Clinical Psychology Exam 2 Practice Quiz Questions – Flashcards

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Which of the following would NOT be considered an integrative technique or Complementary/Alternative Medicine (CAM) approach?
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hypnosis
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When a therapist pursues a line of questioning until a client's beliefs are apparent and open to analysis, it is called
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Socratic questioning
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Which of the following is true about psychodynamic psychotherapy?
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It is the second most popular approach to therapy among faculty at accredited graduate programs.
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The self-help movement
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a. has flourished online, and as bibliotherapy. b. has been described as a "massive, systemic, and yet largely silent revolution." c. had its roots in such programs as Alcoholics Anonymous.
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Which of the following is NOT likely to be taught directly in clinical training programs?
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how to monitor and regulate one's own internal states
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In community psychology, an ecological perspective refers to
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a. understanding that alleviating individual problems requires changes in environmental settings. b. utilizing individual competencies to effect changes. Correct c. both a and b in conjunction.
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A similarity between Kohut's self-psychology practitioners and the object relations therapists is that they both
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attempt to provide remedial nurturing and attachment experiences.
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Which of the following dimensions are especially important to the therapeutic relationships?
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a. the emotional bonds that develop between the therapist and client b. the shared understanding of the task at hand
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It is important for clients to experience some small successes early in the treatment process because
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even small changes help reinforce their confidence in their ability to change.
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When Dr. Jones works with couples in therapy, he focuses directly on helping them change communication patterns, so they express themselves more clearly. He is probably using a
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behavioral approach
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In object relations therapy, "object relations" refer to
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relationships that develop from the earliest infant-caregiver interactions.
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A primary goal of Gestalt therapy is to
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a. help clients become aware of genuine feelings they have disowned. b. recognize the feelings and values that they have borrowed from other people.
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Humanistic approaches to psychotherapy emphasize _________________, while psychodynamic therapies emphasize__________________.
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immediate experience; unconscious conflict
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Research indicates that spirituality
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regularly emerges as a resilience or protective factor or asset in the risk and resilience literature.
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Which of the following would be a likely goal a person-centered therapist would set for his or her client?
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none of the above, person-centered therapists don't set goals for their clients
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Which of the following is displaying an adherence to the ethical responsibility of competency?
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A therapist who declines to accept a client because he is not well-versed in the client's presenting problem.
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Which of the following is an example of a competency-related difficulty that a clinician might experience?
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A woman who has been seen regularly for outpatient treatment seeks help for her adolescent son who has just been arrested for underage drinking.
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Relative to psychodynamic approaches, humanistic approaches
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a. were among the earliest at attempting empirical research on the therapeutic endeavor. b. are more likely to be utilized in counseling psychology programs than clinical psychology programs c. are less appealing to practitioners who seek a more active role in therapy.
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Which of the following behaviors would an REBT therapist be least likely to engage in?
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unconditional positive regard
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The placebo effect, where positive expectations lead to an improvement in a client's situation
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highlights the role that faith, hope, and expectation for change contribute to therapeutic change.
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Which of the following individuals is likely to be a more effective therapist?
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Susan, who is very self-controlled, but conveys sympathy to her clients.
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Organized knowledge structures that influence how we process information are called
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schemas.
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Which of the following lists the common mental disorders in order of occurrence in the United States?
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anxiety disorders, impulse control disorders, substance abuse disorders
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Clinicians and bookstore owners would be well-advised to note that
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many self-help books are not written by experts, may contradict one another, and may not provide solid, helpful information.
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Mindfulness
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a. is described as "intentionally bringing one's attention to the internal and external experiences occurring in the present moment." b. has been integrated into cognitive-behavioral approaches. c. appears to be a promising approach for some types of clients with certain types of problems.
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CAM therapies are often utilized
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widely in the general population.
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Which of the following approaches stress pragmatic goals, establishing a therapeutic alliance as quickly as possible, and focusing on a current crisis or problem?
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short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy
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One of the major differences between couples, family, and individual psychotherapy is that
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family and couples therapy focus on the disturbed relationships rather than on the individuals involved.
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Why is it important for a therapist to have good relationship-building skills?
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Psychotherapy outcome is strongly affected by the relationship that develops between client and therapist.
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Albert Ellis developed an influential pioneering cognitive therapy called
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rational-emotive behavior therapy.
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At a minimum, psychotherapy involves
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one client and one therapist.
