Question 1

Clients have been found to benefit from participating in - over the internet.

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cognitive behavioral therapy

Question 2

Echoing, restarting, and clarifying what a client expresses is most central to the process of

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active listening

Question 3

cognitive therapy works, top down, by changing throughout processes. Antidepressant drugs work, bottom-up, on the emotion-forming

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limbic system

Question 4

Empathetic understanding of the of the patient\'s subjective experiences is a major goal of

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client-centered therapy

Question 5

The placebo effect refers to

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the beneficial consequences of merely expecting that a treatment will be effective

Question 6

Deep brain stimulation has been reported to provide relief from

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depression

Question 7

The relentless rehearsal of overgeneralized, self blaming thoughts by depressed clients is called

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catastrophizing

Question 8

Group therapy is typically more effective than individual therapy for

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enabling people to discover that others have problems similar to their own

Question 9

Which form of therapy has most directly contributed to the sharp reduction in the number of residents in U.S mental hospitals?

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drug therapy

Question 10

Rapidly moving one\'s eyes while recalling traumatic experiences is most descriptive of

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EMDR

Question 11

Psychodynamic therapy techniques involve efforts to understand patients\' current symptoms by focusing on recurring patterns in their

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interpersonal relationships

Question 12

In one treatment for bed wetting, the child sleeps on a liquid sensitive pad that when wet, triggers an alarm and awakens the child. This treatment is a form of

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behavior therapy

Question 13

Unlike psychodynamic therapists, humanistic therapists tend to focus on the - more than the -

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present; past

Question 14

Treating our mind and body as independent entities seem especially inappropriate to those who take a - approach to therapy.

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biopsychosocial

Question 15

Carl Rodgers encouraged client centered therapists to - during the process of therapy.

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genuinely express their own true feelings

Question 16

Which therapeutic approach emphasizes that people are often distributed because of their negative interpretations of events?

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cognitive therapy

Question 17

Which of the following is a type of exposure therapy?

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systematic desensitization

Question 18

Psychological disorders that can be overcome with techniques such as counter conditioning are most likely to be treated with

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psychoanalysis

Question 19

Stress inoculation training focuses on helping people to

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replace negative self talk with more positive comments

Question 20

Selective serotonin re uptake inhibitors are frequently prescribed for the treatment of

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depression

Question 21

In one massive experiment, potentially delinquent boys were assigned to a 5 year treatment program that included professional counseling and family assistance. Many years later, Joan McCord\'s investigation of this program\'s effectiveness revealed that

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clients\' accounts of the program\'s effectiveness were often misleading and overly

Question 22

Hans Eysnck launched a spirited debate regarding the effectiveness of psychotherapy because he found that it appeared to be

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no more beneficial than no treatment

Question 23

Ketamine is being explored as a quick acting - drug that blocks receptor sites for the neurotransmitter glutamate

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antidepressant

Question 24

A common ingredient underlying the success of diverse psychotherapies is the

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client\'s expectation that psychotherapy will make things better

Question 25

The approach that has helped children with autism spectrum disorder learn to interact successfully involves

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client\'s expectation that psychotherapy will make things better

Question 26

MRI guided precision surgery is occasionally done to cut the brain circuits involved in severe cases of

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obsessive compulsive disorder

Question 27

Systematic desensitization involves replacing a negative response with positive response, whereas - involves replacing a positive response with a negative response.

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aversive conditioning

Question 28

Some research confirms that ECT works by weakening connections in a hyper connected neural hub in the left - lobe

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frontal

Question 29

Which of the following drugs has been found to be effective in treating the manic episodes associated with bipolar disorder?

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Depakote

Question 30

The value of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing is in part due to the effectiveness of

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exposure therapy

Question 31

The healing power of insight and self awareness is LEAST likely to be emphasized by

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behavioral therapies

Question 32

Cognitive therapies would be most likely to encourage depressed clients to

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stop blaming themselves for negative circumstances beyond their control

Question 33

A token economy is to operant conditioning as - is to classical conditioning.

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systematic desensitization

Question 34

\"The technique reduces people to puppets controlled by therapists! It doesn\'t respect human freedoms.\" This criticism is most likely to be directed at

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a token economy

Question 35

Evidence that placebos can reduce some of the distressing symptoms of psychological disorders best illustrates the therapeutic value of

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hope

Question 36

Psychoanalysis would most likely involve discouraging patients from

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discontinuing psychotherapy whenever they felt it was no longer necessary

Question 37

In the United States, managed health care has limited the number of psychotherapy sessions that may be covered by insurance. This is particularly likely to discourage the widespread practice of

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psychoanalysis

Question 38

Dr. Genscher believes that most psychological disorder result from chemical imbalances. In her work as a therapist, Dr. Genscher is most likely to make use of

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drug therapies

Question 39

After discontinuing heavy use of an anti anxiety drug, Angela experienced increased anxiety and difficulty sleeping. Angela was experiencing symptoms of

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withdrawal

Question 40

Mrs.Coleman is a withdrawn schizophrenia patient. To help her become more socially active, institutional staff members give her small plastic cards whenever she talks to someone. She allowed to exchange these cards for candy and cigarettes. Staff members are making use of

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a token economy

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