The concept of perceived control refers to ________.

B. beliefs about the capacity to influence and shape outcomes in our lives

A. co-occurrence of two disorders

A high-stress job and long commutes to work are examples of the way some psychologists conceptualize stress as a

A. demanding or threatening event or situation

Aversive conditioning is a ________.

pairs an unpleasant stimulant with an undesirable behavior

69. Deinstitutionalization refers to the ________.

C. process of closing large asylums

Cultural competence is a therapist’s understanding of, and attention to, ________.

C. race, culture, and ethnicity in providing treatment

In the free association technique of psychoanalysis, the ________.

C. client says whatever comes to mind at the moment

Optimism is a tendency toward a(n) ________.

D. positive outlook and positive expectations

The Center for Investigating Healthy Minds conducts rigorous academic research on ________.

A. healthy aspects of the mind, such as kindness, forgiveness, compassion,

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1
Jade hears a rattle. she sees a rattlesnake. Her pupils dilate, her heart pounds, and she sweats. This response is
A. emotion-threat
B. eustress-distress
C. fight-or-flight
D. flight-or-fright
2
Etiology is another word for ________.
B. conditions
A. causes
C. forms
D. psychopathology
3
refers to the fact that the therapist cannot disclose private communications to third party unless mandatated by law
C. discretion
B. disclosure
D. privilege
A. confidentiality
4
When did the term stress enter scientific literature?
C. 1950s
B. 1940s
A. 1930s
D. 1960s
5
________ disorders characterized by excessive, persistent fear apprehension and related disturbances in behavior
C. obsessive-compulsive
B. body dysmorphic
A. anxiety
D. personality
6
The concept of perceived control refers to ________.
D. the ability to identify who is controlling their decisions
B. beliefs about the capacity to influence and shape outcomes in our lives
C. beliefs about the nature of predestination
A. attitudes regarding the desirability of control
7
Exposure therapy is a ________ technique.
A. classical conditioning
B. counterconditioning
D. psychodynamic
C. free association
8
Yuri experiences excessive, distressing, and persistent fear or anxiety about heights. Yuri suffers from a(n) ________.
A. mood disorder
B. obsessive-compulsive disorder
C. phobia
D. psychosis
9
________ is the kind of stress associated with positive feelings, as well as optimal health and performance
B. distress
D. pro-stress
A. anti-stress
C. eustress
10
What is comorbidity?
C. having two causes of death
D. mental disorder leading to death
B. having two causes for a single disorder
A. co-occurrence of two disorders
11
________ delusions involve the (false) belief that other people or agencies are plotting to harm the person.
D. somatic
C. paranoid
A. grandiose
B. hallucination
12
Which treatment modality involves 5–10 people with the same issue or concern meeting together with a trained clinician?
B. group therapy
A. couple therapy
D. structural family therapy
C. strategic family therapy
13
Schizophrenia is considered a ________ disorder.
A. mood
C. personality
D. psychotic
B. obsessive-compulsive
14
. ________ a subtype of depression when the symptoms of major depressive happen a particular time of year
D. seasonal pattern
A. bipolar disorder
C. persistent depressive disorder
B. mood disorder
15
Guidance, encouragement, acceptance, emotional comfort, and tangible assistance are all examples of ________.
D. social support
B. happiness
C. health
A. eustress
16
Over the past few years, research suggests that stress levels in the United States have ________.
C. increased
B. exponentially decreased
D. stayed the same
A. decreased slightly
17
A high-stress job and long commutes to work are examples of the way some psychologists conceptualize stress as a
C. result of physiological changes
A. demanding or threatening event or situation
B. relatively minor irritation
D. ubiquitous presence in our lives
18
Which brain region is believed to play a critical role in OCD?
B. cingulate cortex
A. anterior cortex
C. orbitofrontal cortex
D. prefront
19
What kind of psychotherapeutic orientation uses several stages of relaxation techniques
A. aversive conditioning
B. behavior therapy
C. client-centered therapy
D. psychodynamic psychotherapy
20
Which of the following is an example of a stressor?
A. being in car accident
B. daydreaming about robots
D. reading a comic novel about zombies
C. falling asleep in class
21
A demanding or threatening event is often called a(n) ________.
D. stressor
A. animator
B. distressor
C. eustressor
22
The relaxation response technique is a stress reduction technique that combines elements of relaxation and ________.
A. eustress
C. meditation
B. intervention
D. reaction
23
During ________, the therapist gathers specific informatiospecific information to address the client’s immediate needs.
C. counseling
D. intake
B. analysis
A. admission
