Exam 17: Treatment of Psychological Disorders

The identification and replacement of irrational thoughts and the ABCD model of emotional disturbance are most closely associated with which of the following people?

What basic assumptions about psychological disorders are made by the behavioural approach to therapy?

Punishment is never used as a therapeutic technique.

In client-centred therapy, genuineness refers to ________.

In addition to openness and self-relatedness, the third important client characteristic that is associated with psychotherapy outcomes is ________.

John has made little progress during his last few months in therapy, but just last week, his therapist thought that he was close to gaining some important awareness about his unconscious patterns. John's therapist is eager for their next session, but when John's appointment time comes, John does not show up and phones later to apologize, saying that he accidentally forgot about it. Psychoanalytic theorists would most likely interpret John's behaviour as an example of

When a therapy client responds to a therapist as if she was a significant person from the client's past, psychoanalytic theorists technically refer to this as resistance.

Dr. Sherman is working in a clinic with children with developmental delays and decides to implement a new program to encourage more positive behaviour. Whenever children engage in specific behaviour (such as saying, "Thank you," taking turns with a friend, and cooperating with another child on a project), they are rewarded with stickers that can later be turned in for various prizes that they enjoy. Dr. Sherman is using which of the following therapeutic techniques?

How long the effects of a particular therapy last is best determined by the use of ________.

Which of the following mental-health professionals are medical doctors specializing in psychotherapy and biomedical treatments?

In the research survey conducted by Seligman in cooperation with "Consumer Reports," how many of the respondents reporting mental-health problems sought professional help?

Dr. Sholl has recently started therapy with a new client, Roger. Roger appears to be a great therapy client because he is able to reflect and talk about the thoughts and feelings that are related to his difficulties. In addition, he is able to attend to and discuss issues related to his relationship with Dr. Sholl and has shown that he can take what he learns in therapy and generalize it to his life. Roger best demonstrates which of the following important psychotherapy client characteristics?

A cingulotomy is a last-resort treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder and involves

Suppose you are working with some challenging and difficult children who have a hard time behaving themselves. For instance, they don't clean up after themselves, they frequently get into verbal arguments or physical fights, and they often refuse to obey adults. Design a token economy system that is intended to change their behaviour. What are two types of punishment that you could use to change their behaviour? What are the disadvantages of using punishment and of the two different types, which type of punishment is generally best to use?

You take on a new patient and all you know about this person is that they have received dialectical behaviour therapy in the past. Most likely, this patient is suffering from

In brief psychodynamic therapies such as interpersonal therapy, the therapist is typically more focused and active than in traditional psychoanalysis.

Research conducted with ________________ has revealed that punishment is an effective way to modify abnormal self-destructive behaviour associated with this disorder.

Research has demonstrated that a fundamental factor underlying the effectiveness of social skills training is increased

What are the classical and operant conditioning procedures used in exposure therapy? How was this procedure used to treat agoraphobics?

What is the "specificity question" in psychotherapy research?