Psycology Chapter 13 – Flashcards
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1. _____ is treatment in which a trained professional—a therapist—uses psychological techniques to help someone overcome psychological difficulties and disorders, resolve problems in living, or bring about personal growth.
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B. Psychotherapy
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2. Therapy that relies on drugs and other medical procedures to improve psychological functioning is referred to as _____.
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C. Biomedical therapy
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3. Dr. Andersen attempts to bring about personal growth by using psychological techniques; Dr. Bradley attempts to improve psychological functioning through the use of psychotropic medication. Dr. Andersen practices _____; Dr. Bradley, _____.
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B. Psychotherapy; biomedical therapy
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4. Today therapists use a(n) _____ approach to therapy, which means they use a variety of methods with an individual patient.
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D. Eclectic
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5. _____ are professionals with a Ph.D. or Psy.D. who have also completed a postgraduate internship. They specialize in assessment and treatment of psychological difficulties, providing psychotherapy and, in some U.S. states, can prescribe drugs.
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D. Clinical Psychologists
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6. _____ are professionals with a Ph.D. or Ed.D. who typically treat day-to-day adjustment problems, often in a university mental health clinic.
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A. Counseling psychologists
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7. Which of the following mental health professionals is CORRECTLY matched with a brief description?
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A. Counseling psychologist - treats everyday adjustment problems, often in a university mental health clinic
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8. Which of the following professionals MOST LIKELY has a Ph.D.?
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A. Counseling psychologists
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9. Professionals with a master's degree who provide therapy to individuals, couples, and families and who hold a national or state certification are called _____.
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C. Licensed professional counselors
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10. Professionals with a master's degree and specialized training who may provide therapy, usually regarding common family and personal problems are called _____.
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B. psychiatric social workers
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11. _____ therapy seeks to bring unresolved past conflicts and unacceptable impulses from the unconscious into the conscious, where patients may deal with the problems more effectively.
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B. Psychodynamic
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12. Psychodynamic therapy involves:
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A. the consideration of unresolved past conflicts and unacceptable impulses.
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13. The most common defense mechanism is _____.
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D. repression
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14. Which of the following statements best expresses the relationship between psychoanalysis and psychotherapy?
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C. Psychoanalysis is one type of psychotherapy.
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15. _____ is developed by Freud in which the goal is to release hidden unconscious thoughts and feelings in order to reduce their power in controlling behavior.
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A. Psychoanalysis
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16. The surface description of a dream is called the _____ content.
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D. manifest
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17. The underlying meaning of a dream which is the true unconscious meaning of the dream is called _____ content.
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A. Latent
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18. Noah dreams that he suddenly becomes paralyzed as he tries to cross a busy intersection. In Freudian terms, this is the _____ content of Noah's dream. The underlying meaning of the dream is the _____ content.
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B. manifest; latent
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19. _____ is an inability or unwillingness to discuss or reveal particular memories, thoughts, or motivations.
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A. Resistance
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20. After telling his psychoanalyst about his relationship with his ex-wife for a few minutes, Jerome suddenly changes the subject. Jerome is exhibiting:
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A. Resistance
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21. _____ is the transmission of feelings to a psychoanalyst of love or anger that had been originally directed to a patient's parents or other authority figures.
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B. Transference
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22. What is transference?
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C. The transfer of strong feelings about parents or authority figures to a psychoanalyst
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23. Which of the following is a suitable way of handling transference?
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B. The therapist can take advantage of transference to help the patient "redo" difficult relationships.
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24. How does contemporary psychodynamic therapy differ from classic psychoanalysis?
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D. Contemporary therapist puts less emphasis on a patient's past history and childhood than classic psychoanalysts.
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25. Why has psychodynamic therapy remained a viable approach to psychological treatment, despite criticism of it?
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A. It facilitates the development of deep insight into one's life.
