Exam 17: Treatment of Psychological Disorders

How does classical conditioning underlie aversion therapy? What additional training can enhance its effectiveness?

Researchers that simultaneously examine many different research studies and draw conclusions about the overall effectiveness of a particular treatment are using the technique called _____________.

What were the rationale and effects of prefrontal lobotomy?

With regard to the conditions that contribute to the effectiveness of psychotherapy, faith in the therapist and the opportunity to practise new behaviours are both examples of what are called

What types of measures are used to assess the outcome of therapy?

What is the goal of humanistic therapies, and how do the therapies try to achieve this goal?

While listening to his client talk about her favourite memories from childhood, Dr. Peabody begins to notice that whenever his patient's thoughts approach her sister, she quickly changes the topic and talks about something else. When Dr. Peabody begins probing her memories and thoughts about her sister, his client starts missing therapy appointments often cancelling without notice. This defensive manoeuvre is known as ______________.

Which of the following is a key reason why social skills training works? Increased ________.

Carl Rogers's concept of unconditional positive regard specifically refers to the ability of the therapist to be able to view the world through the client's eyes.

A doctor has recently started therapy with a new client, who is able to reflect and talk about the thoughts and feelings that are related to their difficulties. In addition, the client is able to attend to and discuss issues related to his relationship with the doctor and can take what they learn in therapy by generalizing it to their life. The client best demonstrates the characteristics of ___________.

The two treatment elements that are combined in the management of all psychological disorders are ________.

Which of the following pays the least amount of attention to internal factors such as thoughts, feelings, or unconscious dynamics?

During treatment sessions, a doctor asks a client to recline on a couch, and report verbally without censorship, any thoughts, feelings, or images that come to the client's mind. What technique is this doctor using?

What do ABCD stand for in rational-emotive therapy, and how is this model used in therapy?

Carl Rogers and Fritz Perls were similar in that both are considered to be humanistic theorists who believed that people have an inherent tendency towards self-healing.

All of the following were mentioned as examples of therapy procedures derived directly from the principles of classical conditioning EXCEPT

Token economies are often used in behaviour modification and attempt to modify behaviour by using ______________.

The Gestalt therapy approach of Fritz Perls is largely based on

Most antipsychotic medications achieve their effects by blocking the activity of ________.

You overhear two psychopharmacologists arguing about the relative pros and cons associated with drug therapies targeting depression and anxiety. Which of the following is not one of the disadvantages of SSRI's that you could expect to hear mentioned in the conversation?