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Aerobic exercise,adequate sleep,light exposure,and social engagement are important components of


A) psychopharmacology.
B) systematic desensitization.
C) natural recovery.
D) therapeutic lifestyle change.

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Systematic desensitization is based on the idea that _____ in fear-provoking situations can gradually eliminate anxiety.


A) self-awareness
B) free association
C) relaxation
D) active listening

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To help Thor overcome his fear of giving public speeches,his therapist instructs him to relax and then to imagine speaking to a group of four people.The therapist is using


A) client-centered therapy.
B) cognitive therapy.
C) systematic desensitization.
D) aversive conditioning.

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Prozac is an antidepressant drug that partially blocks the reabsorption and removal of ________ from synapses.


A) serotonin
B) dopamine
C) acetylcholine
D) chlorpromazine

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Interpersonal therapy focuses primarily on helping people to


A) stop blaming themselves for their failures.
B) associate relaxation with stressful circumstances.
C) improve their relationship skills.
D) understand the origins of their conflicts.

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Kammy vividly imagines being abused by her mother while her therapist triggers eye movements by waving a finger in front of Kammy's eyes.The therapist is apparently using a technique known as


A) EMDR.
B) randomized clinical trials.
C) meta-analysis.
D) light exposure therapy.

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Of the following individuals,who is most likely to benefit from therapeutic drugs that block receptor sites for dopamine?


A) Amir,who complains about feeling tense and fearful most of the time but doesn't know why
B) Matthew,who feels hopeless and lethargic after losing his job
C) Betsy,who hears imaginary voices telling her she will soon be killed
D) Marcella,who is so obsessed with fear of a heart attack that she frequently counts her heartbeats aloud

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Dylan is a second-year undergraduate who feels so incompetent that he believes his life is worthless and hopeless.Dylan would profit the most from


A) Jones' counterconditioning.
B) Wolpe's systematic desensitization.
C) Beck's cognitive therapy.
D) Freud's psychoanalysis.

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Psychoanalysis is most likely to involve


A) attending to patients' positive and negative feelings toward their therapists.
B) associating a patient's undesirable behavior with unpleasant experiences.
C) repeating or rephrasing what a patient says during the course of therapy.
D) helping patients identify a hierarchy of anxiety-arousing experiences.

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Edith,a 45-year-old journalist,alternates between extreme sadness and lethargy and extreme euphoria and overactivity.The drug most likely to prove beneficial to her is


A) lithium.
B) Xanax.
C) Zoloft.
D) Thorazine.

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The personal strength that enables people to cope with stress and recover from adversity is called


A) resilience.
B) individualism.
C) resistance.
D) long-term potentiation.

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Client-centered therapy was developed by


A) Aaron Beck.
B) Joseph Wolpe.
C) Albert Ellis.
D) Carl Rogers.

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Some antidepressants block the reuptake or breakdown of both serotonin and another neurotransmitter,norepinephrine.These antidepressants are called


A) antipsychotic drugs.
B) mood-stabilizing drugs.
C) dual-action drugs.
D) ECTs.

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Which of the following has been demonstrated to provide relief for those with a seasonal pattern in their depression symptoms?


A) behavioral conditioning therapies
B) EMDR
C) psychoanalysis
D) light exposure therapy

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EMDR was originally developed for the treatment of


A) alcohol use disorder.
B) bulimia.
C) depression.
D) anxiety.

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Client-centered therapists emphasize the importance of


A) interpreting the meaning of clients' nonverbal behaviors.
B) enabling clients to feel unconditionally accepted.
C) helping clients identify a hierarchy of anxiety-arousing experiences.
D) discouraging clients from using drugs.

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After several sessions,Jake and his psychotherapist have developed a sense of trust in each another and agree about their respective roles and the treatment outcomes they are working to achieve.Jake and his therapist have most clearly developed a(n)


A) evidence-based practice.
B) randomized clinical trial.
C) therapeutic alliance.
D) meta-analysis.

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In classical conditioning therapies,maladaptive symptoms are usually considered to be


A) unconditioned stimuli.
B) conditioned stimuli.
C) unconditioned responses.
D) conditioned responses.

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Joseph Wolpe is best known for promoting the development of


A) cognitive therapies.
B) exposure therapies.
C) aversive conditioning.
D) psychodynamic therapy.

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The use of antipsychotic drugs for the treatment of schizophrenia best illustrates


A) biomedical therapy.
B) behavior therapy.
C) psychodynamic therapy.
D) cognitive therapy.

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