Chapters
The goal of cognitive-behavioral therapy is BEST described as:
modifying the client's negative behavior and dysfunctional ways of thinking
Quinten is very anxious. He has so much anxiety that the anxiety by itself causes him to suffer. Quinten represents the aspect of the definition of an abnormality called:
distress
Therapies that have received clear research support are called:
evidence-based therapies
Deciding that a client's psychological problems represent a particular disorder is called:
diagnosis
Assessment tools such as a depression severity rating scale are used to provide which kind of information for making a diagnosis?
dimensional
Which is NOT a current major model of mental abnormality?
biochemical
If a researcher did a study of anxiety and used cats for subjects instead of people, she would likely be doing a(n) _____ study.
analog
Cognitive-behavioral approaches used to treat social anxiety disorder aim to:
alter illogical thinking pattens and reduce avoidance behaviors
A community program works to lower the poverty rate. What kind of principle of mental health care is exhibited by this approach?
prevention
A therapist identifies a biological factor in a patient with depression. What is that factor?
Low activity of serotonin
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (presently DSM-5) was developed by the:
American Psychiatric Association
The specific details and background of a client's problem are called _____ data, whereas established information about the nature and treatment of a particular illness is called ______ data.
idiographic; nomothetic
Which type of assessment would be used to assess unconscious drives and conflicts that may be at the root of abnormal functioning?
a projective assessment
Symptoms such as sadness, loss of appetite, and low energy cluster together to form a:
syndrome
What is an important characteristic of group therapy?
Participants have similar issues
According to Freud's psychodynamic theory, ineffective interaction of the id, ego, and superego can result in a person becoming stuck at a developmental level. This is called:
fixation
A ______ test is one that has been set up with common steps to be followed whenever it is administered.
standardized
Which category of clinical tests tends to have the BEST standardization, reliability, and validity?
intelligence tests
In what way did the experiments performed by Bernheim and Liebault provide support for the psychogenic of abnormality?
Using hypnosis, they could produce artificial symptoms such as blindness in healthy subjects
Someone who studies the _____ model of abnormality focuses on how values and choices affect behavior.
humanistic-existential
A goal of behavior-focused therapy is to:
replace problematic behaviors with more appropriate ones
Which model of abnormality rests on the deterministic assumption that no symptom or behavior is "accidental" and that all behavior is determined by past experiences?
psychodynamic model
What kind of response inventory asks individuals to provide detailed information about their typical thoughts and assumptions?
a cognitive inventory
Immigration trends and differences in birth rates among minority groups in the United States have caused psychological treatment to become more:
multicultural
Depression has been linked to low activity of the neurotransmitters ______ and _______.
serotonin; norepinephrine