Exam 9: Gender Roles, Gender Identity, and Sexual Orientation

Eclectic therapists tend to be ______ experienced than other therapists.

As part of his therapy, Elwood has a device strapped to his arm that beeps when his muscle tension goes down. He is taught to gain more conscious control of the tension in his body by learning to make changes that make the device on his arm beep constantly. This technique is a form of ______.

There is empirical evidence to support the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy for each of the following EXCEPT ______.

Elwood goes to his therapist to get treatment for his severe depression. His therapist asks him to lie down on a couch in a slightly darkened room. The therapist then sits slightly behind him and encourages him to talk about anything that comes to mind. The therapist is most likely practicing ______.

Of all American ethnic groups, ______ Americans are the least likely to have health insurance.

Many antipsychotic drugs are thought to act by blocking ______ receptors in the brain.

Modern psychoanalysis is nondirective.

Describe how best to cope with depression.

There is empirical support for the effectiveness of interpersonal therapy in treating ______.

Aversive conditioning has been used with great success because it has almost no negative side effects.

American Indians/Alaska Natives have a suicide rate that is ______ percent higher than the national average.

Biofeedback training helps clients voluntarily regulate functions once thought to be beyond conscious control.

A client, when asked to discuss a threatening issue, claims that she can't remember or that her mind has gone blank. The client's reaction was labeled ______ by Freud.

There is empirical support for the effectiveness of cognitive therapy in treating ______.

In classic psychoanalysis, working through transference issues and gaining insight typically takes ______.

Systematic desensitization relies primarily on the use of ______.

Most behavior therapists today directly incorporate cognitive methods into their approach.

Elwood goes to his therapist to get treatment for a phobia. His therapist uses a method for reducing phobic responses that associates images of fear-inducing objects or situations with deep muscle relaxation. This technique is called ______.

The focus of traditional psychoanalysis is effectively summed up by the phrase, "Where ______ was, there shall ______ be."

Each of the following is a true of Internet counseling EXCEPT ______.