Exam 17: Psychological and Biological Treatments

Roger Callahan, who developed ________, claimed that his procedure can cure phobias in as little as five minutes.

In the first formal review of psychotherapy outcomes, Hans Eysenck reported the findings of two uncontrolled studies of mildly disturbed clients who received no formal therapy. The rate of spontaneous remission in these studies was a staggering ________ per cent.

In person-centred therapy, this non-judgemental acceptance of all feelings the patient expresses is known as ________.

Which treatment is an absolute last resort for those who do not respond to traditional psychological treatment?

Cognitive-behavioural therapists would argue that anxiety and mood disorders are largely the result of

Females benefit ________ males when receiving psychotherapy for their emotional or mental difficulties.

People spend millions of dollars a year on self-help books, and at least ________ per cent of therapists recommend them to their clients.

The core concepts of humanistic therapy, such as meaning and self-actualisation, are

________ rational emotive behaviour therapy emphasises changing how we think, but it also focuses on changing how we behave.

Marsha Linehan's ________ therapy addresses the apparent contradiction between opposing tendencies of changing problematic behaviour and accepting it.

Researchers have found ________ approach helpful for people with depression and perhaps even bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and certain personality disorders.

Lionel has been in therapy for four weeks now. At the first meeting with his therapist, the therapist waited for Lionel to begin discussing why he was there and what he hoped to gain from the session. The therapist also reminds Lionel that he is responsible for choosing the direction of the therapy. Lionel's therapist is making use of ________.

Self-help materials sometimes backfire when users fail to see the kinds of changes touted by the programmes. This often leads the users of self-help materials to

A behavioural therapist is most likely to focus on

Therapists are ________ obliged to implement empirically supported treatments with clients

Which of the following would be considered an empirically based method for evaluating treatment efficacy?

Identify and discuss the various approaches therapists use when working with dysfunctional families.

You are attending a conference on eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR)and are listening to claims of how effective this technique is. The presenter states that the clients' lateral eye movements, made while they imagine a past traumatic event, enhance their processing of painful memories. However, you believe that it may not be the eye movements, but rather the exposure the technique provides. This is an example of which of the six principles of scientific thinking?

________ is a psychological intervention designed to help people resolve problems and improve their quality of life.

Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis were especially concerned with helping a patient