Hobby – Abnormal Psy: Chapter 8 (Spring 2016) – Flashcards
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A therapist using free association and dream interpretation discovers that as a small child her patient had been left alone by her mother on several occasions and concludes that the patient is experiencing unipolar depression. The therapist is MOST likely from which orientation?
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Psychodynamic
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Which statement about psychodynamic therapy in treating unipolar depression is accurate?
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Long-term therapy is only occasionally helpful to those with unipolar depression.
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What do psychodynamic therapists believe is the cause of unipolar depression?
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Unconscious grieving over real or imagined loss
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Free association, interpretation of associations, and dream interpretation are all techniques used primarily by:
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Psychodynamic therapists
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If you therapist tried to reintroduce you to pleasure activities, reinforce nondepressive actions, and improve your social skills, your therapist would be using:
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Behavioral therapy
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Behavioral therapy for the treatment of unipolar depression may include:
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Reinforcing nondepressed behavior
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Which is the BEST example of the therapy technique known as behavioral activation?
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Adding positive activities to the patient's life
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A therapist turns on a buzzer when a client speaks slowly and laboriously. She turns it off when the client speaks more rapidly. In other cases the therapist instructs the client's spouse to ignore his mate when she complains or acts in a self-deprecating manner. This is an example of:
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Behavioral therapy
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Focusing on the addition of positive activities tot he life of a patient with depression is a behavioral technique known as:
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Behavioral activation
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Jose is depressed. His therapist told him that reading a book each month would help. He should also visit friends, go bowling, do the laundry, mow the lawn, and eat meals with his wife. In short, he should increase his positive activity. His therapist MOST likely reflects the [blank] orientation.
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Behavioral
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The contingency management approach is an example of the application of the [blank] to the treatment of depression
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Reinforcement
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What kind of unipolar depression is behavioral treatment MOST effective in treating?
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Mild depression
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Which is a correct match of person and approach
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Beck and cognitive therapy
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Which statement is true about the research on the effectiveness of cognitive therapy in treating unipolar depression?
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It nearly eliminates depressive symptoms in 50 to 60 percent of the cases.
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A person experiencing unipolar depression rights in an activity schedule, "Go to the store; doctor's appointment; visit museum; read novel; clean room." What treatment approach is this person MOST likely receiving?
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Cognitive therapy
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An individual with depression who is receiving therapy is told that many, even most of the negative thoughts that an individual experiences and records have no basis in fact. MOST likely the therapist is:
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Challenging automatic thoughts
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Which would a cognitive therapist be LEAST likely to say to you?
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Try to evaluate what happens to you in "blank and white" terms
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Clients who test their assumptions about what is causing the depression are working in which phase of Beck's treatment program?
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Changing primary attitudes
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Which statement is MOST consistent with the use of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for depression?
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Accepting negative thoughts and working with them is preferable to rejecting them entirely
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Which is NOT a goal of the cultural-sensitive therapy movement?
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Therapy for minority clients delivered exclusively by minority therapists
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Which is the BEST example of interpersonal role transition?
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Going away to college for the first time
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If your therapist encouraged you to explore your roles in life and how they might be changing or how your expectations might be different from someone else's, your therapist would be using:
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Interpersonal therapy
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A person who displays extreme shyness and insensitivity to others is showing signs of:
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Interpersonal deficits
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Interpersonal psychotherapists believe that therapy must address:
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Role transitons in relationships
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Tony just does not feel close to anyone. He feels alone because although he can get to know someone ( a woman) quite well on a friendship level, he doesn't know how to get beyond that to a more intimate level. This is depressing him. This example of what interpersonal psychotherapist refer to as an:
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Interpersonal deficit
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According to research studies, the success rate for interpersonal therapy is about the same as that for:
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Cognitive therapy
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If the focus of your therapist is primarily on how communication and problem-solving difficulties with your partner are contributing to your depression, your therapist is using:
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Couple therapy
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When is couple therapy preferable to individual therapy?
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When relationship conflicts and role transitions are paramount
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What is the average length of time for the treatment of major depressive disorder using ECT?
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2-4 weeks
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In the bilateral ECT, the electrical current passes through:
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Both sides of the brain