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_______________________ therapy groups consist of members who are similar in age, sex, and type of problem, while __________________ groups include a mix of client types.
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Homogeneous; heterogeneous
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Which of the following is NOT a factor that contributes to the establishment of a flourishing therapeutic alliance?
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the client client and clinician sharing many personal similarities
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Defense mechanisms
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can be at the root of behaviors that cause client distress.
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Which of the following is not one of the "four horsemen" of professional ethics?
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caring coherence
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The therapeutic approach with families that is based on principles from attachment theory and that allows therapists to work with the parents and children together is called
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parent-child interaction therapy.
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Which of the following is NOT a primary goal of community psychology?
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a. help individuals adapt to and cope with their environment b. to understand the broader causes of behavior problems c. carry out primary prevention at the community level Correctd. all of the above are goals of community psychology
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Therapist self-disclosure
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a. can be a helpful tool in establishing a therapeutic alliance. b. must be undertaken carefully so that it is appropriate to the therapeutic situation. c. is appropriate as long as it serves the client's needs.
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Which of the following would NOT be considered an exposure treatment?
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depression
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The goals and techniques of couples therapy depend
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a. on the conflicts that are most pressing for each couple that seeks therapy. b. on the theoretical orientation of the therapist.
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The atmosphere of the clinical setting should reflect
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a. the needs of the client b. a safe and collaborative stance c. a sense of support for the client's work
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Which client variable is related to treatment outcome?
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The client's openness and cooperation
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Which of the following is true about mental disorders and their treatment?
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a. If left untreated, many of the common disorders are likely to recur. b. More serious disorders usually appear at younger ages. c. Treatment utilization rates are relatively low.
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According to the text, ____________________clinicians recommend quality self-help materials to their clients as a supplement to therapy.
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an overwhelming majority of
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The text makes a clear point that in order to be an asset to the field of clinical psychology, psychotherapy integration must be based on
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evidence-based practices and the empirical literature.
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Which of the following are in the correct order?
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assessment, case formulation, treatment planning
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When an empathic therapist tries to understand what it would be like to be his client, Rogers would say he is using a(n)
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internal frame of reference
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The DSMIV-TR V-codes
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a. reflect the development of diagnostic categories for interpersonal conflicts as separate from individual pathologies. b. have resulted from attempts to categorize several conditions that "may be a focus of clinical attention." c. include parent-child relationship problems and partner relationship problems.
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Cognitive behavioral groups are sometimes known as ___________________groups because they focus on sharing information rather than group process.
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psychoeducational
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One area that graduate programs may not address fully, according to many therapists, is
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how to manage their own emotions and use them therapeutically.
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Behavioral therapists note that some psychological disorders result from clients lacking the ability to form and maintain relationships. Thus, they often include _________________as part of treatment.
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social skills training
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Which of the following are listed in the correct order of occurrence in psychoanalysis?
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transference, resistance, interpretation, working through
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John has been given homework by his therapist that entails writing down events of emotional significance as they occur, along with his automatic cognitions and their intensity. This is called
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a three-column thought record.
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A common, essential feature leading to an individual seeking psychotherapy occurs when
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the individual's usual coping strategies cease to provide sufficient support to deal with problems.
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Chris has been practicing being able to stay present with her children without attempting to terminate the painful or prolonging the pleasant aspects of these encounters. She is practicing
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acceptance
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When therapists set up practice scenarios in which clients are assured of experiencing success they are using
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behavioral activation
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In family therapy, the __________________is very often a young boy with behavioral problems or a girl who is withdrawn and sad.
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identified client
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A Gestalt therapist is likely to be _________________ and _________________that a person-centered therapist.
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more directive; more confrontative
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Both observational learning and vicarious conditioning support the understanding that
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behaviors can be learned by simply observing others.
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Relational psychodynamic psychotherapies
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a. stress the importance of early relationships. b. borrow heavily from psychoanalysis, ego-analysis, person-centered, and humanistic approaches. c. are often referred to as "two-person theories."
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When therapists find themselves in the middle of their client's disagreements, we say they have become
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triangulated.
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Clinical intervention
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a. can be defined as a clinician attempting to change a client's behavior in a positive direction. b. can refer to a professional trying to modify a client's emotional reactions or social circumstances in a desirable direction. c. can take a variety of forms, including psychotherapy.