24
Which of the following is an example of eustress?
B. losing a job
D. training for a marathon
A. getting a divorce
C. recovering from a car accident
25
Defined stress “the response of the body to any demand, . . . pleasant or unpleasant"
B. Hans Selye
A. Brenda Lyon
D. Walter Cannon
C. Richard Lazarus and Susan Folkman
26
Addiction is often viewed as a(an) ________ disease.
D. simple
A. chronic
C. imaginary
B. fleeting
27
Donna exhibits two separate personalities, distinct from one another, so Donna is diagnosed ________ disorder.
A. anxiety
C. personality
D. schizophrenia
B. dissociative identity
28
The ________ model suggests that people with a predisposition when faced with adverse environmenta/psychological events.
D. Venn
C. Szasz
B. supernatural
A. diathesis-stress
29
In medieval times, abnormal behaviors were viewed as a sign that a person was ________.
C. in need of counseling
A. a prophet
B. about to die
D. possessed by demons
30
________ were the first institutions created for the specific purpose of housing people with psychological disorders.
B. churches
D. hospitals
C. clinics
A. asylums
31
Aversive conditioning is a ________.
C. form of psychotherapy that aims to change cognitive distortions and self
therapeutic orientation employs learning tochange undesirable behaviors
pairs an unpleasant stimulant with an undesirable behavior
A. classical conditioning therapeutic technique in which a client learns a
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________ is stress-reduction technique whereby electronic equipment measuring a person’s involuntary activity
C. relaxation response technique
D. the Selye Method
A. biofeedback
B. meditation
33
Developing stomach ulcers during a prolonged period of stress exemplifies how stress can have a negative ________ impact
D. physiological
C. morbid
B. mental
A. cognitive
34
Repeated drug use and/or alcohol use after a period of improvement from substance abuse is called ________.
A. addiction
D. reversion
B. comorbidity
C. relapse
35
Who developed biofeedback as a technique to treat combat stress?
A. Gary Schwartz
D. Richard Rahe
B. Herbert Benson
C. Martin Seligman
36
What kind of symptoms involves reflecting noticeable decreases and absences in certain behaviors, emotions, or drives?
C. negative
A. absentee
B. invisible
D. positive
37
69. Deinstitutionalization refers to the ________.
C. process of closing large asylums
D. treatment of those on parole and probation
B. medicalization of patients
A. decriminalization of patients
38
Cultural competence is a therapist’s understanding of, and attention to, ________.
B. issues related to whether the client is considered normal or deviant
C. race, culture, and ethnicity in providing treatment
A. issues related to being a female therapist treating a male client
D. treating everyone the same regardless of cultural background
39
kind of psychotherapeutic orientation mandatory therapy sessions to talk about childhood.
C. humanistic therapy
A. behavior therapy
B. cognitive therapy
D. psychodynamic psychotherapy
40
Humanistic therapy is also called ________ therapy.
B. cognitive-behavioral
A. client-centered
C. ECT
D. personality-focused
41
In the free association technique of psychoanalysis, the ________.
A. client engages in self-reflection prior to the session
C. client says whatever comes to mind at the moment
B. client keeps a dream diary to guide therapy sessions
D. therapist hypnotizes the client
42
What triggers the secondary appraisal of a stressor?
D. increased heart rate
C. inability to react to the primary appraisal
B. how a threat is perceived
A. a feeling of anxiety
43
People with ________ experience thoughts and urges that are intrusive and unwanted engage in repetitive behaviors
B. obsessive-compulsive
A. anxiety
C. personality
D. phobia
44
A ________ psychologist might investigate why people continue to smoke or eat high fat knowing it is bad for them
C. health
A. fitness
B. Gestalt
D. stress
45
kind of family therapy involves the therapist guiding /developing treatment plans for each member specific problem?
A. comorbid
B. relative
D. structural
C. strategic
46
Who identified psychological disorders as a harmful dysfunction?
B. John Waller
. Jerome C. Wakefield
C. Stanley Rachman
D. Thomas Szasz
47
Type of Therapy that eliminate thought patterns that lead to distress.
non-directive therapy
play therapy
psychodynamic
cognitive therapy
48
Which group is play therapy often used to treat?
D. women
C. men
B. elderly
A. children
49
Optimism is a tendency toward a(n) ________.
D. positive outlook and positive expectations
C. neutral outlook and low expectations
A. angry outlook and negative expectations
B. negative outlook and negative expectations
50
________ involves thoughts of death by suicide, thinking about or planning suicide, or making a suicide attempt.
D. suicide
A. flight of ideas
C. suicidal ideation
B. rumination
51
The Center for Investigating Healthy Minds conducts rigorous academic research on ________.
