The idea that you can’t be profoundly relaxed and fearful at the same time is basic to __________?
A. behavior modification
B. systematic desensitization
C. psychodynamic activation
D. reaction formation
Abnormal Psychology MCQs
Which of the following psychologists is MOST deal with the most severe mental health problems?
A. clinical psychologist
B. research psychologist
C. school psychologist
D. counselling psychologist
Systematic desensitization involves the use of: _____________?
A. progressive relexation
B. unconditional positive regard.
C. transference.
D. aversive conditioning.
Which during has provided help to schizophrenia patients experiencing auditory hallucinations and paraonia?
A. Ativan
B. Xanax
C. Thorazine
D. ithium
Which of the following techniques have behavior therapists used to help people ovecome a fear of flying?
A. the double-blind technique
B. aversive conditioning
C. eye movement desensitization and reprocessing
D. virtual reality exposure therapy
Which of the following therapies are mainly intended to eliminate symptoms rather than alter personality?
A. behavior and drug therapies
B. psychoanalysis and client-centered therapy
C. psychoanalysis and drug therapies
D. cognitive and psychoanalytic therapies
The use of the anxiety hierarchy in systematic desensitization allows for the ____________?
A. transfer of treatment to real-life situations
B. direct confrontation with the feared object
C. use of virtual reality to confront the fear
D. gradual approach to the feared object
In order to help Mr. Masood overcome his addiction to alcohol, his therapist first attempt to discover whether the substance dependency was somehow a reaction to his wife’s behavior. The therapist’s concern is most likely to be characteristic of a:
A. biomedical therapist.
B. psychoanalyst.
C. family therapist.
D. cognitive therapist.
All of the following are behavior therapies EXCEPT
A. Exposure therapies
B. Systematic desensitization
C. Dream analysis
D. Aversion therapy
In social-learning therapy Bandura proposed_________as a treatment.
A. Participant modeling
B. Counter transference
C. Hypnotic suggestion
D. Systematic desensitization
