1. After Darryl spends some time watching a boy his age happily playing with a dog, Darryl begins to lose his fear of dogs. Which approach to psychotherapy is best illustrated in this scenario? A. Dialectical behavior therapy B. Cognitive-behavioral C. Operant conditioning D. Rational-Emotive Question 2 of 20 : Select the best answer for the question. 2. For the psychologist, abnormal behavior can be thought of as expressing distress of some kind that obstructs one's ability to function. Because this is such a broad definition, it's best to think of the range of behaviors from normal to abnormal as A. observable patterns. B. entirely dependent on diagnostic assumptions. C. lying along a continuum. D. statistical variations. 3. A reference work developed by the American Psychiatric Association is referred to as DSM-IV-TR. In that acronym, S stands for A. Symposium B. Standardized C. Standard D. Statistical 4. Among somatoform disorders, hypochondriasis is to obsessive concern about one's health as a/an _______ disorder is to marked physical symptoms with no identifiable physiological cause. A. dissociative B. obsessive C. conversion D. hysterical 5. _______ drugs focus on efforts to change the concentration of neurotransmitters in the brain. For example, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors concentrate serotonin in synapses between neurons. A. Anti-anxiety B. Antidepressant C. Antipsychotic D. Mood stabilizer 6. Which of the following statements about autism is correct? A. Verbal communication is impaired, while nonverbal expression is normal. B. About one in every 1,500 children will develop symptoms of autism. C. Autistic children seek out social contact. D. It usually appears within the first three years of life. 7. How is a panic disorder different from a phobia? A. Phobias are more severe. B. Panic disorders are more severe. C. Panic disorders do not have any identifiable stimuli. D. Phobias do not have any identifiable stimuli. 8. Regarding perspectives on abnormality, what is the common ground between the medical and psychoanalytic perspectives? A. Both view abnormal behavior as rooted in biological processes. B. Both view abnormal behaviors as symptoms of underlying problems. C. Both view abnormal behaviors as learned behaviors. D. Both assume that people's thoughts and beliefs underlie problematic behavior. 9. Regarding possible environmental causes of schizophrenia, the concept of expressed emotion refers to an interactive style characterized by A. practical jokes. B. hostility, criticism, and intrusiveness. C. obsessive perfectionism. D. ...

1. 1. After Darryl spends some time watching a boy his age
happily playing with a dog, Darryl begins to lose his fear of
dogs. Which approach to psychotherapy is best illustrated in
this scenario?
A. Dialectical behavior therapy
B. Cognitive-behavioral
C. Operant conditioning
D. Rational-Emotive
Question 2 of 20 : Select the best answer for the question.

2. 2. For the psychologist, abnormal behavior can be thought of
as expressing distress of some kind that obstructs one's ability
to function. Because this is such a broad definition, it's best to
think of the range of behaviors from normal to abnormal as
A. observable patterns.
B. entirely dependent on diagnostic assumptions.
C. lying along a continuum.
D. statistical variations.

3. 3. A reference work developed by the American Psychiatric
Association is referred to as DSM-IV-TR. In that acronym, S
stands for
A. Symposium
B. Standardized
C. Standard
D. Statistical
4. Among somatoform disorders, hypochondriasis is to
obsessive concern about one's health as a/an _______ disorder
is to marked physical symptoms with no identifiable
physiological cause.
A. dissociative
B. obsessive

4. C. conversion
D. hysterical
5. _______ drugs focus on efforts to change the concentration
of neurotransmitters in the brain. For example, selective
serotonin reuptake inhibitors concentrate serotonin in synapses
between neurons.
A. Anti-anxiety
B. Antidepressant
C. Antipsychotic
D. Mood stabilizer

5. 6. Which of the following statements about autism is correct?
A. Verbal communication is impaired, while nonverbal
expression is normal.
B. About one in every 1,500 children will develop symptoms
of autism.
C. Autistic children seek out social contact.
D. It usually appears within the first three years of life.
7. How is a panic disorder different from a phobia?

