Question 1

Most family therapists who work with couples concentrate on ______.

Accepted Answer

A) exploring the marital partners' childhoods to understand the source of the current conflicts 
B) desensitization techniques to help the marital partners become more tolerant of each other 
C) changing the behavior of the person in the marriage who is the source of the couple's problems 
D) improving the couple's patterns of communication so they can find better ways of solving their problems 
A) exploring the marital partners' childhoods to understand the source of the current conflicts 
B) desensitization techniques to help the marital partners become more tolerant of each other 
C) changing the behavior of the person in the marriage who is the source of the couple's problems 
D) improving the couple's patterns of communication so they can find better ways of solving their problems

Question 2

Which of the following is a basic goal of cognitive-behavioral therapy?

Accepted Answer

A) to help clients uncover unconscious conflicts and sexual urges 
B) to help clients develop a closer match between real and ideal selves 
C) to help clients change irrational thoughts to rational thoughts 
D) to help clients complete unfinished business and become whole 
A) to help clients uncover unconscious conflicts and sexual urges 
B) to help clients develop a closer match between real and ideal selves 
C) to help clients change irrational thoughts to rational thoughts 
D) to help clients complete unfinished business and become whole

Question 3

________ is a type of insight-oriented therapy.

Accepted Answer

A) Cognitive-behavioral treatment 
B) Cognitive counseling 
C) Transference 
D) Psychoanalysis 
A) Cognitive-behavioral treatment 
B) Cognitive counseling 
C) Transference 
D) Psychoanalysis

Question 4

What is the primary goal of the therapist in person-centered therapy?

Accepted Answer

A) to facilitate transference 
B) to eliminate the client's undesirable behaviors 
C) to provide unconditional positive regard 
D) to help the client become more aware of his or her own feelings 
A) to facilitate transference 
B) to eliminate the client's undesirable behaviors 
C) to provide unconditional positive regard 
D) to help the client become more aware of his or her own feelings

Question 5

Studies on the effectiveness of psychotherapy have found that ________.

Accepted Answer

A) cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy is the most effective treatment for every problem 
B) all psychotherapies can be used to treat any problem 
C) Gestalt psychotherapy is the most effective treatment for any problem 
D) no one psychotherapy worked for every type of problem 
A) cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy is the most effective treatment for every problem 
B) all psychotherapies can be used to treat any problem 
C) Gestalt psychotherapy is the most effective treatment for any problem 
D) no one psychotherapy worked for every type of problem

Question 6

Your friend tells you that his therapist is 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?

Accepted Answer

A) "I am asked by the therapist to relax and meditate." 
B) "During the session I sometimes talk to an empty chair." 
C) "The therapist asks me to describe the details of the dreams I have had recently." 
D) "The therapist evaluates the factual basis of my statements to identify logical inconsistencies." 
A) "I am asked by the therapist to relax and meditate." 
B) "During the session I sometimes talk to an empty chair." 
C) "The therapist asks me to describe the details of the dreams I have had recently." 
D) "The therapist evaluates the factual basis of my statements to identify logical inconsistencies."

Question 7

A parent wishes to stop her young son from throwing temper tantrums.You suggest she use extinction and advise her to___________.

Accepted Answer

A) spank her son whenever he throws a tantrum 
B) physically restrain her son when he throws a tantrum 
C) give her son a gold star and a hug whenever he is calm 
D) ignore the tantrums and pay attention to her son only when he is calm 
A) spank her son whenever he throws a tantrum 
B) physically restrain her son when he throws a tantrum 
C) give her son a gold star and a hug whenever he is calm 
D) ignore the tantrums and pay attention to her son only when he is calm

Question 8

Which of these clients is the most likely candidate for Aaron Beck's form of cognitive therapy?

Accepted Answer

A) Albert who suffers from mania 
B) Barbara,who suffers from depression 
C) Robert,who suffers from schizophrenia 
D) Virginia,who has been diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder 
A) Albert who suffers from mania 
B) Barbara,who suffers from depression 
C) Robert,who suffers from schizophrenia 
D) Virginia,who has been diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder

Question 9

Person-centered therapy is a type of ______ therapy.

Accepted Answer

A) insight 
B) behavior 
C) cognitive 
D) reality 
A) insight 
B) behavior 
C) cognitive 
D) reality

Question 10

Craig is currently in therapy to help him stop smoking.His therapist is using learning techniques to help him modify his smoking habit and develop more desirable behaviors.Craig's therapist is using________.

Accepted Answer

A) behavior modification 
B) empty chair technique 
C) reflection 
D) selective thinking 
A) behavior modification 
B) empty chair technique 
C) reflection 
D) selective thinking

Question 11

Which of the following types of medications are used to treat mania?

Accepted Answer

A) anticonvulsant 
B) antianxiety 
C) ativan 
D) antitypical 
A) anticonvulsant 
B) antianxiety 
C) ativan 
D) antitypical

Question 12

Most psychological professionals today take a psychoanalytic view of psychotherapy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

After many sessions of psychodynamic therapy,Dan at some point experiences reluctance to cooperate with his therapist and tends to forget to do what his therapist had suggested to him.Dan is experiencing ________.

Accepted Answer

A) resistance 
B) a Freudian slip 
C) a Freudian trip 
D) interpretation 
A) resistance 
B) a Freudian slip 
C) a Freudian trip 
D) interpretation

Question 14

Eileen goes to a therapist for help in losing weight.She and her therapist develop a written agreement spelling out weekly step-by-step methods for Eileen to use in order to reach her weight goal.The plan specifies rewards for reaching weekly goals and penalties for not achieving them.Eileen's therapist is using which of the following methods?

