result from irrational thoughts, beliefs, and ideas.
a) Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
b) Cognitive behavior therapies (CBT)
c) Behavioral techniques
d) Interpersonal therapies (IPT)
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 13.4.1: Explain the aims of rational emotive behavior therapy
95. Which of the following therapeutic interventions are types of cognitive behavior therapies (CBT)?
a) Psychoanalysis and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
b) Rational emotive behavioral therapy (REBT) and Beck’s cognitive therapy (CT)
c) Beck’s cognitive therapy (CT) and dream analysis
d) Flooding and active listening
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.4.1: Explain the aims of rational emotive behavior therapy
96. _____ rests on the idea that thoughts that precede the behaviors need to change first.
a) Cognitive behavior therapy
b) Gestalt therapy
c) Humanistic therapy
d) Psychodynamic therapy
Skill Level: Analyze
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.4.1: Explain the aims of rational emotive behavior therapy
97. Juan is a therapist who is meeting for the first time with an individual with depression. Juan inquires not only about his symptoms, but also about what thoughts or beliefs go through his mind when experiencing those symptoms. Juan strongly believes that in order to reduce the depressed symptoms, he first needs to address any irrational thoughts and beliefs that come before them. What type of therapist is Juan?
a) Psychodynamic therapist
b) Humanistic therapist
c) Cognitive behavior therapist
d) Behavior therapist
Skill Level: Apply
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 13.4.1: Explain the aims of rational emotive behavior therapy
98. _____ works to change maladaptive behaviors by looking for, challenging, and then changing the irrational beliefs that underlie those maladaptive behaviors.
a) Thought suppression
b) The empty chair technique
c) Rational emotive behavior therapy
d) Freud’s cognitive therapy
Skill Level: Analyze
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Objective: 13.4.1: Explain the aims of rational emotive behavior therapy
99. Who developed rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT)?
a) Earl Scheib
b) Aaron Beck
c) Carl Rogers
d) Albert Ellis
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 13.4.1: Explain the aims of rational emotive behavior therapy
100. Rational emotive behavior therapy is based on _____
a) Fritz Perls’s empty chair technique.
b) Albert Ellis’s ABC theory.
c) Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalysis.
d) Raymond Cattell’s theory of personality.
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Objective: 13.4.1: Explain the aims of rational emotive behavior therapy
101. Which of the following statements is true of rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT)?
a) It implies that the consequences of an event cause the distressing thoughts, which can often lead to maladaptive behaviors.
b) It is a type of cognitive therapy developed by Aaron Beck back in the mid-1970s.
c) It suggests that actual events cause the distressing thoughts, which can lead to maladaptive behaviors.
d) It assumes that the individual’s beliefs about an event, rather than the event itself, cause distress.
Skill Level: Analyze
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Objective: 13.4.1: Explain the aims of rational emotive behavior therapy
102. _____, developed by Albert Ellis, is a directive form of psychotherapy designed to challenge clients’ irrational beliefs about themselves and others.
a) Rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT)
b) Interpersonal therapy (IPT)
c) Psychoanalysis
d) Cognitive therapy (CT)
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 13.4.1: Explain the aims of rational emotive behavior therapy
103. Bud has been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. He and his therapist are discussing what happened at school yesterday. Bud’s psychology professor surprised the class with a pop quiz. Although Bud had been doing well in class up until that point, he had not had a chance to do his reading because he worked until midnight the night before; therefore, he failed the pop quiz. Bud’s therapist asked him to share his thoughts about failing the pop quiz. Bud replied, “I should have known we’d have a pop quiz. I should have stayed up after work or gotten up early this morning to do my reading. I know I will fail the class now!” Bud’s therapist retorted with, “Why do you think you have the ability to predict what will happen? That is ridiculous. It is just a pop quiz. Didn’t you tell me that your professor drops a low score anyway?” His therapist continued on in this directive manner. Based on this interaction, it seems likely that Bud’s therapist is providing him with _____
a) rational emotive behavior therapy.
b) Gestalt therapy.
c) Beck’s cognitive therapy.
d) humanistic therapy.
