Learning Curve: 14b Evaluating Therapies – Flashcards

It is difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of psychotherapy because:

_____ therapy is empirically supported for treating sexual disorders.

This is the cultural belief that gives priority to personal desires and identity.

It is difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of psychotherapy because:

As a parent, you are skeptical of treatments that sound too good to be true. When you arrive at the psychologist's office, you ask about what is the empirically supported treatment for bed-wetting as your 6-year-old son has been having difficulties. You learn that _____ is the empirically supported treatment.

According to one study, good therapies share much in common, including: :hope for demoralized people. hope for demoralized people. a new perspective. all of the answers listed. an empathetic, trusting, caring relationship.

Many physicians did not realize that bleeding was an ineffective treatment for typhoid fever until researchers made effective use of a _____.

Your therapist believes in using only empirically supported therapies for treating your depression. She will probably use:

Catherine has been in therapy for 2 years, but her last session is today. If you ask her next month how effective her psychotherapy was, she is likely to _____ its effectiveness.

Zander has been struggling with personal issues and has decided to seek help at a mental health clinic. Unfortunately, he was put on a waiting list and told he would likely have to wait several weeks before he could meet with a therapist. According to Hans Eysenck's findings, what do you predict will happen to Zander?

Delores has been in therapy for 2 years, but her last session is today. If you ask her next month how effective her psychotherapy was, she is likely to:

For the last three months, Selma has been seeing her therapist weekly. She may be feeling much better because: she has been given a new perspective. of all of the reasons listed may have been effective in her therapeutic treatment. of all of the reasons listed may have been effective in her therapeutic treatment. her therapist is empathic and she feels he cares about her. she has more hope.