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

A man dreams that he is flying. According to Freud, flying represents erection and sexual potency. In this case, sexual potency is the ______ content of the dream.

Summarize the advantages and disadvantages of Internet counseling.

Asian Americans tend to stigmatize people with psychological disorders.

Carl Rogers believed we all have an inborn tendency to realize our unique potential, called ______.

An arrangement of stimuli according to the amount of fear they evoke is called ______.

Freud believed that ______ were the "royal road to the unconscious."

Explain what biofeedback training is, how it works, and what it is used for.

Eclectic therapists use principles and techniques of multiple approaches to therapy.

Identify three biomedical approaches to therapy, explaining how they work and any problems associated with them.

Antianxiety drugs are called major tranquilizers.

Which of the following is NOT true of anger?

Elwood goes to a therapist for treatment of his severe depression. His therapist focuses on the beliefs, attitudes, and automatic types of thinking that appear to be compounding Elwood's depression. His therapist is practicing ______.

Explain what client-centered therapy is and what its methods are, and discuss the qualities of a client-centered therapist.

Drug therapy, electroconvulsive shock therapy, and psychosurgery are all examples of ______.

Gestalt therapy encourages clients to focus on their pasts.

Client-centered therapy was originated by ______.

Currently, ______ states allow specially trained psychologists to administer psychotherapeutic drugs.

Humanistic-existential therapies focus on ______.

There is empirical support for the effectiveness of behavior therapy in treating each of the following EXCEPT ______.

Beck and Ellis are most closely associated with ______ therapy.