6. A. Phobias are more severe.
B. Panic disorders are more severe.
C. Panic disorders do not have any identifiable stimuli.
D. Phobias do not have any identifiable stimuli.
8. Regarding perspectives on abnormality, what is the common
ground between the medical and psychoanalytic perspectives?
A. Both view abnormal behavior as rooted in biological
processes.
B. Both view abnormal behaviors as symptoms of underlying
problems.
C. Both view abnormal behaviors as learned behaviors.
D. Both assume that people's thoughts and beliefs underlie

7. problematic behavior.
9. Regarding possible environmental causes of schizophrenia,
the concept of expressed emotion refers to an interactive style
characterized by
A. practical jokes.
B. hostility, criticism, and intrusiveness.
C. obsessive perfectionism.
D. withdrawal and isolation.

8. 10. In the context of a therapeutic program, you regularly take
a drug that causes you to get violently ill whenever you drink
alcohol. Among behavioral approaches to therapy, this would
best be called
A. systematic desensitization.
B. negative reinforcement.
C. aversive conditioning.
D. contingent conditioning.
11. Xenophobia is to fear of strangers as claustrophobia is to
fear of
A. enclosed spaces.

9. B. social situations.
C. heights.
D. closure.
12. In the context of rational-emotional behavior therapy,
which of the following is considered an unrealistic and
irrational idea?
A. It's not a big deal when things don't go the way I want
them to.
B. How I view a situation effects how I feel about myself in
that situation.
C. We must be accomplished and successful in every aspect of
our lives to feel like a worthwhile person.
D. No one in my life should love me and approve of what I
do.

10. 13. In which of these statements is the scientific rationale for
distinguishing Type I and Type II most clearly illustrated?
A. If subjects X and Y are identical twins and X is diagnosed
with Type 1 schizophrenia, we can be nearly 100 percent
assured that Y will also develop Type I schizophrenia.
B. Type II schizophrenics are most likely to be a threat to
themselves and others.
C. Type I schizophrenics are most likely to be a threat to
themselves and others.
D. The symptomatic profile for Type I and Type II
schizophrenia is different.
14. Attempting to learn more about the physiological aspects
of depression, Dr. Paul observes levels and areas of brain
activation in equal numbers of male and female subjects as they
are viewing images of people exhibiting angry, sad, and fearful
facial expressions. What is Dr. Paul most likely to observe?

11. A. Chances are better that 2 to 1 that the subject is female if
brain activation is significantly less than normal.
B. Brain activation is markedly less in subjects diagnosed
with depression.
C. Brain activation is significantly greater in subjects
diagnosed with depression.
D. Chances are better that 2 to 1 that the subject is male if
brain activation levels are significantly suppressed.
15. The key theme in humanistic therapy is
A. philosophical reasoning.
B. emotional expression.
C. self-responsibility.
D. self-criticism.

12. 16. In the process of Freudian psychoanalysis, patients may
come to think of the therapist as a symbol of their feelings for a
parent, lover, or abuser. This phenomenon is referred as
A. latent content.
B. projection.
C. free association.
D. transference.
17. Due to his mental illness. Ben has difficulty holding a job.
Ben could be considered abnormal under which definition of
abnormality?
A. Abnormality as deviation from the average

13. B. Abnormality as deviation from the ideal
C. Abnormality as the inability to function effectively
D. Abnormality as a legal concept
18. In psychodynamic therapy, a primary focus is on
penetrating the client's
A. defense mechanisms.
B. unconscious hostility.
C. expectations.
D. apathy.

14. 19. Dr. Cranberry suspects that her client is selectively failing
to recall an event that must, by all evidence, be stored in his
memory. If the therapist turns out to be correct in this
assessment, she'll identify the disorder as dissociative
A. identity disorder.
B. fugue.
C. amnesia.
D. repression.
20. Rebecca has been keeping track of the amount of times she
washes her hands in a day. Keeping track of observable actions
and how these actions can be remedied can best be describes as
which perspective of psychological disorder?
A. Behavioral
B. Humanistic
C. Cognitive

15. D. Psychoanalytic