Question 1

Freud called which of the following the "royal road to the unconscious" because forbidden desires and unconscious feelings were freely expressed?

Accepted Answer

A)  transference 
B)  resistance 
C)  dreams 
D)  free association 
A)  transference 
B)  resistance 
C)  dreams 
D)  free association

Question 2

Janine has always felt that she must be successful in every aspect of her life in order to be considered a worthwhile person.Her therapist is helping her confront this irrational belief.The therapy being utilized is most likely __________ therapy.

Accepted Answer

A)  person-centered 
B)  rational-emotive behavior 
C)  psychodynamic 
D)  existential 
A)  person-centered 
B)  rational-emotive behavior 
C)  psychodynamic 
D)  existential

Question 3

Regarding Carl Rogers' type of therapy,which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Rogers' therapy is considered a directive, action-oriented type of therapy. 
B)  Rogers found it more beneficial to explore conscious thoughts and feelings. 
C)  Rogers preferred using the term "client" to "patient" because "patient" implies that a person is "sick" and needs to be "cured." 
D)  Rogers believed that the therapist's job was to create a safe "atmosphere of growth" by providing opportunities for change. 
A)  Rogers' therapy is considered a directive, action-oriented type of therapy. 
B)  Rogers found it more beneficial to explore conscious thoughts and feelings. 
C)  Rogers preferred using the term "client" to "patient" because "patient" implies that a person is "sick" and needs to be "cured." 
D)  Rogers believed that the therapist's job was to create a safe "atmosphere of growth" by providing opportunities for change.

Question 4

A young man dreams of pulling a pistol from his waistband and aiming at a target,while his wife watches.The pistol repeatedly fails to discharge,and the man's wife laughs at him.According to Freud,these aspects of the dream that the patient tells the therapist constitute which type of dream content?

Accepted Answer

A)  transference 
B)  lucid 
C)  manifest 
D)  latent 
A)  transference 
B)  lucid 
C)  manifest 
D)  latent

Question 5

Which of the following therapies emphasizes that people must make the courageous choices to become the persons they want to be?

Accepted Answer

A)  existential therapy 
B)  behavioral therapy 
C)  somatic therapy 
D)  psychoanalysis 
A)  existential therapy 
B)  behavioral therapy 
C)  somatic therapy 
D)  psychoanalysis

Question 6

Gestalt therapists would encourage people to

Accepted Answer

A)  know and follow what they should do or ought to do. 
B)  intellectualize and talk about feelings. 
C)  acknowledge pleasant emotions but try to suppress unpleasantness and pain. 
D)  express rather than explain, justify, or judge. 
A)  know and follow what they should do or ought to do. 
B)  intellectualize and talk about feelings. 
C)  acknowledge pleasant emotions but try to suppress unpleasantness and pain. 
D)  express rather than explain, justify, or judge.

Question 7

A key aspect of existential therapy involves the therapist challenging clients to examine their values and choices and to take responsibility for the quality of their existence.This aspect is called

Accepted Answer

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

Question 8

Free association,dream analysis,analysis of resistance,and analysis of transference are aspects of which psychotherapy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Gestalt psychotherapy 
B)  psychoanalysis 
C)  existential therapy 
D)  rational-emotive behavioral therapy 
A)  Gestalt psychotherapy 
B)  psychoanalysis 
C)  existential therapy 
D)  rational-emotive behavioral therapy

Question 9

Cognitive therapists help people to change maladaptive thinking patterns by doing all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  teaching people to recognize and keep track of their own thoughts. 
B)  having people list all of their activities for a week, so they will see that they both good and bad experiences. 
C)  teaching people to alter their thoughts to improve mood and behaviors. 
D)  discovering what past experiences led to the development of maladaptive thought patterns. 
A)  teaching people to recognize and keep track of their own thoughts. 
B)  having people list all of their activities for a week, so they will see that they both good and bad experiences. 
C)  teaching people to alter their thoughts to improve mood and behaviors. 
D)  discovering what past experiences led to the development of maladaptive thought patterns.

Question 10

Amy is having a small party in her apartment.Her next door neighbor asks her if she could turn down the music because she has to get up and work tomorrow.Amy tells her friends that "the old woman next door is such a pain that I'm going to turn the music up even louder." According to REBT,Amy

Accepted Answer

A)  has a central trait of vindictiveness. 
B)  has an unrealistic belief that her next door neighbor is thoroughly bad and should be punished. 
C)  is exhibiting an oral aggressive personality due to "being spoiled" as a child. 
D)  is exhibiting a transference of feelings from her overcontrolling mother to her next door neighbor. 
A)  has a central trait of vindictiveness. 
B)  has an unrealistic belief that her next door neighbor is thoroughly bad and should be punished. 
C)  is exhibiting an oral aggressive personality due to "being spoiled" as a child. 
D)  is exhibiting a transference of feelings from her overcontrolling mother to her next door neighbor.

Question 11

Regarding exorcism,which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Exorcism was a religious ritual. 
B)  Exorcism was used to "cast out" evil spirits. 
C)  Exorcism often involved some type of physical torture. 
D)  Exorcism is similar to the procedure called ergotism. 
A)  Exorcism was a religious ritual. 
B)  Exorcism was used to "cast out" evil spirits. 
C)  Exorcism often involved some type of physical torture. 
D)  Exorcism is similar to the procedure called ergotism.

