Exam 15: Therapy

Dr.Carter believes that many fears and phobias represent associations that have formed through classical conditioning.Knowing this, you might expect that Dr.Carter's personal library contains a large number of books written by:

Dr.Yi believes that psychological problems are the result of anxieties caused by the personal choices people must make during their lifetimes and that a goal of therapy is to accept responsibility for those decisions.This approach represents:

Which of the following individuals was the first to suggest that psychological disorders could be treated in the same way as physical illnesses in the body?

Modern psychodynamic therapies differ from Freud's original psychoanalysis.One main difference is the fact that psychodynamic therapies place greater emphasis on:

Outline the central assumptions that underlie psychoanalysis.Explain how this method of therapy can help clients to achieve insight into their psychological problems.

Ryan is an alcoholic who has been unable to control his drinking.He has lost his job, and his wife divorced him.Finally, he entered therapy in an attempt to control his desire to drink.The behavioral therapist gave Ryan a drug called Antabuse and told him that it would make him nauseous if he drank alcohol.Ryan has only had two drinks since he entered therapy, and both times he became sick.Now he finds that the thought of drinking no longer has the pleasant associations that it once did.In this case, the therapist used:

Marshall has been going to a psychotherapist for the past five years.At each session, he begins by listing any dreams that he can remember since his last session, and then he uses free association to analyze the contents of his dreams.In this case, Marshall is most likely seeing a therapist trained in:

Psychologists use the term ____________________ to refer to circumstances when there is improvement in a psychological disorder without treatment.

Wynne has a psychological disorder, and her doctor has prescribed tricyclics to help reduce the severity of Wynne's symptoms.In this case, Wynne most likely has:

Whitney had been planning to see a psychotherapist to help her deal with her depression, but now she finds that her depression improved without the need for professional treatment.In this case, Whitney appears to have experienced:

Token economies are often used to help institutionalized patients develop the adaptive skills they will need to function well outside institutional settings.In these types of settings, therapists have found that token economies are:

Compare and contrast Freudian psychoanalysis and cognitive therapies.What are the similarities and differences between the two approaches in the assumptions they make and how therapy is performed?

Fernando tells his therapist, "My whole world is a mess and nobody cares for me or is concerned about what happens to me." His therapist knows that Fernando has many friends who are concerned about him, but she tells him: "I understand why you might feel that way right now, and it must be difficult for you to deal with your feelings of abandonment." In this interaction, Fernando's therapist is displaying the quality that Carl Rogers referred to as:

Antianxiety drugs are more generally known as:

Transference is a significant event in psychoanalysis because it means that the client's hidden memories and conflicts are close to the surface of consciousness.

When a therapist expresses his or her true feelings in an open and honest way, the therapist is displaying the quality of:

The most commonly prescribed antidepressants are benzodiazepines that alter the effectiveness of GABA within the brain.

Which general category of therapy places an emphasis on using the basic principles of learning to solve psychological problems?

Dan's therapist is never critical and is always accepting and respectful of him.His therapist is showing:

Clients who keep extensive records of their automatic thoughts and emotional reactions to events are engaged in the form of psychotherapy known as Gestalt Therapy.