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Indiana State University - PSY 101All Psychology Quizzes Chapter 1 – Methodology Ideally, everything in the experimental situation except the ________ is held constant. Researchers must report ...

Indiana State University - PSY 101All Psychology Quizzes Chapter 1 – Methodology Ideally, everything in the experimental situation except the ________ is held constant. Researchers must report their results completely whether the hypothesis was supported or not. Complete reporting is necessary for the purpose of ________. A correlation coefficient represents two things: ________ and ________. In 1879, in Leipzig, Germany, the first psychological laboratory was overseen by ________. The steps or procedures an experimenter must use to control or measure the variables in a study is called the ________. A negative correlation means that ________. Dr. Keller has individuals run on a treadmill for 0, 15, or 30 minutes and then measures their self-reported mood. In this hypothetical study, the independent variable is Critical thinking means making judgments based on ________. Experimenters can justify the use of deception because ________. A case study would be the most appropriate method to investigate which of these topics? In the 1970s, a 13-year-old girl was found locked up in a room, strapped to a potty chair. Since she had grown up in a world without human speech, researchers studied "Genie's" ability to acquire words, grammar, and pronunciation. This type of research is called ________. Which of the following is a common ethical guideline suggested by the American Psychological Association? Two groups of graduate students were given rats and were told to teach them how to run mazes. Group 1 was told that they had "very smart" rats that should learn quickly. Group 2 was told that they had "very stupid" rats that should learn slowly. In actuality, neither group was any different and the rats were randomly assigned. In spite of that, when the experiment concluded, Group 1 rats had learned the maze much more quickly. How can that be explained? The tendency to look for information that supports one's own belief is called ________. A variable that the experimenter manipulates is called a(n) ________. Which correlation coefficient is most likely to describe the relationship between brushing one's teeth and the number of cavities onegets? Each of the following is a common ethical guideline suggested by the American Psychological Association EXCEPT ________. In a laboratory, smokers are asked to "drive" using a computerized driving simulator equipped with a stick shift and a gas pedal. The object is to maximize the distance covered by driving as fast as possible on a winding road while avoiding rear-end collisions. Some of the participants smoke a real cigarette immediately before climbing into the driver's seat. Others smoke a fake cigarette without nicotine. You are interested in comparing how many collisions the two groups have. In this study, the cigarette without nicotine is ________. An operational definition is ________. Julie finds that the number of hours she sleeps each night is related to the scores she receives on quizzes the next day. As her sleep approaches 8 hours, her quiz scores improve; as her sleep drops to 5 hours, her quiz scores show a similar decline. Julie realizes that ________. The CEO of a large automobile company says the cars the company makes are safe regardless of the fact that they lead the country in accidents due to faulty equipment. This discrepancy highlights which of the following critical thinking principles? Chapter 2 – Neuron Function The charge that a neuron at rest maintains is due to the presence of a high number of ________ charged ions inside the neuron's membrane. The area of the frontal lobe that is devoted to the production of fluent speech is ________ area. Since Norma is a split-brain patient, we can infer that she likely has a history of ________. Involuntary muscles are controlled by the ________ nervous system. Endocrine glands ________. The thick band of neurons that connects the right and left cerebral hemispheres is called the ________. Pain-controlling chemicals in the body are called ________. Jerry loves the smell of the grass after it rains. This is a result of his ________ which have received signals from neurons in his sinus cavity. If you have a problem remembering things that happened a year ago, doctors might check for damage to the ________ area of the brain. Selected Answer: hippocampus Selected Answer: an inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain The ________ is a structure in the brain stem responsible for life-sustaining functions, such as breathing and heart rate. The branchlike structures that receive messages from other neurons are called ________. After a head injury a person reports that she is unable to see, although her eyes are uninjured. A doctor would suspect an injury in the ________ lobe. The branch of the autonomic nervous system that restores the body to normal functioning after arousal and is responsible for day-to-day functioning of the organs