Exam 13: Psychological Therapies

Bob has been under a physician's care for bipolar disorder. Bob's doctor is most likely to prescribe which of the following to treat Bob's disorder?

The basic goal of systematic desensitization is to ________.

Edward starts to worry about telling his therapist about his drinking. He is afraid that the therapist will get mad at him like his mother used to. Edward has started relating to his therapist as he related to his mother. Edward is experiencing ________.

Electroconvulsive therapy is still used to treat severe depression.

List the three basic goals of any cognitive-behavioral therapy.

A patient scheduled to have an operation called a bilateral anterior cingulotomy may have which of the following diagnoses?

How do most antipsychotic drugs seem to work?

Psychoanalysis was a therapy technique designed by __________.

Medication, electroconvulsive therapy, psychosurgery, and noninvasive stimulation techniques are all types of ______.

Which of the following clients would probably get the least benefit from a humanistic therapy?

Which of the following is a barrier to effective therapy when the cultural backgrounds of the client and therapist are different?

The originator of rational-emotive therapy is _______.

Clara is going to a therapist to gain a better understanding of why she has self-destructive relationships with all her friends. This type of therapy is known as ____________ therapy.

Sigmund Freud believed that many psychological problems resulted from:

Mary, who has a great fear of flying, has been instructed by her behavior therapist to take a brief ride in an actual airplane. If Mary follows her therapist's instructions, then she'll be engaged in ________.

William is interested in helping his client change his maladaptive behavior. He is most likely to be a(n) ____________.

Carl Rogers's person-centered approach is considered ________ because the client actually does all the real work, with the therapist merely acting as a sounding board.

What is a major goal of the Gestalt therapist?

Gestalt therapy is an outgrowth of the work of __________.

_______ has used modeling techniques to reduce a wide range of phobic behaviors.