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 2Psychoanalytic views of mood disorders focus on the analogy between depression and
a) oedipal strivings.
b) mourning.
c) anal fixation.
d) attachment.
Question 3Who originated the field of psychotherapy research?
a) Bandura
b) Meichenbaum
c) Beck
d) Rogers
Question 4When 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 5In 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 6The 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 7It 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 8Which of the following is a similarity between Beck's and Freud's theories of depression?