Exam 14: Psychological Therapies

Which of the following is the appropriate definition of psychosurgery?

Azdah's teenage son fails his mathematics exam due to lack of studying.She immediately assumes that it is her fault.Azdah is engaging in:

In which form of therapy does the therapist take a directive role,challenging clients when they make "my way or nothing" statements?

John and his wife are having trouble communicating and getting along with each other.Which type of therapy is most likely to help them with their problems?

Which method of treating phobias involves progressive relaxation and exposure to the feared object?

Six members of Ron's statistics class would meet every Saturday to go over their notes and try to figure out what the teacher had told them during his rambling lectures.If part of every Saturday's session is spent sharing feelings about the teacher and venting their anger and resentment,Ron's study group could be said to serve as:

Iram is afraid of snakes.In an effort to help him overcome his fear,his therapist has him enter a room where there are dozens of snakes and has him hold them.Iram is not permitted to leave the room until the therapy session is completed.Iram's therapist is using:

For which of these problems would systematic desensitization most likely be used?

A type of therapy in which clients meet regularly in a group setting and discuss problems under the guidance of a single therapist is called ______ therapy.

Maya is upset because her supervisor teased her about turning in her report several hours late.Although her supervisor was quite pleased with the report itself and told Maya that her work was excellent,Maya remains unhappy.Beck would say that Maya is guilty of:

The term artificial intelligence was coined first by:

Free association is a technique used in ______ therapy.

Some drugs that combat depression work by:

The newest drugs being developed to treat psychotic symptoms are the:

Which of the following is an advantage of person-centred therapy?

For which disorder was electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)originally developed as a treatment?

In __________,a psychoanalyst encouraged the patient to talk about whatever came to mind.

A technique for treating phobias and other stress disorders in which the person is suddenly exposed to the fear-provoking situation or object in an intense way and is prevented from making the usual avoidance or escape response is called:

Which of the following is an advantage of behaviour therapy?

A client lies on a couch with the therapist sitting out of sight behind her.The therapist gets to know the client's problems through free association and positive and negative transference.This is an example of ______ therapy.