Skill Level: Apply
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Objective: 13.4.1: Explain the aims of rational emotive behavior therapy
104. _____ aims at helping individuals overcome cognitive errors.
a) Exposure and response prevention therapy
b) Beck’s cognitive therapy (CT)
c) Gestalt therapy
d) Rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT)
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.4.2: Explain Beck’s cognitive therapy
105. According to Aaron T. Beck, _____ is/are unreasonable but unquestioned ideas that rule a person’s life.
a) irrational thoughts
b) conditions of worth
c) “emotional baggage”
d) automatic thoughts
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.4.2: Explain Beck’s cognitive therapy
106. Which of the following therapies utilizes homework assignments in which the client must record and keep track of automatic thoughts and her or his emotional response to them?
a) Rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT)
b) Interpersonal therapy (IPT)
c) Psychoanalysis
d) Beck’s cognitive therapy (CT)
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Objective: 13.4.2: Explain Beck’s cognitive therapy
107. Nadia is a psychotherapist dealing mainly with clients battling depression and anxiety. Prior to ending the session with her last client, she assigned him homework. She told him to record and keep track of any automatic thoughts he notices in addition to his emotional response to them. When he came into the next session, they went over his homework and she analyzed his responses for cognitive errors. What type of therapy is Nadia most likely providing?
a) Beck’s cognitive therapy (CT)
b) Interpersonal therapy (IPT)
c) Psychoanalysis
d) Rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT)
Skill Level: Evaluate
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.4.2: Explain Beck’s cognitive therapy
108. Which of the following is a true statement regarding the practice of cognitive therapy?
a) Cognitive therapists must hold a medical degree in order to practice.
b) Cognitive therapy is brief, usually lasting only 10 to 20 sessions.
c) Cognitive therapy has its roots in psychodynamic theory.
d) Cognitive therapists specialize in the treatment of child abuse.
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Objective: 13.4.2: Explain Beck’s cognitive therapy
109. Cognitive therapy has been especially effective in the treatment of __________ .
a) black lung disease
b) schizotypal personality disorder
c) depression
d) dissociative identity disorder
Skill Level: Apply
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Objective: 13.4.2: Explain Beck’s cognitive therapy
110. After three months of cognitive therapy, approximately _______ of clients with panic disorder are panic-free.
a) 17 percent
b) 50 percent
c) 75 percent
d) 90 percent
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Objective: 13.4.2: Explain Beck's cognitive therapy
111. Shayla focuses on one small detail of a situation instead of the overall situation. According to Aaron Beck, which cognitive error is Shayla experiencing?
a) mind reading
b) mental filter
c) inappropriate should and must statements
d) personalization
Skill Level: Apply
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Objective: 13.4.2: Explain Beck’s cognitive therapy
112. Using medications or surgeries to treat psychological disorders, based on the assumption that psychological disorders are symptoms of underlying physical problems, is the focus of _____
a) neuronal therapy.
b) Gestalt therapy.
c) biomedical therapies.
d) insight therapies.
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 13.5.1: List the advantages and disadvantages of using drugs to treat psychological disorders
Topic: Biomedical Therapies
113. Dylan is a psychiatrist who feels strongly that psychological disorders are caused by chemical imbalances in the brain or other brain abnormalities. Dylan works from a _____ perspective of treatment.
a) cognitive
b) behavioral
c) psychoanalytic
d) biomedical
Skill Level: Apply
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 13.5.1: List the advantages and disadvantages of using drugs to treat psychological disorders
Topic: Biomedical Therapies
114. Some antipsychotic medications are also known as _____
a) benzodiazepines.
b) stimulants.
c) neuroleptics.
d) sedatives.
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.5.1: List the advantages and disadvantages of using drugs to treat psychological disorders
Topic: Biomedical Therapies
115. Atypical neuroleptic medications work by affecting _____ in the brain.
a) acetylcholine
b) dopamine and serotonin
c) endorphins
d) dopamine and norepinephrine
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Objective: 13.5.1: List the advantages and disadvantages of using drugs to treat psychological disorders
Topic: Biomedical Therapies
116. Mellaril and Thorazine are examples of _____ medications.
a) antipsychotic
b) antianxiety
c) antidepressant
d) comorbid
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.5.1: List the advantages and disadvantages of using drugs to treat psychological disorders
Topic: Biomedical Therapies
117. A severe side effect of the typical antipsychotic medications that affects many individuals is _____
a) liver damage.
b) tardive dyskinesia.
c) suicide.
d) extreme weight gain.
