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1. 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

all-or-nothing thinking.

selective perception.

overgeneralization.

magnification.

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

latent content.

conscious core.

manifest content.

lucid content.

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3. Cognitive therapists are interested in

only maladaptive actions.

what people think, believe, and feel.

only visible behaviors.

unconscious thoughts of sex and aggression.

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4. In client-centered therapy, the troubled individual is

stripped of ego-defenses and unrealistic beliefs.

engaged in awareness training through use of the "hot seat," "empty chair," and related techniques.

encouraged to explore conscious thoughts and feelings.

asked to free associate to bring hidden conflicts into awareness.

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5. Which of the following psychotherapeutic techniques is most likely to be used by a client-centered therapist?

probing experiences of early childhood

reflection of feelings

challenging the client to make courageous life choices

interpretation of unconscious resistance

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6. Trepanning, one of the more primitive practices involving boring a hole into the skull, was used to

release "evil spirits."

punish those who had committed crimes.

coerce and control disruptive patients.

shock patients into a remission of symptoms.

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7. Ergotism refers toa

reactions to chemicals found in a fungus.

a primitive form of drug therapy.

a form of possession or madness.

a treatment designed to expand sensory experience.

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8. 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

unconditioned response.

conditioned response.

unconditioned stimulus.

conditioned hierarchy.

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9. Freud considered the distinction between manifest content and latent content essential for a

transference.

free association.

dream analysis.

resistance.

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10. Saying whatever comes to mind, even if it seems senseless, painful, or embarrassing, is part of the Freudian technique known as

transactional analysis.

unconditional regard.

non-directive therapy.

free association.

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11. Carena has a bad habit of biting her fingernails and pulling at her cuticles until her fingers bleed and have sores. Her therapist is teaching her how to not bite and pick at her fingernails using various learning principles. Her therapist is using

humanistic therapy.

behavior therapy.

psychoanalysis.

logotherapy

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12. Which form of therapy places responsibility for the course of therapy on the client?

non-directive therapy

directive therapy

action therapy

insight therapy

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13. Virtual reality exposure refers to

another form of role playing

presentation of feared stimuli in a three-dimensional, computer generated world

a sexual disorder involving flashing in order to shock and get attention

having a person vividly imagine distressing images

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14. If you get praised by your parents for making A's in your college courses, the grades are

an example of time out.

positive reinforcers.

situationally controlled.

an example of stimulus control.

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

hospitalization.

immunotherapy.

lobotomy.

chemotherapy.

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16. Freud called his form of psychotherapy

psychoanalysis.

somatotherapy.

transference therapy

hysteria therapy

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17. __________ is any technique involving surgical alteration of the brain

Deep ECT

Psychosurgery

Psychic surgery

Ablation lesioning

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18. In an institution for delinquent adolescents, a behavioral system has been implemented in which the adolescents earn points for target behaviors like getting up on time, making beds, attending class, etc. They are allowed to exchange their earned points for privileges, activities, etc. This system is called __________ and is based on __________.

a token economy; reinforcement.

time out; extinction.

systematic desensitization; gradual exposure.

primary reinforcement; non-reward

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19. Freud's theory was based on the belief that neuroses were caused by

negative self-regard.

destructive interpersonal relationships.

learned maladaptive behaviors.

repressed memories, motives, and conflicts.

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20. Behavior modification might be considered optimistic because it views mental disorders as

biochemical imbalances that can be balanced.

learned responses that can be unlearned.

an expression of repressed impulses that can be freed

the result of only temporary blockages to a natural tendency for growth.

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