Question 1

A mental hospital pays patients for good behaviour with tokens that can later be used for privileges like watching television. The therapy technique being used is

Accepted Answer

A)  aversive conditioning. 
B)  systematic desensitization. 
C)  a token economy 
D)  assertive training. 
A)  aversive conditioning. 
B)  systematic desensitization. 
C)  a token economy 
D)  assertive training.

Question 2

Which approach to therapy is usually best for ridding people of phobias and bad habits?

Accepted Answer

A)  Person-centred therapy 
B)  Biological therapy 
C)  Psychoanalysis 
D)  Behaviour therapy 
A)  Person-centred therapy 
B)  Biological therapy 
C)  Psychoanalysis 
D)  Behaviour therapy

Question 3

What type of therapy places the primary emphasis on helping clients get in touch with their current feelings?

Accepted Answer

A)  Behaviour therapy 
B)  Rational-emotive therapy 
C)  Gestalt therapy 
D)  Existential therapy 
A)  Behaviour therapy 
B)  Rational-emotive therapy 
C)  Gestalt therapy 
D)  Existential therapy

Question 4

A clinical psychologist holds a Ph.D. degree and uses psychotherapy to treat psychological disorders while a psychiatrist holds an M.D. degree and may also prescribe drug treatments for psychological disorders.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

All of the following are goals of Gestalt therapy, except

Accepted Answer

A)  helping clients become more authentic and self-accepting. 
B)  helping clients uncover repressed memories and impulses 
C)  helping clients assume personal responsibility for their lives. 
D)  helping clients achieve a moretegrated self. 
A)  helping clients become more authentic and self-accepting. 
B)  helping clients uncover repressed memories and impulses 
C)  helping clients assume personal responsibility for their lives. 
D)  helping clients achieve a moretegrated self.

Question 6

Which of the following is not a key ingredient of the form of psychotherapy advocated by Carl Rogers?

Accepted Answer

A)  Achieving fusion between therapist and client 
B)  A high level of empathy with the client 
C)  Unconditional acceptance of the client 
D)  Exhibiting genuineterest, and concern for, the client 
A)  Achieving fusion between therapist and client 
B)  A high level of empathy with the client 
C)  Unconditional acceptance of the client 
D)  Exhibiting genuineterest, and concern for, the client

Question 7

What in non-directive therapy?

Accepted Answer

An approach in which the therapist acts

Question 8

Compare and contrast the following types of mental health professionals: clinical and counselling psychologists, psychiatrists, psychoanalysts, and psychiatric social workers.

Accepted Answer

Good answers should compare th

Question 9

Beck's cognitive therapy has proved very successful in the treatment of

Accepted Answer

A)  panic disorders 
B)  schizophrenia. 
C)  fear and phobia. 
D)  depression and mania. 
A)  panic disorders 
B)  schizophrenia. 
C)  fear and phobia. 
D)  depression and mania.

Question 10

Antidepressants are prescribed for depression and anxiety disorders.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Psychoanalysis is a therapy based on the assumption that psychological disorders

Accepted Answer

A)  are caused by imbalances neurotransmitter substances. 
B)  occur when the patient feels that life is no longer meaningful. 
C)  are learned, and therapy should teach correct behaviour. 
D)  are the result of unresolved, unconscious conflicts 
A)  are caused by imbalances neurotransmitter substances. 
B)  occur when the patient feels that life is no longer meaningful. 
C)  are learned, and therapy should teach correct behaviour. 
D)  are the result of unresolved, unconscious conflicts

Question 12

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is based, in large part, on information-processing theory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

All of the following have been shown to be effective in treating depression except

Accepted Answer

A)  stimulus satiation 
B)  antidepressants. 
C)  cognitive therapy.
Dterpersonal therapy. 
A)  stimulus satiation 
B)  antidepressants. 
C)  cognitive therapy.
Dterpersonal therapy.

Question 14

Which of the following is not a side effect of tricyclic antidepressants?

Accepted Answer

A)  Dry mouth 
B)  Weight loss 
C)  Forgetfulness 
D)  Sedation 
A)  Dry mouth 
B)  Weight loss 
C)  Forgetfulness 
D)  Sedation

Question 15

Challenging a patient's irrational beliefs and unrealistic expectations is the task of

Accepted Answer

A)  a behavioural therapist. 
B)  a Gestalt therapist. 
C)  a rational-emotive therapist 
D)  a client-centred therapist. 
A)  a behavioural therapist. 
B)  a Gestalt therapist. 
C)  a rational-emotive therapist 
D)  a client-centred therapist.

