Interesting Quiz On Psychology
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In which year was electroshock therapy first used on a human patient?
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1977
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1938
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1968
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1912
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The American Psychological Association was founded in what year?
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1904
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1892
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1875
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1911
Correct Answer
A. 1892 -
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Your son does not like broccoli. You tell him that he has to eat it before going out to play. This is an example of?
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Child Abuse
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Premack Principle
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Response Cost
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Shaping
Correct Answer
A. Premack Principle -
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Which technique is most true in person centered therapy?
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Therapist Should Be Judgmental At All Times
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Techniques Therapists Use Are Less Important Than His/Her Attitudes
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The Skills That Therapists Possess Are More Important Than His/Her Attitudes Toward The Client
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Therapist Should Direct The Session When The Client Is Silent
Correct Answer
A. Techniques Therapists Use Are Less Important Than His/Her Attitudes -
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Suicides become much more common at what age than any earlier age?
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18
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14
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24
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12
Correct Answer
A. 14 -
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What is one goal of Gestalt therapy?
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Client Develop Awareness In The Here And Now
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Client Correcting Faulty Information
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Client Replacing One Behavior For Another
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Client Reliving Painful Experiences
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A. Client Develop Awareness In The Here And Now -
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Existential Therapy places emphasis on what?
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Working Through The Transference Relationship
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Teaching Clients Cognitive Coping Skills
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Uncovering Early Childhood Traumatic Events
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The Quality Of The Client/Therapist Relationship
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A. The Quality Of The Client/Therapist Relationship -
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Which is the correct sequence of human experiencing from an Adlerian perspective?
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First We Feel, Then We Act, Then We Think
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First We Feel, Then We Think, Then We Act
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First We Act, Then We Feel, Then We Think
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First We Think, Then We Feel, Then We Act
Correct Answer
A. First We Think, Then We Feel, Then We Act -
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Pavlov's famous experiment with dogs originally set out to discover secrets of what?
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Reflexes
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The Digestive System
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Canine Taste Preferences
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Conditioning Methods
Correct Answer
A. The Digestive System -
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In which defense mechanism does a person adopt the opposite behavior of the impulses they fear to face?
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Projection
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Displacement
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Sublimation
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Reaction Formation
Correct Answer
A. Reaction Formation -
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A therapist instructs the client to engage in the behavior or symptom he or she seeks relief from. This is an example of?
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Paradoxical Intervention
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Stress Inoculation
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Modeling
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Stimulus Control
Correct Answer
A. Paradoxical Intervention -
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In 1949 an article in the New York Times deemed which procedure a near miracle?
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Lobotomy
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Psychoanalysis
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Sterilization
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Electroshock Therapy
Correct Answer
A. Lobotomy -
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Which of the following personality disorders is found in the DSM-III but was taken out of the DSM-IV?
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Dependent
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Schizoid
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Schizotypal
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Passive/Aggressive
Correct Answer
A. Passive/Aggressive -
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How many times more often do civilian traumas cause stress disorders as opposed to combat traumas?
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8 Times
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6 Times
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10 Times
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12 Times
Correct Answer
A. 10 Times -
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Which of the following is not one of Virginia Satir's defense stances in coping with stress?
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Differentiating
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Placating
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Blaming
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Being Irrelevant
Correct Answer
A. Differentiating -
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