Question 1

Unconditional positive regard is an essential condition of what therapy?

Accepted Answer

A)  REBT 
B)  psychoanalysis 
C)  client-centered therapy 
D)  Beck's cognitive therapy 
A)  REBT 
B)  psychoanalysis 
C)  client-centered therapy 
D)  Beck's cognitive therapy

Question 2

Which of the following requires surgery but allows for electrical stimulation of targeted brain regions?

Accepted Answer

A)  deep brain stimulation (DBS) 
B)  electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) 
C)  eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) 
D)  virtual reality exposure 
A)  deep brain stimulation (DBS) 
B)  electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) 
C)  eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) 
D)  virtual reality exposure

Question 3

Regarding the lobotomy and deep lesioning, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Deep lesioning involves destroying small target areas within the brain's interior. 
B)  When the first antipsychotic drugs became available, the use of the lobotomy was abandoned. 
C)  Like the lobotomy, deep lesioning is reversible. 
D)  Patients suffering from a severe type of obsessive-compulsive disorder may be helped by deep lesioning. 
A)  Deep lesioning involves destroying small target areas within the brain's interior. 
B)  When the first antipsychotic drugs became available, the use of the lobotomy was abandoned. 
C)  Like the lobotomy, deep lesioning is reversible. 
D)  Patients suffering from a severe type of obsessive-compulsive disorder may be helped by deep lesioning.

Question 4

In 2008, what percent of all Americans received treatment for a mental health problem?

Accepted Answer

A)  2.8 percent 
B)  7.6 percent 
C)  13.4 percent 
D)  20.2 percent 
A)  2.8 percent 
B)  7.6 percent 
C)  13.4 percent 
D)  20.2 percent

Question 5

A caring relationship that unites a therapist and a client in working to solve the client's problems is referred to as the __________.

Accepted Answer

therapeuti

Question 6

Which therapy tends to be more concerned with their clients changing harmful thinking patterns and less concerned with their clients gaining insight into the cause of their problems?

Accepted Answer

A)  psychoanalysis 
B)  humanistic 
C)  cognitive 
D)  all of these 
A)  psychoanalysis 
B)  humanistic 
C)  cognitive 
D)  all of these

Question 7

If you set your clock ten minutes fast, it may be easier to leave the house on time in the morning.Even though you know that the clock is fast, your departure is under which of the following regarding the clock?

Accepted Answer

A)  shaping 
B)  stimulus control 
C)  punishment consequence 
D)  time out 
A)  shaping 
B)  stimulus control 
C)  punishment consequence 
D)  time out

Question 8

Vicarious desensitization occurs when the client

Accepted Answer

A)  observes a model performing the feared behavior. 
B)  is coached into performing feared behavior in front of the therapist. 
C)  engages in behaviors similar to the feared behavior. 
D)  uses selective perception in coping with a feared object. 
A)  observes a model performing the feared behavior. 
B)  is coached into performing feared behavior in front of the therapist. 
C)  engages in behaviors similar to the feared behavior. 
D)  uses selective perception in coping with a feared object.

Question 9

Which of the following is a brief psychodynamic therapy that was first developed to help people with depression by improving their relationships with others?

Accepted Answer

A)  interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) 
B)  rational-emotive behavioral therapy (REBT) 
C)  existential therapy 
D)  Gestalt psychotherapy 
A)  interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) 
B)  rational-emotive behavioral therapy (REBT) 
C)  existential therapy 
D)  Gestalt psychotherapy

Question 10

Since the development of psychoanalysis, psychotherapy has undergone dramatic change beginning with Freud's own followers, who were called the __________.

Accepted Answer

neo-Freudi

Question 11

A behavior therapist wants to reward a language delayed child for saying a new word, but rewards the child first for saying the first letter sound and then another letter sound, and so on.The language therapist is using

Accepted Answer

A)  shaping. 
B)  stimulus control. 
C)  a hierarchy. 
D)  nonreinforcement. 
A)  shaping. 
B)  stimulus control. 
C)  a hierarchy. 
D)  nonreinforcement.