and glands is called the ________. Neurons that carry information from the senses to the spinal cord are called ________. How is acetylcholine removed from the synapse? The outermost part of the brain that is made up of tightly packed neurons and is only a tenth of an inch thick is called the ________. What is the function of myelin? "All or none" is the principle stating that ________. Eating, drinking, sexual behavior, sleeping, and temperature control are most strongly influenced by the ________. Chapter 3 - Perception Each retina of the eye has about ________ million rods. An illusion ________. The lowest stimulus intensity required for detection is the ________ and the smallest noticeable difference between a standard stimulus intensity and another stimulus value is the ________. The fovea is made up of ________. In the process known as ________, sensory receptors become less sensitive to repeated presentations of the same stimulus. If you were to take a sparkler at a July 4th picnic and "draw" your name in the air, your ability to see the light trail after the initial stimulus is facilitated by: If an artist were to blend red, green, and blue lights together by focusing lights of those three colors on one common spot, the result would look ________. According to the opponent-process theory of color vision, the correct pairings of opposite colors are ________. Analyzing smaller features and building up to a complete perception is called ________. The best explanation of the moon illusion is ________. Perception is the ________. What are the hammer, anvil, and stirrup? The ability to see the world in three dimensions is called ________. The average threshold for human vision is a candle flame seen from ________ on a dark, clear night. Somasthetic senses involve all of the following except ________. Nerve hearing impairment can be best treated with ________. Ernest Weber provided a formulation that is used to determine the ________. Activation of the receptors by stimuli is called ________. Figure-ground relationships concern ________. Continuity is the tendency ________. Chapter 4 – Consciousness Which of the following statements is CORRECT concerning the concept of gender and dreams? Benzedrine, methedrine, and dexedrine are all ________. Sleep research supports three "helpful hints" to avoid insomnia. Which of the following statements is NOT a helpful hint? Which of the following is CORRECT concerning REM deprivation? Which of the following statements is correct concerning hypnosis? Each of the following is a sleep disorder EXCEPT ________. Circadian rhythms are controlled by the ________. If the EEG record reveals evidence of sleep spindles, you are likely to conclude that the sleeping person is in which stage of sleep? A sleep disorder characterized by difficulty in falling asleep or remaining asleep throughout the night is ________. Melatonin is a ________. Morphine and heroin duplicate the action of ________. REM behavior disorder most commonly occurs ________. Selected Answer: in men over 60 You are listening to a person who keeps telling you to relax, attempting to create a situation in which you are likely to follow suggestions. What treatment are you undergoing? According to the activation-synthesis theory of dreaming, the source of a dream is neuronal firing in the ________. What term do psychologists use to designate our personal awareness of feelings, sensations, and thoughts? A circadian cycle is about ________ hours long. According to this theory, sleep is necessary for growth and repair of the body. Judith is startled when her 6-year-old daughter, Laura, sleepwalks into the family room. It is most likely that Laura is experiencing the ________ stage of the sleep cycle. Daydreaming, meditation, intoxication, sleep, and hypnosis are all types of ________. Who among the following people might be a likely candidate for hypnosis? If Frank is using a drug that causes addiction in nearly 75% of those who use it, he is probably ingesting Chapter 5 – Learning The partial reinforcement effect refers to the fact that a response that is reinforced after some, but not all, correct responses ________. Imagine that you try to condition someone so that a particular sound elicits a literal "knee jerk response." Which of the following is accurate? Selected Answer: The sound is the CS. The "aha!" experience is known as ________. ______ is any relatively permanent change in behavior brought about by experience or practice. In the process of shaping, behaviors are ordered in terms of increasing similarity to the desired response. These behaviors are called ________. Which of the following statements is true about behavior modification? College students faced with unsolvable problems eventually give up and make only halfhearted attempts to solve new problems, even when the new problems can be solved easily. This behavior is probably due to ________. Of the following, ________ would serve as a primary reinforcer for most people. In an experiment, two groups of dogs are given shocks to their feet. One group is able to escape the shocks by jumping over a barrier. The second group is harnessed