Question 1

Which of the following approaches is used by psychoanalytic therapists?

Accepted Answer

A) Unconditional positive regard 
B) Phenomenology 
C) Resistance 
D) Transduction 
A) Unconditional positive regard 
B) Phenomenology 
C) Resistance 
D) Transduction

Question 2

Juan is so afraid of germs that he wears gloves when opening doors.He is encouraged by his therapist to imitate a person in a video who demonstrates opening a door,step-by-step,without wearing gloves.Which technique is his therapist using?

Accepted Answer

A) Aversion therapy 
B) Participant modelling 
C) Operant conditioning 
D) Token economy 
A) Aversion therapy 
B) Participant modelling 
C) Operant conditioning 
D) Token economy

Question 3

Dismantling helps to ________________ the effective mechanisms of systematic desensitization and other treatments.

Accepted Answer

A) demonstrate the falsifiability of 
B) rule out rival hypotheses about 
C) establish causal factors rather than correlations about 
D) show the replicability of 
A) demonstrate the falsifiability of 
B) rule out rival hypotheses about 
C) establish causal factors rather than correlations about 
D) show the replicability of

Question 4

Which new variation of cognitive behavioural therapy has been used most frequently to treat borderline personality disorder?

Accepted Answer

A) Rational emotive behaviour therapy 
B) Dialectical behavioural therapy 
C) Acceptance and commitment therapy 
D) Behavioural activation therapy 
A) Rational emotive behaviour therapy 
B) Dialectical behavioural therapy 
C) Acceptance and commitment therapy 
D) Behavioural activation therapy

Question 5

John and his wife are having trouble communicating and getting along with one another.Which type of therapy is most likely to help them with their problems?

Accepted Answer

A) Organic 
B) Self-help group 
C) Family 
D) Individual 
A) Organic 
B) Self-help group 
C) Family 
D) Individual

Question 6

Positive outcomes are attained in person-centred therapy when the therapist satisfied each of the following conditions except

Accepted Answer

A) the therapist must be willing to utilize directive listening to guide the patient's interpretations. 
B) the therapist must be an authentic,genuine person who reveals their own reactions. 
C) the therapist must express unconditional positive regard for the feelings of the patient. 
D) the therapist must relate to the patients with empathic understanding. 
A) the therapist must be willing to utilize directive listening to guide the patient's interpretations. 
B) the therapist must be an authentic,genuine person who reveals their own reactions. 
C) the therapist must express unconditional positive regard for the feelings of the patient. 
D) the therapist must relate to the patients with empathic understanding.

Question 7

Someone who is conducting family therapy would be most likely to attempt to understand

Accepted Answer

A) family communication patterns. 
B) why family history makes some people more or less vulnerable to psychological problems. 
C) an individual's thoughts and feelings about their family. 
D) parental impacts on children's adaptive or maladaptive functioning. 
A) family communication patterns. 
B) why family history makes some people more or less vulnerable to psychological problems. 
C) an individual's thoughts and feelings about their family. 
D) parental impacts on children's adaptive or maladaptive functioning.

Question 8

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?

Accepted Answer

A) "Let's explore your dreams in search of the real reason for your depression." 
B) "You are upset about the reaction that your work has been receiving." 
C) "I want to do some tests to find the neurological cause of your distress." 
D) "Why do you expect all your work to be well received,and what difference does it make if some people don't like your ideas?" 
A) "Let's explore your dreams in search of the real reason for your depression." 
B) "You are upset about the reaction that your work has been receiving." 
C) "I want to do some tests to find the neurological cause of your distress." 
D) "Why do you expect all your work to be well received,and what difference does it make if some people don't like your ideas?"

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

A) behavioural. 
B) insight. 
C) cognitive. 
D) biological. 
A) behavioural. 
B) insight. 
C) cognitive. 
D) biological.

Question 10

Electroconvulsive therapy is often

Accepted Answer

A) used as a last resort for persons who suffer from severe depression or schizophrenia. 
B) used to treat people who are phobic,suffer from anxiety disorders,or experience sleep disorders. 
C) used to control people's behaviour rather than serving as any form of useful treatment for psychological disorders. 
D) the first step in a longer biomedical treatment management of mood and schizophrenic disorders. 
A) used as a last resort for persons who suffer from severe depression or schizophrenia. 
B) used to treat people who are phobic,suffer from anxiety disorders,or experience sleep disorders. 
C) used to control people's behaviour rather than serving as any form of useful treatment for psychological disorders. 
D) the first step in a longer biomedical treatment management of mood and schizophrenic disorders.