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.5.1: List the advantages and disadvantages of using drugs to treat psychological disorders
Topic: Biomedical Therapies
118. Bella was diagnosed with schizophrenia at age 22. She was put on medication to help control the hallucinations and delusions she was experiencing. Now at age 34, she continues to take that medication because it works for her. However, she has started to develop embarrassing facial twitches that she cannot control. Bella likely has _____, which is a result of the _____ she has been taking over the years.
a) motor dysfunction; mood stabilizers
b) epilepsy; antipsychotics
c) tardive dyskinesia; neuroleptics
d) epilepsy; minor tranquilizers
Skill Level: Apply
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Objective: 13.5.1: List the advantages and disadvantages of using drugs to treat psychological disorders
Topic: Biomedical Therapies
119. _____ have been developed to target both the positive symptoms and the negative symptoms of schizophrenia by targeting both dopamine and serotonin receptors in the brain.
a) Traditional antipsychotics
b) Benzodiazepines
c) Tricyclic antidepressants
d) Atypical neuroleptics
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Objective: 13.5.1: List the advantages and disadvantages of using drugs to treat psychological disorders
Topic: Biomedical Therapies
120. Clozapine, risperidone, and olanzipine are collectively referred to as _____
a) standard neuroleptics.
b) tricyclics.
c) benzodiazepines.
d) atypical neuroleptics.
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Objective: 13.5.1: List the advantages and disadvantages of using drugs to treat psychological disorders
Topic: Biomedical Therapies
121. _____ are to antipsychotic medications as _____ are to antianxiety medications.
a) Minor tranquilizers; anticonvulsants
b) Benzodiazepines; neuroleptics
c) Anticonvulsants; minor tranquilizers
d) Neuroleptics; benzodiazepines
Skill Level: Analyze
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Objective: 13.5.1: List the advantages and disadvantages of using drugs to treat psychological disorders
Topic: Biomedical Therapies
122. _____ are antidepressants that produce their effect by blocking reuptake of serotonin and norepinephrine.
a) Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
b) Benzodiazepines
c) Tricyclics
d) Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs)
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.5.1: List the advantages and disadvantages of using drugs to treat psychological disorders
Topic: Biomedical Therapies
123. Blocking the reuptake of certain neurotransmitters will lead to a(n) _____ in _____
a) decrease; overall neural transmission.
b) decrease; the binding of that particular neurotransmitter.
c) decrease; the amount of that neurotransmitter in the synapse.
d) increase; the binding of that particular neurotransmitter.
Skill Level: Analyze
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Objective: 13.5.1: List the advantages and disadvantages of using drugs to treat psychological disorders
Topic: Biomedical Therapies
124. The antidepressants that serve to block the reuptake of serotonin are referred to as _____
a) selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs).
b) monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs).
c) neuroleptics.
d) benzodiazepines.
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 13.5.1: List the advantages and disadvantages of using drugs to treat psychological disorders
Topic: Biomedical Therapies
125. Laurel is taking medication for major depressive disorder. She has noticed that because she has been on the medication, she cannot perform sexually. She has also gained some weight, but it is the sexual dysfunction that is really bothering her. Laurel is likely taking _____
a) a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI).
b) a neuroleptic medication.
c) a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI).
d) an anticonvulsant.
Skill Level: Apply
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 13.5.1: List the advantages and disadvantages of using drugs to treat psychological disorders
Topic: Biomedical Therapies
126. Nardil, Parnate, and Marplan are examples of _____
a) benzodiazepines.
b) tricyclic antidepressants.
c) monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs).
d) antipsychotic medications.
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.5.1: List the advantages and disadvantages of using drugs to treat psychological disorders
Topic: Biomedical Therapies
127. George’s psychiatrist gave him a long list of foods that he cannot eat while on his new medication. If he does not follow the list, he is at risk for having a stroke. Based on this, George is likely taking a(n) _____
a) neuroleptic.
b) selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI).
c) anticonvulsant.
d) monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI).
