Exam 16: Therapy

The text reported the case of a 6-year-old boy who hated school and showed off in class. His parents and teacher were instructed to ignore the showing-off behavior while reinforcing appropriate behavior. This is an example of

Lawrence, a hypochondriac, gains a great deal of attention from his family when he complains about health problems; they tend to ignore him when he talks about other topics. A behavior therapist has instructed the family to reverse these responses: ignore the complaints and reinforce other topics. What kind of treatment does this best illustrate?

According to psychoanalysts, what is the therapist's task when doing dream analysis?

A major advantage of the atypical antipsychotic drugs is that

A token economy is

Humanistic-existential therapies are based in the belief that psychopathology is a result of

____________________ is not a problem associated with the benzodiazepines.

In what way does therapy differ from simply talking to a friend or family member about a problem?

A Nobel Prize winning treatment for schizophrenia was

A clinical psychologist who said that maladaptive behaviors are shared between members of a relationship and not just the responsibility of an individual would be in harmony with therapists who take the ________ approach.

The Brady family is attending family therapy sessions. The therapist has told them, "If the whole family context changes, Marcia's problem behavior will change as well." The family therapist probably agrees with the ________ therapy approach.

What is tardive dyskinesia?

Describe Beck's cognitive theory and therapy.

Joan was surprised that, when she went to therapy, her therapist didn't ask her questions, but just listened to her talk. She said she felt very comfortable with the therapist and felt she could say anything at all and be accepted, unlike with her critical parents. She said she could try out new ideas and the therapist was always warm and nonjudgmental. Joan was probably in

According to the views of Carl Rogers, how should children be raised?

The conventional antipsychotic drugs have a problematic side effect involving abnormal movement. This side effect is called

In contrast to most other forms of therapy, the client-centered therapist

What recent changes have altered the types of therapy that are available?

Today, neurosurgery

Under what circumstances might the use of medications prior to psychotherapy be essential?