Accepted Answer

A) classical conditioning 
B) desensitization 
C) contingency contract 
D) a token economy 
A) classical conditioning 
B) desensitization 
C) contingency contract 
D) a token economy

Question 15

Which of the following is a disadvantage of group therapy?

Accepted Answer

A) The therapist is the only person to whom secrets are revealed. 
B) It allows the therapist to see how the client interacts with others. 
C) It often allows group members to help one another learn new social skills. 
D) The client must share the therapist's time. 
A) The therapist is the only person to whom secrets are revealed. 
B) It allows the therapist to see how the client interacts with others. 
C) It often allows group members to help one another learn new social skills. 
D) The client must share the therapist's time.

Question 16

According to Sigmund Freud,the ___________ of the dream refers to the client's memory of the things,people,and events in the dream.

Accepted Answer

A) manifest content 
B) free association 
C) latent content 
D) resistance 
A) manifest content 
B) free association 
C) latent content 
D) resistance

Question 17

The most common form of psychosurgery practiced today is the prefrontal lobotomy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Therapy that depends on identifying and changing distorted thinking and unrealistic beliefs is ______ therapy.

Accepted Answer

A) cognitive 
B) psychoanalytic 
C) behavior 
D) person-centered 
A) cognitive 
B) psychoanalytic 
C) behavior 
D) person-centered

Question 19

What do behavior therapists see as the cause of abnormal or undesirable behaviors?

Accepted Answer

A) learning 
B) unconscious conflicts 
C) distortions in thinking 
D) discrepancy between the real self and ideal self 
A) learning 
B) unconscious conflicts 
C) distortions in thinking 
D) discrepancy between the real self and ideal self

Question 20

Although this type of psychotherapy has its origins in the psychodynamic school of thought,it is not considered a true psychodynamic therapy because it combines humanistic and cognitive-behavioral interventions.

Accepted Answer

A) Wolpian therapy 
B) Gestalt therapy 
C) Interpersonal therapy 
D) Rational-Emotive therapy 
A) Wolpian therapy 
B) Gestalt therapy 
C) Interpersonal therapy 
D) Rational-Emotive therapy

Most family therapists who work with couples concentrate on ______.

Which of the following is a basic goal of cognitive-behavioral therapy?

________ is a type of insight-oriented therapy.

What is the primary goal of the therapist in person-centered therapy?

Studies on the effectiveness of psychotherapy have found that ________.

Your friend tells you that his therapist is 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?

A parent wishes to stop her young son from throwing temper tantrums.You suggest she use extinction and advise her to___________.

Which of these clients is the most likely candidate for Aaron Beck's form of cognitive therapy?

Person-centered therapy is a type of ______ therapy.

Craig is currently in therapy to help him stop smoking.His therapist is using learning techniques to help him modify his smoking habit and develop more desirable behaviors.Craig's therapist is using________.

Which of the following types of medications are used to treat mania?

Most psychological professionals today take a psychoanalytic view of psychotherapy.

After many sessions of psychodynamic therapy,Dan at some point experiences reluctance to cooperate with his therapist and tends to forget to do what his therapist had suggested to him.Dan is experiencing ________.

Which of the following is a disadvantage of group therapy?

According to Sigmund Freud,the ___________ of the dream refers to the client's memory of the things,people,and events in the dream.

The most common form of psychosurgery practiced today is the prefrontal lobotomy.

Therapy that depends on identifying and changing distorted thinking and unrealistic beliefs is ______ therapy.

What do behavior therapists see as the cause of abnormal or undesirable behaviors?

Although this type of psychotherapy has its origins in the psychodynamic school of thought,it is not considered a true psychodynamic therapy because it combines humanistic and cognitive-behavioral interventions.

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Most family therapists who work with couples concentrate on ______.

Which of the following is a basic goal of cognitive-behavioral therapy?

________ is a type of insight-oriented therapy.

What is the primary goal of the therapist in person-centered therapy?

Studies on the effectiveness of psychotherapy have found that ________.

Your friend tells you that his therapist is 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?

A parent wishes to stop her young son from throwing temper tantrums.You suggest she use extinction and advise her to___________.

Which of these clients is the most likely candidate for Aaron Beck's form of cognitive therapy?

Person-centered therapy is a type of ______ therapy.

Craig is currently in therapy to help him stop smoking.His therapist is using learning techniques to help him modify his smoking habit and develop more desirable behaviors.Craig's therapist is using________.

Which of the following types of medications are used to treat mania?

Most psychological professionals today take a psychoanalytic view of psychotherapy.

After many sessions of psychodynamic therapy,Dan at some point experiences reluctance to cooperate with his therapist and tends to forget to do what his therapist had suggested to him.Dan is experiencing ________.

Which of the following is a disadvantage of group therapy?

According to Sigmund Freud,the ___________ of the dream refers to the client's memory of the things,people,and events in the dream.

The most common form of psychosurgery practiced today is the prefrontal lobotomy.

Therapy that depends on identifying and changing distorted thinking and unrealistic beliefs is ______ therapy.

What do behavior therapists see as the cause of abnormal or undesirable behaviors?

Although this type of psychotherapy has its origins in the psychodynamic school of thought,it is not considered a true psychodynamic therapy because it combines humanistic and cognitive-behavioral interventions.

The Science of Psychology

Biological Perspective

Sensation and Perception

Consciousness: Sleep, Dreams, Hypnosis, and Drugs

Learning

Memory

Cognition: Thinking, Intelligence, and Language

Development Across the Life Span

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Sexuality and Gender

Stress and Health

Social Psychology

Theories of Personality

Psychological Disorders

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