Skill Level: Apply
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Objective: 13.5.1: List the advantages and disadvantages of using drugs to treat psychological disorders
Topic: Biomedical Therapies
128. _____ produce their effect by preventing an enzyme from breaking down serotonin and norepinephrine in the synapses.
a) Tricyclic drugs
b) Mood stabilizers
c) Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs)
d) Antipsychotic drugs
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Objective: 13.5.1: List the advantages and disadvantages of using drugs to treat psychological disorders
Topic: Biomedical Therapies
129. _____ produce their effect by preventing an enzyme from breaking down serotonin and norepinephrine, thereby _____ the availability of the neurotransmitter in the synapses.
a) Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs); decreasing
b) Neuroleptics; increasing
c) Tricyclic antidepressants; decreasing
d) Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs); increasing
Skill Level: Analyze
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Objective: 13.5.1: List the advantages and disadvantages of using drugs to treat psychological disorders
Topic: Biomedical Therapies
130. Based on research evidence, _____ seem(s) to be an effective treatment option for those who have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
a) anticonvulsant drugs
b) Nardil
c) Prozac
d) anxiolytics
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Objective: 13.5.1: List the advantages and disadvantages of using drugs to treat psychological disorders
Topic: Biomedical Therapies
131. _____ is a drug used to treat bipolar disorder and at the proper maintenance dosages reduces both manic and depressive episodes.
a) Valium
b) Lithium
c) Prozac
d) Mellaril
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.5.1: List the advantages and disadvantages of using drugs to treat psychological disorders
Topic: Biomedical Therapies
132. _____ is/are a naturally occurring salt used to bring an individual out of a manic state.
a) Benzodiazepines
b) Lithium
c) Xanax
d) Valium
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Objective: 13.5.1: List the advantages and disadvantages of using drugs to treat psychological disorders
Topic: Biomedical Therapies
133. Xanax, Librium, and Valium are examples of _____
a) anticonvulsants.
b) antidepressants.
c) neuroleptics.
d) benzodiazepines.
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.5.1: List the advantages and disadvantages of using drugs to treat psychological disorders
Topic: Biomedical Therapies
134. Meghan has been taking medication for panic disorder. After a while, she decides she wants to try not taking the medication anymore. Her psychiatrist takes her off the medication. However, within a week or two, Meghan’s panic attacks are worse than before and she is experiencing intense withdrawal symptoms. Which of the following drugs was Meghan likely taking?
a) Lithium
b) Prozac
c) Xanax
d) Depakote
Skill Level: Apply
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Objective: 13.5.1: List the advantages and disadvantages of using drugs to treat psychological disorders
Topic: Biomedical Therapies
135. Which of the following is not a documented disadvantage to using drug therapy for psychological disorders?
a) They always take much longer to work than psychotherapy.
b) They are sometimes very costly.
c) The correct dosages are sometimes difficult to establish.
d) There are many unpleasant and even dangerous side effects.
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Objective: 13.5.1: List the advantages and disadvantages of using drugs to treat psychological disorders
Topic: Biomedical Therapies
136. _____, usually reserved for patients with severe depression who are suicidal, occurs when an electric current is passed through the right hemisphere of the brain.
a) A lobotomy
b) The split-brain operation
c) Cingulotomy
d) Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 13.5.2: Explain what electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is used for
Topic: Biomedical Therapies
137. Which of the following is not considered a viable treatment option for major depressive disorder?
a) Rapid transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)
b) Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
c) The use of monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs)
d) A lobotomy
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.5.3: List the serious psychological problems for which psychosurgery is effective
Topic: Biomedical Therapies
138. Though no longer a viable treatment option, surgically severing the frontal lobes from the deeper brain centers involved in emotion was known as the _____
a) lobotomy.
b) split-brain operation.
c) cingulotomy.
d) temporal integration procedure.
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 13.5.3: List the serious psychological problems for which psychosurgery is effective
Topic: Biomedical Therapies
139. Which of the following forms of psychosurgery have proven useful in the case of severe obsessive-compulsive disorder?
a) Rapid transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)
b) Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
c) The use of monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs)
d) Cingulotomy
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Objective: 13.5.3: List the serious psychological problems for which psychosurgery is effective
Topic: Biomedical Therapies
140. Which of the following is true regarding the comparison of psychologists with psychiatrists?
a) Only psychiatrists can be called doctors.
b) Psychiatrists attend medical school, whereas psychologists do not.
c) Psychologists are licensed to provide psychotherapy, but psychiatrists are not.
d) Only psychiatrists can prescribe medication for psychological disorders.
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.6.1: Compare the various types of therapists
Topic: Practical Issues in Psychotherapy
141. An ongoing interaction with a trained therapist via the Internet is referred to as _____
a) interpersonal therapy (IPT).
b) e-therapy.
c) psychology online.
d) e-psychoanalysis.
