Exam 16: Treatment of Psychological Disorders

Even when a treatment is actually ineffective,people who expect to recover may actually experience a reduction in their symptoms due to the ____________________.

The different approaches to psychotherapy

Deep brain stimulation

The goal of cognitive therapy is to change the client's negative thoughts and maladaptive beliefs.

John suffers from chronic anxiety.He tends to worry constantly and is uncomfortable in a wide variety of situations.He decides to seek therapy.John put considerable thought into what he wants to gain from therapy.John believes that if he can learn to calm himself down when he finds himself in anxiety-producing situations (like taking a psychology exam)he will be better able to cope.Based on John's beliefs,he is most likely to seek a therapist that emphasizes the ____ approach.

Which of the following is NOT one of the characteristics that Carl Rogers believes is necessary in client-centered therapy to encourage client growth?

Jimmy has been in psychotherapy for several months,but during the last few sessions he has been distracted and inattentive.When his therapist asks him to describe any dreams he has had recently,Jimmy insists that he doesn't remember any of his dreams.According to Freud,Jimmy's behavior may be a sign of

Regression toward the mean occurs when

You make an appointment to see a therapist and,at your first meeting the therapist tells you that he believes that most psychological disorders are a result of negative thoughts and maladaptive beliefs.What type of therapist are you seeing?

The techniques of modeling and behavioral rehearsal are employed in both

Less than one-half of all psychiatric inpatient admissions involve the rehospitalization of a former patient.

The therapeutic drugs used to control bipolar disorder are referred to as

Giving an alcoholic an emetic drug so that each time she takes a drink she becomes nauseous and ill is a form of

Modeling,behavioral rehearsal,and shaping are the major tools of

Systematic desensitization is a technique based on

Taken as a whole,the results from studies investigating mental illness among the homeless indicate that,compared to the non-homeless,homeless persons are

Therapists who emphasize the application of learning principles in treatment use the ____ approach to psychotherapy.

Your therapist is a client-centered therapist and must provide unconditional positive regard.In other words,your therapist must

The goal of cognitive therapy is to

Different approaches to psychotherapy are designed to accomplish different outcomes.Which of the following correctly lists three types of therapy that are designed to change the thinking,change the physiological functioning,and change the knowledge of unconscious conflicts of a client,respectively?