Question 1

Therapy conducted over the telephone or the Internet would be referred to as __________ therapy.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Therapy conducted over the telephone or the...

Question 2

An important part of which technique used in existential therapy involves an intense here-and-now encounter between the client and therapist, which often brings about an emotional rebirth in which the client discovers the things that are really important in his or her life?

Accepted Answer

A) transference 
B) resistance 
C) reflection 
D) confrontation 
A) transference 
B) resistance 
C) reflection 
D) confrontation

Question 3

The most effective token economies are those that gradually switch from tokens to

Accepted Answer

A) time out. 
B) social rewards. 
C) money. 
D) nonrewards. 
A) time out. 
B) social rewards. 
C) money. 
D) nonrewards.

Question 4

According to rational-emotive behavior therapist, the statement that "I must be loved and approved by almost every significant person in my life or it's awful and I'm worthless" would be an example of a(n)__________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of According to rational-emotive behavior therapist, the statement...

Question 5

EMDR is a behavioral therapy that involves having clients visualize upsetting images, while watching a pencil being moved side-to-side before their eyes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which of the following is a technique in which all family members participate, both individually and as a group, to change destructive relationships and communication patterns?

Accepted Answer

A) psychodrama 
B) family therapy 
C) sensitivity group 
D) encounter group 
A) psychodrama 
B) family therapy 
C) sensitivity group 
D) encounter group

Question 7

Which of the following made a major contribution to modern therapies by highlighting the importance of unconscious conflicts?

Accepted Answer

A) psychoanalysis 
B) existential therapy 
C) logotherapy 
D) Gestalt therapy 
A) psychoanalysis 
B) existential therapy 
C) logotherapy 
D) Gestalt therapy

Question 8

Regarding the talk-oriented approaches, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A) Humanistic therapies help clients gain deeper insight into their thoughts, emotions, and behavior. 
B) Cognitive therapies tend to be less concerned with insight than with helping people change harmful thinking patterns. 
C) Humanistic therapists are more optimistic than psychoanalysts and believe that humans have a natural urge to seek health and self-growth. 
D) Humanistic therapies and traditional psychoanalysis are considered to be action therapies, while cognitive therapies are nondirective therapies. 
A) Humanistic therapies help clients gain deeper insight into their thoughts, emotions, and behavior. 
B) Cognitive therapies tend to be less concerned with insight than with helping people change harmful thinking patterns. 
C) Humanistic therapists are more optimistic than psychoanalysts and believe that humans have a natural urge to seek health and self-growth. 
D) Humanistic therapies and traditional psychoanalysis are considered to be action therapies, while cognitive therapies are nondirective therapies.

Question 9

In practice, community mental health centers have concentrated much more on providing clinical services than they have on preventing problems.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Humanistic therapies generally emphasize

Accepted Answer

A) making full use of one's potential. 
B) an in-depth analysis of unconscious forces within the personality. 
C) alteration of long-established habits. 
D) the value of spontaneous remissions. 
A) making full use of one's potential. 
B) an in-depth analysis of unconscious forces within the personality. 
C) alteration of long-established habits. 
D) the value of spontaneous remissions.

Question 11

According to Freud, repressed memories, motives, and conflicts remain active in the personality and cause some people to develop rigid ego defenses and compulsive, self-defeating behavior.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

After his divorce, Brett had been mildly depressed and decided to attend a divorce recovery group meeting after talking to a friend who highly recommended group therapy. After attending one session, Brett says that he is feeling much better and that the group really helped him. One explanation for Brett's quick recovery could be his belief that going to the group could alleviate his depression. If this is the case, then Brett experienced a

Accepted Answer

A) therapy placebo effect. 
B) spontaneous symptom remission. 
C) therapy confirmation bias. 
D) therapeutic alliance effect. 
A) therapy placebo effect. 
B) spontaneous symptom remission. 
C) therapy confirmation bias. 
D) therapeutic alliance effect.

Question 13

Regarding halfway houses, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A) Halfway houses offer supervision and support to people with mental illness without being as restrictive or medically-oriented as hospitals. 
B) Halfway houses can reduce a person's chances of being readmitted to a hospital. 
C) Halfway houses help patients with mental illness become more independent. 
D) Halfway houses are long-term group living facilities for patients with mental illness who need medical supervision. 
A) Halfway houses offer supervision and support to people with mental illness without being as restrictive or medically-oriented as hospitals. 
B) Halfway houses can reduce a person's chances of being readmitted to a hospital. 
C) Halfway houses help patients with mental illness become more independent. 
D) Halfway houses are long-term group living facilities for patients with mental illness who need medical supervision.

Question 14

By using which of the following could Alba learn to associate a negative emotional response with her undesirable habit of compulsive hair-pulling?

Accepted Answer

A) operant conditioning 
B) escape training 
C) aversion therapy 
D) conditioned helplessness 
A) operant conditioning 
B) escape training 
C) aversion therapy 
D) conditioned helplessness

Question 15

Ellis believes that most irrational beliefs come from three unrealistic core ideas. Which of the following is NOT one of these ideas?

Accepted Answer

A) Conditions must be the way I want them to be. 
B) I must perform well and be approved of by significant others. 
C) My problems are always caused by my own faults and mistakes. 
D) You must treat me fairly. 
A) Conditions must be the way I want them to be. 
B) I must perform well and be approved of by significant others. 
C) My problems are always caused by my own faults and mistakes. 
D) You must treat me fairly.

Question 16

Therapists seek to restore or promote

Accepted Answer

A) the capacity to forgive oneself for mistakes. 
B) adaptive coping skills. 
C) interpersonal communication skills. 
D) all of these. 
A) the capacity to forgive oneself for mistakes. 
B) adaptive coping skills. 
C) interpersonal communication skills. 
D) all of these.