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.6.1: Compare the various types of therapists
Topic: Practical Issues in Psychotherapy
142. Which of the following is not a disadvantage as discussed in the current chapter regarding e-therapy?
a) There exists possibility of violating one’s confidentiality or other ethical standards.
b) This type of treatment is not appropriate for diagnosing and treating serious psychological disorders that require immediate or face-to-face interaction.
c) The therapist cannot see the client and thus may miss the nonverbal cues that assist in providing appropriate therapy.
d) There are no studies that have tracked and studied the effectiveness of this type of therapy thus far.
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Objective: 13.6.1: Compare the various types of therapists
Topic: Practical Issues in Psychotherapy
143. Which of the following is a disadvantage to e-therapy?
a) It is a way for individuals to get treatment if they are too shy or embarrassed to see someone in the traditional face-to-face context.
b) It generally costs less than traditional psychotherapy.
c) The therapist cannot see the client face-to-face, and thereby judge emotional and nonverbal reactions.
d) It is helpful to those who may need therapy but have disabilities, which may make travelling quite difficult.
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.6.1: Compare the various types of therapists
Topic: Practical Issues in Psychotherapy
144. When a therapist has knowledge of a client’s cultural and ethnic background and then chooses therapeutic techniques based on what will likely work best for that client’s background, the therapist is providing _____
a) ethnic therapy.
b) Gestalt therapy.
c) culturally sensitive therapy.
d) a healing circle.
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 13.6.2: Describe the characteristics of culturally sensitive therapy
Topic: Practical Issues in Psychotherapy
145. Nina is an African-American therapist. Most of her clients are also African-American because they request a therapist who shares a similar cultural outlook. Nina is quite successful not only because she is a brilliant psychologist, but also because she knows well the African-American culture and chooses therapeutic interventions for her clients accordingly. Nina clearly provides _____
a) gender-sensitive therapy.
b) healing circles.
c) e-therapy.
d) culturally sensitive therapy.
Skill Level: Apply
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.6.2: Describe the characteristics of culturally sensitive therapy
Topic: Practical Issues in Psychotherapy
146. _____ is an approach taken in therapy that takes into account the effects of gender on both the therapist’s and the client’s behavior.
a) E-therapy
b) Gender-sensitive therapy
c) Nonsexism
d) Culturally sensitive therapy
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 13.6.3: Explain the importance of gender-sensitive therapy
Topic: Practical Issues in Psychotherapy
147. Which of the following accurately reflects what research suggests about the effectiveness of any therapeutic technique?
a) Effectiveness is largely a result of the therapy’s appropriateness to the client’s problems and life circumstances.
b) Behavioral therapy is always the most effective.
c) Psychoanalysis is always a waste of time.
d) Therapy is no more effective than a placebo.
Skill Level: Evaluate
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 13.6.4: Explain the findings of research examining the effectiveness of psychotherapy
Topic: Practical Issues in Psychotherapy
148. In large survey conducted by Consumer Reports in 1995, most clients expressed a belief that they had _____ psychotherapy.
a) not benefited from
b) benefited substantially from
c) benefited only a little from
d) been cured by
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 13.6.4: Explain the findings of research examining the effectiveness of psychotherapy
Topic: Practical Issues in Psychotherapy
149. Which of the following statements is true about the type of professional delivering therapy, according to the Consumer Reports survey of clients?
a) Clients were most satisfied when their therapist was a psychiatrist.
b) Clients were most satisfied when their therapist was a psychologist.
c) Clients were most satisfied when their therapist was a social worker.
d) Clients were equally satisfied by all three types of professionals.
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 13.6.4: Explain the findings of research examining the effectiveness of psychotherapy
Topic: Practical Issues in Psychotherapy
150. The length of time clients were in therapy was generally _____ correlated with their improvement.
a) negatively
b) positively
c) not
d) equally
Skill Level: Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 13.6.4: Explain the findings of research examining the effectiveness of psychotherapy
Topic: Practical Issues in Psychotherapy
Completion (Fill-in-the-Blank)
1. The goal of psychodynamic therapy is to _____.
Difficulty: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand
Learning Objective: 13.1.1: Describe the basic techniques of psychodynamic therapies
Topic: Insight Therapies
2. _____ and _____ are some of the techniques used by psychologists in various psychodynamic therapies.
