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Rogers was mostly interested in ________.


A) measuring statistics of therapeutic outcomes
B) comparing his therapy to others to prove its superiority
C) understanding the processes in therapy that led to positive results
D) developing new research techniques for measuring personality variables

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Biological treatments are preferred when the patient is ________.


A) from another culture
B) a child or an adolescent
C) elderly
D) bothered by difficulties that are difficult to treat with psychotherapy

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Each of the following is a type of group therapy except ________.


A) self-help
B) family
C) couple
D) social

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Antipsychotic drugs can have a number of unwanted and undesirable side effects.

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Describe the general goals and reasons for using biological therapies, Also, identify three types of biological therapy and briefly describe the reasons for using them, their effectiveness, and the disadvantages associated with using them.

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Julian seeks professional help for his fear of spiders. In stages, his therapist shows him pictures, movies, and models of spiders; then a real dead spider, a small live spider in a jar, several live spiders in a jar, and finally a live spider loose in the room. At each stage, he made sure that Julian was fully relaxed. This technique is known as ________.


A) aversive conditioning
B) stepwise regression
C) transactional therapy
D) systematic desensitization

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A Consumer Reports survey of over 180,000 subscribers found each of the following except ________.


A) no differences in effectiveness were reported among the various forms of psychotherapy
B) longer-term therapy was no more effective than shorter-term therapy
C) marriage counselors were seen as less effective than psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers
D) there were no differences in improvement between those who received therapy alone as opposed to those who received therapy combined with medication

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The major goal of insight therapies is to give people ________.


A) clearer awareness and understanding of their feelings, motivations, and actions
B) basic training in observational learning and practice
C) help in understanding perceptual processes
D) feedback from their biologically controlled responses

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A client at a mental institution is rewarded for improved grooming habits with tokens he can exchange for special foods or weekend passes. This technique is called ________.


A) behavioral contracting
B) transactional analysis
C) a token economy
D) reality therapy

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The delivery of health care over the Internet or other electronic means is known as ________.


A) secondary health care
B) telehealth
C) remote access health
D) distance health care

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Drugs were not widely used to treat psychological disorders until the ________.


A) 1930s
B) 1970s
C) 1950s
D) 1990s

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In which of the following therapies might a therapist use real physical pain to change behavior?


A) desensitization
B) operant conditioning
C) psychoanalysis
D) aversive conditioning

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________ of people who seek therapy go into traditional psychoanalysis.


A) A large minority
B) The vast majority
C) A small percentage
D) A slight majority

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Free association is a technique used in ________ therapy.


A) Gestalt
B) rational-emotive
C) psychoanalytic
D) client-centered

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A disturbance of motor control, particularly of the facial muscles, that results from the use of antipsychotic drugs is ________.


A) delirium tremens
B) Wernicke's syndrome
C) Korsakoff's syndrome
D) tardive dyskinesia

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According to the most recent research, which of the following is true?


A) Behavior therapy is more effective than insight therapy in treating anxiety and personality disorders.
B) Individual psychotherapy is no more effective against neurotic disorders than no therapy at all.
C) Psychotherapy is more effective than receiving no therapy at all.
D) Group therapy is more effective than individual therapy in treating a wide range of disorders.

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Allen is suffering from generalized anxiety disorder. He is most likely to be effectively treated by ________ therapy.


A) family
B) couple
C) behavior
D) cognitive

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Suicide hot lines and crisis intervention centers are all involved in ________ prevention.


A) primary
B) tertiary
C) secondary
D) basic

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Prozac is part of a class of antidepressant drugs known as ________.


A) tricyclics
B) MAO inhibitors
C) SSRIs
D) phenothiazines

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Julian seeks professional help for his fear of spiders. In stages, his therapist shows him pictures, movies, and models of spiders; then a real dead spider, a small live spider in a jar, several live spiders in a jar, and finally a live spider loose in the room. At each stage, he made sure that Julian was fully relaxed. This therapist is most likely a ________ therapist.


A) client-centered
B) cognitive
C) behavior
D) psychoanalytic

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