Exam 17: Psychological and Biological Treatments

Flooding therapies are based on the idea that fears are maintained by ________.

Empirically supported treatments refer to

Many researchers would argue that inclusion of a therapy on a list of ________ indicates that it had demonstrated treatment efficacy

Systematic desensitisation is specifically designed to help a person to deal with a person's ________.

Clients who undergo empirically supported treatments to manage their distress are ________ likely to demonstrate improvements in well-being.

________ Gestalt therapy involves the two-chair technique as well as integrating different and sometimes opposing aspects of personality into a unified sense of self.

In ________, therapists teach clients to avoid extreme reactions to others' unreasonable demands, such as submissiveness and aggressiveness.

The ultimate goal of humanistic psychotherapy is for a person to

Humanistic psychotherapists stress the

Dr Martinez, a psychodynamic therapist, was quite pleased when her patient improved, and she felt the patient was making excellent progress. In fact, the patient himself stated how great he was feeling, although he still had difficulty realising what the "main conflict" was. The lack of ability for the patient to have insight despite feeling great is an example of which of the six principles of scientific thinking?

Critics of empirically supported treatments are concerned that

Electroconvulsive therapy is often

A main focus of cognitive therapy is to identify, challenge, and change one's ________.

Holly has recently entered therapy for a major depressive disorder at an important "down" period in her life. Her therapist suggests that she and Holly will work together to identify and change Holly's irrational thinking. After six weeks, Holly feels less depressed. Suppose, however, that the change resulted not from the therapy but rather from the normal "ups and downs" that people experience. This suggests that clinicians need to consider the impact of ________ on therapeutic outcomes.

Sullivan believed that the analyst's proper role is that of ________.

His work influenced the contemporary work of interpersonal therapy (IPT).

Most psychologists agree that ________ are important to the outcomes of psychotherapy.

Which of the following is a common factor across the many forms of effective treatments?

Proponents of empirically supported treatments believe that

One could think of the cognitive-behavioural therapies as a method for falsifying ________ beliefs.