Exam 15: Psychological Therapies

The strengthening of a response by following it with a pleasurable consequence or removing an unpleasant stimulus is called ________.

You are a psychiatrist who specializes in treating schizophrenia. Joe is experiencing the negative symptoms of schizophrenia, including withdrawal, apathy, and reduced communication. Which of the following medications are you apt to prescribe to treat Joe?

Bob has been under a physician's care for bipolar disorder. Bob's doctor is most likely to prescribe which of the following to treat Bob's disorder?

A treatment for severe depression in which an electric shock is delivered to the patient, resulting in a seizure of the body and the release of a flood of neurotransmitters in the brain, is called ________.

Most psychological professionals today take a psychoanalytic view of psychotherapy.

In which of the following therapies might a therapist use real physical pain to change behavior?

At Skinner Elementary School, teachers pass out "skinner bucks" to students who turn in papers on time, obey the teacher, and finish their homework. The paper "bucks" can be traded in at the end of the week for special treats or game-playing time on the classroom computer. This system most resembles a ________.

Rational emotive behavior therapy is a type of ________ therapy.

A ________ is a method of reinforcement that uses a formal written agreement in which the goals for behavioral change, reinforcements, and penalties are clearly stated.

Your friend has applied to several medical schools. After receiving several rejection letters, she concludes that she is never going to amount to anything in life. Your friend is engaging in ________.

Gestalt therapy was developed based on the work of ________.

Your friend tells you that he sees a Gestalt therapist. You ask him to describe what might happen in one of his therapy sessions. Which of the following is his most likely answer?

As Celine begins to reveal more and more of her innermost thoughts and feelings to her psychodynamic therapist, she begins to feel good about him, as well as accepted by him. She develops a sense of trust, particularly because he does not criticize her. What process is occurring?

Prefrontal lobotomy is one form of ________.

Medication, electroconvulsive shock therapy, and psychosurgery are all types of ________.

A type of psychotherapy in which people meet regularly to interact and help one another achieve insight into their feelings and behavior is ________ therapy.

The primary goal of the person-centered therapist is to facilitate transference.

According to Freud, the ________ of the dream refers to the hidden, symbolic meaning of the dream, which, if correctly interpreted, reveals the unconscious conflicts that created the nervous disorder.

Insight therapies include all but which one of the following?

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.