Difficulty: Moderate
Skill Level: Analyze
Learning Objective: 13.1.1: Describe the basic techniques of psychodynamic therapies
Topic: Insight Therapies
3. Martino is a psychodynamic therapist who instructs those he sees in therapy to say whatever comes to mind, no matter how ridiculous or insignificant it might seem. Martino is encouraging _____, a technique used in some psychodynamic therapies.
Difficulty: Easy
Skill Level: Apply
Learning Objective: 13.1.1: Describe the basic techniques of psychodynamic therapies
Topic: Insight Therapies
4. _____ and _____ are two examples of insight therapies.
Difficulty: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand
Learning Objective: 13.1.1: Describe the basic techniques of psychodynamic therapies
Topic: Insight Therapies
5. The goal of person-centered therapy is _____.
Difficulty: Difficult
Skill Level: Analyze
Learning Objective: 13.1.2: Summarize the goal of the therapist in person-centered therapy
Topic: Insight Therapies
6. _____ is a strategy utilized by Gestalt therapists to help clients work through unfinished business with parents, siblings, and others.
Difficulty: Difficult
Skill Level: Analyze
Learning Objective: 13.1.3: Identify the major emphasis of Gestalt therapy
Topic: Insight Therapies
7. _____ and _____ are two of the goals of family therapy.
Difficulty: Difficult
Skill Level: Analyze
Learning Objective: 13.2.1: Explain the goals of family and couple therapy
Topic: Relationship Therapies
8. One of the oldest and best-known self-help groups worldwide is _____, which has been effective in helping its members with addiction.
Difficulty: Easy
Skill Level: Understand
Learning Objective: 13.2.2: List some advantages of group therapy
Topic: Relationship Therapies
9. _____ and _____ are two proven behavior modification techniques that are based on operant conditioning.
Difficulty: Moderate
Skill Level: Analyze
Learning Objective: 13.3.1: Describe how behavior therapists modify clients’ problematic behaviors
Topic: Behavior Therapies
10. Willem is seeing a psychologist to help him overcome his intense fear of flying. His therapist helps him to relax as he has Willem talk about flying during the first session. In the next session, Willem is to watch a video about flying as his therapist helps him to relax. By the last session, Willem is finally able to pair relaxation with flying, thereby overcoming his fear. Willem’s therapist conducted _____ to help him resolve his fear.
Difficulty: Easy
Skill Level: Apply
Learning Objective: 13.3.2: Describe the behavior therapies that are based on classical conditioning and social- cognitive theory
11. Exposure and response prevention is a behavioral technique that has been successful in treating _____.
Difficulty: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand
Learning Objective: 13.3.2: Describe the behavior therapies that are based on classical conditioning and social- cognitive theory
Topic: Behavior Therapies
12. Simone is instructed to deliberately think about her troubling and unpleasant thoughts. While she would normally engage in ritualistic behaviors to decrease the anxiety associated with these thoughts, her therapist refuses to allow her to engage in any of those behaviors. In an effort to help her overcome the diagnosis of _____, Simone’s therapist is utilizing the _____ technique.
Difficulty: Difficult
Skill Level: Apply
Learning Objective: 13.3.2: Describe the behavior therapies that are based on classical conditioning and social- cognitive theory
Topic: Behavior Therapies
13. The psychological technique of pairing an undesirable behavior with an unpleasant stimulus so that the undesirable behavior will eventually be eliminated is known as _____.
Difficulty: Moderate
Skill Level: Analyze
Learning Objective: 13.3.2: Describe the behavior therapies that are based on classical conditioning and social- cognitive theory
Topic: Behavior Therapies
14. Based on his ABC theory, _____ developed a directive type of therapy in which irrational beliefs were targeted, challenged, and then changed; this therapy is called _____.
Difficulty: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand
Learning Objective: 13.4.1: Explain the aims of rational emotive behavior therapy
Topic: Cognitive Behavior Therapies
15. The two cognitive psychologists who developed successful cognitive therapies directed at changing irrational thoughts, beliefs, and/or ideas are _____ and _____.
