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Question #1

A therapist who believes people often hide from their responsibilities and therefore often feel alienated, depressed, and inauthentic would MOST likely be described as:

A humanistic.

B cognitive.

C psychodynamic.

D existential.

Question #2

Regarding the finding that there are more seriously disturbed people within poor subpopulations, a multicultural theorist would focus on the way in which:

A early life experiences shape one’s later behavior.

B personal responsibility is related to dysfunction.

C irrational thoughts contribute to one’s feelings.

D poverty is a stressor that contributes to dysfunction.

Question #3

In explaining why women are diagnosed with anxiety disorders and depression twice as often as men, multicultural therapists would focus on:

A the different patterns of communication displayed by men and women.

B the biological differences between men and women.

C prejudice and discrimination faced by women.

D the level of rationality in the thought patterns of women.

Question #4

Failure to treat many people with severe disturbances appropriately is MOST often a problem with which level of prevention?

A Tertiary

B Secondary

C Meta

D Quaternary

Question #5

A couple therapist who focuses on acceptance and positive change where possible is using _____ therapy.

A cognitive-behavioral

B tertiary

C mutual-help

D integrative behavioral

Question #6

A primary focus of the community mental health treatment approach to abnormality is:

A homeostasis.

B prevention.

C using drug therapy along with psychotherapy.

D rejecting all conventional forms of explaining abnormality.

Question #7

If you recognize your worth as a person, Carl Rogers would say that you have developed:

A unconditional self-regard.

B spontaneity.

C conditions of worth.

D unconditional positive regard.

Question #8

When we try to establish how abnormality develops, we need to consider how individuals deal with the meaning of life and with the value they find in living. A psychologist from which background would agree MOST strongly with this statement?

A Cognitive

B Cognitive-behavioral

C Humanistic-existential

D Psychodynamic

Question #9

Brooklyn learns to turn on the TV by watching her older brother turn it on. This form of learning is called:

A operant conditioning.

B modeling.

C classical conditioning.

D shaping.

Question #10

The goal of cognitive-behavioral therapy is BEST described as:

A helping the client gain insight into his or her unconscious desires and needs.

B helping the client develop a stronger sense of self and rational thinking.

C modifying the client’s negative behavior and dysfunctional ways of thinking.

D improving the client’s interactions with others.

Question #11

According to psychodynamic theorists, when people behave with their therapist the way they interacted with their parents, they are demonstrating:

A catharsis.

B resistance.

C transference.

D fixation.

Question #12

A researcher finds that individuals who report large numbers of “hassles” in their lives usually also report higher levels of stress. Those who report fewer hassles generally report lower levels of stress. The correlation between number of hassles and stress level is:

A negative.

B positive.

C curvilinear.

D nonexistent.

Question #13

For people to decide about participating in psychological research, they must be given full knowledge of the nature of the study and of their rights. This principle is called:

A risk disclosure.

B informed consent.

C benefit analysis.

D privacy.

Question #14

What is the major ethical concern with research on Facebook users?

A There are not enough Facebook users to make the research worthwhile.

B It is unethical to observe public behavior.

C Facebook users don’t always know they are being studied.

D Research projects have not been approved by universities where they are conducted.

Question #15

Which correlation coefficient is of the highest magnitude?

A –.01

B +0.62

C –.85

D +0.04

Question #16

One cause of the increase in homeless individuals in recent decades has been the:

A decrease in the effectiveness of medications.

B move to the community mental health approach.

C decrease in the use of private psychotherapy.

D policy of deinstitutionalization.

Question #17

The textbook authors describe the treatment of mental illness in the early 1600s as a forerunner to community mental health programs because:

A those persons receiving care for mental illness were required to “give back” in the form of community service.

B local residents provided housing, food, and companionship to the mentally ill.

C asylums were created to provide long-term care for those persons with mental illness.

D government officials enacted laws to protect the rights of those persons with mental illness.

Question #18

Which aspect of the definition of abnormality includes the inability to care for oneself and work productively?

A distress

B deviance

C danger to self or others

D dysfunction

Question #19

Who were the only people to offer psychotherapy before the 1950s?

A psychotherapists

B neurologists

C hypnotists

D psychiatrists

Question #20

Quinten is very anxious. He has so much anxiety that the anxiety by itself causes him to suffer. Quinten represents the aspect of the definition of abnormality called:

A deviance.

B danger.

C distress.

D dysfunction.

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