Multiple Choice Questions

1) Which of the following is not an antidepressant drug?

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Correct! Antidepressant Drugs: Drug treatments intended to treat symptoms of depression and mood disorder.Incorrect.
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2) Anxiolytic drugs are used to treat:

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Correct! Anxiolytic Drugs: Drug treatments intended to treat symptoms of anxiety and stress.Incorrect.
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3) What is a major side effect of Prozac?

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Correct! Fluoxetine (Prozac): A selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) which reduces the uptake of serotonin in the brain and is taken to treat depression.Incorrect.
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4) antipsychotics do which of the following?

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Correct! Antipsychotic Drugs : Drug treatments intended to treat symptoms of psychosis and schizophrenia.Incorrect.
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5) Beck's Cognitive therapy for depression requires the individual to:

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Correct! Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT): A form of counselling and psychological therapy with a focus on understanding how our thoughts effect our behaviour.Incorrect.
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6) Behaviour analysis is based upon the principles of:

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Correct! Behaviour Analysis: An approach to psychopathology based on the principles of operant conditioning.Incorrect.
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7) Behaviour modification is a type of:

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Correct! Behaviour Modification: A set of therapies based on the principles of operant conditioning.Incorrect.
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8) Drugs called Benzodiazepines are used to treat:

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Correct! Benzodiazipines: A group of anxiolytics which have their effect by increasing the level of the neurotransmitter GABA at synapses in the brain.Incorrect.
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9) Client centred therapy is a type of:

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Correct! Humanistic Therapies: Therapies that attempt to consider the 'whole' person and not just the symptoms of psychopathology.Incorrect.
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10) Which of the following might be considered as the central tenets of Client-Centred Therapy:

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Correct! Client-Centred Therapy: An approach to psychopathology stressing the goodness of human nature, assuming that if individuals are unrestricted by fears and conflicts, they will develop into well-adjusted, happy individuals.Incorrect.
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11) It is generally considered that Cognitive behavioural therapy changes:

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Correct! Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT): An intervention for changing both thoughts and behaviour. CBT represents an umbrella term for many different therapies that share the common aim of changing both cognitions and behaviour.Incorrect.
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12) Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is generally perceived as:

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Correct! Evidence-based: Treatments whose efficacy has been proven through research using the scientific method.Incorrect.
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13) Which of the following is not a Behaviour Therapy technique?

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Correct! Behaviour Therapy: Therapies which are mainly based on the principles of classical and operant conditioning.Incorrect.
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14) The principle of extinction assumes that emotional problems can be:

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Correct! Extinction: The classical conditioning principle which assumes that if emotional problems such as anxiety disorders were learned through classical conditioning, they could be 'unlearned' by disrupting the association between the anxiety provoking cues or situations and the threat or traumatic outcomes that they have become associated with.Incorrect.
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15) Counterconditioning is an exposure therapy technique which involves:

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Correct! Counterconditioning: A behaviour therapy technique designed to use conditioning techniques to establish a response that is antagonistic to the psychopathology.Incorrect.
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16) Contininual professional development (CPD) demonstrates that a therapist:

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Correct! Continuing professional development (CPD): The demonstration by accredited therapists that they regularly update their knowledge of recent developments in treatment techniques.Incorrect.
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17) Counselling is a profession that aims to:

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Correct! Counselling: A profession that aims to both promote personal growth and productivity and to alleviate any personal problems that may reflect underlying psychopathology.Incorrect.
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18) According to the psychodynamic view dream analysis is one of the central tenets of:

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Correct! Case Study: An in-depth investigation of an individual subject.Incorrect.
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19) Empathy involves:

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Correct! Empathy: An ability to understand and experience a client's own feelings and personal meanings, and a willingness to demonstrate unconditional positive regard for the client.Incorrect.
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20) An encounter group:

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Correct! Encounter Groups: Group therapy which encourages therapy and self-growth through disclosure and interaction.Incorrect.
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21) Group therapy can be advantageous when an individual:

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Correct! Group Therapy: Therapy taken in the form of a group, usually when a group of individuals share similar problems or psychopathologies.Incorrect.
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22) Which of the following possibilities makes email a useful adjunct to face to face sessions?

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Correct! E-therapy: A treatment method which involves the use of email and Internet technology.Incorrect.
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23) Family therapy is generally used to:

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Correct! Family Therapy: A form of intervention involving family members that is helpful as a means of dealing with psychopathology that may result from the relationship dynamics within the family.Incorrect.
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24) Systems theory involves:

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Correct! Systems Theory: Approaches that attempt to understand the family as a social system.Incorrect.
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25) Faulty learning involves:

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Correct! Faulty Learning: A view that the symptoms of psychological disorders were acquired through the learning of pathological responses.Incorrect.
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26) Functional analysis is a therapy based on:

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Correct! Functional Analysis: A systematic analysis of the consistencies between problematic behaviours and their consequences.Incorrect.
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27) Token Economy is an influential intervention based upon:

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Correct! Token Economy: A reward system which involves participants receiving tokens for engaging in certain behaviours which at a later time, these tokens can then be exchanged for a variety of reinforcing or desired items.Incorrect.
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28) When determining whether a treatment works because of the principles it contains it is known as:

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Correct! Internal Validity: Determining whether a treatment works because of the principles it contains.Incorrect.
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29) Meta-analysis is often used to compare the effectiveness of studies that have used:

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Correct! Meta-analyses: Statistically accepted ways of assessing the strength of a particular finding across a number of different studies.Incorrect.
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30) Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) are effective for the treatment of:

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Correct! Monoamine Oxidase (MAO) inhibitors: A group of antidepressant drugs which have their effects by increasing levels of both serotonin and norepinephrine in the brain.Incorrect.
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