Exam 29: Treatment of Psychological Disorders Part 1

Dr. Spann is a psychoanalytic therapist and over the past two weeks his patient has begun shown increasing hostility, and he often yells and becomes threatening when Dr. Spann offers her interpretations of the things that the patient says during therapy. Dr. Spann should MOST likely deal with the patient's behavior by

In virtually all forms of insight therapy that produce positive outcomes,

Freud considered ____ to be the most direct way to access the patient's unconscious or the "royal road to the unconscious."

Cognitive therapy was originally developed as a treatment

Which of the following academic degrees is NOT associated with being a psychologist?

Which of the following drugs is NOT an antidepressant?

Which of the following is NOT one of the main categories of treatment?

Doris thinks she is in love with her therapist and has begun to respond to him in that way. Doris is displaying feelings and behavior that psychoanalysts refer to as

In systematic desensitization, a new ____ response is substituted for the old ____ response.

Which of the following statements is MOST accurate?

Systematic desensitization involves

Vicki is seeing a therapist in an attempt to work through the troubles in her relationship with her father. During her meetings with her therapist, the two of them often engage in lengthy verbal interactions, and her therapist tries to help Vicki work through a variety of potential solutions for the problems she is facing. In this case, her therapist's approach to treatment would MOST likely be classified as

Dr. Stefan feels psychology has focused for too long on sickness and human weakness. He would rather study human strengths and personal growth. Dr. Stefan is most likely a practitioner of

Dr. Varsho is a psychotherapist who often argues openly with her clients. She is very assertive, and tries to persuade her clients to alter their patterns of thinking. Dr. Varsho is

John suffers from chronic anxiety. He tends to worry constantly and is uncomfortable in a wide variety of situations. He decides to seek therapy. John put considerable thought into what he wants to gain from therapy. John believes that if he learns why he is so anxious he will be better able to cope. Based on John's beliefs, he is most likely to seek a therapist that emphasizes the ____ approach.

Psychoanalysis is a therapy that emphasizes

Cognitive therapy originally developed as a treatment approach to

The tricyclics and the MAO inhibitors

George is a child molester. In therapy, George is shown pictures of children, and every time he begins to evidence physiological arousal, he is shocked. George is undergoing

In client-centered therapy, Roger believed that is was critical for the therapist to provide