1) one of the more exciting treatments for depression has shown what your textbook
calls stunning results in severely depressed people. four out of six patients in one study
felt almost immediate relief from depression symptoms once this treatment program
began. this treatment is:
a.electroconvulsive therapy
b.transcranial magnetic stimulation
c.targeted prefrontal psychosurgery
d.deep brain stimulation
2) people with bipolar disorder and people with major depression have in common that:
a.they both have enlarged ventricles
b.they both have experienced some childhood trauma
c.both evidence extremely low mood or loss of pleasure some of the time
d.both disorders occur about equally often in the population
3) the central nervous system (cns) consists of:
a.the brain
b.the spinal cord
c.both a and b
d.none of the above
4) based on what is known about the characteristics of autism, which of the following
therapy techniques would be most effective in encouraging an autistic child to make
appropriate eye contact with a therapist?
a.play therapy, where the autistic child could first see eye contact modeled with dolls
b.behavioral modeling, where the autistic child could watch as an adult and a
nonautistic child modeled eye contact
c.reinforcement with food, where a therapist could give a small food reward each time
the autistic child made appropriate eye contact
d.drug therapy, where the child would be put on a gaba agonist medication to reduce
self-stimulatory behaviors; reducing inappropriate behaviors can lead to the expression
of more appropriate behaviors, such as making eye contact
5) this type of psychologist studies how people are affected by the presence of others:
a.developmental
b.cultural
c.social
d.clinical
6) the physical properties of a stimulus are translated into neural impulses in a process
called:
a.sensory coding
b.transduction
c.sensation
d.coarse coding
7) hamza is a very gentle person who values others opinions and wants to help people
live up to their potential. he is never critical or argumentative with others. he believes
all people have many positive qualities and seeks to make others feel valuable and
special. if hamza decided to go into the mental health field, the _____ approach to
therapy would best match his personality.
a.psychodynamic
b.rational-emotive
c.moral
d.humanistic
8) samantha has just broken up with her boyfriend and is feeling very sad. she resolves
to change her mood by thinking about happy things, but finds that she just keeps
remembering other sad things. samanthas experience can best be explained in terms of:
a.context-dependent memory
b.cognitive schemas
c.depth of processing
d.state-dependent memory
9) when tranquilizers are used for the treatment of phobias:
a.over time the brain is rewired in such a way as to reduce the phobic response
b.they tend to be more effective than other interventions
c.the phobia returns when the drug is no longer administered
d.the side effects of the drug are worse than the phobia
10) which of the following therapies represents the best treatment for schizophrenia?
a.second-generation antipsychotics such as risperidol combined with social skills
training and family therapy
b.desensitization therapy combined with antidepressants
c.haloperidol and lithium
d.clozapine combined with insight therapy