and cannot escape. After several trials, both groups are put in situations where they CAN escape. The first group escapes the shocks but the second group just sits and whines, refusing to attempt to escape. The response of the second group is due to ________. The current view of why classical conditioning works the way it does, advanced by Rescorla and others, adds the concept of ________ to conditioning theory. A ________ reinforcer, such as money or praise, gets its value through an association with a ________ reinforcer. A negative reinforcer is a stimulus that is ________ and, thus ________ the probability of a response. In the "Little Albert" study, the fear-producing stimulus used as a UCS was the ________. A farmer is being troubled by coyotes eating his sheep. In an attempt to solve the problem, he kills a sheep and laces its body with a nausea-inducing drug. He leaves the sheep out where he knows the coyotes roam. He hopes they will learn not to eat the sheep. The farmer is attempting to apply the principle of ________ to accomplish this. A discriminative stimulus is typically viewed as ________. Positive reinforcement is to negative reinforcement as ________. Learning to make a reflex response to a stimulus other than to the original, natural stimulus is called ________. A monthly paycheck best represents a ________ schedule of reinforcement. What has occurred when there is a decrease in the likelihood or rate of a target response? An expert on parenting is addressing parents at the local grade school. When the topic of punishment is discussed, what is one outcome of punishment the expert is likely to note for the parents to consider? A Skinner box is most likely to be used in research on ________. Chapter 6 – Memory The first step in the memory process is __________ information in a form that the memory system can use. Memories for general facts and personal information are called __________. The portion of memory that is more or less permanent is called __________. In the curve of forgetting developed by Ebbinghaus, the greatest amount of forgetting occurs __________. Based on Loftus's 1978 study, subjects viewed a slide presentation of an accident, and some of the subjects were asked a question about a blue car when the actual slides contained pictures of a green car. When these same subjects were asked about the color of the car at the accident, they were found to be confused. This is an example of the __________. Someone a short distance away, to whom you have been paying no attention, quietly speaks your name, and suddenly you attend to that person. This is an example of __________. Declarative memories are to __________ memories as nondeclarative memories are to __________ memories. Godden and Baddeley found that if you study on land, you do better when tested on land, and if you study underwater, you do better when tested underwater. This finding is an example of __________. In the 1950s, George Miller estimated the number of items that could be stored in short-term memory to be the magic number __________. A man known as H. M. lost the ability to form new memories after an operation removed portions of his __________. Shaquin finished his term paper and handed it in. As he walked out of the classroom, he realized that there were a few more things he should have included in the paper. Shaquin's problem is the __________ component of memory. In the levels-of-processing model of memory, information that gets processed at a __________ level (such as accessing the meaning of a word or phrase) is more likely to be retained longer and form a stronger memory than information that is processed at a __________ level (such as the visual characteristics of a word). According to Baddeley, which memory system is best conceived of as three interrelated systems: central executive, visual sketchpad, and auditory recorder? Which memory system provides us with a very brief representation of all the stimuli present at a particular moment? Which of the following statements about flashbulb memories is true? The duration of iconic memory is __________ than echoic memory, but iconic's capacity is probably __________. Micah is trying to remember the specific route he took to the library the night before. What part of working memory is he accessing? Forgetting in long-term memory is most likely due to __________. As memories get older, they are most likely __________. Which of these is an example of what has been called infantile amnesia? Chapter 7 – Cognition What term do psychologists use to describe our tendency to search for evidence that supports our belief and to ignore evidence that might disprove it? Which of the following reduces the value of twin studies as evidence for the role of heredity in determining IQ? Language is based on basic sound units called __________. Seventy percent of the students in a classroom are women and 30 percent are men. One student is described as ambitious, athletic, and assertive. Why are most people likely to think this description refers to a male student? A loose screw on the visor causes it to drop down while Ben drives; however, he keeps forgetting