Final TEST - Psych Disorders and Therapies

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The best behavior therapy for overcoming a phobia? Options: aversive conditioning, classical conditioning, operant conditioning, systematic desensitization

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systematic desensitization

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How long would someone have to be showing signs of a psychological disorder before a doctor would diagnose someone with the disorder?

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Weeks or Months (6 months)

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This type of behavior psychotherapy is used to ensure that every time Sarah bites her nails, there is an unpleasant factor to help her avoid the behavior in the future.

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aversive conditioning

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People with a psych disorder can have abnormal....

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thoughts, feelings, behaviors

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Why would prescribing drugs not be a good long term solution?

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Drugs can become addictive, have some crazy side effects, and treat the symptom rather than the underlying cause.

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Is normal and abnormal subjective?

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Yes

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What is maladaptivity?

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does the behavior impair an individual's ability to function in everyday life

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Which therapy focuses on identifying and changing the distorted thinking?

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Cognitive Therapy

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What is the purpose of Behavior Modification?

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Used to eliminate of alter an undesirable voluntary behavior.

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Which therapy focuses on providing strategies/skills to modify behavior?

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Behavior Therapy