In which type of therapy must the therapist understand a person within the context in
which she or he lives? ✔✔ family
The most common approach used in family therapy is the ________ approach. ✔✔
systems
If you could give someone with schizophrenia a drug that would stop them from hearing
voices that were not actually present, the drug would eliminate ✔✔ hallucinations
If you use defense mechanisms to cope with stress, you are using a(n) _______ coping
strategy ✔✔ ineffective
When a therapist helps a person overcome a phobia by gradually accompanying the
patient from mildly fearful event to more fearful events, the therapist is using the ______
technique. ✔✔ graded exposure
For Freud, the obvious interpretation of the meaning of a dream is known as the ______
content. ✔✔ manifest
If we believe that someone is acting because of some external or environmental cause,
this is a/n ______ attribution. ✔✔ situational
Social learning theorists have hypothesized that dissociative identity disorder results
from a patient's high degree of ✔✔ suggestibility to the idea of hidden personality
During which stage of the general adaptation syndrome does the body enter a
temporary state of shock ✔✔ alarm
If you believe in the ______ hypothesis, then terms such as insanity and mental illness
should not be used to describe abnormal behavior ✔✔ continuity
Dr. Susan is your family therapist. She believes that to adequately understand
psychological problems, she must understand the role that you play in the family
system. Which of the following statements supports that underlying belief? ✔✔
Problems of the individual are often caused by problems in the family.
, Which of the following concepts helps to explain why a group of bystanders would not
help another person in need? ✔✔ diffusion of responsibility
Insanity is best characterized as a ________ term. ✔✔ legal
Teaching a person to alternately tense the major muscles and then release that tension
is used in ✔✔ progressive relaxation
Married persons, compared to people who are single in their adult years ✔✔ have
greater health benefits
A person with ______ experiences sharp, intensely uncomfortable attacks of anxiety.
✔✔ panic anxiety disorder
The procedure known as ______ uses electrical probes to destroy the cingulated cortex
of the limbic system ✔✔ cingulotomy
Obsessions are ________, while compulsions are ________. ✔✔ anxiety-provoking
thoughts; irresistible urges to engage in behaviors
A person who has a terrible fear of garbage cans, with no good reason to be afraid of
garbage cans, is suffering from a(n) ________ disorder ✔✔ phobic
Mary has been changing doctors frequently and can't understand why none of her
doctors can find anything wrong with her. She complains of nausea and tiredness and
has recently started taking many different kinds of pills, hoping that something will help.
Mary is displaying the characteristics of ✔✔ somatization disorder
If after getting a C in a class that you thought you deserved a B in, you threw a little
child-like temper tantrum outside your teacher's office, you exhibited the defense
mechanism of ✔✔ regression
The process of ______ training teaches people to deeply relax the large muscles of the
body ✔✔ progressive relaxation
Which is one of the least important factors in the persuasiveness of the speaker? ✔✔
logic
When an inanimate object is used in a sexual way and it interferes with normal sexual
which she or he lives? ✔✔ family
The most common approach used in family therapy is the ________ approach. ✔✔
systems
If you could give someone with schizophrenia a drug that would stop them from hearing
voices that were not actually present, the drug would eliminate ✔✔ hallucinations
If you use defense mechanisms to cope with stress, you are using a(n) _______ coping
strategy ✔✔ ineffective
When a therapist helps a person overcome a phobia by gradually accompanying the
patient from mildly fearful event to more fearful events, the therapist is using the ______
technique. ✔✔ graded exposure
For Freud, the obvious interpretation of the meaning of a dream is known as the ______
content. ✔✔ manifest
If we believe that someone is acting because of some external or environmental cause,
this is a/n ______ attribution. ✔✔ situational
Social learning theorists have hypothesized that dissociative identity disorder results
from a patient's high degree of ✔✔ suggestibility to the idea of hidden personality
During which stage of the general adaptation syndrome does the body enter a
temporary state of shock ✔✔ alarm
If you believe in the ______ hypothesis, then terms such as insanity and mental illness
should not be used to describe abnormal behavior ✔✔ continuity
Dr. Susan is your family therapist. She believes that to adequately understand
psychological problems, she must understand the role that you play in the family
system. Which of the following statements supports that underlying belief? ✔✔
Problems of the individual are often caused by problems in the family.
, Which of the following concepts helps to explain why a group of bystanders would not
help another person in need? ✔✔ diffusion of responsibility
Insanity is best characterized as a ________ term. ✔✔ legal
Teaching a person to alternately tense the major muscles and then release that tension
is used in ✔✔ progressive relaxation
Married persons, compared to people who are single in their adult years ✔✔ have
greater health benefits
A person with ______ experiences sharp, intensely uncomfortable attacks of anxiety.
✔✔ panic anxiety disorder
The procedure known as ______ uses electrical probes to destroy the cingulated cortex
of the limbic system ✔✔ cingulotomy
Obsessions are ________, while compulsions are ________. ✔✔ anxiety-provoking
thoughts; irresistible urges to engage in behaviors
A person who has a terrible fear of garbage cans, with no good reason to be afraid of
garbage cans, is suffering from a(n) ________ disorder ✔✔ phobic
Mary has been changing doctors frequently and can't understand why none of her
doctors can find anything wrong with her. She complains of nausea and tiredness and
has recently started taking many different kinds of pills, hoping that something will help.
Mary is displaying the characteristics of ✔✔ somatization disorder
If after getting a C in a class that you thought you deserved a B in, you threw a little
child-like temper tantrum outside your teacher's office, you exhibited the defense
mechanism of ✔✔ regression
The process of ______ training teaches people to deeply relax the large muscles of the
body ✔✔ progressive relaxation
Which is one of the least important factors in the persuasiveness of the speaker? ✔✔
logic
When an inanimate object is used in a sexual way and it interferes with normal sexual
