Question 1

Which of the following is the most important determinant of whether or not therapy is successful?

Accepted Answer

Quality of the client\'s participation

Question 2

Dr. Billings is a therapist who specializes in psychoanalysis. She focuses on

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using free association and dream interpretation.

Question 3

In family therapy, it is assumed that the

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problem originates in the interactions among the family members.

Question 4

Which of the following statements accurately describes well-being therapy?

Accepted Answer

WBT is about learning to notice and savor positive experiences.

Question 5

Ivan is very depressed and the danger of suicide is imminent. He is not responding to the drugs normally employed to treat depression. Which of the following treatments is most likely to prove helpful in rapidly reducing Ivan\'s depression and suicidal behavior?

Accepted Answer

Electroconvulsive therapy

Question 6

Cognitive-behavior therapy attempts to produce change by

Accepted Answer

helping clients eliminate self-defeating thoughts

Question 7

\"My client must confront the conflicts which are left over from childhood and gain release from this burdening anxiety.\" This statement would likely be made by a psychologist who practices ________ therapy.

Accepted Answer

psychodynamic

Question 8

Luanne is being treated for depression after a breakup with her boyfriend. Her therapist points out that her thoughts, and not the situation itself, is causing her to be depressed. This information suggests that Luanne\'s therapist practices ________ therapy.

Accepted Answer

Beck\'s cognitive

Question 9

If a therapist gives Henry, who is suffering from alcoholism, a drink laced with a nausea-inducing drug so that he will become ill after drinking the alcohol, the therapist is using

Accepted Answer

aversive conditioning

Question 10

________ is an example of a cognitive therapy.

Accepted Answer

Rational-emotive therapy

Question 11

According to the psychoanalytic approach to psychotherapy, which of the following is an essential part of the job of a psychotherapist?

Accepted Answer

Interpret the disguised revelations of the unconscious mind.

Question 12

The group of drugs known as SSRIs work primarily by interfering with the reabsorption of ________ in the brain.

Accepted Answer

serotonin

Question 13

Freud argued that the true meaning of dream symbols was

Accepted Answer

dependent on the individual dreamer.

Question 14

When resistance occurs in therapy, what event is taking place?

Accepted Answer

The client is using unconscious defense strategies that prevent progress.

Question 15

James dreamed that he went to his neighbor\'s house at midnight and made himself a sandwich. His psychoanalyst interpreted the dream to mean that James really wanted to go to bed with his neighbor\'s wife. Making the sandwich was the ________ content of the dream.

Accepted Answer

manifest

Question 16

Beck\'s cognitive therapy focuses on

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eliminating illogical and self-defeating thoughts.

Question 17

The main goal of psychoanalysis is to

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provide clients with insight into their unconscious conflicts.

Question 18

\"First, I would like you to get in a comfortable position and begin the breathing techniques which we have been practicing. When you sense that you have arrived at complete relaxation, we will proceed.\" This therapist is initiating

Accepted Answer

systematic desensitization

Question 19

Transference is useful in the therapeutic situation because it

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provides an opportunity to re-create difficult relationships.

Question 20

Deinstitutionalization involves

Accepted Answer

transferring individuals with mental disorders from mental institutions to community-based facilities.

Question 21

Josie went to a psychoanalyst but found his style too cold and uninvolved. She wanted a therapist with whom she could have more of a relationship. She switched to a Rogerian therapist. The therapeutic setting is now one of

Accepted Answer

warmth and acceptance

Question 22

The therapy that is based on the assumption that abnormal behavior is due to self-defeating and irrational beliefs is

Accepted Answer

cognitive therapy

Question 23

Judy thinks she is depressed because of her teacher\'s criticism of her term paper. Judy\'s therapist explains to her that Judy\'s own irrational beliefâthat the criticism means she is stupidâis really why she is depressed. Judy is likely to be seeing a therapist who is providing ________ therapy.

Accepted Answer

rational-emotive

Question 24

Sharon is seeing a new doctor after many different medications have failed to help with her condition. This doctor tells her that many well-designed studies suggest that electroconvulsive therapy is effective in the treatment of

Accepted Answer

depression

Question 25

According to Freud, getting people to talk freely

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allows their deepest thoughts to emerge

Question 26

Lithium is considered an effective ________ drug.

Accepted Answer

mood-stabalizing

Question 27

Since his father left, Joel has been treating his older brother more like a father. In terms of psychoanalysis, what may be occurring?

Accepted Answer

Transference

Question 28

A remarkable finding from research on cognitive-remediation therapy is that this therapy produces changes in the

Accepted Answer

person\'s brain functioning

Question 29

The first step in systematic desensitization is

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discussing aspects of the feared situation that are most frightening.

Question 30

Your psychotherapist asks you to use free association. You are being asked to

Accepted Answer

just talk in an undirected manner without reflecting on what you are about to say.

Question 31

Who is being treated with the flooding technique?

Accepted Answer

Dan is being forced to touch a live snake.

Question 32

Jan is afraid of crowds. If her therapist uses the flooding technique, which of the following will Jan most likely be asked to do?

Accepted Answer

Attend a sold-out rock concert with no way home until after the concert

Question 33

In psychoanalytic theory, transference is used to describe

Accepted Answer

how the client comes to relate to the therapist in ways that resemble his or her other relationships.

Question 34

Which of the following is the LEAST used biomedical intervention?

Accepted Answer

Psychosurgery

Question 35

Two key assumptions of the ________ approach to therapy are that psychological disorders are learned in exactly the same way as normal behaviors are and that they can be treated by applying the basic principles of learning.

Accepted Answer

behavioral

Question 36

From Freud\'s psychodynamic perspective, what is the best way to gain insight into a person\'s core problems?

Accepted Answer

Bring unconscious conflicts into conscious awareness.

Question 37

Dr. Tetris is a rational-emotive therapist speaking to a group of introductory psychology students. Which of the following would likely be his summary statement?

Accepted Answer

\"Our unrealistic beliefs cause many emotional problems.\"

Question 38

Frank has been seeing a therapist about his spider phobia. The therapist first asked Frank to describe what it is about spiders that frightens him, and they then put these fears in order from least to most frightening. The therapist then taught Frank muscle relaxation, and finally Frank was exposed to a series of increasingly fearful stimuli. Frank has been seeing a therapist who uses

Accepted Answer

systematic desensitization

Question 39

Lithium is to ________ as clozapine is to ________.

Accepted Answer

bipolar disorder; schizophrenia

Question 40

Research on the effectiveness of psychotherapy has found that

Accepted Answer

All of these

Question 41

Dr. Patterson engages in reflective listening with her depressed client. She waits for him to express his feelings and for him to decide what he wants to do about his problems. Dr. Patterson is practicing ________ psychotherapy.

Accepted Answer

client-centered

Question 42

Chaz has been on antipsychotic medication for several weeks now. When he returns home, he will likely have difficulty

Accepted Answer

All of these

Question 43

The widespread increase in the number of individuals taking SSRIs to combat their depression is primarily due to the

Accepted Answer

reduction in side effects as compared to other antidepressants.

Question 44

You are a humanistic therapist. A potential client is unfamiliar with your school of therapy and asks you to sum it up for him. You tell him the primary tenet of humanistic therapy is that

Accepted Answer

Individuals possess self-healing capacities

Question 45

Dr. Houltin is a therapist who believes that it is important for clients to share information and provide feedback to each other. Dr. Houltin is practicing ________ therapy.

Accepted Answer

group

Question 46

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is an example of _____ therapy.

Accepted Answer

self-help

Question 47

Catharsis is a term used to describe

Accepted Answer

a release of emotional tensionn

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