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Question #1

Research on the cognitive explanation for the development of generalized anxiety shows that people with generalized anxiety symptoms:

A fail to pay attention to threatening cues.

B respond more fearfully to predictable than to unpredictable events.

C show little physiological arousal to stress.

D are more likely to have fast and strong physical reactions to stress.

Question #2

Pairing the thought of feared objects and relaxation training is an aspect of:

A self-instruction training.

B systematic desensitization.

C implosive therapy.

D experimental extinction.

Question #3

An abnormal-psychology instructor asks in class, “What kinds of treatments are commonly used to treat obsessive-compulsive-related disorders?” Confidently (and accurately), a student replies:

A “Exposure therapies and antidepressant drugs.”

B “Biofeedback and relaxation training.”

C “Client-centered therapies and exposure therapies.”

D “Antidepressant drugs and biofeedback.”

Question #4

Which would a combat veteran receiving the best treatment for a stress disorder NOT be likely to experience?

A rap groups

B antipsychotic medication

C exposure therapy

D family therapy

Question #5

Jan is very fearful of speaking in public and will do everything she can to avoid being evaluated by others, which causes her significant impairment. The MOST accurate diagnosis would be:

A social anxiety disorder.

B panic disorder.

C agoraphobia.

D specific phobia.

Question #6

If a therapist gave a client homework that required the client to challenge his faulty assumptions and replace them with healthier ones, the therapist would be using:

A client-centered therapy.

B cognitive-existential therapy.

C rational-emotive therapy.

D interpersonal-physiotherapy.

Question #7

A person diagnosed with a dissociative disorder has recovered almost completely, even though the person had not received any therapy. That person was LEAST likely to have been diagnosed with:

A dissociative fugue.

B dissociative amnesia.

C dissociative identity disorder.

D malingering.

Question #8

Which statement is true about drug and cognitive treatments for panic disorder?

A Neither drug treatments nor cognitive treatments show much promise.

B Drug treatments are significantly more effective, especially early in the disorder.

C The effectiveness of cognitive treatments is reduced over time.

D Cognitive treatments have proven to be at least as effective as medication, if not more so.

Question #9

Which treatment is a nonchemical biological treatment for anxiety that is in general use today?

A rational-emotive therapy

B psychoanalysis

C relaxation training

D behavior modification

Question #10

Salina was terrified during the San Francisco earthquake of 1989—who wouldn’t be? For a couple of weeks after, she did not sleep well or feel comfortable inside a building. However, the fears gradually diminished, disappearing within a month. Her reaction to the earthquake would MOST likely be diagnosed as a(n):

A panic attack.

B acute stress disorder.

C phobic reaction.

D posttraumatic stress disorder.

Question #11

How do results from evoked potential studies support the idea of the existence of multiple personalities?

A Nonpatients are able to fake results just like those diagnosed with multiple personalities.

B Evoked potentials can be elicited iatrogenically by therapists.

C Different subpersonalities have been found to show different brain wave patterns.

D Only those with traumatic backgrounds produce evoked potentials.

Question #12

Feeling that your hands and feet are smaller or bigger than usual or that you are in a dreamlike state is called:

A dumbing down.

B distrusting.

C doubling.

D doubting.

Question #13

Agoraphobia is the fear of:

A speaking.

B flying.

C spiders.

D going to public places.

Question #14

Dissociative disorders:

A must involve the presence of multiple personalities

B involve major changes in memory.

C usually have a precise physical cause.

D are a type of anxiety disorder.

Question #15

GABA, an inhibitory neurotransmitter believed to be involved in reducing the excitability of neurons in the brain, has been implicated in the etiology of:

A schizophrenia.

B conversion disorder.

C panic disorder.

D generalized anxiety disorder.

Question #16

Someone interested in the effects of social change, poverty, and race on the risk for generalized anxiety disorders probably represents the _____ perspective.

A cognitive

B sociocultural

C psychodynamic

D humanistic-existential

Question #17

A person with dissociative identity disorder has just experienced “switching.” What MOST likely has happened?

A The person has changed from one personality to another.

B Two subpersonalities rapidly changed back and forth several times.

C The person has faked a change in personality.

D The host personality has put in a relatively rare appearance.

Question #18

An individual has been diagnosed with a dissociative disorder. However, the individual has very good recall of previous life events and has a strong sense of self. The MOST likely diagnosis for this individual is:

A multiple identity disorder.

B dissociative fugue.

C dissociative amnesia.

D depersonalization disorder.

Question #19

Devon is being treated for anxiety. He is connected to an instrument that records muscle tension. His job is to try to reduce muscle tension. This is an example of:

A EMG training.

B relaxation training.

C biofeedback training.

D self-instruction training.

Question #20

Psychodynamic theorists believe that dissociative amnesias and fugues result from:

A sublimation.

B repression.

C projection.

D regression.

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