What name was given to John B. Watson's approach to psychology?
a) behaviorism
b) conditioning
c) desensitization
d) operant stimulation
A
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In treating depression, what are the advantages of antidepressant drugs and psychotherapy?
a. The drugs are less expensive. Psychotherapy has more long-lasting benefits b. The drugs provide benefits to more people. Psychotherapy produces benefits more rapidly. c. The drugs produce more long-lasting benefits. Psychotherapy is less expensive. d. The drugs produce more long-lasting benefits. Psychotherapy provides benefits to more people
If a physician informed a patient that she was a poor metabolizer for an anxiolytic drug (drug for treating anxiety), this implies that:
a. she is not complying with the physician’s instructions. b. she has fewer enzymes capable of breaking down the drug. c. the drug is unable to cross the blood-brain barrier. d. the drug is nonspecifically binding to proteins in blood.
The door-in-the-face technique is characterized by first making a small request and then a larger one.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Major depressive disorder is an example of a diathesis-stress model, meaning that
A. stress is felt most acutely in response to social or interpersonal problems. B. biological vulnerabilities interact with a person's experience with stress. C. beliefs or cognitions reinforce stress responses. D. stress can have positive or negative consequences depending on the situation.