Question 12

Somatic therapy includes pharmacotherapy, psychosurgery, and

Accepted Answer

A)  eye movement desensitization and reprocessing. 
B)  REBT. 
C)  aversion therapy. 
D)  brain stimulation therapy. 
A)  eye movement desensitization and reprocessing. 
B)  REBT. 
C)  aversion therapy. 
D)  brain stimulation therapy.

Question 13

To be culturally skilled, a therapist must be able to do all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  establish rapport with those from different cultural backgrounds. 
B)  be open to cultural differences. 
C)  use existing helping resources within the cultural group. 
D)  treat members of racial or ethnic communities as a group rather than as individual clients. 
A)  establish rapport with those from different cultural backgrounds. 
B)  be open to cultural differences. 
C)  use existing helping resources within the cultural group. 
D)  treat members of racial or ethnic communities as a group rather than as individual clients.

Question 14

Traditional psychoanalysis was

Accepted Answer

A)  open-ended and required three to five therapy sessions a week, often for many years. 
B)  found through research to only be effective in treating somatic symptom and dissociative disorders. 
C)  too nondirective in its approach and placed too much responsibility on the client. 
D)  characterized by all of these statements. 
A)  open-ended and required three to five therapy sessions a week, often for many years. 
B)  found through research to only be effective in treating somatic symptom and dissociative disorders. 
C)  too nondirective in its approach and placed too much responsibility on the client. 
D)  characterized by all of these statements.

Question 15

If a family is in crisis, a family therapist will first

Accepted Answer

A)  try to determine which family member is causing the problem. 
B)  work with the family member who is the most troubled and devastated by the crisis. 
C)  try to identify the most resourceful family members, who can help solve the immediate problem. 
D)  work with the whole family unit in a calming atmosphere in which each family can state his or her feelings without interruption regarding the cause of the crisis situation. 
A)  try to determine which family member is causing the problem. 
B)  work with the family member who is the most troubled and devastated by the crisis. 
C)  try to identify the most resourceful family members, who can help solve the immediate problem. 
D)  work with the whole family unit in a calming atmosphere in which each family can state his or her feelings without interruption regarding the cause of the crisis situation.

Question 16

Which of the following therapies would NOT be considered a somatic therapy?

Accepted Answer

A)  pharmacotherapy 
B)  brain stimulation therapy 
C)  psychosurgery 
D)  psychotherapy 
A)  pharmacotherapy 
B)  brain stimulation therapy 
C)  psychosurgery 
D)  psychotherapy

Question 17

Research shows that most clients feel better after a minimum of how many weekly therapy sessions?

Accepted Answer

A)  three to seven sessions 
B)  eight to 21 sessions 
C)  22 to 35 sessions 
D)  36 to 45 sessions 
A)  three to seven sessions 
B)  eight to 21 sessions 
C)  22 to 35 sessions 
D)  36 to 45 sessions

Question 18

The three major types of drugs are

Accepted Answer

A)  antipsychotics, antidepressants, anxiolytics. 
B)  anxiolytics, antianxiety, and psychotropics. 
C)  detoxifying, antidepressants, antipsychotics. 
D)  minor tranquilizers, major tranquilizers, and anti-anxiety. 
A)  antipsychotics, antidepressants, anxiolytics. 
B)  anxiolytics, antianxiety, and psychotropics. 
C)  detoxifying, antidepressants, antipsychotics. 
D)  minor tranquilizers, major tranquilizers, and anti-anxiety.

Question 19

Regarding family therapy, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Family therapists must first determine who is to blame for the dysfunction within the family and try to change that person's behavior first. 
B)  Family therapists treat the family as a unit, but they may not meet with the entire family at each session. 
C)  Family therapy tends to be time-limited and focused on specific problems, such as frequent fights or a depressed teenager. 
D)  Family members work together to improve communication, to change destructive patterns, and to see themselves and each other in new ways. 
A)  Family therapists must first determine who is to blame for the dysfunction within the family and try to change that person's behavior first. 
B)  Family therapists treat the family as a unit, but they may not meet with the entire family at each session. 
C)  Family therapy tends to be time-limited and focused on specific problems, such as frequent fights or a depressed teenager. 
D)  Family members work together to improve communication, to change destructive patterns, and to see themselves and each other in new ways.