to take a screwdriver out to the car to fix it. When he notices the visor drop again, he reaches into his pocket for a dime he uses to tighten the screw holding the visor. What problem-solving difficulty did Ben overcome? An advantage of using a heuristic over an algorithm is __________. Selected Answer: the heuristic can be quicker Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences divides intelligence into __________ independent abilities. The concept of the confirmation bias specifically assumes that we are most likely to believe __________. A male has a thin, frail-looking area on his X chromosome of the 23rd pair. As children, people with this syndrome are typically mildly developmentally delayed but shift to severe or profound developmental delay as adults. This is known as __________. A system for combining symbols so that an infinite number of meaningful statements can be made is called __________. According to famed linguist Noam Chomsky, humans have an innate ability to understand and produce language through a device he called Alfred Binet designed the first __________ test. Which of these might be an example of a perceptual reasoning item on the Wechsler intelligence tests? Which is the most likely prototype for the concept "vehicle"? "Every Good Boy Does Fine" is a mnemonic device that helps a person remember: Concepts are ideas that represent __________. How many morphemes are there in the sentence "I predicted it"? Most standardized tests of intelligence have a distribution of scores that __________. The sentence, "Colorless ideas sleep furiously" has __________. A test is said to be reliable if __________. The Peg word system is a mnemonic device that I taught to you in class. " One is a bun, two is a _____, three is a tree, four is a door, .... Chapter 8 – Development Obedience to rules because of the fear of punishment is a characteristic of __________. In __________ syndrome the 23rd pair of chromosomes is missing an X, resulting in short, infertile females. Which type of attachment style is characterized by babies who do not seem to care very much whether the mother is present or absent, and are equally comfortable with her and a stranger? According to Piaget, the ability to understand that simply changing the appearance of an object does not change the object's nature is known as __________. Mary Ainsworth observed that securely attached infants __________. A trait controlled by a dominant gene __________. Puberty is defined as __________. The growth spurt for boys typically begins at age __________. A researcher who selects a sample of people of varying ages and studies them at one point in time is, by definition, using the __________ method. Juan and Carlos are identical twins. Juan was raised by his father and mother, and Carlos was accidentally placed with another family after a "mix up" at the hospital. At the age of 15, both boys "ran into each other" at a football game and noticed how they appeared to be "mirror images of each other." After proving they were twins by genetic testing, the families discussed some of the differences between the boys. Juan is very athletic and intelligent and excels in basketball but does not take school seriously and has F's in all subjects. Carlos is also athletic and intelligent, and excels in baseball and makes straight A's as a result of his strict home life and study routine. Although they are identical twins, what do you think accounts for the differences in their academic performance based on the research? What are some of the common consequences to a child whose mother smoked while pregnant? The reckless risk taking found among many adolescents is most likely due to the effects of __________. A characteristic that first shows up in the formal operational stage is __________. How many pairs of chromosomes are normally in each cell of the human body? Selected Answer: 23 Erikson saw the major challenge of young adulthood as that of __________. Selected Answer: intimacy versus isolation __________ refers to heredity and __________ refers to environmental influences. Which of the following is the MOST common cause of death in middle adulthood? Conflicts between adolescents and their parents tend to be over __________. Your little sister picks up objects, feels every part of them, and then puts them in her mouth. What stage of Jean Piaget's model of cognitive development does this behavior suggest she is in? What is the cause of Down syndrome? Chapter 9 – Motivation & Emotion The ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH) may be involved in __________. You are walking in the forest and see a bear. According to the Cannon-Bard theory, what happens next? An instinct is a tendency that is __________. According to drive-reduction theory, what occurs each time a behavior results in drive reduction? According to Abraham Maslow's hierarchy, which needs must be met first? The Yerkes-Dodson Law says __________. • Indiana Jones goes off to foreign lands in search of artifacts hidden in dangerous places and guarded by fierce protectors. Dr. Jones would be described as __________ in arousal theory. You overhear a