Exam 15: Psychological Therapies

Allen, who has a drug addiction problem, is MOST likely to be successfully treated by ________.

Behavior-based therapies are ________ based, while psychodynamic and humanistic therapies are ________ based.

The form of behavioral therapy in which an undesirable behavior is paired with an unpleasant stimulus to reduce the frequency of the behavior is called ________.

Which of the following is a therapy based on the principles of operant conditioning?

Which mental health issue listed below is benefiting from the use of VR psychotherapy?

Tien is an Asian male who is in the process of selecting a therapist. Which of the following therapists is Tien most likely to select?

Every time Jarrad opens his cigarette case or uses his lighter, he gets a painful electric shock. Jarrad's friends and family have been asked not to give him any cigarettes or light any cigarettes for him, so he must use his own lighter if he wants to smoke. Eventually, Jarrad loses his desire to smoke, thanks to ________.

One of the first therapists to begin a movement towards the humane treatment of patients was

Which type of therapy is based on various learning principles?

Elyn was recently treated with electroconvulsive therapy. She is mostly likely experiencing which psychological disorder?

Eye-movement desensitization reprocessing is primarily used for treatment of ________.

How do most antipsychotic drugs seem to work?

An advantage to group therapy is that groups ________.

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of group therapy?

Electroconvulsive therapy is still used to treat severe depression.

Within a token-economy system, the solution to the problem of having to continually reinforce the patient for each correct response is to:

________ therapies have been used not only to treat mental disorders but also to help people make career choices, deal with workplace problems, and counsel married couples.

________ therapies have had considerable success in treating many types of disorders, including depression, stress disorders, anxiety disorders, and even some types of schizophrenia.

Which approach assumes that disorders come from illogical, irrational cognitions, and that changing the thinking patterns to more rational, logical ones will relieve the symptoms of the disorder?

After many sessions of psychodynamic therapy, Dan at some point becomes reluctant to talk about a certain topic, by either changing the subject or becoming silent. Dan is experiencing ________.