Question 20

Regarding desensitization, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  For most phobias, desensitization works best when people are directly exposed to the stimuli and situations they fear. 
B)  For a simple phobia, like spider phobia, the procedure can be successfully done in groups. 
C)  The effectiveness of desensitization is caused not by the actual process of therapy but by a client's expectations that the therapy will help. 
D)  Desensitization can be completed in one session for some fears, such as riding in an elevator. 
A)  For most phobias, desensitization works best when people are directly exposed to the stimuli and situations they fear. 
B)  For a simple phobia, like spider phobia, the procedure can be successfully done in groups. 
C)  The effectiveness of desensitization is caused not by the actual process of therapy but by a client's expectations that the therapy will help. 
D)  Desensitization can be completed in one session for some fears, such as riding in an elevator.

Unconditional positive regard is an essential condition of what therapy?

Which of the following requires surgery but allows for electrical stimulation of targeted brain regions?

Regarding the lobotomy and deep lesioning, which of the following statements is FALSE?

In 2008, what percent of all Americans received treatment for a mental health problem?

A caring relationship that unites a therapist and a client in working to solve the client's problems is referred to as the __________.

Which therapy tends to be more concerned with their clients changing harmful thinking patterns and less concerned with their clients gaining insight into the cause of their problems?

If you set your clock ten minutes fast, it may be easier to leave the house on time in the morning.Even though you know that the clock is fast, your departure is under which of the following regarding the clock?

Vicarious desensitization occurs when the client

Which of the following is a brief psychodynamic therapy that was first developed to help people with depression by improving their relationships with others?

Since the development of psychoanalysis, psychotherapy has undergone dramatic change beginning with Freud's own followers, who were called the __________.

A behavior therapist wants to reward a language delayed child for saying a new word, but rewards the child first for saying the first letter sound and then another letter sound, and so on.The language therapist is using

Somatic therapy includes pharmacotherapy, psychosurgery, and

To be culturally skilled, a therapist must be able to do all of the following EXCEPT

Traditional psychoanalysis was

If a family is in crisis, a family therapist will first

Which of the following therapies would NOT be considered a somatic therapy?

Research shows that most clients feel better after a minimum of how many weekly therapy sessions?

The three major types of drugs are

Regarding family therapy, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Regarding desensitization, which of the following statements is FALSE?

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Exam 15: Therapies.

Unconditional positive regard is an essential condition of what therapy?

Which of the following requires surgery but allows for electrical stimulation of targeted brain regions?

Regarding the lobotomy and deep lesioning, which of the following statements is FALSE?

In 2008, what percent of all Americans received treatment for a mental health problem?

A caring relationship that unites a therapist and a client in working to solve the client's problems is referred to as the __________.

Which therapy tends to be more concerned with their clients changing harmful thinking patterns and less concerned with their clients gaining insight into the cause of their problems?

If you set your clock ten minutes fast, it may be easier to leave the house on time in the morning.Even though you know that the clock is fast, your departure is under which of the following regarding the clock?

Vicarious desensitization occurs when the client

Which of the following is a brief psychodynamic therapy that was first developed to help people with depression by improving their relationships with others?

Since the development of psychoanalysis, psychotherapy has undergone dramatic change beginning with Freud's own followers, who were called the __________.

A behavior therapist wants to reward a language delayed child for saying a new word, but rewards the child first for saying the first letter sound and then another letter sound, and so on.The language therapist is using

Somatic therapy includes pharmacotherapy, psychosurgery, and

To be culturally skilled, a therapist must be able to do all of the following EXCEPT

Traditional psychoanalysis was

If a family is in crisis, a family therapist will first

Which of the following therapies would NOT be considered a somatic therapy?

Research shows that most clients feel better after a minimum of how many weekly therapy sessions?

The three major types of drugs are

Regarding family therapy, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Regarding desensitization, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Psychology, Critical Thinking, and Science

Brain and Behavior.

Human Development

Sensation and Perception.

States of Consciousness.

Conditioning and Learning.

Memory.

Cognition, Language, and Creativity.

Intelligence.

Motivation and Emotion.

Sex, Gender, and Sexuality.

Personality.

Health, Stress, and Coping.

Psychological Disorders.

Social Thinking and Social Influence.

Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior.

Applied Psychology.

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