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Question #1

Max experienced a dissociative fugue for two weeks. What is a common immediate reaction upon “waking” from this state?

A embarrassment

B guilt

C anger

D confusion

Question #2

What kind of therapy entails a combat veteran undergoing eye movement desensitization and reprocessing?

A group therapy

B drug therapy

C exposure therapy

D insight therapy

Question #3

According to developmental psychopathologists, why do children tend to fare worse than adults when faced with an extreme stressor for the first time?

A Their stress pathways and stress circuits are not yet fully developed.

B They have not directly witnessed models of appropriate coping.

C They believe that negative actions are a direct consequence of their thoughts.

D Their young age makes them ineligible for certain therapies.

Question #4

Carly has posttraumatic stress disorder but refuses to talk about it. She is:

A experiencing increased arousal, anxiety, and guilt.

B reexperiencing the traumatic event.

C experiencing avoidance.

D experiencing reduced responsiveness.

Question #5

A person who witnessed a horrible car accident and then became unusually anxious and depressed for three weeks is probably experiencing:

A acute stress disorder.

B combat fatigue.

C posttraumatic stress disorder.

D pretraumatic stress disorder.

Question #6

Poor health is BEST described as a:

A stress.

B stressor.

C stress response.

D stress model.

Question #7

Danique is never sure of the right thing to do. She married Anthony and has wondered for hours every day for years if that was the right decision. She is exhibiting:

A a compulsion.

B obsessive doubts.

C obsessive images.

D obsessive ideas.

Question #8

Avery, a 28-year-old woman, tells her therapist that she has an intense fear of snakes. She says she has been afraid of snakes since she was a child. Which additional criterion would suggest that Avery meets the diagnostic criteria for a specific phobia?

A feelings of anxiousness when looking at images of snakes

B feelings that the world would be better off without snakes

C refusal to go to certain places where she believes snakes could be present, such as the lake

D occasional dreams that involve snakes

Question #9

Benzodiazepines are believed to be effective in treating generalized anxiety disorder because they mimic the effect of what neurotransmitter at certain receptor sites in the brain?

A serotonin

B dopamine

C acetylcholine

D GABA

Question #10

Which of the following is a major similarity between the work of Albert Ellis and Aaron Beck?

A the idea that anxiety is heightened when a person does not receive empathy

B the focus on the genetic component of anxiety

C the belief that maladaptive thoughts cause anxiety

D the notion that anxiety is caused by self-doubt

Question #11

The theoretical position that explains the origin of anxiety disorders as the overrun of defense mechanisms by neurotic or moral anxiety is the _____ approach.

A sociocultural

B cognitive-behavioral

C psychodynamic

D humanistic

Question #12

The cognitive-behavioral perspective of panic disorder suggests that individuals with this condition:

A lack ego strength.

B are neurotic.

C have a genetic predisposition to developing paranoia.

D may be overly sensitive to bodily sensations and misinterpret them.

Question #13

To qualify for a DSM-5 diagnosis of generalized anxiety disorder, the excessive or ongoing anxiety or worry must last for at least:

A 6 months.

B 3 weeks.

C 6 weeks.

D 3 months.

Question #14

Studies report that most therapists are MOST likely to learn about the latest information on the treatment of psychological disorders from:

A writing grants.

B talking with professional colleagues.

C conducting their own research.

D reading research articles.

Question #15

A person is diagnosed as having severe generalized anxiety disorder. Generalized anxiety disorder represents which part of the diagnosis?

A additional information

B primary information

C categorical information

D dimensional information

Question #16

Deciding that a client’s psychological problems represent a particular disorder is called:

A psychotherapy.

B assessment.

C diagnosis.

D triage.

Question #17

One strength of intelligence tests is their:

A accuracy even when test-takers have high anxiety.

B singular focus on verbal skills.

C very high reliability and fairly high validity.

D lack of racial or cultural bias.

Question #18

A clinician is particularly interested in a client’s family background and community influences. The clinician’s orientation is MOST likely:

A humanistic.

B biological.

C psychodynamic.

D sociocultural.

Question #19

Which widely used neuropsychological test consists of nine cards, each displaying a simple design that subjects are asked to first copy on a piece of paper and then redraw from memory?

A Luria-Nebraska Battery

B Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale

C Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test

D Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychology Battery

Question #20

Which type of reliability refers to an assessment tool in which different judges independently agree on how to score and interpret it?

A predictive reliability

B discriminant reliability

C test–retest reliability

D interrater reliability

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