Exam 14: Treatment

Because of the effect of ____________________________, when people acquire a disorder such as depression or anxiety, it is likely that those with the most severe symptoms will show the most improvement following treatment.

These therapists may adhere generally to one established style of therapy, but freely utilize other therapeutic styles, including their own original techniques.

All of the following are factual paradoxical statements about the effectiveness of different psychotherapies, EXCEPT:

The systematic exclusion of certain types of results from publication in favor of other types of results is called

In order to identify self-defeating thoughts and help the patient become aware of them, cognitive-behavior therapists often ask clients to

Most modern psychotherapists employ Albert Ellis's rational-emotive behavior therapy.

All of the following are reasons why a therapist might recommend group therapy rather than individual therapy to a client, EXCEPT:

Self-help groups maintained via the Internet are generally less effective than groups that meet in person.

In a national survey, Pope and Tabachnick (1994) found that this percentage of practicing psychotherapists were also patients of other therapists.

This kind of therapy is usually a relatively brief program that blends CBT with meditation techniques based on Buddhist practices.

First-generation antipsychotics work primarily by restricting the availability of the neurotransmitter dopamine, either by blocking dopamine receptors entirely or by inhibiting the neurotransmitter's release.

In publicly funded studies of antidepressants, less than 50 percent of patients experienced an end to their depression after pharmacotherapy with antidepressants.

These drugs combinine selectivity for the neurotransmitter norepinephrine as well as for serotonin.

The goal of cognitive behavior therapy is insight, or accurate self-knowledge of unconscious motivations.

There are a variety of psychotherapies that can treat symptoms of depression and anxiety. Characterize two such therapeutic styles by identifying and describing how each style views psychopathology, and what techniques are employed to treat disorders.

This type of therapy is rooted in psychoanalytic theory, but therapy sessions are conducted much more like other modern therapies.

In cognitive therapy the client and the therapist forge a relationship in which

These theorists do not focus exclusively on sex and aggression as the basis for unconscious conflicts, and they place much more importance than Freud did on the quality of a person's actual relationships with important others.

When the type of group treated in group therapy is a dyad, the therapy is called

Which of the following kinds of psychologists require the most rigorous academic training?