PSY CHAP 14 – Flashcards
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The basic premise of family therapy is that:
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the family is a dynamic, interdependent system in which each member plays a distinct role.
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____, an anticonvulsive, is useful for treating bipolar patients who do not respond to lithium.
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Depakote
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Reserpine and chlorpromazine have both been used to treat symptoms associated with:
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schizophrenia.
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A token economy is:
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a form of behavior therapy in which the therapeutic environment is structured to reward desired behaviors with positive reinforcers.
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The atypical antipsychotics
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include clozapine, risperidone, sertindole, and quetiapine.
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Free association, dream interpretation, and transference are to _____ as unconditional positive regard, genuineness, and empathic understanding are to _____.
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psychoanalysis; client-centered therapy
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Pamela's psychologist is using systematic desensitization to help Pamela overcome intense anxiety about thunderstorms and threatening weather. As part of the process, Pamela creates an anxiety hierarchy that includes:
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a list of specific scenes related to her fear of thunderstorms, arranged from least anxiety-provoking to most anxiety-provoking.
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Dr. Zelda is a rational-emotive therapy therapist working with a client named Linda. After first identifying Linda's core irrational beliefs, the second step that Dr. Zelda will take in Linda's therapy is to:
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vigorously dispute and challenge Linda's irrational beliefs.
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According to Albert Ellis, psychological problems are due to:
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irrational expectations and beliefs.
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Dr. Whittaker is a psychotherapist who tells each of his patients the following: You think that you're unhappy because of all the dreadful things that have happened to you. I'm here to show you that your unhappiness is really due to your thinking that all the things that have happened to you are dreadful! Based on this statement, which type of psychotherapy does Dr. Whittaker practice?
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cognitive therapy
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Carolyn's therapist told her to relax and spontaneously say whatever thoughts or images came to her mind. Carolyn's therapist was using the psychoanalytic technique of:
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free association.
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The different forms of biomedical therapy are based on the assumption that _____ play a significant role in causing the symptoms of psychological disorders.
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biological factors
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Prozac, Zoloft, and Paxil are all examples of:
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a category of antidepressants called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, abbreviated SSRIs.
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Electroconvulsive therapy, abbreviated ECT, involves:
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a brief burst of electricity to the brain that induces a seizure
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Cognitive psychotherapy is based upon the assumption that psychological problems are essentially caused by:
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irrational and illogical patterns of thinking.
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The humanistic perspective in psychology emphasizes
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human potential, self-awareness, and freedom of choice.
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The basic assumption of behavior therapy is that
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adaptive and maladaptive behaviors are learned.
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Drugs that diminish psychotic symptoms are called:
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antipsychotic medications or neuroleptic medications.
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_____, an anticonvulsive, is useful for treating bipolar patients who do not respond to lithium.
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Depakote
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Alexis's therapist assessed her problems in the first two sessions of therapy. Then the two of them agreed on several goals that they would try to achieve over the course of weekly therapy sessions for the next five months. Early in the therapy, Alexis's therapist pointed out that Alexis seemed to keep getting involved with men who treated her in the same rejecting way as her father had when Alexis was a child. It appears that Alexis's therapist was using the techniques of _____ to help Alexis.
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short-term dynamic therapy
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The first step in Beck's cognitive therapy is to help the client:
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recognize and monitor automatic thoughts, especially those that reflect negative cognitive biases.
