Question 1

Psychologists using which type of therapy assume that if people have learned responses that cause problems, they can relearn more appropriate responses?

Accepted Answer

A) psychoanalysis 
B) applied behavior analysis 
C) client-centered therapy 
D) existential therapy 
A) psychoanalysis 
B) applied behavior analysis 
C) client-centered therapy 
D) existential therapy

Question 2

Which of the following would be a behavior that would help if you were providing support and comfort to a friend in distress?

Accepted Answer

A) helping the friend to place blame on the persons who upset him or her 
B) using open-ended questions and supportive statements 
C) probing painful topics to produce catharsis 
D) showing impatience to encourage your friend to stop feeling "sorry" for himself or herself 
A) helping the friend to place blame on the persons who upset him or her 
B) using open-ended questions and supportive statements 
C) probing painful topics to produce catharsis 
D) showing impatience to encourage your friend to stop feeling "sorry" for himself or herself

Question 3

Patti throws a temper tantrum in order to gain her mother's attention. However, her mother does not pay any attention and leaves the room. Patti stops her tantrum and follows her mother into the next room. To eliminate Patti's tantrums, her mother has used

Accepted Answer

A) reciprocal inhibition. 
B) shaping. 
C) aversive conditioning. 
D) time out. 
A) reciprocal inhibition. 
B) shaping. 
C) aversive conditioning. 
D) time out.

Question 4

Aversion therapy for the control of alcoholism has made use of

Accepted Answer

A) response-contingent shocks. 
B) a hierarchy of fear stimuli. 
C) tokens and other symbolic rewards. 
D) reciprocal deinhibition. 
A) response-contingent shocks. 
B) a hierarchy of fear stimuli. 
C) tokens and other symbolic rewards. 
D) reciprocal deinhibition.

Question 5

Regarding electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A) In ECT, a 150-volt electrical current is passed through the brain for a half second, triggering a convulsion and causing the patient to lose consciousness for a short time. 
B) Most of the ECT patients feel that the treatment did not help and would not be willing to undergo this treatment again. 
C) ECT treatments are given in a series of sessions spread over several weeks or months. 
D) In ECT, the patient is given muscle relaxants and\or sedative drugs to lessen the impact of the seizure. 
A) In ECT, a 150-volt electrical current is passed through the brain for a half second, triggering a convulsion and causing the patient to lose consciousness for a short time. 
B) Most of the ECT patients feel that the treatment did not help and would not be willing to undergo this treatment again. 
C) ECT treatments are given in a series of sessions spread over several weeks or months. 
D) In ECT, the patient is given muscle relaxants and\or sedative drugs to lessen the impact of the seizure.

Question 6

The purpose of free association is to

Accepted Answer

A) create a psychologically safe environment for the client. 
B) reflect the client's thoughts and feelings so the client can see them more clearly. 
C) lower defenses so that unconscious thoughts and feelings will emerge. 
D) challenge irrational beliefs of the patient so that constructive changes can be made. 
A) create a psychologically safe environment for the client. 
B) reflect the client's thoughts and feelings so the client can see them more clearly. 
C) lower defenses so that unconscious thoughts and feelings will emerge. 
D) challenge irrational beliefs of the patient so that constructive changes can be made.

Question 7

Discuss deinstitutionalization, including what it was meant to accomplish, the problems that have resulted for the mentally ill, and two workable alternatives.

Accepted Answer

Answer will include that long-term "inst

Question 8

In order to determine whether therapy is effective, we could randomly assign a group of clients into an experimental group and a(n)__________ group.

Accepted Answer

A) waiting-list control 
B) spontaneous remission control 
C) therapy placebo effect 
D) preprofessional treatment 
A) waiting-list control 
B) spontaneous remission control 
C) therapy placebo effect 
D) preprofessional treatment

Question 9

Isabelle acts as if her therapist is an important person from her past. By doing this, Isabelle will be able to re-experience her repressed emotions with her therapist helping her to recognize and understand these emotions. Freud called this process

Accepted Answer

A) therapeutic attachment. 
B) reciprocal inhibition. 
C) systematic desensitization. 
D) transference. 
A) therapeutic attachment. 
B) reciprocal inhibition. 
C) systematic desensitization. 
D) transference.

