Exam 15: C: Psychological Therapies

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

Which technique uses reinforcement to change behavior?

The effects of psychosurgery _______.

Which of the following has been fairly effective in treating bipolar disorders?

Jerry is 22 years old and still gets too many cavities from eating too many sweets.Jerry's dentist trains him to think of the pain of having his teeth drilled each time he reaches for a piece of candy.The dentist is using _______ to cure Jerry's excess eating of sweets.

Operant conditioning can be used in classrooms,hospitals,prisons,and industry by giving individuals exchangeable rewards for performing appropriate actions.This illustrates which of the following?

The originator of rational-emotive therapy is _______.

_______ has used modeling techniques to reduce a wide range of phobic behaviors.

Electroshock treatment often is accompanied by:

Insight therapies include all but which one of the following?

Martha and Stan are newlyweds.They see a therapist because Martha is afraid of sexual intercourse.The therapist asks Martha exactly which acts make her anxious,constructs a hierarchy of those threatening acts,teaches her to relax,and asks her to imagine each threatening scene in the hierarchy and use the relaxation technique to reduce her anxiety as she imagines each scene from the bottom to the top of her hierarchy.The therapist is using _______.

The _______ approach to treatment is NOT an example of biological therapy for mental disorders.

Of the following,which type of therapist would be more interested in a client's past rather than the current situation?

The procedure known as _______ is one type of psychosurgery.

The "token economy" is most closely associated with the _______ approach to treatment.

What type of mental health professional is most likely to specialize in work with students?

After Jeff is expelled from school for missing too many classes,he seeks help from a therapist.The therapist develops a contract that specifies that if Jeff attends all his classes,he will be allowed certain privileges at home;but if he cuts classes he will be subject to certain penalties.Jeff's therapist is probably a _______ therapist.

Systematic desensitization is especially useful as a treatment for:

Which of the following therapists has used modeling to treat phobias?

The term "unconditional positive regard" is associated with _______.