1.If a person was experiencing severe mood swings, the best medication to use would be:

A) Xanax. 
B) Prozac. 
C) Haldol. 
D) lithium. 

2. Systematic desensitization has been shown to be especially effective in the treatment of:

A) substance abuse disorders. 
B) schizophrenia. 
C) phobias. 
D) bipolar disorders. 

3.The form of therapy that helps clients recognize errors in logic, and try out new interpretations of events is:

A) humanistic. 
B) cognitive. 
C) Gestalt. 
D) psychodynamic. 

4. If a client-centered therapist were treating a very anxious woman, the therapist would try to:

A) point out her misconceptions. 
B) identify the client's unreasonable ideas and feelings. 
C) give insightful interpretations of her statements. 
D) show unconditional positive regard for her statements.

5. If a therapist advised you to pay attention to how you were communicating with family members and to change harmful patterns, the therapist would most likely be practicing:

A) structural family therapy. 
B) self-help therapy. 
C) feminist therapy. 
D) conjoint family therapy.

6. According to recent research, which of the following couples would be most likely to benefit from couples therapy?

A) older couples with well-defined gender roles 
B) couples with more serious problems 
C) younger couples with less rigid gender roles 
D) couples with teenage children 

7. One who believes the multicultural perspective is the correct way to think about abnormality comes from which of the following paradigms?

A) sociocultural 
B) psychocultural 
C) cognitive-cultural 
D) biocultural 

8. The model of abnormality that concentrates on thinking is the:

A) psychodynamic model. 
B) sociocultural model. 
C) cognitive model. 
D) behavioral model.