Exam 13: Personality

Briefly compare and contrast interpersonal therapy with traditional psychodynamic therapy.

_____ is a statistical technique in which the results of a large number of studies are combined.

Therapy that relies on drugs and other medical procedures to improve psychological functioning is referred to as _____.

According to the text,the effectiveness of various approaches to therapy found that although success rates vary somewhat by treatment form,most treatments show that success rates range from about _____% greater success for treated compared with untreated individuals.

Today therapists use a(n)_____ approach to therapy,which means they use a variety of methods with an individual patient.

_____ is a form of therapy that attempts to restructure a person's belief system into A more realistic,rational,and logical set of views by challenging dysfunctional beliefs that maintain irrational behavior.

_____ rewards a person for desired behavior with a poker chip or some kind of play money.

Tricyclic drugs,MAO inhibitors,and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors are examples of which class of drugs?

Today,most psychologists:

Which type of antidepressant is matched with the CORRECT neurotransmitter action?

The surface description of a dream is called the _____ content.

The most common defense mechanism is _____.

_____ therapy refers to short-term therapy that focuses on the context of current social relationships.

In 1-2 paragraphs briefly describe what psychodynamic therapy entails as well as current perspectives and criticisms about its efficacy as a treatment.

How is contemporary person-centered therapy different than it was in Rogers's day?

Community psychology came of age in the _____,its aim was to minimize psychological disorders.

Person-centered therapy is a specific type of _____ therapy.

_____ are a class of medications used in cases of severe depression to improve a patient's mood and feeling of well-being.

_____ evidence shows that behavioral treatments can produce actual changes in brain functioning,which suggests that behavioral treatments can produce changes beyond external behavior.

Drugs that reduce the level of worry or tension a person experiences essentially by reducing excitability and increasing feelings of well-being are known as _____.