Jonathan is walking down a dark street and thinks he is being followed. His heart starts racing and ...

Jonathan is walking down a dark street and thinks he is being followed. His heart starts racing and his palms start sweating. Which part of his nervous system is primarily being activated?
 
  a) Somatic
  b) Autonomic
  c) Cerebral cortex
  d) Brain stem

Question 2

Psychoanalytic views of mood disorders focus on the analogy between depression and
 
  a) oedipal strivings.
  b) mourning.
  c) anal fixation.
  d) attachment.

Question 3

Who originated the field of psychotherapy research?
 
  a) Bandura
  b) Meichenbaum
  c) Beck
  d) Rogers

Question 4

When an experimenter can confidently state that the findings from an experiment were due to the independent variable, and not due to other uncontrolled factors, the research is called:
 
  a) testable.
  b) statistically significant.
  c) double-blind.
  d) internally valid.

Question 5

In their study of cognitive-behavioural therapy in the treatment of generalized anxiety, Quebec researchers Laberge, Dugas and Ladouceur (2000 ) found that internal validity was improved with the inclusion of:
 
  a) A control group
  b) Matched environments
  c) An experimental treatment
  d) More participants

Question 6

The following are all consequences of deinstitutionalization EXCEPT:
 
  a) Lack of housing
  b) Lack of mental health professionals
  c) Lack of home care
  d) Lack of community-based crisis response system

Question 7

It has been suggested that Mr. Nobody may be Canada's most famous case of:
 
  a) Multiple personality disorder
  b) Depersonalization disorder
  c) Faked amnesia
  d) Dissociative amnesia

Question 8

Which of the following is a similarity between Beck's and Freud's theories of depression?