Exam 15: Therapy

In shaping, the behavior to be acquired is called the ________, and people are rewarded for ________ that behavior.

________ modeling combines live modeling with direct and gradual practice.

In Rogerian therapy, the ________ is responsible for discovering maladaptive patterns.

Which of the following is TRUE about psychotherapy?

Drugs that create feelings of calmness, reduce muscle tension, and lower sympathetic activity in the brain are called ________.

According to the humanistic approach to therapy, the basic cause of psychological problems is ________.

The belief that humans have personal freedom to make choices and that they are responsible for the choices they make characterizes the ________ approach to therapy.

The awareness of one's true inner thoughts and feelings, and the ability to share them authentically with others, is called ________ in Rogerian therapy.

In aversion therapy, a form of classical conditioning, ________ compete(s)with the pleasurable associations someone experiences when he or she engages in a maladaptive behavior, like drinking or smoking.

________ is Ellis's approach to therapy

Chemicals that are used to diminish or terminate hallucinations, delusions, withdrawal, and other symptoms of psychosis are called ________.

When Rudyard missed the bus to school, he immediately thought to himself, "The teacher will never let me in late to the final exam.I'm doomed." Rudyard's thoughts are an example of _______, which cognitive therapists attempt to change using ________.

Which of the following is not one of the four concerns listed in your text to describe possible reasons for the higher prevalence of psychological disorders in women?

Because they emphasize developing a greater understanding of one's self, cognitive therapy, humanistic therapy, and psychoanalysis and psychodynamic approaches have been called ___ therapies.

Differences between various Japanese and Western therapies illustrate the different emphasis placed on ________.

Which of the following features of therapy is NOT culturally universal?

This is a stage in psychoanalysis in which a patient avoids the analyst's attempts to bring threatening unconscious material into conscious awareness.

A biomedical treatment that is based on passing an electrical current through the brain is called ________.

Psychotherapy is defined in your text as the various methods of therapy that ________.

Abbas is maintaining a deep state of relaxation as he visualizes looking at a picture of a snake first, then viewing a snake through a window, then watching a snake from across the room, then observing a snake at arm's length.In this example, Abbas is using ________ to decrease his snake phobia.