Psych 121 Unit 3 Exam MSU questions
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During the Middle Ages, what was considered the cause of mental illness? - ANS ✔Demonic
possession
In 1792, Philippe Pinel argued that mentally ill patients should be ____________. - ANS ✔able
to move around freely and exercise outdoors
What is one reason for inpatient treatment for individuals with mental illness? - ANS ✔To
ensure the safety and well-being of the person receiving treatment
In recent years, the focus in mental health care has shifted toward ______________. - ANS
✔preventive care
Edward starts to worry about telling his therapist about his drinking. He is afraid that the
therapist will get mad at him like his mother used to. Edward has started relating to his therapist
as he related to his mother. Edward is experiencing ________. - ANS ✔transference
Which of the following examples describes the process of transference in therapy? - ANS
✔Calhoun's father was very harsh and rigid when he was a child, and Calhoun always tried to
win his father's approval. During therapy, his therapist pointed out that he seemed overly
concerned with the therapist's approval of his actions.
According to Sigmund Freud, when you awaken in the morning and remember a dream, you
recall the dream's ___________. - ANS ✔manifest content
,This type of therapy views symptoms as side effects of deeper underlying problems rooted in
childhood or past experiences. - ANS ✔psychodynamic therapy
As Carly became more comfortable with her therapist, she began reacting to the therapist in the
same way that she often reacted to her father. This is an example of ____________. - ANS
✔transference
Randy has a recurring dream about falling from a building. His therapist suggests that the dream
might be a red flag from his subconscious that something in his life is not on track. The
therapist's interpretation is related to the ___________ content of the dream while Randy's
description of the action in the dream is related to the __________ content of the dream. - ANS
✔latent; manifest
A key component of Roger's person-centered therapy is a technique that involves echoing,
restating, and seeking clarification of a client's statement. This technique is called ________. -
ANS ✔active listening
Spencer is telling his therapist how he bullied another student at school by posting pictures of
the student in the locker room on Instagram. Spencer keeps looking at the therapist to see if she
is mad or disgusted with him. Spencer is likely in need of ________________ from his therapist.
- ANS ✔unconditional positive regard
One of the foundational assumptions of behavioral therapy is ____________. - ANS ✔behaviors
associated with mental illness are learned and maintained through reinforcement
Rosa is afraid of flying but won a free trip to Hawaii. Her therapist instructs Rosa to create a list
of things that make her anxious about flying from the least fearful to the most fearful. Rosa and
her therapist next work through the list using relaxation techniques to help relieve her anxious
responses. What technique is the therapist using? - ANS ✔Systematic desensitization
What explanation does the cognitive model give for depression? - ANS ✔People engage in
negative, self-defeating thoughts, which causes their mood to become depressed.
, Beck's cognitive triad consists of negative automatic thoughts about - ANS ✔the world, the self,
and the future
Imagine each of the following individuals has just received a prescription for a psychotropic
medication. Match the appropriate class of drugs to each individual.Luke has difficulty with
excessive worry and panic attacks.Cynthia has chronically low mood and a lack of
motivation.Agatha has extreme shifts in her mood where she fluctuates from severe sadness for
weeks or months and then extreme euphoria for days to weeks.Ron has been seeing and
hearing things that are not real - ANS ✔Luke --> Anti-anxiety;
Cynthia --> Antidepressant; - ANS ✔
Agatha --> Mood Stabilizer; - ANS ✔
Ron --> Antipsychotic - ANS ✔
Which of the following pairings of symptoms and medications is incorrect? - ANS ✔Both the
example about Leslie and the example about Scott represent incorrect pairings of symptoms
with medications.
