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1. The practice of drilling a hole in a person's head to let the evil spirits out is calleda

trepanning.

subdural relief.

envaraging.

ECT.

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2. Which of the following promotes mental health?

lack of self-control

personal autonomy

Type A personality

identity confusion

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3. The owner of a chicken ranch ends a pet dog's habit of stealing and eating eggs by allowing the dog to "find" and eat several eggs laced with Tabasco sauce. The ranch owner's approach is similar to

desensitization techniques.

aversion therapy.

covert sensitization.

implosive therapy.

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4. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is most likely to be used, as a last resort, with which type of problem?

severe depression that does not respond to any other treatment

paranoia

hyperactivity and agitation

conversion reactions

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5. The drugs used to control hallucinations and other psychotic symptoms are called

energizers.

anti-depressants.

minor tranquilizers.

antipsychotics.

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6. In psychoanalysis, an emotional attachment to the therapist that symbolically represents other important relationships is called

transference.

resistance.

empathy.

identification.

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7. The risk-benefit ratio in treating schizophrenia refers to

neither the advantages and disadvantages of hospitalization nor benefits of medication versus the adverse effects.

the advantages and disadvantages of hospitalization.

the benefits of medication in alleviating psychotic symptoms versus the adverse effects.

both the advantages and disadvantages of hospitalization and the benefits versus the adverse effects of medication.

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8. In aversion therapy a person __________ to associate a strong aversion with an undesirable habit.

hopes

learns

wants

knows

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9. If ignoring causes a child's temper-tantrums to cease, a psychologist would call this effect

shaping.

time out.

extinction.

punishment.

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10. Freud called his form of psychotherapy

transference therapy

somatotherapy.

hysteria therapy

psychoanalysis.

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11. Dr. Hochman is a therapist who tries to lend support to clients who are having an emotional crisis and want to solve daily life problems. He most likely practices __________ therapy.

directive

supportive

insight

action

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12. Frank considers himself to be a total failure and a worthless person because he failed one class. Frank's behavior exemplifies the distortion of thinking behavioral therapists call

selective perception.

all-or-nothing thinking.

overgeneralization.

magnification.

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13. A cognitive therapist is concerned primarily with helping clients change their

life-styles.

behaviors.

habits.

thinking patterns.

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14. The obvious and visible aspects of a dream comprise its

latent content.

conscious core.

manifest content.

lucid content.

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15. In psychoanalysis, patients avoid talking about certain subjects. This is called

resistance.

avoidance.

transference.

analysis.

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16. A form of therapy that encourages one to become aware of emotions in the "here and now" and to rebuild thinking, feeling, and acting into connected wholes is

existential therapy.

Gestalt therapy.

transactional analysis.

non-directive therapy.

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17. Freud called which of the following the "royal road to the unconscious"?

analysis of transference.

free association.

analysis of resistance.

dream analysis.

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18. Carl Rogers is responsible for

directive therapy.

client-centered therapy.

psychoanalysis.

existential therapy.

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19. When electric shock is used to make the sight and smell of alcohol conditioned stimuli for an aversion response, the electric shock serves as the

conditioned hierarchy.

conditioned response.

unconditioned response.

unconditioned stimulus.

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20. A therapeutic technique for psychological disorders that produces seizures, decreased emotional responses, and even stupor as side effects is

hospitalization.

lobotomy.

chemotherapy.

immunotherapy.

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