A. healthy aspects of the mind, such as kindness, forgiveness, compassion,
which world culture is most conducive to a healthy mindset
unhealthy aspects of the mind, such as jealousy, anger, frustration
how the mind affects health and how health affects the mind
52
Which therapeutic process involves the use of toys?
ECT
play therapy
free association
Rogerian psychotherapy
53
Peripartum onset depression is a kind of depression ________.
women who experience an episode of major depression either during pregnancy
dwell on one’s depressed symptoms, their meanings, and their consequences
A. characterized by mood states that vacillate between depression and mania
individual experiences mania, characterized by extremely cheerful activity
54
state of intense engagement in an activity; it is usually experienced while participating in creative work and leisure
A. flow
B. happiness
C. momentum
D. oneness
55
A stressor is likely to be appraised as a threat when someone ________.
D. experiences the physical responses subjectively defined fear response,
A. anticipates that it could lead to some kind of harm, loss, or other nega
B. believes it is a threat
C. believes that it carries the potential for gain or personal growth
56
What is the goal of humanistic therapy?
D. treating a client’s fear or anxiety
C. learning a new response to a stimulus
A. helping clients change undesirable behaviors
B. helping people become more self-aware and accepting of themselves
57
childhood disorder with deficits in social interaction/ communication/ repetitive patterns of behavior
D. autism spectrum disorder
B. attention deficit disorder
C. attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
A. antisocial personality disorder
58
A psychological disorder is a ________.
D. situational, idiosyncratic, or unconventional inner feelings
C. manifestation of a psychopathology
A. condition characterized by abnormal thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
B. condition characterized by normal thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
59
A panic disorder is a type of ________disorder characterized by panic attacks
A. anxiety
C. safety
D. social
B. generalized
60
said, “The intensity and chronicity of human stress is governed lby perceived control over the demands of one’s life
A. Albert Bandura
B. Richard Rahe
C. Sigmund Freud
D. Thomas Holmes
61
People reach the ________ level of stress feel burned out; exhausted, and their performance begin to decline
D. secondary
C. primary
B. eustress
A. distress
62
Who led the reform efforts for mental health care in the United States?
C. Philippe Pinel
B. Dorothea Dix
Carl Rogers
D. Sigmund Freud
63
Which of the following defines antisocial personality disorder?
B. lack of regard for others’ impulsivity, lack of remorse over misdeeds
overinflated and unjustified sense of self-importance
pervasive need for perfectionism interferes with ability to complete tasks
A. instability in interpersonal relationships, self-image, and mood
64
term refers to mental or behavioral efforts used to manage problems relating to stress, including unpleasant feelings
D. distress
B. biofeedback
A. autopilot
C. coping
65
argued concept of mental illness was invented by society to stigmatize people whose behavior violates social norms
C. Marcia Cross
D. Thomas Szasz
B. John Waller
A. Isla Fischer
66
classification system used by most mental health professionals in the United States of America
B. Determinants of Social Mental Disorders
A. Desperate Social and Mental Disorders
C. Determining Statistical Manifestation of Disorders
D. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
67
the kind of stress that exceeds the optimal level, is no longer a positive force, and becomes excessive and debilitating
B; Eustress
c: megastress
D; overstress
a: distress
68
type of appraisal involves judgment about the degree of potential harm or threat that a stressor might entail
B. beta
C. primary
A. alpha
D. secondary
69
psychology seeks to identify and promote those qualities that lead to happy, fulfilled, and contented lives
B. positive psychology9
D. self-psychology
A. eustress psychology
.C. psychology of joy
70
kind of therapy involves a therapeutic orientation that employs principles oto help to change undesirable behaviors
B. biomedical
A. behavior
C. cognitive
D. exposure
71
ECT stands for ________.
D. extra conditioning therapy
C. electroconvulsive therapy
B. economy, cognition, tokens
A. easy classical treatment
72
Who developed psychoanalysis?
D. Sigmund Freud
A. Carl Jung
B. Carl Rogers
C. Dorothea Dix
73
Who developed client-centered therapy?
D. Philippe Pinel
C. Dorothea Dix
B. Carl Rogers
A. Abraham Maslow
74
Which psychological disorder is characterized by major disturbances in thought, perception, and behavior?
A. anxiety
B. bipolar
D. schizophrenia
C. personality
75
difficulty concentrating after periods of prolonged stress exemplifies how stress can have a negative _______impact
B. emotional
D. social
C. physical
A. cognitive

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