psychologist presenting a lecture to an introductory psychology class. The teacher mentions "purposeful or goal-directed behavior that may vary in intensity from one occasion to another." You recognize that he is talking about which type of behavior? Schachter and Singer proposed that two things have to happen before emotion occurs: __________ and __________. Drives serve to activate responses that are aimed at reducing the drive, thereby returning the body to a more normal state called __________. Facial feedback hypothesis is defined as __________. According to the facial feedback hypothesis, when Jose complies with instructions to look angry, it is most likely that __________. The Angry/Happy Man experiment (Schachter & Singer, 1962) demonstrated that identical physiological activation could be felt as two quite divergent emotions. This demonstrated the importance of ___________ interpretation in determing emotions. Physiologically based drives that are unlearned are called __________ drives. Need for achievement is also referred to as __________. Which division of the nervous system is working when we experience emotions? One of the problems associated with asthma is that once patients experience difficulty breathing, they often make their symptoms worse by concentrating on them and/or worrying about them. Consequently, many doctors include relaxation exercises as part of a treatment program to prevent patients from making their asthmatic reactions worse. This example of how our awareness of physiological changes can influence or even cause subsequent emotions is most supportive of which of the following theories of emotion? Thirst, sexual desire, and hunger are examples of __________ drives. The chief function of homeostasis is to __________. Erica saw her old boyfriend and her heart began to race. According to cognitive theory, is she happy to see him or frightened of him? Chapter 10 – Sexuality & Gender According to research, the majority of gay or bisexual college students report they first became aware of their sexual orientation in __________. MRI technology has demonstrated that women listen with __________ of the brain. A person's sense of being a boy or girl, or man or woman, is their gender __________. How many of the 46 chromosome that most human beings have ultimately determine our sex? In male identical twins, if one of the twins is gay, the other has about a __________% chance of also being gay. Sexual problems that result from psychological causes are referred to as __________. The enhanced brain response of men to erotic images may be due to __________. Psychologist Sandra Bem (1975, 1981) developed the concept of __________. What is the term for the condition in which a person is born with both male and female sex organs? A culture's expectation of masculine and feminine behaviors can be defined as __________. Which hormone is the primary determinant of whether a baby will develop male or female external genitalia? Which phase of the sexual response can last the longest? Based on the studies of infant girls who were exposed to androgens before birth, which of the following statements is true? Desperate for help with her computer, Dana calls her fiancé, thinking that he will know what to do because he is a man, and men are natural fixers. Dana's thinking in this instance is an example of __________. According to fMRI images taken when both men and women were shown erotic images, researchers found that the amygdala and hypothalamus areas of the limbic system were __________. Studies of genetically male children who were surgically altered to appear as females found that __________. Fifteen year old Latisha feels that she has been a "boy trapped in a girl's body" for as long as she can remember. She is learning about sexual reassignment surgery from her mother, who supports her daughter after taking her to a doctor who diagnosed her as having __________. According to Kinsey, what percentage of females reported extramarital sexual experiences? According to the Janus report, approximately __________ percent of men and __________ percent of women reported to be predominantly homosexual. One secondary male sex characteristic is __________. Chapter 12 – Social Psychology Voluntarily yielding to social norms, even at the expense of one's own preference, is called ______. A social group of people viewed as competitors, enemies, or different and unworthy of respect is a(n) ________. A local car insurance company advertises their products with television commercials. During those spots, there are flashy lights, attractive dancers wearing skin-tight outfits, and local celebrities talking about how they have that company's insurance. The advertisement does not, however, mention any of the features or costs associated with the product. This company is attempting to earn customers through which path of processing? Violent video games have been blamed for all but which of the following? According to the research of Latané and Darley, which of the following situations would be the most likely in which someone would offer to help? In Solomon Asch's study, which factor increased the