Question 16

Who first developed the treatment approach known as psychoanalysis?

Accepted Answer

A)  Carl Jung 
B)  B.F. Skinner 
C)  Sigmund Freud 
D)  Carl Rogers 
A)  Carl Jung 
B)  B.F. Skinner 
C)  Sigmund Freud 
D)  Carl Rogers

Question 17

Rational-emotive therapy is designed to challenge clients' irrational beliefs about themselves and others, so that they may be replaced with more rational beliefs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Discuss the use and present status of electroconvulsive therapy.

Accepted Answer

Students should know that ECT is commonl

Question 19

Freud considered dreams the "royal road to the unconscious" because they could reveal hidden and repressed thoughts and emotions, through analysis.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

With regard to the relative effectiveness of various types of psychotherapy, research has generally determined that

Accepted Answer

A)  person-centred therapy is the most effective form of therapy. 
B)  systematic desensitization is the most effective form of therapy. 
C)  various forms seem to yield nearly equal benefits 
D)  psychoanalysis is the most effect form of therapy. 
A)  person-centred therapy is the most effective form of therapy. 
B)  systematic desensitization is the most effective form of therapy. 
C)  various forms seem to yield nearly equal benefits 
D)  psychoanalysis is the most effect form of therapy.

A mental hospital pays patients for good behaviour with tokens that can later be used for privileges like watching television. The therapy technique being used is

Which approach to therapy is usually best for ridding people of phobias and bad habits?

What type of therapy places the primary emphasis on helping clients get in touch with their current feelings?

A clinical psychologist holds a Ph.D. degree and uses psychotherapy to treat psychological disorders while a psychiatrist holds an M.D. degree and may also prescribe drug treatments for psychological disorders.

All of the following are goals of Gestalt therapy, except

Which of the following is not a key ingredient of the form of psychotherapy advocated by Carl Rogers?

What in non-directive therapy?

Compare and contrast the following types of mental health professionals: clinical and counselling psychologists, psychiatrists, psychoanalysts, and psychiatric social workers.

Beck's cognitive therapy has proved very successful in the treatment of

Antidepressants are prescribed for depression and anxiety disorders.

Psychoanalysis is a therapy based on the assumption that psychological disorders

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is based, in large part, on information-processing theory.

All of the following have been shown to be effective in treating depression except

Which of the following is not a side effect of tricyclic antidepressants?

Challenging a patient's irrational beliefs and unrealistic expectations is the task of

Who first developed the treatment approach known as psychoanalysis?

Rational-emotive therapy is designed to challenge clients' irrational beliefs about themselves and others, so that they may be replaced with more rational beliefs.

Discuss the use and present status of electroconvulsive therapy.

Freud considered dreams the "royal road to the unconscious" because they could reveal hidden and repressed thoughts and emotions, through analysis.

With regard to the relative effectiveness of various types of psychotherapy, research has generally determined that

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A mental hospital pays patients for good behaviour with tokens that can later be used for privileges like watching television. The therapy technique being used is

Which approach to therapy is usually best for ridding people of phobias and bad habits?

What type of therapy places the primary emphasis on helping clients get in touch with their current feelings?

A clinical psychologist holds a Ph.D. degree and uses psychotherapy to treat psychological disorders while a psychiatrist holds an M.D. degree and may also prescribe drug treatments for psychological disorders.

All of the following are goals of Gestalt therapy, except

Which of the following is not a key ingredient of the form of psychotherapy advocated by Carl Rogers?

What in non-directive therapy?

Compare and contrast the following types of mental health professionals: clinical and counselling psychologists, psychiatrists, psychoanalysts, and psychiatric social workers.

Beck's cognitive therapy has proved very successful in the treatment of

Antidepressants are prescribed for depression and anxiety disorders.

Psychoanalysis is a therapy based on the assumption that psychological disorders

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is based, in large part, on information-processing theory.

All of the following have been shown to be effective in treating depression except

Which of the following is not a side effect of tricyclic antidepressants?

Challenging a patient's irrational beliefs and unrealistic expectations is the task of

Who first developed the treatment approach known as psychoanalysis?

Rational-emotive therapy is designed to challenge clients' irrational beliefs about themselves and others, so that they may be replaced with more rational beliefs.

Discuss the use and present status of electroconvulsive therapy.

Freud considered dreams the "royal road to the unconscious" because they could reveal hidden and repressed thoughts and emotions, through analysis.

With regard to the relative effectiveness of various types of psychotherapy, research has generally determined that

Introduction to Psychology

Biology and Behaviour

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