AP Psych Unit 10

Which of the following treatments is most frequently used to eliminate specific phobias?

• Anti-depressant drugs

• Systematic desensitization

• Implosion therapy

• Psychoanalysis

• Aversion therapy

Electoconvulsive therapy has been most successful in the treatment of

• phobias

• schizophrenia

• psychogenic amnesia

• multiple personality

• clinical depression

Psychotic disorders frequently involve perceptions of nonexistant sensory stimulation, such as voices. Symptoms such as these are called

• delusions

• paraphilias

• hallucinations

• paranormal images

• psychic phenomena

One perspective in clinical psychology proposes that adaptive and abnormal behaviors can be developed through similar processes. Which of the following terms best characterizes this approach to abnormal behavior?

• biological

• psychodynamic

• behavioral

• humanistic

• cognitive

A therapist who helps a client replace irrational thoughts with alternative patterns of thinking is using which of the following techniques?

• Cognitive restructuring

• Cognitive dissonance

• Systematic desensitization

• Extinction

• Aversive conditioning

The school psychologist observes Johnny in class, noting the number of times he disrupts the class on a particular day. The school psychologist then instructs the teacher to ignore Johnny when he misbehaves and to praise him when he is good. This method of handling Johnny is an example of which of the following psychological approaches?

• Cognitive

• Behavioral

• Humanistic

• Psychoanalytic

• Biological

Dr. Williams is a therapist who believes that his client's depression is caused by internalized anger and other intrapsychic conflicts. Of which psychological perspective is Dr. Williams most likely a proponent?

• Biopsychosocial

• Evolutionary

• Humanistic

• Behavioral

• Psychoanalytic

Alan is sure something is wrong with him, even though his doctor has not found any physiological basis for his complaints. He returns to the doctor every few weeks to report symptoms of new illnesses based on information he reads. Alan is most likely to be diagnosed with which of the following types of disorders?

• mood

• anxiety

• dissociative

• somatoform

• personality

According to rational-emotive behavior therapists, the source of much unhappiness is the individuals

• Fixation at one of the early childhood stages

• Subconscious fear of achieving happiness

• Denial of the emotional consequences of an event

• Attempts to create self-actualizing events

• System of inappropriate beliefs

Lithium carbonate is used to treat

• agoraphobia

• anorexia

• panic disorder

• bipolar disorder

• dissociative fugue