Question 10

Traditional psychoanalysis, humanistic therapies, and cognitive therapies would all be considered

Accepted Answer

A) talk-oriented approaches. 
B) insight therapies. 
C) action therapies. 
D) nondirective approaches. 
A) talk-oriented approaches. 
B) insight therapies. 
C) action therapies. 
D) nondirective approaches.

Question 11

Goals of psychotherapy include

Accepted Answer

A) mending interpersonal relations. 
B) improving one's sense of self. 
C) restoring a sense of hope and optimism to clients. 
D) all of these. 
A) mending interpersonal relations. 
B) improving one's sense of self. 
C) restoring a sense of hope and optimism to clients. 
D) all of these.

Question 12

Gaining understanding is to making direct changes as

Accepted Answer

A) directive therapy is to nondirective therapy. 
B) action therapy is to insight therapy. 
C) nondirective therapy is to directive therapy. 
D) insight therapy is to action therapy. 
A) directive therapy is to nondirective therapy. 
B) action therapy is to insight therapy. 
C) nondirective therapy is to directive therapy. 
D) insight therapy is to action therapy.

Question 13

If your friend is talking to you about a problem and seems to be at a loss for words, you should give feedback by restating or paraphrasing your friend's last sentence.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

When counseling a friend, it important not to give unsolicited advice because giving advice often leads to the "Why don't you . . . ? Yes, but . . ." game, according to which psychotherapist?

Accepted Answer

A) Aaron Beck 
B) Eric Berne 
C) Fritz Perls 
D) Carl Rogers 
A) Aaron Beck 
B) Eric Berne 
C) Fritz Perls 
D) Carl Rogers

Question 15

The aim of psychotherapy is to

Accepted Answer

A) undo a person's past so that these events will cease to cause emotional harm to the person. 
B) bring about positive changes in personality, behavior, or personal adjustment. 
C) treat mental disorders using psychiatric drugs and other physical approaches. 
D) help a person to develop ego defenses that can be used to resolve emotional conflicts. 
A) undo a person's past so that these events will cease to cause emotional harm to the person. 
B) bring about positive changes in personality, behavior, or personal adjustment. 
C) treat mental disorders using psychiatric drugs and other physical approaches. 
D) help a person to develop ego defenses that can be used to resolve emotional conflicts.

Question 16

Any surgical alteration of the brain designed to bring about desirable behavioral or emotional changes is referred to as

Accepted Answer

A) somatic surgery. 
B) psychosurgery. 
C) deep ECT. 
D) psychic surgery. 
A) somatic surgery. 
B) psychosurgery. 
C) deep ECT. 
D) psychic surgery.

Question 17

Regarding mass media psychologists and distance therapy, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A) Regardless of whether therapy is done face-to-face or by distance therapy, the key feature of any successful therapy is the establishment of an effective relationship between therapist and client. 
B) Most mass media psychologists view their work as being as therapeutic as individual counseling sessions. 
C) Most distance therapy is conducted one-on-one via the telephone and the Internet. 
D) Mass media psychologists must entertain as well as educate. 
A) Regardless of whether therapy is done face-to-face or by distance therapy, the key feature of any successful therapy is the establishment of an effective relationship between therapist and client. 
B) Most mass media psychologists view their work as being as therapeutic as individual counseling sessions. 
C) Most distance therapy is conducted one-on-one via the telephone and the Internet. 
D) Mass media psychologists must entertain as well as educate.

Question 18

When a person blows a single unpleasant event out of proportion by extending it to a large number of unrelated situations, the person is exhibiting

Accepted Answer

A) selective perception. 
B) all-or-nothing thinking. 
C) personification. 
D) overgeneralization. 
A) selective perception. 
B) all-or-nothing thinking. 
C) personification. 
D) overgeneralization.

Question 19

According to behavior therapists, phobias are considered

Accepted Answer

A) neuroses. 
B) elements of transference. 
C) conditioned emotional responses. 
D) reciprocal inhibitions. 
A) neuroses. 
B) elements of transference. 
C) conditioned emotional responses. 
D) reciprocal inhibitions.

