question

Larisa is going to a therapist to gain a better understanding of what makes her do the things she does. This type of therapy is known as __________ therapy.

answer

insight

question

It was __________ who is most credited with the "moral treatment" movement for using kindness and guidance with the mentally ill.

answer

Philippe Pinel

question

The actual content of a dream is the __________ content, according to Freud.

answer

manifest

question

The psychoanalyst does not start interpreting what the patient has said until __________ has occurred.

answer

negative transference

question

In __________ , a person-centered therapist must show an honest and open response to the client and not hide behind the professional role of therapist.

answer

authenticity

question

Gestalt therapy differs from person-centered therapy because

answer

it is directive rather than nondirective.

question

What kind of person would probably get the least benefit from a humanistic therapy?

answer

one who has a hard time putting things into words in a logical manner

question

Lashonna was afraid of dogs. She wanted to get over this fear, so she began by thinking about seeing a dog but staying calm. Then she walked past her neighbor's dog in its fenced yard until she no longer felt afraid. Next, she visited a pet store and petted a dog while the salesclerk held it. Finally, she bought herself a puppy and was no longer afraid. Lashonna's method is most like

answer

systematic desensitization.

question

When the exposure to a feared object is rapid and intense rather than slow and gradual, it is called

answer

flooding.

question

Carra sat down with her daughter, Morgan, and together they wrote out a list of things that Morgan was expected to do each day and the rewards she would get if she accomplished them, as well as the penalties she would face if she did not do them. This is most like which technique?

answer

contingency contracting

question

Which therapy style can be compared to a drill sergeant-private style of therapeutic relationship?

answer

rational-emotive behavioral

question

Which of the following is not one of the three goals of cognitive-behavioral therapy?

answer

helping the client gain insight

question

Stephan finds a piece of paper with a phone number he does not recognize on his wife's dresser. He immediately assumes that his wife is seeing someone else and that the phone number belongs to that man. Beck would say that Stephan has engaged in what type of distorted thinking?

answer

arbitrary inference

question

Which of the following is a disadvantage of group therapy?

answer

Clients share the therapist's time.

question

When Carson began acting out, her parents took her to a therapist who suggested that her parents may have caused the problem by using the wrong kind of discipline. The kind of therapy that might best help Carson would probably be

answer

family therapy.

question

Which of the following is not one of the problems in studying the effectiveness of psychotherapy?

answer

All therapies take the same amount of time to be effective.

question

Cindy is a white, upper-middle-class graduate student in clinical psychology doing her first internship in juvenile court. Her first client is an angry 15-year-old African American boy. Which of the following might be barriers to effective therapy in this situation?

answer

cultural values

question

When a person on an antipsychotic drug develops repetitive, involuntary jerks and movements of the face, lips, legs, and body, this is called

answer

tardive dyskinesia.

question

The use of antianxiety drugs to treat anxiety disorders is gradually being phased out in favor of treatment with __________ drugs.

answer

antidepressant

question

Which neurotransmitter is not one of the three that seem to be involved in depression and the drugs that treat depression?

answer

epinephrine

question

Before the use of electricity, seizures were induced in psychotic patients by means of

answer

camphor.

question

In bilateral cingulotomy, the

answer

a thin wire electrode is used to destroy a small area of brain tissue.

question

One antidepressant drug was found to be safe and most effective in treating adolescent depression when combined with

answer

psychotherapy.

question

Virtual reality (VR) techniques have been useful in the treatment of which of the following

answer

Phobias and post-traumatic stress disorder; a and c

question

Survivors of natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico may experience higher incidences of

answer

All the above; depression, post-traumatic stress disorder,anxiety disorders

question

The role of __________, a neurotransmitter, may provide clues to both bulimia and anorexia

answer

Serotonin

Psych. Finals – Flashcards

Unlock all answers in this set

Haven't found what you were looking for?

Search for samples, answers to your questions and flashcards