Psychology Module 11 Quiz Questions
9 year old Mario has been given a prescription for Ritalin. He is probably being treated for...
ADHD
Which principle underlies cognitive therapy?
How you think determines how you feel.
A therapist has appointments with four patients today. For which of these patients would it be most likely that the therapist would recommend a course of ECT treatment?
Zack, who has had severe depression for many months, has had limited success with drug treatments, and has engaged in suicidal behavior.
Julie is depressed and sees a therapist for treatment. The therapist shows Julie a series of pictures and asks Julie what she sees. The therapist then provides an interpretation of what Julie reports. Julie's therapist is using...
a psychoanalytic approach
Benton hears voices when no one is present. His psychiatrist says Benton is having hallucinations and prescibes a...
antipsychotic
Which of the following would likely be the best course of treatment for someone with schizophrenia and results in the lowest relapse rate of symptoms?
antipsychotic medication + social skills training + family therapy
In order to overcome an eating disorder, Sevilla's therapist works to change her distorted ways of thinking and self-defeating actions by helping her learn to identify them, recognize that they are maladaptive, and instead develop more adaptive ways of thinking and acting. What kind of psychotherapeutic orientation does this exemplify?
cognitive behavioral therapy
anti anxiety medications function by...
increase the effectiveness of GABA
When looking at a painting people often try to interpret what the artist intended when they painted it. They want to know what painter was feeling or intended when they made the painting in the first place. They want to understand what the painting really means.
latent content, manifest content
Amaya has been diagnosed with major depressive disorder, and her treatment involves a prescription for antidepressants. She is most likely receiving care from a?
psychiatrist
Marlena tells her therapist about the experiences she has had this week. Her therapist responds by acknowledging her feelings, restating what she has told him, and clarifying his interpretation of what Marlena is expressing. What aspect of client centered therapy is this?
reflective listening
To help Charlie overcome his phobia of heights, his therapist trains him to relax and then has him imagine climbing a ladder. After Charlie visualizes climbing a ladder without anxiety, he attempts to imagine standing at the top of a tall building without feeling anxious. Charlie's therapist is using a technique known as
systematic desensitization
One treatment for OCD is called response prevention- in this therapy, the psychologist triggers the patients obsessive thoughts by showing them the stimuli that trigger them, but then are not allowed to engage in their compulsive behavior. For example, a patient with OCD may compulsively wash his hands after each time he touches a door knob, because washing his hands provides relief from the obsessive thoughts and the anxiety associated with them. So his therapist has him touch a doorknob in a room that has a faucet nearby. But the patient is not allowed to go over to the faucet to wash his hands. The intent of this therapy is to break the conditioned association that the patient has between hand washing behavior and the relief that it provides and to instead show the patient that his anxiety will fade with time. Given this description of response prevention therapy, we would probably assume that it is an example of:
behavioral therapy
Christopher's therapist is treating him for an anxiety disorder. His therapist wants his treatment to be effective and have long-lasting effects after his treatment is over, therefore she will use?
cognitive behavioral therapy