Exam 15: Therapies.

An elementary school teacher practically ends classroom discipline problems by giving students "chances" in a lottery to be held at the end of the week for some small toy.The chances are considered tokens, which are used to reinforce the completing of assignments, paying attention, and other

To teach clients effective coping skills so that they can cope with anger, depression, shyness, stress, and similar problems is the aim of

Thought stopping may be accomplished by

Therapists of which current therapeutic movement utilize techniques designed to enhance personal strengths, rather than "fix" weaknesses?

Jan likes her psychotherapist and believes that they both agree on the goals for her therapy.Often Jan wants to just engage her therapist in "small talk," but the therapist tends to insist that they stick with the therapy plan.Jan was also surprised that the therapist told her that it was up to her whether she wanted to talk with her friends about what was taking place in therapy.According to your textbook, this therapist

Patrick and Mike are brothers who are fighting over a new toy.Their mother sends them to separate rooms until they can calm down and agree to share the toy and play "nicely." Mother is using the operant conditioning technique known as ____________________.

Jenny, a 19-year-old college student, is playing online blackjack and tells her friends that she just "gets a feeling" and bets accordingly, and so far she has won.Since her hunches have been really on target lately, she plans to bet a little more money.Jenny is exhibiting which of the cognitive distortions that lead to a gambling addiction?

Aster works as a secretary for a large corporation.Since her divorce, she has been suffering from depression but does not think she can afford counseling.Which of the following statements would be INCORRECT information to give Aster regarding the cost and availability of counseling services?

Which of the following was a primitive procedure that was used to "release evil spirits" and consisted of boring, chipping, or bashing holes in the patients' heads?

Regarding how therapies are conducted, the basic aspects described in your textbook include whether the psychotherapy is

Tofranil is a mood-elevating drug that would be classified as a(n)

Freud's method of psychotherapy involved

Distinguish between insight and action therapies and between directive and nondirective therapies, then for each of the following therapies identify (1)whether the therapy is an insight therapy or an action therapy; (2)whether it is directive or nondirective; (3)whether it is usually conducted individually or conducted both individually and in groups; and (4)the major strength of each therapy: psychoanalysis, brief psychodynamic therapy, client-centered therapy, existential therapy, Gestalt therapy, behavioral therapies, Beck's cognitive therapy, and Ellis' REBT.

Describe the four basic techniques used in Freudian psychoanalysis, and explain the purpose of each.

In prefrontal lobotomy, the corpus callosum is cut to separate the two brain hemispheres.

A behavioral technique in which a person uses positive imagery to reinforce desired behavior is called __________.

If you are trying to help a friend with a problem, you should do all of the following EXCEPT

If a response is not followed by a reward, it will occur less frequently, according to which principle of operant conditioning?

Lee Ann's psychotherapist draws attention to Lee Ann's posture, voice, and gestures in order to help Lee Ann to become fully aware of her feelings so she can "take care of unfinished business." Lee Ann's therapist is most likely a(n)__________ psychotherapist.