Exam 15: Psychological Therapies

For which disorder was electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)originally developed as a treatment?

Hiram has learned to seek attention by engaging in inappropriate behaviors by watching his brother receive attention for hitting and biting and then imitating his behavior.Hiram has learned to seek attention by engaging in inappropriate behaviors by using which of the following techniques?

A technique for treating phobias and other stress disorders in which the person is suddenly exposed to the fear-provoking situation or object in an intense way and is prevented from making the usual avoidance or escape response is called __________.

Dinah,a therapist,works with her clients to help them change their problematic behaviors and irrational thoughts and provide new,more adaptive behaviors and beliefs to replace old,maladaptive ones.Dinah uses what type of therapy?

_________ strengthens a response by following it with a pleasurable consequence.

Therapies aimed mainly at understanding one's motives and actions are referred to as _________________.

Sigmund Freud arrives for a therapy session with Albert Ellis.Freud's main complaint is depression;it seems that Freud's writings have not received the kind of response he had hoped for and expected.What is Ellis most likely to say during the therapy session?

The most important aspect of successful psychotherapy is the __________ between client and therapist.

Gestalt therapy is considered ________ because the therapist leads the client through a number of planned exercises as well as confronts the client's statements.

Systematic desensitization is a therapy method used in treating phobias that involves progressive relaxation and exposure to the feared object.

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_______.

In the middle of the sixteenth century,a British asylum for the mentally ill had such horrid and chaotic conditions that it gave rise to the term "bedlam." What was this infamous institution?

Rational-emotive therapy is a type of ______ therapy.

The basic goal of systematic desensitization is to ________.

Azdah's teenage son fails his mathematics exam due to lack of studying.She immediately assumes that it is her fault.Azdah is engaging in___________.

Prefrontal lobotomy is one form of ______.

Dr.Shedrika uses a form of therapy that emphasizes revealing his clients' unconscious conflicts,urges,and desires,which he believes are the cause of his clients' disordered emotions and behavior.This therapist is most likely using ________.

Describe 3 of the 4 major categories of psychotropic medications,giving a brief explanation for how each type of drug works.

Antipsychotic drugs treat symptoms such as ____________.

Describe person-centered therapy.Include information about its theoretical background,how it seeks to help people,its key concepts,and three basic elements necessary in a successful client-therapist relationshi