Psychology: A Self-Teaching Guide

ANSWERS TO THE TRUE-OR-FALSE PREVIEW QUIZ

1. True.


2. False. The main way that Freud explored the unconscious roots of mental-emotional
   problems was with the “digging” tool of free association.


3. True.


4. False. Behavior therapy is based on the assumption that mental and emotional prob-
   lems often arise because of learned maladaptive responses.


5. False. Antipsychotic agents are drugs that treat mental disorders characterized by a loss
   of touch with reality.

KEY TERMS

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A-B-C-D system

activating event

active listening

antianxiety agents

antidepressant agents

antipsychotic agents

automatic thoughts

battle fatigue

behavior modification

behavior therapy

biologically based therapies

client-centered therapy

cognitive distortions

cognitive therapy

cognitive-behavior therapy

congruence

countertransference

drug therapy

electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)

empathy

encounter

encounter groups

extinction

facilitator

free association

Freudian slips

genuine

grand mal seizure

group therapy

guided fantasies

hierarchy of fears

human potential movement

ideal self

incongruence

interpretation

in vivodesensitization

latent level

lithium carbonate

major tranquilizers

manifest level

minor tranquilizers

mood-stabilizing agents

multi-modal therapy

negative transference

non-directive

non-directive therapy