Exam 15: Therapy

Ellis's approach to cognitive therapy attempts to eliminate self-defeating beliefs through rational examination.He named his approach REBT, or ________ behavior therapy.

The effectiveness of therapy can BEST be determined by ________.

Sizzle, an adorable puppy, is learning to shake hands.The trainer is giving Sizzle a treat each time she moves her paw in the desired direction.Each paw move in the desired direction is called _______.

This is the BEST description of what an eclectic therapist might do.

Which of the following is a component of psychoanalysis?

The policy of discharging as many people as possible from state hospitals and discouraging admissions is called ________.

Cognitive therapy alters ________, the things people say to themselves when they interpret events.

What would a behavior therapist tell a snake-phobic client using systematic desensitization to do if he/she were to begin experiencing anxiety while visualizing a snake through the window?

Which of the following is NOT true of behavior therapy?

In Rogerian therapy, the role of the therapist is to ________.

Which of the following is NOT one of the five common areas of concern for all psychotherapies?

In electroconvulsive therapy, ________.

According to a(n)________ therapist, an adolescent who is abusing drugs may be doing so because of maladaptive behavior patterns that occur in the home.

Barney is sure that no woman will want to date him because the first woman he asked out since coming to college declined his offer.Beck would say Barney is at risk for developing depression because he is engaging in ________.

The effectiveness of antipsychotic drugs is thought to result primarily from blockage of ________ receptors.

In behavior therapy, ________ techniques use shaping and reinforcement to increase adaptive behaviors, and punishment and extinction to decrease maladaptive behaviors.

This form of therapy focuses on faulty thought processes and beliefs to treat problem behaviors.

An invasive procedure on the brain that is designed to relieve severe mental symptoms that have not responded to other forms of treatment is called ________.

Critics argue that in the "real world" clients are not consistently reinforced or punished for their behaviors, and as such behavior therapy may not translate into those real situations.This is a problem of ___.

In psychoanalysis, free association refers to ________.