rate of conformity? Dave believes all college professors are irritable, impatient, and uninterested in whether students learn. His belief is an example of ________. How are proximity to others and attraction correlated? "Look, Officer, I didn't see the stop sign back there because the sun was in my eyes." The police officer responds, "You were not paying attention." How would a social psychologist describe this situation? Naïve subjects in the Stanley Milgram experiment were given the opportunity to administer shocks to helpless victims. What was the maximum voltage that could be administered in one shock? Which of the following statements about persuasion is correct? How can a coach get his football team to perform better if he suspects they are exhibiting social loafing? Which statement is the best explanation of the fundamental attribution error? The hormone associated with aggression seems to be ________. Which of the following is the correct definition of cognitive dissonance? Which of the following would result in cognitive dissonance? The study of the judgments people make as to whether someone else's behavior is due to something about that person or due to the person's situation is called ________. Prejudice is a(n) ________, whereas discrimination is a(n) ________. An example of ________ is the decision by NASA to launch the space shuttle Challenger despite widespread concerns about its booster rockets. Social psychology differs from psychology in its focus on ________. Chapter 13 – Personality What is one purpose of the validity scales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)? Anthony is sick of writing papers and studying for tests, but he knows he needs a college degree if he wants to be successful in his chosen career. So every morning Anthony gives himself a dressing down - in essence yelling at himself - to make himself get out of bed and go to classes, and every evening he does the same thing to get himself to do his work. According to Freud, which personality structure is in control here? Jeromy has been having an affair with another woman. One afternoon his wife came home later than usual and Jeromy became angry - accusing his wife of infidelity. Which defense mechanism is behind Jeromy's accusation? Which personality test relies on the interpretation of inkblots to understand personality? The most commonly used personality inventory is the ________. Trait theories endeavor to ______________ the characteristics that make up human personality. The field of ________ is devoted to the study of just how much of personality is due to inherited traits. When Anna looks at some modern artwork at the museum, she often thinks she sees human figures or faces and likes to make up stories about them. When she tells the stories to her friend, her friend says that the stories reflect Anna's unconscious thoughts. In psychological terms, what Anna does is most similar to ________. Dan plays the trumpet, is on the debate team, bites his nails, and chews gum. Freud might say Dan was fixated in the ________ stage. If you are completing a paper/pencil test that requires you to read statements and indicate "true" or "false" as to whether or not they apply to you, then you are likely taking a(n) ________. When Candace ordered a hot fudge sundae and a diet soda, she told herself that the calories from the ice cream really were not a big deal because the diet soda sort of balanced it all out. Which of Freud's defense mechanisms is motivating Candace? According to Rogers, people brought up with unconditional positive regard ________. The pleasure principle is associated with which element of Freud's personality theory? Which of the following is correct concerning cross-cultural studies on trait theories? The emotional stability or instability of a person is described by the ________________ factor of the Five Factor Model (FFM) of personality. "If it feels good do it" best describes the ________. According to Freud, the reality principle is ________. According to Jung, the memories and behavior patterns inherited from past generations are part of the ________. Unconditional positive regard is MOST important to the theory of ________. Which component of a person's personality is responsible for the continuing desire to engage in sex indiscriminately? Projective tests make use of ________ stimuli. Chapter 14 – Psychological Disorder John has made a career of stealing older people's retirement money by taking advantage of their trust and selling them phony retirement investments. John explains that he has done nothing wrong-if these people were not so greedy, they would not be so eager to invest in his phony schemes. In his mind, his victims got exactly what they deserved. John's behavior and attitude are typical of someone with ________ personality disorder. Disorders characterized by disturbances in emotion are known as ________ disorders. Shreen is diagnosed with schizophrenia. She believes that she is a powerful person who can save the world. Shreen is experiencing ________. Answer: delusions of grandeur ________. Answer: repressed thoughts, memories, and concerns In which category