Exam 15: Therapies

Regarding the talk-oriented therapies, traditional psychoanalysis and the humanistic therapies are considered to be

Tabitha is a college student who is receiving supportive therapy by attending a group made up of other women suffering from anorexia and bulimia. Tabitha finds that by helping others in the group, she is helping herself. Tabitha is participating in a(n)__________ group.

Helga paints her fingernails with a bitter-tasting substance so that every time she begins to bite her fingernails, she will experience a bitter taste. This method to alleviate nail biting would be considered

A patient is asked to concentrate on the thoughts that most upset her. At the same time, she is asked to watch a moving pencil. The patient is probably being treated with

Your friend has just confided in you that she has failed a test. Which of the following statements would be the most helpful?

Behavior therapists believe that deep insight into one's problems is required for one's behavior to improve.

Rational-emotive behavior therapy (REBT)was developed by

You are preoccupied by the negative thought that "I will fail every test I take in college." How could you use thought stopping to reduce the occurrence of this negative thought?

Which of the following involves placing a person in a protected setting where medical therapy for emotional disorders is provided?

In client-centered therapy, clients determine what will be discussed during each session and must actively seek to solve their own problems.

Which of the following is NOT one of the major advantages of antipsychotic drugs?

In the A-B-C analysis of rational-emotive behavior therapy, the letters stand for action, behavior, and catharsis.

Which of the following questions should be answered during the first meeting with a therapist?

A blockage in the flow of insight and ideas during analysis, such as when a client avoids thinking or talking about certain topics, is referred to as

Traditional psychoanalysis is to free association as brief psychodynamic therapy is to

A guided reduction in fear, anxiety, or aversion attained by gradually approaching a feared stimulus while maintaining relaxation describes the therapy technique known as

The use of aversive stimuli to interrupt or prevent upsetting thoughts is the behavioral procedure known as

Lobotomies and deep lesioning are examples of

As people are waiting for their flight, the airline displays a series of photographic slides of people boarding an airplane, getting settled in their seats, enjoying the flight, and arriving comfortably at their destination. In order to ease some people's fear of flying, the airline has made casual use of

A friend tells you, "I feel like my boss has it in for me at work." You respond, "How do you feel about it?" Your response is