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Cognitions may include all but which of the following?
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free-floating anxiety
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A common technique for developing insight is
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interpretation of a client's behavior to foster an understanding of errors of the past.
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According to the text, e-health interventions
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will likely continue to grow, in spite of concerns about their ethical application.
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When two situations are similar enough that they generate the same response,
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a. stimulus generalization has occurred. b. the person has not discriminated between the two situations.
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Marilyn has been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. Which form of cognitive-behavior therapy is likely to be recommended for her?
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dialectical behavior therapy
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The more current terminology for what in the past was referred to as "secondary prevention" is
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selective mental health prevention.
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The reason cognitive-behavioral approaches to therapy continue to be popular in training programs is
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a. the techniques are straightforward and problem-oriented. b. as a relatively "scripted" approach, it is easier for clinicians to learn than some other approaches. c. there is solid data about the efficacy of this treatment approach for a variety of disorders.
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The primary goal of behavior therapists is
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to help the client modify maladaptive overt behaviors.
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Relapse prevention treatment is based on the cognitive-behavior principles of
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a. replacing risky cognitions with more adaptive ones. b. reframing relapse episode as a setback, not as an excuse to resume maladaptive behavior. c. developing better self-control strategies.
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Which of the following is NOT a component of functional analysis?
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observations
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Which of the following is true about treatment utilization in the United States?
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Many individuals go without treatment in any given year.
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What was a significant characteristic of Alfred Adler's approach to psychotherapy?
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a. Adler focused on exploring and altering maladaptive lifestyles. b. Adler used homework and modeling as ways to help clients become aware of their lifestyle. c. Adler focused more on the social and relational aspects of psychopathology and less on intrapsychic conflicts.
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Which of the following would NOT be considered an exposure treatment?
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a. extinction b. flooding c. response prevention
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After a trip to New York City, a client shares a dream in which she fell off the Empire State Building. In analyzing this dream, the Empire State Building would be considered the ______________ and the falling off would be the __________________.
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manifest content; latent content
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Which of the following techniques are likely to be included in rational-emotive behavior therapy?
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a. role-playing. b. sensory-awareness exercises. c. desensitization.
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Which of the following would NOT support the cognitive specificity hypothesis?
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Normal and abnormal behaviors are triggered by cognitive interpretation of events, rather than by the events themselves.
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Which of the following are sources of unconscious material that psychoanalysts utilize?
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a. free association material b. slips of the tongue, body language c. accidents, memory lapses, humor
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A strong and stable therapeutic relationship, which has been found to help make therapy effective across many approaches, would be considered
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a "common factor."
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Which of the following is NOT an essential proposition of the psychoanalytic approach?
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Most learning is observational.
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The goal of prevention
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has been fully integrated into the field of clinical psychology.
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The therapeutic approach developed in Europe following the World Wars than helps clients explore fully what it means to be alive is called
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existential psychotherapy.
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Which of the following statements would NOT be supported by a humanistic therapist?
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The therapeutic relationship is not very important because growth towards potential is inevitable.
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Individuals tend to pay much more attention to information that supports their beliefs than that which refutes them. This is called the
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attributional bias.
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The theorist and therapist who deserves the most credit for our understanding of the importance of the therapeutic alliance was
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Carl Rogers
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____________________ is the process of bringing maladaptive patterns of relating into the therapy, whereby typical patterns of relationships are re-enacted with the therapist.
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Transference
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The antianxiety treatment known as systematic desensitization utilizes the principle of
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reciprocal inhibition
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Which of the following is NOT a goal of psychoanalysis?
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repairing the mother-child rupture
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If a client with social phobia is encouraged to discuss the most humiliating experience that could occur to her in public, this would be called
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catastrophizing.
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The theorists who sought to use psychoanalytic techniques to understand and explore clients' strengths and adaptive ego functions are collectively called
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ego analysts
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The therapeutic approach that is often used with resistant clients, such as substance abusers, is called
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motivational interviewing.
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Psychotherapy
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is the activity by which clinical psychologists are best known.
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Which of the following would NOT support the cognitive specificity hypothesis?
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Normal and abnormal behaviors are triggered by cognitive interpretation of events, rather than by the events themselves.
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Congruence in person-centered therapy means
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the therapist is genuine; his or her feelings and actions are consistent with one another.
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Two tasks that many clinicians and college professors share are
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providing information and giving homework
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