of schizophrenia would a person be who remains motionless for long periods of time? An eating disorder characterized by eating binges followed by self-induced vomiting is called ________. According to the biological perspective, generalized anxiety disorder is ________. A dissociative disorder that involves sudden travel from home, the taking on of a new identity, and amnesia regarding the trip and one's actual personal information is called ________. Ali, a war veteran, has had nightmares, flashbacks, and anxiety attacks for the past three years. Ali is most likely suffering from ________. What symptoms of bipolar disorder are present in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder? What is the best way to describe the positive symptoms of schizophrenia? A disorder in which intruding thoughts that occur again and again are followed by repetitive, ritualistic behavior meant to lower the anxiety caused by the thoughts is called ________ disorder. Which pair consists of negative symptoms of schizophrenia? False sensory perceptions that often take the form of hearing voices are called ________. Any behavior that does not allow a person to function within or adapt to the stresses and everyday demands of life is considered ________. Which of the following best describes dysthymia? According to the cognitive perspective, disordered behavior is the result of ________. A dissociative disorder characterized by a partial or complete loss of memory for personal information that is usually associated with a stressful or emotionally traumatic experience is known as ________. Darcy is sitting at her desk in her office one day when, without warning, her heart begins racing rapidly, she has a sensation of being "out of her body," and she experiences dulled vision and hearing, rapid breathing, and sweating. She thinks she is having a heart attack. Nothing she is doing seems to have caused such an episode. Her symptoms MOST resemble ________. Research suggests that a reduction in myelin coating neurons in the uncinate fasciculus and the cingulum bundle, two important parts of the brain, is related to developing symptoms of ________. What is the most frequently diagnosed anxiety disorder in the United States? Chapter 15 – Therapies A parent wishes to stop her young son from throwing temper tantrums. You suggest she use extinction and advise her to ________. Which of the following is a therapy based on the principles of operant conditioning? In the wake of the recent BP oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, there have been an increase in reported cases of ________. Some researchers are finding that virtual reality exposure therapy has helped with the treatment of these problems. In which form of therapy does the therapist take a directive role, challenging clients when they make "my way or nothing" statements? Gary takes antipsychotic drugs to control the symptoms of schizophrenia. After taking the drug for some time, he begins exhibiting repetitive, involuntary jerks and movements of his face, lips, and legs. Gary is showing signs of ________. What is one of the main advantages of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) as compared to similar drugs? During free association, a patient may become unwilling to talk about certain topics. What term would a psychoanalyst use to describe this change in the patient's willingness to verbalize? Beck's cognitive therapy is particularly effective in the treatment of ________. A physician prescribes a benzodiazepine drug to help alleviate your anxiety. Which drug might you be taking? According to Freud, the ________ of the dream refers to the hidden, symbolic meaning of the dream, which, if correctly interpreted, reveals the unconscious conflicts that created the nervous disorder. The use of learning techniques to modify or change undesirable behavior and increase desirable behaviors is called ________. As Celine begins to reveal more and more of her innermost thoughts and feelings to her therapist, she begins to feel good about him as well as accepted by him. She develops a sense of trust, particularly because he does not criticize her. What process is occurring? ECT (Electroconvulsive Shock Therapy) is used to treat ________. For which of these problems would systematic desensitization most likely be used? Dr. Stevenson, a therapist, states "I promote rational thinking to alleviate distressing feelings and behaviors." Dr. Stevenson is probably a ________ therapist. The basic goal of systematic desensitization is to ________. Answer: relax individuals in the presence of a feared object or situation A client lies on a couch with the therapist sitting out of sight behind her. The therapist gets to know the client's problems through free association and positive and negative transference. This is an example of ________ therapy. Alice takes lithium to control symptoms of her mental disorder. Alice is most likely suffering from Person-centered therapy is a type of ________ therapy. The major goal of insight therapies is to give people ________. Most psychological professionals today take a(n) ________ view of psychotherapy.