Question 17

When gamblers believe that a string of losses must soon be followed by wins, they are exhibiting

Accepted Answer

A) an attribution error. 
B) selective memory. 
C) magnified gambling skill. 
D) the gambler's fallacy. 
A) an attribution error. 
B) selective memory. 
C) magnified gambling skill. 
D) the gambler's fallacy.

Question 18

Basic assumptions of behavior modification include which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) Gaining insight into one's problems brings relief from symptoms and ultimately changes one's behavior. 
B) Emotional disturbances are the result of past experiences that must be understood and resolved before personal growth can be achieved. 
C) Learned responses cause problems; therefore, behavior can be changed by relearning. 
D) Emotional disturbances are caused by a loss of meaning in one's life. 
A) Gaining insight into one's problems brings relief from symptoms and ultimately changes one's behavior. 
B) Emotional disturbances are the result of past experiences that must be understood and resolved before personal growth can be achieved. 
C) Learned responses cause problems; therefore, behavior can be changed by relearning. 
D) Emotional disturbances are caused by a loss of meaning in one's life.

Question 19

Modern analysis of "demonic possession" suggest that many victims were suffering from which of the following conditions?

Accepted Answer

A) epilepsy or Tourette's syndrome 
B) schizophrenia or depression 
C) dissociative disorders 
D) any one of these disorders 
A) epilepsy or Tourette's syndrome 
B) schizophrenia or depression 
C) dissociative disorders 
D) any one of these disorders

Question 20

You have had a great deal of anxiety sufficient to cause you significant discomfort and have been urged by friends to consider seeking professional psychological help. Perhaps you should consider

Accepted Answer

A) having yourself hospitalized to relieve your stress. 
B) seeking advice from friends on how to eliminate your anxiety. 
C) seeking professional psychological help. 
D) doing nothing, as you are likely to feel better in a few days due to a spontaneous remission. 
A) having yourself hospitalized to relieve your stress. 
B) seeking advice from friends on how to eliminate your anxiety. 
C) seeking professional psychological help. 
D) doing nothing, as you are likely to feel better in a few days due to a spontaneous remission.

Therapy conducted over the telephone or the Internet would be referred to as __________ therapy.

An important part of which technique used in existential therapy involves an intense here-and-now encounter between the client and therapist, which often brings about an emotional rebirth in which the client discovers the things that are really important in his or her life?

The most effective token economies are those that gradually switch from tokens to

According to rational-emotive behavior therapist, the statement that "I must be loved and approved by almost every significant person in my life or it's awful and I'm worthless" would be an example of a(n)__________.

EMDR is a behavioral therapy that involves having clients visualize upsetting images, while watching a pencil being moved side-to-side before their eyes.

Which of the following is a technique in which all family members participate, both individually and as a group, to change destructive relationships and communication patterns?

Which of the following made a major contribution to modern therapies by highlighting the importance of unconscious conflicts?

Regarding the talk-oriented approaches, which of the following statements is FALSE?

In practice, community mental health centers have concentrated much more on providing clinical services than they have on preventing problems.

Humanistic therapies generally emphasize

According to Freud, repressed memories, motives, and conflicts remain active in the personality and cause some people to develop rigid ego defenses and compulsive, self-defeating behavior.

Regarding halfway houses, which of the following statements is FALSE?

By using which of the following could Alba learn to associate a negative emotional response with her undesirable habit of compulsive hair-pulling?

Ellis believes that most irrational beliefs come from three unrealistic core ideas. Which of the following is NOT one of these ideas?

Therapists seek to restore or promote

When gamblers believe that a string of losses must soon be followed by wins, they are exhibiting

Basic assumptions of behavior modification include which of the following?

Modern analysis of "demonic possession" suggest that many victims were suffering from which of the following conditions?

You have had a great deal of anxiety sufficient to cause you significant discomfort and have been urged by friends to consider seeking professional psychological help. Perhaps you should consider

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Exam 15: Therapies

Therapy conducted over the telephone or the Internet would be referred to as __________ therapy.

An important part of which technique used in existential therapy involves an intense here-and-now encounter between the client and therapist, which often brings about an emotional rebirth in which the client discovers the things that are really important in his or her life?

The most effective token economies are those that gradually switch from tokens to

According to rational-emotive behavior therapist, the statement that "I must be loved and approved by almost every significant person in my life or it's awful and I'm worthless" would be an example of a(n)__________.

EMDR is a behavioral therapy that involves having clients visualize upsetting images, while watching a pencil being moved side-to-side before their eyes.

Which of the following is a technique in which all family members participate, both individually and as a group, to change destructive relationships and communication patterns?

Which of the following made a major contribution to modern therapies by highlighting the importance of unconscious conflicts?

Regarding the talk-oriented approaches, which of the following statements is FALSE?

In practice, community mental health centers have concentrated much more on providing clinical services than they have on preventing problems.

Humanistic therapies generally emphasize

According to Freud, repressed memories, motives, and conflicts remain active in the personality and cause some people to develop rigid ego defenses and compulsive, self-defeating behavior.

Regarding halfway houses, which of the following statements is FALSE?

By using which of the following could Alba learn to associate a negative emotional response with her undesirable habit of compulsive hair-pulling?

Ellis believes that most irrational beliefs come from three unrealistic core ideas. Which of the following is NOT one of these ideas?

Therapists seek to restore or promote

When gamblers believe that a string of losses must soon be followed by wins, they are exhibiting

Basic assumptions of behavior modification include which of the following?

Modern analysis of "demonic possession" suggest that many victims were suffering from which of the following conditions?

You have had a great deal of anxiety sufficient to cause you significant discomfort and have been urged by friends to consider seeking professional psychological help. Perhaps you should consider

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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