Chapter 5 Learning Curves

Clozaril

All of these drugs are benzodiazepines EXCEPT:

behaviorist

Cyan has not left her house in two years. As part of her therapy, her therapist has set up several gradual steps designed to enable Cyan to leave her home. Using a series of reinforcements, Cyan is first rewarded for standing with her front door open, then she is rewarded for standing on her front porch, and then for standing at the bottom of her front porch steps. Cyan's therapist MOST likely is a:

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Each year, about ___ percent of all people in the United States display the symptoms of a specific phobia.

biological

Elvyra suffers from generalized anxiety disorder. Her therapist has prescribed Ativan, and has taught her to achieve deep muscle relaxation. Elvyra has also used an electromyograph for biofeedback. Elvyra's therapist's techniques are rooted in the ____ theoretical perspective

free-floating

Elyse experiences generalized anxiety in a variety of situations. Whether at home, with her friends, or while attending class, she always feels anxious and irritable, and finds it hard to concentrate no matter how hard she tries. The fact that Elyse feels anxiety in multiple situations suggests that generalized anxiety is often:

social anxiety disorder

Fozia was first diagnosed with social phobia several years ago. She visited a therapist because of her extreme anxiety about speaking in front of other students in her classes. The DSM-5 made changes to terminology, so Fozia's diagnosis now is referred to as:

social skills

Helga is participating in a therapy session in which she is role-playing and rehearsing desirable behaviors that she can perform when dealing with other people. Helga is engaging in ____ training.

compulsions

Josh fears contamination of dirt and insects in his apartment. He stores his garbage bag in his refrigerator and cleans constantly. He repeatedly checks that the garbage bag is still in the refrigerator and that it is securely tied. Josh's behaviors are called:

Ativan

Julie was MOST likely prescribed which benzodiazepine for her generalized anxiety disorder

agoraphobia

Kevin suffers from ___ and is afraid to leave the house and travel to public places or other locations where escape might be difficult.

it is likely that she will relapse

Lourdes has been diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder and has been prescribed medication. The medication has been effective. Lourdes has recently learned that she will be laid off from her job and will no longer be able to afford her medication. According to the text, which is MOST likely to occur to Lourdes with regards to her disorder?

sociocultural

Margo is a psychological theorist who is conducting research with low-income people who have been diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder. She has found that anxiety problems in this group of people are related to problems related to poverty and poor job and educational opportunities. Margo's findings support the ___ perspective.

panic disorder

Miriam has been experiencing recurring periods of shortness of breath, sweating, trembling, faintness, and feeling of unreality for more than a month. Miriam may be suffering from:

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More than ___ percent of individuals develop a specific phobia in their lifetime.

neutralizing

Requesting special reassurance from others, deliberately thinking "good" thoughts, washing one's hands, and checking for possible sources of danger are known as ___ acts.

humanistic therapist

Rory's therapist is helping him come to terms with who he is by unconditionally supporting Rory and showing Rory complete acceptance. Rory's therapist is MOST likely a:

the grocery store

Ruth is an agoraphobic. She is MOST likely to avoid:

taijin kyofusho

Terue is Japanese, and she has the symptoms of social anxiety disorder. Terue feels anxious meeting new people because she fears that they will not like her. Much of her anxiety comes from her fear of making other people uncomfortable. In Japan, her disorder is called

cognitive

Zulfa thinks about the cleanliness of her face, and compulsively washes her face many times a day. Her therapist has diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder. He has begun to educate Zulfa about the ways in which her unwanted thoughts about cleanliness and her compulsions to wash her face are counterproductive. Zulfa is now trying to identify, challenge, and change her obsessions and compulsions. Her therapist's strategies are rooted in the ___ perspective.

generalized anxiety disorder

___ is sometimes described as free-floating anxiety

Aaron Beck

____ argued that people with generalized anxiety disorder constantly hold silent assumptions that imply that they are in imminent danger

undoing

according to the psychodynamic perspective, ___ is an ego defense mechanism in which people unconsciously attempt to cancel out an unacceptable desire or act by performing another act

norepinephrine

researchers have found that there is NOT abnormal activity in ____ for people with obsessive-complusive disorder

social anxiety

severe, persistent and irrational anxiety about social situations is referred to as ____ disorder

hallucinations

symptoms associated with panic attacks include all of the following EXCEPT: