Unit 6 Study questions

Although the brain maturation of children diagnosed with ADHD is normal, it lags behind that of their peers by about

3 years.

The psychologist known for challenging people's absurd self-defeating ideas is

Albert Ellis

Lithium has been found to be especially effective in the treatment of

Bipolar Disorder

An antisocial personality disorder is most likely to be characterized by

a lack of guilt feelings.

By earning a client's trust, empathic and caring therapists promote

a therapeutic alliance.

Researchers have found low levels of ________ in 13-year-old boys who were later convicted of a crime as 18- to 26-year-olds.

adrenaline

Although originally trained in Freudian techniques, Aaron Beck developed a ________ therapy for depression.

cognitive

Freud suggested that for those suffering a generalized anxiety disorder, the anxiety is

free-floating

The experience of depression ________ risk taking and ________ aggression.

inhibits; inhibits

Psychodynamic therapies try to understand patients' current symptoms by focusing on recurring patterns in their

interpersonal relationships.

Dual-action antidepressant drugs work by increasing the availability of

norepinephrine and serotonin.

The approach that has helped children with autism learn to function successfully in school involves

operant conditioning.

Which form of therapy is most likely to be criticized for offering interpretations that cannot be proven or disproven?

psychoanalysis

The study of the effect of drugs on mind and behavior is called:

psychopharmacology.

The least used biomedical intervention for changing behavior is

psychosurgery.

Psychological disorders that researchers believe are learned, such as phobias, are most likely to be treated with

psychotherapy.

People are more likely to recover from ________ schizophrenia than from ________ schizophrenia.

reactive; process

Which of the following is most likely to contribute to inflated perceptions of the effectiveness of psychotherapy?

regression toward the mean

Systematic desensitization is based on the idea that ________ facilitates the elimination of fear

relaxation

Using DSM-5 guidelines, two different clinicians are likely to give a specific patient the same diagnosis. This indicates that the DSM-5 is

reliable.

The dramatic increase in reported cases of dissociative identity disorder during the past 40 or so years most strongly suggests that symptoms of this disorder involve

role-playing.

Most self-help and support groups focus on ______ illnesses.

stigmatized

Dr. Volz is a researcher who wants to distinguish between the direct effects of a new antianxiety medication and effects arising from expectations of the drug's effectiveness. Dr. Volz is most likely to use

the double-blind procedure.

Which of the following is most likely to contribute to inflated estimates of the value of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing?

the placebo effect

who is most likely to benefit from therapeutic drugs that block receptor sites for dopamine?

who hears imaginary voices telling her she will soon be killed