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Who questioned whether psychotherapy really works?

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Hans Eysenck

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The use of drugs to control or relieve the symptoms of psychological disorders is called

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psychopharmacology.

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Who founded Gestalt therapy?

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Fritz Perls

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Phillipe Pinel is known for

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personally unchaining the inmates at an asylum in Paris.

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

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biomedical therapies.

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Individuals who suffer from severe mental illness along with psychosis are generally not good candidates for ______ treatment.

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psychodynamic

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

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London.

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Using medical methods to treat psychological disorders is a form of

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biomedical therapy.

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The process in which an undesirable behavior is paired with an aversive stimulus to reduce the frequency of the behavior is

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aversion therapy.

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

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reflection.

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In person-centered therapy, most of the work is done by

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the client or patient.

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A therapy style in which the therapist remains relatively neutral is ______ therapy.

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nondirective

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

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magnification and minimization.

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

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action

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An insight therapy that emphasizes revealing unconscious conflicts, urges, and desires which may be causing mental disorders is

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psychoanalysis.

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______ is a technique in which the patient is encouraged to talk about anything that comes to mind without fear of negative evaluations.

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Free association

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

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transference.

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_______ therapies are action based rather than insight based.

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Behavior

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Rather than focusing on the behavior itself, _______ therapies focus on the distorted thinking and unrealistic beliefs that lead to maladaptive behavior.

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cognitive

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_______ seem(s) to work better in group settings than psychoanalysis and cognitive-behavioral therapies.

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Behavior therapies

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In behavior therapy, the reduction of the undesired behavior is

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easy to measure, but gaining insights, feelings of control, and self-worth are not easily evaluated.

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Unlike psychodynamic and humanistic therapies, behavior therapies are

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action based, rather than insight based.

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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. They 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

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modeling.

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Joy earns a gumball sticker for every chore she completes. She puts the stickers on her gumball chart. When the gumball chart is filled, Joy gets to choose a prize out of the prize box. Joy's parents are using

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a token economy.

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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

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personalization.

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Which of the following is an advantage of group therapy?

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The opportunity for the therapist and the client to observe how the client interacts with others.

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

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Classical conditioning

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An insight therapy that emphasizes revealing unconscious conflicts, urges, and desires which may be causing mental disorders is

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psychoanalysis.

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Rather than focusing on the behavior itself, _______ therapies focus on the distorted thinking and unrealistic beliefs that lead to maladaptive behavior.

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cognitive

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Talking things out is a form of

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psychotherapy.

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Freud wanted his patients to lie on a couch

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so that he could sit behind them and take notes without them seeing his reactions.

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Most professionals would agree that any biomedical therapy of a psychological disorder should be accompanied by

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some type of psychotherapy.

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Steve tells his therapist that he has been feeling very restless and worried lately. The therapist restates Steve's concern, "So, you've been worried recently, and you've been feeling quite restless too?" The therapist is using a technique called

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reflection.

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Steve and Sally are constantly arguing about how to discipline the children. Consequently, the children are "out of control," because they don't listen to or respect their parents, they are failing their classes, and they are often in trouble for aggressive behavior. Steve and Sally's therapist recommended they try ______ and meet as a family to work out their relationship issues.

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family counseling

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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

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participant modeling.

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Pam has a dream that she's in the grocery store and can't find her children. Her therapist uses this actual dream imagery, or ______ 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.

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manifest content

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Carter has bitten his fingernails to the point where his finger tips are constantly red and swollen. After meeting with a therapist, Carter's parents have started putting a foul-tasting liquid on his fingernails several times a day. Carter's therapist is using

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aversion therapy.

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Meredith tells her therapist, Dr. Shepherd, that her mother recently died and she's been experiencing suicidal thoughts. Dr. Shepherd responds by explaining that he can imagine that she must be feeling angry and abandoned. Dr. Shepherd is displaying ______, a key element in person-centered therapy.

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empathy

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_____ drugs are used to treat symptoms such as delusions, hallucinations, and other bizarre behavior.

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Antipsychotic

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A token economy is an example of a(n) _____ therapy.

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reinforcement

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_____________ involve(s) clients being directly challenged in their irrational beliefs and helped to restructure their thinking into more rational belief statements.

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Rational-emotive behavioral therapy

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The first efforts to treat the mentally ill with kindness and guidance are called

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moral treatment.

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The symbolic or hidden meaning of a dream is its

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latent content.

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Cognitive therapists focus on

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helping people change their way of thinking.

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Rather than focusing on the behavior itself, _______ therapies focus on the distorted thinking and unrealistic beliefs that lead to maladaptive behavior.

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cognitive

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Which of the following people is a good candidate for humanistic therapy?

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Jasper, who is highly intelligent, expressive, and can think logically about his problems.

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Rather than focusing on unconscious, hidden conflicts, humanistic theorists focus on

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conscious, subjective experiences of emotion and people's sense of self.

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The goal of most psychotherapy is

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to help both mentally healthy and psychologically disordered persons understand themselves better.

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An estimated _______ of people feel that psychotherapy has helped them.

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75-90 percent

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Rogers's method of humanistic therapy is called _____ because of its nondirective nature, with the client doing most of the work and the therapist acting as a sounding board.

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person-centered therapy

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

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Gestalt therapy

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The method of free association was developed by

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Josef Breuer.

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Using learning techniques to modify or change undesirable behavior and increase desirable behavior is considered

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behavior modification.

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Dr. Stevens is treating a client with depression. During their sessions together, Dr. Stevens focuses on the client's relationships with friends, family, and coworkers, as well as how the everyday events of the client's life affect his mood. Dr. Stevens is using ______ to treat his client.

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interpersonal psychotherapy

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Marcia's therapist takes a modern psychodynamic approach. She actively interprets Marcia's statements and may suggest certain behaviors or actions. The therapist's approach is

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directive.

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One of the criticisms of cognitive and cognitive-behavioral therapies is that

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they treat the symptom, not the cause.

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Which of the following is NOT a disadvantage to group therapy?

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Group therapy costs more.

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Daniel failed a math test. Upon receiving his grade, Daniel believed that he must be bad at math and therefore would fail the class, be unable to get into college, and would have to work in fast food for the rest of his life. Daniel is exhibiting

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overgeneralization.

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Generally speaking, the longer the person stays in therapy, the greater the

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improvement.

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

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unconditional positive regard.

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Who developed cognitive therapy?

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Aaron T. Beck

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

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cleanse the body of physical impurities so that the person's mind and soul could function more perfectly.

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Dr. Karev decides to treat his patient with bipolar disorder by prescribing antimanic drugs in addition to his other therapy approaches. Dr. Karev is using _____ to treat his patient.

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psychopharmacology

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One of the key elements of person-centered therapy is _____, which is the genuine, open, and honest response of the therapist to the client.

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authenticity

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A more recent version of behavior modification is known as applied behavior

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analysis.

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Abhinov was told to stop knocking over his brother's block tower. After three warnings to stop this behavior, Abhinov's mom told him to go to his room. Abhinov's mom is using a form of extinction called

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time-out.

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One of the goals of ______ is to use action-based therapies to change the way clients think from irrational, self-defeating thoughts to more rational, self-helping, positive thoughts.

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cognitive-behavioral therapy

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

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arbitrary inference.

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