Exam 15: D: Therapies

Systematic desensitization is based on the operant conditioning principles of stimulus control and nonreinforcement.

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

In order to help Andy see how his words and gestures appear aggressive to others,the therapist in Andy's psychodrama group has Andy join the audience and two other members of the group play Andy and the person he is talking with.This technique is known as the __________ technique.

If ignoring children's temper tantrums causes them to cease,a psychologist would call this effect negative reinforcement.

Many former mental patients who were deinstitutionalized have become homeless or are repeatedly jailed for minor crimes.

Denny,a 17-year-old college student,is playing online poker and believes that his losses must be followed by wins,so he doubles his bet because of this cognitive distortion known as the gambler's fallacy.

A primitive procedure that was used to "release evil spirits" and consisted of boring,chipping,or bashing holes in the patients' heads was called __________.

In a national survey,nearly nine out of ten people who have sought mental health care say their lives improved as a result of the treatment.

Roger Vogler and his associates have found response-contingent shocks to be effective in helping alcoholics to stop drinking by linking the use of alcohol with immediate discomfort.

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)has been shown to be effective for paranoid psychosis and schizophrenia,when these disorders do not respond to any other treatments.