Practice Test: Chapter 4

What is the therapy for generalized anxiety disorder developed by Albert Ellis called?

rational-emotive therapy

Which statement is MOST accurate?

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A client has been experiencing uncontrolled anxiety. His symptoms include edginess, sleep changes, fatigue, and significant distress. To meet the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for generalized anxiety disorder, these symptoms must be present for at least how many months?

6 months

How does fear differ from anxiety?

Fear is a response to a specific threat, whereas anxiety is more general.

Benzodiazepines are believed to be effective in treating generalized anxiety disorder because they mimic the effect of what neurotransmitter at certain receptor sites in the brain?

GABA

What does the client do when the modeling approach is used to treat a phobia?

The client observes the therapist confronting the feared object.

People with an anxiety disorder are MOST likely to experience: second anxiety disorder.

a second anxiety disorder.

What are the inaccurate and inappropriate beliefs held by people with various psychological problems called?

irrational assumptions

According to Freud, children who are prevented from expressing id impulses (for example, making mud pies, playing war, and exploring their genitals) are at risk for developing:

anxiety

Psychodynamic therapies as a treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorders:

appear to work better when used in the short term rather than in traditional ways.

A neurologist who was working with a person with obsessive-compulsive disorder would be suspicious of abnormality in which region of the brain?

caudate nuclei

Which therapy is an effective long-term, nonpharmacologic treatment for panic attack that involves teaching patients to interpret their physical sensations accurately?

cognitive-behavioral therapy

An obsessive-compulsive person who was told that everyone was required to wear shoes at all times in the house and that they were not to vacuum for a week would be receiving which type of therapy?

exposure and response prevention

A person experiences wide-ranging and persistent feelings of worry and anxiety. This is most likely which disorder?

generalized anxiety disorder

The cognitive explanation for panic disorders is that people who have them:

misinterpret bodily sensations

A procedure used to treat social anxiety disorder that forces the client to face his or her dreaded social situation until the fear subsides is:

modeling

Nicholas has an intense fear of dogs that won't go away. He avoids looking at pictures of dogs, and sometimes he can't even leave the house when neighbors are walking their dogs. This kind of fear would be classified as which kind of disorder?

phobic disorder

The avoidance theory of generalized anxiety disorder suggests that worrying:

serves to reduce bodily arousal.

Which brain area is rich in neurons and uses norepinephrine?

the locus coeruleus

When would religious rituals and superstitious behavior (such as not stepping on cracks) be considered compulsive behaviors?

when they interfere with daily function and cause distress