Anti-anxiety medication = - ANS ✔increases the effectiveness of GABA
Antidepressant = - ANS ✔increasing activity of serotonin and/or norepinephrine
Antipsychotic = - ANS ✔dopamine antagonist
Mood stabilizer = - ANS ✔affects glutamate and has a neuroprotective effect
well answered already passed
During the Middle Ages, what was considered the cause of mental illness? - ANS ✔Demonic
possession
In 1792, Philippe Pinel argued that mentally ill patients should be ____________. - ANS ✔able
to move around freely and exercise outdoors
What is one reason for inpatient treatment for individuals with mental illness? - ANS ✔To
ensure the safety and well-being of the person receiving treatment
In recent years, the focus in mental health care has shifted toward ______________. - ANS
✔preventive care
Edward starts to worry about telling his therapist about his drinking. He is afraid that the
therapist will get mad at him like his mother used to. Edward has started relating to his therapist
as he related to his mother. Edward is experiencing ________. - ANS ✔transference
Which of the following examples describes the process of transference in therapy? - ANS
✔Calhoun's father was very harsh and rigid when he was a child, and Calhoun always tried to
win his father's approval. During therapy, his therapist pointed out that he seemed overly
concerned with the therapist's approval of his actions.
According to Sigmund Freud, when you awaken in the morning and remember a dream, you
recall the dream's ___________. - ANS ✔manifest content
,This type of therapy views symptoms as side effects of deeper underlying problems rooted in
childhood or past experiences. - ANS ✔psychodynamic therapy
As Carly became more comfortable with her therapist, she began reacting to the therapist in the
same way that she often reacted to her father. This is an example of ____________. - ANS
✔transference
Randy has a recurring dream about falling from a building. His therapist suggests that the dream
might be a red flag from his subconscious that something in his life is not on track. The
therapist's interpretation is related to the ___________ content of the dream while Randy's
description of the action in the dream is related to the __________ content of the dream. - ANS
✔latent; manifest
A key component of Roger's person-centered therapy is a technique that involves echoing,
restating, and seeking clarification of a client's statement. This technique is called ________. -
ANS ✔active listening
Spencer is telling his therapist how he bullied another student at school by posting pictures of
the student in the locker room on Instagram. Spencer keeps looking at the therapist to see if she
is mad or disgusted with him. Spencer is likely in need of ________________ from his therapist.
- ANS ✔unconditional positive regard
One of the foundational assumptions of behavioral therapy is ____________. - ANS ✔behaviors
associated with mental illness are learned and maintained through reinforcement
Rosa is afraid of flying but won a free trip to Hawaii. Her therapist instructs Rosa to create a list
of things that make her anxious about flying from the least fearful to the most fearful. Rosa and
her therapist next work through the list using relaxation techniques to help relieve her anxious
responses. What technique is the therapist using? - ANS ✔Systematic desensitization
What explanation does the cognitive model give for depression? - ANS ✔People engage in
negative, self-defeating thoughts, which causes their mood to become depressed.
, Beck's cognitive triad consists of negative automatic thoughts about - ANS ✔the world, the self,
and the future
Imagine each of the following individuals has just received a prescription for a psychotropic
medication. Match the appropriate class of drugs to each individual.Luke has difficulty with
excessive worry and panic attacks.Cynthia has chronically low mood and a lack of
motivation.Agatha has extreme shifts in her mood where she fluctuates from severe sadness for
weeks or months and then extreme euphoria for days to weeks.Ron has been seeing and
hearing things that are not real - ANS ✔Luke --> Anti-anxiety;
Cynthia --> Antidepressant; - ANS ✔
Agatha --> Mood Stabilizer; - ANS ✔
Ron --> Antipsychotic - ANS ✔
Which of the following pairings of symptoms and medications is incorrect? - ANS ✔Both the
example about Leslie and the example about Scott represent incorrect pairings of symptoms
with medications.
Anti-anxiety medication = - ANS ✔increases the effectiveness of GABA
Antidepressant = - ANS ✔increasing activity of serotonin and/or norepinephrine
Antipsychotic = - ANS ✔dopamine antagonist
Mood stabilizer = - ANS ✔affects glutamate and has a neuroprotective effect
