Exam 15: Psychological Therapies

DeMario's wife,Marta,asks him if he wants some help cutting the grass and weeding the garden.He declines the offer and feels "blue" for the rest of the day because he keeps thinking,"Marta thinks I am getting older and losing my physical abilities." What type of cognitive distortion is involved here?

In a recent survey of college students receiving services in a college counseling center,____% of those students surveyed were taking psychiatric medication.

Eye-movement desensitization reprocessing (EMDR)is used to treat post-traumatic stress disorder.

Family counseling is a form of ______ therapy.

Which technique removes a reinforcer to reduce the frequency of a behavior?

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

In behavior therapy,distressing symptoms are seen as ________.

Which of the following is a key component of Freud's theory of psychoanalysis?

For which of these problems would systematic desensitization most likely be used?

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

Define the behavior therapy technique called flooding.

Why might group therapy be more useful than individual psychotherapy? What are the advantages and disadvantages of group therapy? Describe two types of group therapy.

Iram is afraid of snakes.In an effort to help him overcome his fear,his therapist has him enter a room where there are dozens of snakes and has him hold them.Iram is not permitted to leave the room until the therapy session is completed.Iram's therapist is using______.

Saleem has been seeing a therapist because she cannot adjust to her new husband's children from a previous marriage.Although she dearly loves her husband,she feels awkward and embarrassed in front of the children.The therapist suggests that she bring her husband and his children with her to the next session so she can see them interact.Saleem is probably seeing a ______.

The drug Lithium is used to treat bipolar disorder and episodes of mania,even though it is not clear exactly why it is effective in affecting mood.

______ are specifically trained to use biomedical therapies.

During free association,a patient may become unwilling to talk about certain topics.What term would a psychoanalyst use to describe this change in the patient's willingness to verbalize?

Psychodynamic and client-centered therapies are very different therapeutic approaches.Which of the following is a major difference between the two therapies?

In rational-emotive therapy the therapist takes a directive role challenging clients when they make "my way or nothing" statements.

Therapeutic approaches that are based on the belief that all normal and abnormal behavior is learned are ______ therapies.