Exam 13: Therapies

Which of the following will increase the effectiveness of the time out as a way of reducing or eliminating undesirable behaviors?

Nadia is a psychotherapist dealing mainly with clients battling depression and anxiety. Prior to ending the session with her last client, she assigned him homework. She told him to record and keep track of any automatic thoughts he notices in addition to his emotional response to them. When he came into the next session, they went over his homework and she analyzed his responses for cognitive errors. What type of therapy is Nadia most likely providing?

In an effort to help individuals facilitate their own personal growth in therapy, humanistic therapists did which of the following?

Which of the following DOES NOT fall within the category of relationship therapies?

An approach to therapy that uses learning principles to eliminate inappropriate or maladaptive behaviors and replace them with more adaptive responses defines _____

The two cognitive psychologists who developed successful cognitive therapies directed at changing irrational thoughts, beliefs, and/or ideas are _____ and _____.

Atypical neuroleptic medications work by affecting _____ in the brain.

_____ utilizes the principles of operant conditioning, classical conditioning, and/or observational learning to eliminate inappropriate and maladaptive behaviors.

The goal of person-centered therapy is to _____

One of the oldest and best-known self-help groups worldwide is _____, which has been effective in helping its members with addiction.

The nausea-producing drug prescribed to those battling alcoholism in an effort to reduce their drinking is called _____

An ongoing interaction with a trained therapist via the Internet is referred to as _____

_____ applied classical conditioning techniques to therapy and is credited for devising systematic desensitization.

_____ have been developed to target both the positive symptoms AND the negative symptoms of schizophrenia by targeting both dopamine and serotonin receptors in the brain.

_____ produce their effect by preventing an enzyme from breaking down serotonin and norepinephrine in the synapses.

Which of the following behavioral techniques is based on Albert Bandura's observational learning theory?

Why would a psychodynamic therapist inquire about an individual's childhood experience?

_____ is any type of psychotherapy in which the therapist takes an active role in determining the course of therapy sessions and provides answers and suggestions to the client.

_____ attempt to uncover repressed childhood experiences that are thought to explain a patient's current difficulties.

_____ developed person-centered therapy, which is based on the _____ school of thought.