1. Treatment of Psychological Disorders
Chapter 15 Quiz
Treatment of Psychological Disorders

2. Don’t forget to write your answers on a separate piece of paper to grade when you’re done!
1. Jenna is telling her therapist about the dream she had last night and her therapist begins to interpret it for her. Which approach to psychotherapy does Jenna’s therapist probably represent?
a) humanistic
b) behavioral
c) psychoanalytic
d) cognitive

3. 2. In contrast to a clinical psychologist, a psychiatrist is more likely to
a) engage in an eclectic
b) use a biomedical/somatic treatment
c) recognize the importance of group therapy with patients having the same disorder
d) treat clients in community mental health centers exclusively

4. 3. Joseph Wolpe launched behavior therapy in 1958 with his description of
a) the token economy
b) social skills training
c) systematic desensitization
d) aversion therapy

5. 4. The MOST commonly cited side effect associated with anti-anxiety drugs is
a) insomnia
b) blurred vision
c) drowsiness
d) tachycardia

6. 5. The goal of psychoanalytical therapy is
a) to change maladaptive behavior to more socially acceptable behavior
b) to change negative thinking into more positive attributions
c) to attain self-actualization
d) to bring unconscious conflicts to conscious awareness and gain insight

7. 6. Systematic desensitization is a technique based on
a) classical conditioning
b) instrumental conditioning
c) operant conditioning
d) aversive conditioning

8. 7. Treating the therapist as though he were a very important person from one’s past, such as a parent, defines
a) resistance
b) transference
c) frustration
d) reaction formation

9. 8. Vic is encouraged to take charge of the therapy session and his therapist uses an active listening approach to mirror back the feelings he hears from him. Which therapy is most likely being described?
a) client-centered therapy
b) cognitive therapy
c) psychodynamic therapy
d) existential therapy

10. 9. Prozac and other modern antidepressant medications work to
a) block dopamine receptors
b) decrease the level of acetylcholine
c) break down the MAO enzymes
d) block the reuptake of seratonin

11. 10. All of the following are potential benefits of group therapy EXCEPT
a) it is often more economical than 1:1 treatment
b) it does not require the services of a mental health professional
c) clients with similar problems can provide helpful insight and feedback to peers
d) group members can see how their problems might impact others

12. 11. Valium is
a) an antidepressant drug
b) an MAO inhibitor
c) an antipsychotic drug
d) an antianxiety drug

13. 12. Antabuse is a drug that, when paired with alcohol in the bloodstream, bring about extreme nausea. For many motivated alcoholics, this has proven to be an effective treatment. Under which umbrella of psychotherapy would it most likely be found?
a) insight therapy
b) aversive conditioning
c) Gestalt therapy
d) self-help therapy

14. 13. Andre suffers from mood swings, alternating from wild episodes of euphoria and spending sprees to motionless staring and hopelessness. If someone from the biomedical approach were to treat his condition, the prescription most likely would be
a) Lithium carbonate
b) Haldol
c) Xanax
d) Thorazine

15. 14. The beliefs of ancient Greeks such as Hippocrates and Galen about the cause of abnormal behavior was closest to which of the following modern approaches to psychology?
a) psychoanalytical
b) behavioral
c) humanistic
d) biomedical

16. 15. After conducting a meta-analysis of over 475 outcome studies on the effectiveness of psychotherapies, psychologists concluded that
a) evidence overwhelmingly supported its efficacy
b) psychotherapy is no more effective than talking to a friend
c) the potential to do further harm to the patient with psychotropic drugs outweighs its effectiveness
d) psychotherapy proves no more beneficial than no treatment at all

17. Chapter 15 Answer Key 1. C 2. B 3. C 4. C 5. D 6. A 7. B 8. A 9. D

18. Essay Question Possibilities!!
One of the following essay questions will appear on your test, be familiar with all of them!!

19. Essay Question # 1
Compare and contrast the psychoanalytical and humanistic brands of insight therapy.

20. Essay Question # 2
Persons suffering from different psychological disorders differ from each other in the extent to which they admit they need help and the extent to which they are resistant to therapy. For which disorders are patients most likely and least likely to cooperate with therapeutic interventions?

21. Essay Question # 3
A major difference between insight therapies and behavior therapies is in their position about whether it’s necessary or useful to seek out the origin of psychological difficulties. A compromise position might be that this kind of information is important for patients with some disorders, but not for patients with other disorders. Explain why this kind of information might be more helpful for some kinds of patients than for others.

22. Essay Question # 4
It is believed by some that all psychological disorders can be traced to some sort of biological malfunctions, especially malfunctions in the nervous system. In other words, in a perfectly formed and perfectly functioning biological organism, there could be no psychological disorder. If this were true, then the “ultimate cure” for any psychological disorder would be a biomedical cure. Explain why this position does or does not make sense to you.

23. Essay Question # 5
In light of the differences between the various psychological disorders and their hypothesized etiologies, it would seem that for each disorder, a particular type of therapy might work best. Discuss this notion, and give examples using specific disorders and specific approaches to therapy to support your arguments.

24. Good Luck!
Make sure to double check all of your answers and study them for the upcoming exam. Remember, AT LEAST FIVE of the questions from this quiz will make some sort of appearance on the chapter test along with one of the essay questions.
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