The most common, and highly successful, therapy for phobia relies on
- A. punishing the person for any attempt to avoid the object.
- B. explaining to the person why the fear is irrational.
- C. understanding the unconscious motivations behind the fear.
- D. gradual exposure to the feared object.
What distinguishes a family therapist from other therapists is that the family therapist
- A. uses a whole family of therapeutic approaches.
- B. provides therapy to members of his or her own family.
- C. tries to provide the same kind of support and encouragement that a family usually provides.
- D. focuses on how individuals relate to other family members.
Before the 1950s, most severely ill psychiatric patients were
- A. hospitalized in large mental hospitals.
- B. prescribed psychiatric drugs.
- C. cared for in the community.
- D. treated as outpatients.
Compared to most behavior therapists, cognitive-behavior therapists place more emphasis on
- A. changing internal feelings.
- B. changing internal emotional states.
- C. changing unconscious beliefs about the past.
- D. changing people’s interpretation of their situation.
A delusion of grandeur is an unjustified belief that one is
- A. unusually important.
- B. being persecuted.
- C. the intended recipient of coded information in everything one reads.
- D. being controlled by alien forces.
A therapist who uses a variety of methods, depending on the needs of different clients, is said to be
- A. eclectic.
- B. psychoanalytic.
- C. rational-emotive.
- D. paradoxical.
People rarely develop phobias of?
- A. open spaces.
- B. closed spaces.
- C. cars.
- D. snakes.
Jeff has occasional periods of chest pains, difficulty in breathing, increased heart rate, sweating, faintness, and dizziness for no apparent reason. From which of these psychological disorders is he most likely to be suffering?
- A. obsessive-compulsive disorder
- B. schizophrenia
- C. depression
- D. panic disorder
Freud’s method of psychotherapy is called
- A. cognitive therapy.
- B. psychoanalysis.
- C. eclectic therapy.
- D. rational-emotive therapy.
William alternates between periods when he is slow, inactive, and inhibited, and periods when he is active and uninhibited. He is most likely to be suffering from
- A. bipolar disorder.
- B. obsessive-compulsive disorder.
- C. conversion disorder.
- D. schizophrenia.
