Unit 8 AP Psychology

Behavior therapists emphasize which of the following in their treatment of clients?

• Freedom of choice about the future

• The uncovering of unconscious defense mechanisms

• Responses that have been reinforced in the past.

• Early childhood conflicts

• Repressed aggressive impulses.

Bipolar disorders are most effectively treated with a combination of tricyclic anti-depressants and

• acetaminophen

• anti-anxiety drugs

• beta-blockers

• amphetamines

• lithium carbonate

Bernadette has lacked enthusiasm for work and other activities for a number of years. She also has a poor appetite and feels fatigued. Which of the following disorders is most consistent with Bernadette's symptoms?

• antisocial personality

• persistent depressive

• bipolar

• social anxiety

• generalized anxiety

When Betty lost her job, she kept returning to work each morning because she did not remember that she had been fired. She saw a doctor, who found no brain injury or other neurological condition that would prevent her from remembering. Which psychological disorder is Betty most likely experiencing?

• bipolar disorder

• schizophrenia

• obsessive-complusive disorder

• dissociative amnesia

• antisocial personality disorder

As a child, George often skipped school and engaged in repeated acts of vandalism and petty theft. As an adult, he has been arrested for running a dishonest investment company. The most likely diagnosis for George's current behavior is

• narcissistic personality disorder

• antisocial personality disorder

• borderline personality disorder

• dissociative identity disorder

• oppositional defiant disorder

A client whose improvement during therapy is the result of his or her expectation of improvement rather than the result of the therapy itself is showing

• tardive dyskinesia

• a placebo effect

• a disorder in remission

• negative transference

• catharsis

Client-centered therapists try to appreciate how the world appears from the client's point of view. This is an example of which of the following concepts?

• reflection

• congruence

• self-concept

• empathy

• unconditional positive regard

The cognitive theory of depression states that depression results from

• anger directed toward the self and significant others

• an excess of certain neurotransmitters in the brain

• failure in adult love relationships

• maladaptive interpretations of life events

• oral fixations from disturbed mother-infant relationships

Community psychologists intervene at the primary level when they

• design prevention programs for potential problems before the problems actually occur

• deinstitutionalize individuals through the use of halfway houses

• treat currently existing problems before they reach epidemic proportions

• treat currently existing problems only after they have reached epidemic proportions

• treat a disease in an attempt to slow the spread of it

Which of the following types of disorders is characterized by complaints of bodily symptoms that do not have a detectable medical cause but rather are caused by psychological factors?

• anxiety

• organic

• psychophysiological

• somatoform

• personality