Which neurotransmitter contributes to most anxiety disorders?
A. GABA
B. Dopamine
C. Serotonin
D. Norepinephrine
Abnormal Psychology MCQs
According to the behavioral perspective, phobias are maintained due to __________?
A. Modeling
B. Classical conditioning
C. Anxiety reduction
D. Social learning
The key task of the client-centered therapist is: ___________?
A. interpretation of the client’s thoughts, feelings,memories,and behaviors.
B. clarification of the client’s feelings.
C. confrontation of the client’s irrational thoughts.
D. modification of the client’s problematic behaviors.
The goals of behavior therapy is to: __________?
A. identify the early childhood unconscious conflicts that are the source of the client’s symptoms.
B. achieve major personality reconstruction.
C. alter the frequently of specific problematic responses by using conditioning techniques.
D. alter the client’s brain chemistry by prescribing specific drugs.
A therapist openly challenges a client’s statement that she is a failure as a woman because her boyfriend left her, insisting that she justify it with evidence. Which type of therapy is probably being used?
A. Psychodynamic therapy
B. client-centered therapy
C. aversion therapy
D. cognitive therapy
Collectively, numerous studies of theraputic outcome suggests that: ___________?
A. insight therapy is superior to no treatment or placebo treatment.
B. individual insight therapy is effective but group therapy is not.
C. group therapy is effective, but individual insight therapy is not.
D. insight therapy is only effective if patients are in therapy for at least two years.
Systematic desensitization is particularly effective for the treatment of _______ disorders.
A. generalized anxiety
B. panic
C. obsessive-compulsive
D. phobic
Linda’s therapist has her practice active listening skills in structured role-playing exercises.Later,Linda is gradually asked to practice these skills with family members, friends, and finally, her boss. Linda is undergoing:
A. systematic desensitization.
B. biofeedback.
C. a token economy procedure.
D. social skills training.
After being released from a hospital many schizophernic patients stop taking their anti psychotic medication because:
A. their mental impairment causes them to forget.
B. of the unpleasant side effects.
C. most schizophrenics don’t believe they are ill.
D. all of the above.
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)can be effective in the treatment of______disorders.
A. depressive
B. schizophrenic
C. obsessive-compulsive
D. both a and c