Question 12

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 13

Gestalt therapy differs from both existential and client-centered therapy because Gestalt therapy

Accepted Answer

A)  is the most directive and the least insight-oriented. 
B)  is the least directive and the most insight-oriented. 
C)  places greater emphasis on past experiences. 
D)  places more emphasis on unconscious motives. 
A)  is the most directive and the least insight-oriented. 
B)  is the least directive and the most insight-oriented. 
C)  places greater emphasis on past experiences. 
D)  places more emphasis on unconscious motives.

Question 14

Connie has signed up to participate in a divorce recovery group that will also include eight sessions of individual therapy.This individual therapy would best be described as __________ therapy.

Accepted Answer

A)  time-limited 
B)  insight 
C)  action 
D)  non-directive 
A)  time-limited 
B)  insight 
C)  action 
D)  non-directive

Question 15

Regarding Gestalt therapy,which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Gestalt therapists believe that the best way to change is to become who you really are. 
B)  Gestalt therapists have their clients exaggerate vague feelings until they become clear. 
C)  Gestalt therapists urge their clients to intellectualize and talk about their past experiences. 
D)  Gestalt therapists are more directive than client-centered or existential therapists. 
A)  Gestalt therapists believe that the best way to change is to become who you really are. 
B)  Gestalt therapists have their clients exaggerate vague feelings until they become clear. 
C)  Gestalt therapists urge their clients to intellectualize and talk about their past experiences. 
D)  Gestalt therapists are more directive than client-centered or existential therapists.

Question 16

Humanistic and cognitive psychologists tend to differ in which of the following ways?

Accepted Answer

A)  Humanistic psychologists seek to foster insight, while cognitive psychologists try to directly change how people think. 
B)  Humanistic psychologists are usually more directive and action-oriented than the cognitive psychologists. 
C)  Humanistic psychologists do not treat people in groups, while most cognitive therapy is conducted in groups rather than individually. 
D)  All of these are ways that the two therapies differ. 
A)  Humanistic psychologists seek to foster insight, while cognitive psychologists try to directly change how people think. 
B)  Humanistic psychologists are usually more directive and action-oriented than the cognitive psychologists. 
C)  Humanistic psychologists do not treat people in groups, while most cognitive therapy is conducted in groups rather than individually. 
D)  All of these are ways that the two therapies differ.

Question 17

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 18

Which of the following was a primitive procedure that was used to "release evil spirits" and consisted of boring,chipping,or bashing holes in the patients' heads?

Accepted Answer

A)  ergotism 
B)  trepanning 
C)  ECT 
D)  REBT 
A)  ergotism 
B)  trepanning 
C)  ECT 
D)  REBT

Question 19

Regarding client-centered therapy,which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  The client is encouraged to actively seek to solve his or her own problems. 
B)  The client determines what will be discussed during each session. 
C)  The therapist uses a directive approach to delve into the client's unconscious conflicts. 
D)  The therapist's job is to create an "atmosphere of growth" and not to "fix" the client. 
A)  The client is encouraged to actively seek to solve his or her own problems. 
B)  The client determines what will be discussed during each session. 
C)  The therapist uses a directive approach to delve into the client's unconscious conflicts. 
D)  The therapist's job is to create an "atmosphere of growth" and not to "fix" the client.

Question 20

The disappearance of symptoms of a disorder,such as hyperactivity or anxiety,due to the mere passage of time is called

Accepted Answer

A)  spontaneous remission. 
B)  catharsis. 
C)  active remediation. 
D)  reverse psychology. 
A)  spontaneous remission. 
B)  catharsis. 
C)  active remediation. 
D)  reverse psychology.

Exam 15: A: Therapies

Freud called which of the following the "royal road to the unconscious" because forbidden desires and unconscious feelings were freely expressed?

Janine has always felt that she must be successful in every aspect of her life in order to be considered a worthwhile person.Her therapist is helping her confront this irrational belief.The therapy being utilized is most likely __________ therapy.

Regarding Carl Rogers' type of therapy,which of the following statements is FALSE?

Which of the following therapies emphasizes that people must make the courageous choices to become the persons they want to be?

Gestalt therapists would encourage people to

A key aspect of existential therapy involves the therapist challenging clients to examine their values and choices and to take responsibility for the quality of their existence.This aspect is called

Free association,dream analysis,analysis of resistance,and analysis of transference are aspects of which psychotherapy?

Cognitive therapists help people to change maladaptive thinking patterns by doing all of the following EXCEPT

Amy is having a small party in her apartment.Her next door neighbor asks her if she could turn down the music because she has to get up and work tomorrow.Amy tells her friends that "the old woman next door is such a pain that I'm going to turn the music up even louder." According to REBT,Amy

Regarding exorcism,which of the following statements is FALSE?

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

Gestalt therapy differs from both existential and client-centered therapy because Gestalt therapy

Connie has signed up to participate in a divorce recovery group that will also include eight sessions of individual therapy.This individual therapy would best be described as __________ therapy.

Regarding Gestalt therapy,which of the following statements is FALSE?

Humanistic and cognitive psychologists tend to differ in which of the following ways?

Therapists seek to restore or promote

Which of the following was a primitive procedure that was used to "release evil spirits" and consisted of boring,chipping,or bashing holes in the patients' heads?

Regarding client-centered therapy,which of the following statements is FALSE?

The disappearance of symptoms of a disorder,such as hyperactivity or anxiety,due to the mere passage of time is called

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