Difficulty: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand
Learning Objective: 13.4.1: Explain the aims of rational emotive behavior therapy
Topic: Cognitive Behavior Therapies
16. Biomedical therapies for treating psychological disorders are based on the _____ perspective.
Difficulty: Moderate
Skill Level: Analyze
Learning Objective: 13.5.1: List the advantages and disadvantages of using drugs to treat psychological disorders
Topic: Biomedical Therapies
17. Since the introduction of drug therapy in 1955, the United States has witnessed a significantly lower _____.
Difficulty: Difficult
Skill Level: Understand
Learning Objective: 13.5.1: List the advantages and disadvantages of using drugs to treat psychological disorders
Topic: Biomedical Therapies
18. Thorazine and Mellaril fall into the category of _____ drugs.
Difficulty: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand
Learning Objective: 13.5.1: List the advantages and disadvantages of using drugs to treat psychological disorders
Topic: Biomedical Therapies
19. Atypical neuroleptic drugs, such as clozapine, risperidone, and olanzipine, target the neurotransmitters _____ and _____.
Difficulty: Difficult
Skill Level: Understand
Learning Objective: 13.5.1: List the advantages and disadvantages of using drugs to treat psychological disorders
Topic: Biomedical Therapies
20. After his diagnosis four years ago, Dee Dee has been taking Thorazine to fend off symptoms of schizophrenia. He has recently noticed some frustrating facial twitching that he cannot control. Dee Dee has likely developed _____ as a result of his long-term use of Thorazine.
Difficulty: Moderate
Skill Level: Apply
Learning Objective: 13.5.1: List the advantages and disadvantages of using drugs to treat psychological disorders
Topic: Biomedical Therapies
21. Clozapine is an effective atypical neuroleptic with fewer side effects than other similar drugs. Nonetheless, patients must be regularly monitored for _________ to ensure their states of general health.
Difficulty: Difficult
Skill Level: Understand
Learning Objective: 13.5.1: List the advantages and disadvantages of using drugs to treat psychological disorders
Topic: Biomedical Therapies
22. Though there are many side effects, _____ is the main one that causes individuals to stop taking tricyclic antidepressants, even though the medication may successfully be treating the depression.
Difficulty: Difficult
Skill Level: Understand
Learning Objective: 13.5.1: List the advantages and disadvantages of using drugs to treat psychological disorders
Topic: Biomedical Therapies
23. Tricyclics produce their effect by blocking reuptake of _____ and _____, whereas SSRIs work by blocking the reuptake of _____.
Difficulty: Difficult
Skill Level: Analyze
Learning Objective: 13.5.1: List the advantages and disadvantages of using drugs to treat psychological disorders
Topic: Biomedical Therapies
24. _____ electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is used today, as opposed to the variant of electroconvulsive therapy previously used that targeted both sides of the brain.
Difficulty: Difficult
Skill Level: Understand
Learning Objective: 13.5.2: Explain what electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is used for
Topic: Biomedical Therapies
25. Janet recently completed her medical degree and plans on specializing in treating individuals with severe psychological difficulties. The specific type of doctor that Janet is studying to become is called a _____.
Difficulty: Easy
Skill Level: Apply
Learning Objective: 13.6.1: Compare the various types of therapists
Topic: Practical Issues in Psychotherapy
Essay Questions
1. List the insight therapies, state their goals, and discuss the techniques used in each.
2. Compare and contrast the pathway that leads to major depressive disorder from a psychoanalytic perspective and again from the behavioral perspective. Name possible treatment techniques used in each.
3. Imagine you are the psychiatrist of two individuals with schizophrenia. Bobby was diagnosed early, around 18 years of age, and displays both positive and negative symptoms. Mahatma was diagnosed at age 27 and displays only positive symptoms. With what medications would you use to treat both Bobby and Mahatma? Discuss reasons for your drug choices.
4. Define behavior therapy and three behavior modification techniques.
5. What are the different types of therapists and what do they all have in common?
2. Why would a psychodynamic therapist inquire about an individual’s childhood experience?
3. Why is more than one viable treatment option often available for the various psychological disorders?
4. How are group therapy and self-help groups different?
5. What is a potential drawback with in vivo flooding?
6. What is the purpose of Beck’s cognitive therapy?
7. Mark is experiencing an early onset of schizophrenia; he is only 17 years old. Will he respond well to typical antipsychotic medication such as Thorazine or Mellaril? Why or why not?
8. Why would psychiatrists continue to prescribe Prozac and other SSRIs when there are claims that they increase suicide risk?
9. If Jamaal takes lithium as prescribed for bipolar disorder, will his bipolar disorder be cured? Why or why not?
10. Why isn’t ECT one of the first types of treatment prescribed to those who have major depressive disorder?
Skill Level: Apply
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: 13.5.2: Explain what electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is used for
Topic: Biomedical Therapies
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