Question 20

Which group is organized by concerned citizens in many cities and keeps listings of qualified therapists and other services and programs in the community?

Accepted Answer

A) mental health associations 
B) community encounter groups 
C) paraprofessional organizations 
D) halfway houses 
A) mental health associations 
B) community encounter groups 
C) paraprofessional organizations 
D) halfway houses

Psychologists using which type of therapy assume that if people have learned responses that cause problems, they can relearn more appropriate responses?

Which of the following would be a behavior that would help if you were providing support and comfort to a friend in distress?

Patti throws a temper tantrum in order to gain her mother's attention. However, her mother does not pay any attention and leaves the room. Patti stops her tantrum and follows her mother into the next room. To eliminate Patti's tantrums, her mother has used

Aversion therapy for the control of alcoholism has made use of

Regarding electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), which of the following statements is FALSE?

The purpose of free association is to

Discuss deinstitutionalization, including what it was meant to accomplish, the problems that have resulted for the mentally ill, and two workable alternatives.

In order to determine whether therapy is effective, we could randomly assign a group of clients into an experimental group and a(n)__________ group.

Isabelle acts as if her therapist is an important person from her past. By doing this, Isabelle will be able to re-experience her repressed emotions with her therapist helping her to recognize and understand these emotions. Freud called this process

Traditional psychoanalysis, humanistic therapies, and cognitive therapies would all be considered

Goals of psychotherapy include

Gaining understanding is to making direct changes as

If your friend is talking to you about a problem and seems to be at a loss for words, you should give feedback by restating or paraphrasing your friend's last sentence.

When counseling a friend, it important not to give unsolicited advice because giving advice often leads to the "Why don't you . . . ? Yes, but . . ." game, according to which psychotherapist?

The aim of psychotherapy is to

Any surgical alteration of the brain designed to bring about desirable behavioral or emotional changes is referred to as

Regarding mass media psychologists and distance therapy, which of the following statements is FALSE?

When a person blows a single unpleasant event out of proportion by extending it to a large number of unrelated situations, the person is exhibiting

According to behavior therapists, phobias are considered

Which group is organized by concerned citizens in many cities and keeps listings of qualified therapists and other services and programs in the community?

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Exam 15: Therapies

Psychologists using which type of therapy assume that if people have learned responses that cause problems, they can relearn more appropriate responses?

Which of the following would be a behavior that would help if you were providing support and comfort to a friend in distress?

Patti throws a temper tantrum in order to gain her mother's attention. However, her mother does not pay any attention and leaves the room. Patti stops her tantrum and follows her mother into the next room. To eliminate Patti's tantrums, her mother has used

Aversion therapy for the control of alcoholism has made use of

Regarding electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), which of the following statements is FALSE?

The purpose of free association is to

Discuss deinstitutionalization, including what it was meant to accomplish, the problems that have resulted for the mentally ill, and two workable alternatives.

In order to determine whether therapy is effective, we could randomly assign a group of clients into an experimental group and a(n)__________ group.

Isabelle acts as if her therapist is an important person from her past. By doing this, Isabelle will be able to re-experience her repressed emotions with her therapist helping her to recognize and understand these emotions. Freud called this process

Traditional psychoanalysis, humanistic therapies, and cognitive therapies would all be considered

Goals of psychotherapy include

Gaining understanding is to making direct changes as

If your friend is talking to you about a problem and seems to be at a loss for words, you should give feedback by restating or paraphrasing your friend's last sentence.

When counseling a friend, it important not to give unsolicited advice because giving advice often leads to the "Why don't you . . . ? Yes, but . . ." game, according to which psychotherapist?

The aim of psychotherapy is to

Any surgical alteration of the brain designed to bring about desirable behavioral or emotional changes is referred to as

Regarding mass media psychologists and distance therapy, which of the following statements is FALSE?

When a person blows a single unpleasant event out of proportion by extending it to a large number of unrelated situations, the person is exhibiting

According to behavior therapists, phobias are considered

Which group is organized by concerned citizens in many cities and keeps listings of qualified therapists and other services and programs in the community?

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

Maximizing Learning through Reflective Processing and Active Thinking

Applied Psychology

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