Psychology- Chapter 15 – Flashcards

A therapy syle in which the therapist acts primarily as a sounding board is called________ therapy.

According to humanistic therapists, the ideal self and the real self should match as closely as possible. This is achieved through:

A therapy technique in which the therapist restates what the client says rather than interpreting the statements is known as:

An estimated_____of people feel that psychotherapy has helped them.

The first organized effort to do something with mentally ill persons began in:

Early treatments such as bloodletting, beatings, ice baths, and induced vomiting were all methods used to:

The first efforts to treat the mentally ill with kindness and guidance are known as:

The main goal of _____ therapy is to change disordered or inappropriate behavior directly.

_______ can be useful to treat disorders such as phobias, OCD, and anxiety disorders by pairing a stimulus that normally causes an unwanted response with a neutral one, eventually creating desirable involuntary reactions.

______ therapies are action based rather than insight based.

A technique in which the person is rapidly and intensely exposed to fear-provoking situations or objects and prevented from making the usual avoidance or escape response is:

What is an advantage of group therapy?

Joshua's sister had a bad day at school. As a result, she doesn't want to play with him. Joshua assumes she is angry with him. Joshua is experiencing:

Anthony has difficulty playing with other children. He often gets angry and stomps off when things don't go his way. To help him learn to deal with his anger, his parents engage him in a game of candy land. The respond the way they would like to see Anthony respond when he loses a turn or is forced to move backward on the board. Anthony's parents are using a behavior modification technique called:

Pam has a dream that she's in the grocery store and can't find her children. Her therapist uses the actual dream imagery, or _____ content to learn about issues that might be important to Pam. He will first have to take this actual dream scenario and interpret it for its underlying symbols.

While treating a child with a fear of swimming, the therapist first approaches the water, then touches the water, then stands in the water waist deep, and finally floats in the water. The therapist then repeats the steps with the child. This is an example of:

In behavior therapy, the reduction of the undesired behavior is:

When the therapist becomes a symbol of a parental authority figure from the past, the patient is experiencing:

_______ is an insight therapy that emphasizes revealing the unconscious conflicts, urges, and desire that are assumed to cause disordered emotions and behavior.

The method of free association was developed by:

A common distortion in thought that can cause negative feelings and unrealistic beliefs in people is "jumping to conclusions". This is referred to as:

Distortions of thinking in which a person blows a negative event out of proportion to its importance while ignoring relevant events is called:

Therapies that directly affect the biological functioning of the body and brain are known as:

Electroconvulsive therapy is still used to treat:

Cognitive-behavioral therapy(CBT)

Rational emotive behavior therapy(REBT)

Eclectic therapies

Common factors approach

Evidence-based treatment(EBT)

Biomedical therapies