Exam 13: Psychological Therapies

After many sessions of psychodynamic therapy, Dan at some point experiences reluctance to cooperate with his therapist and tends to forget to do what his therapist had suggested to him. Dan is experiencing ________.

Which of the following is a therapy based on the principles of operant conditioning?

Which of the following is one of the top four complaints that students bring to college or university counseling centers?

Willamina is interested in helping her client get a clearer understanding of his motives and actions. She is most likely to be a(n) ____________.

Which therapeutic approach is most concerned about changing the problem behavior?

The term "free association" is associated with which of the following therapeutic endeavors?

Beck's cognitive therapy is particularly effective in the treatment of __________.

What did Carl Rogers view as a cause of most personal difficulties?

The effects of psychosurgery _______.

Every time Jarrad opens his cigarette case or uses his lighter, he gets a painful electric shock. Jarrad's friends and family have been asked not to give him any cigarettes or light any cigarettes for him, so he must use his own lighter if he wants to smoke. Eventually, Jarrad loses his desire to smoke, thanks to ______.

Define the behavior therapy technique called flooding.

Craig is currently in therapy to help him stop smoking. His therapist is using learning techniques to help him modify his smoking habit and develop more desirable behaviors. Craig's therapist is using ________.

Insight therapies include all but which one of the following?

Cognitive models of therapy tend to focus on:

Which person might benefit the MOST from a group therapy environment?

Which therapy style requires the therapist to actively confront a client's irrational beliefs?

Cognitive and cognitive-behavioral therapies have had considerable success in treating many types of disorders, including depression, stress disorders, anxiety disorders, and even some types of schizophrenia.

Arranging anxiety-provoking situations in a hierarchy would be characteristic of __________.

Modern psychoanalysts differ from traditional Freudian psychoanalysts in that they focus on the ______ as a motivating force of behavior, and they favor ______ their patients.

According to Freud, the ___________ of the dream refers to the hidden, symbolic meaning of the dream, which, if