Question 11

Suppose a friend asks you for advice about entering psychotherapy for his or her anxiety disorder.Which of the following recommendations should you make?

Accepted Answer

A) Behavioural or cognitive-behavioural therapies are most effective for this category of disorders. 
B) Avoid psychotherapy because 5-10 percent of patients get worse with this form of treatment. 
C) Psychodynamic therapies are most effective for this category of disorders. 
D) Humanistic-existential therapies are most effective for this category of disorders. 
A) Behavioural or cognitive-behavioural therapies are most effective for this category of disorders. 
B) Avoid psychotherapy because 5-10 percent of patients get worse with this form of treatment. 
C) Psychodynamic therapies are most effective for this category of disorders. 
D) Humanistic-existential therapies are most effective for this category of disorders.

Question 12

Flooding and other forms of exposure therapy are used to allow one's fear to be

Accepted Answer

A) exacerbated. 
B) extinguished. 
C) challenged. 
D) inhibited. 
A) exacerbated. 
B) extinguished. 
C) challenged. 
D) inhibited.

Question 13

Trina attempts to overcome her fear of clowns by learning how to shift from a feeling of tension to one of calm and relaxation.Next she is asked to imagine different situations,each more anxiety-provoking than the previous.She only proceeds to the next situation if she can maintain her feeling of relaxation.Trina's therapist is using ________ to remove her fear.

Accepted Answer

A) exposure therapy 
B) systematic desensitization 
C) person-centred therapy 
D) modelling 
A) exposure therapy 
B) systematic desensitization 
C) person-centred therapy 
D) modelling

Question 14

Jung is to ____________ as Freud is to _____________.

Accepted Answer

A) collective unconscious;amplification 
B) individuation;transference 
C) latent content;prognostic dreams 
D) resistance;archetypes 
A) collective unconscious;amplification 
B) individuation;transference 
C) latent content;prognostic dreams 
D) resistance;archetypes

Question 15

Estella is afraid of cats.To help her overcome her fear,her mother calmly pets and strokes a cat while Estella is watching.Her mother encourages her to imitate her behaviour.Estella's mother is using

Accepted Answer

A) reinforcement. 
B) modelling. 
C) extinction. 
D) token economy. 
A) reinforcement. 
B) modelling. 
C) extinction. 
D) token economy.

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

A) aversive therapy. 
B) flooding. 
C) a token economy. 
D) systematic desensitization. 
A) aversive therapy. 
B) flooding. 
C) a token economy. 
D) systematic desensitization.

Question 17

Due to new computer technology that involves having the client wear a headset that can project realistic anxiety-provoking images,therapists can now conduct ________ through virtual reality exposure in their offices.

Accepted Answer

A) aversive therapy 
B) flooding 
C) token economy 
D) systematic desensitization 
A) aversive therapy 
B) flooding 
C) token economy 
D) systematic desensitization

Question 18

Person-centred therapists often use a technique called _____________ to mirror back the client's feelings and communicate with them.

Accepted Answer

A) free association 
B) dream analysis 
C) reflection 
D) transference 
A) free association 
B) dream analysis 
C) reflection 
D) transference

Question 19

What treatment for schizophrenia was once considered effective but is no longer accepted in the therapeutic community as a viable type of psychotherapy?

Accepted Answer

A) Electroconvulsive shock therapy 
B) Direct analysis 
C) Psychodynamic therapy 
D) Exposure therapy 
A) Electroconvulsive shock therapy 
B) Direct analysis 
C) Psychodynamic therapy 
D) Exposure therapy

Question 20

Carl Rogers asserts that an effective psychotherapist will

Accepted Answer

A) provide unconditional positive regard and display empathy toward his or her client. 
B) interpret important transference and resistance behaviours for his or her client. 
C) actively confront and challenge his or her client's erroneous beliefs. 
D) seek to identify how negative reinforcement is promoting maladaptive behaviours,feelings,and/or thoughts for an individual. 
A) provide unconditional positive regard and display empathy toward his or her client. 
B) interpret important transference and resistance behaviours for his or her client. 
C) actively confront and challenge his or her client's erroneous beliefs. 
D) seek to identify how negative reinforcement is promoting maladaptive behaviours,feelings,and/or thoughts for an individual.

Exam 16: D: Psychological and Biological Treatments

Which of the following approaches is used by psychoanalytic therapists?

Juan is so afraid of germs that he wears gloves when opening doors.He is encouraged by his therapist to imitate a person in a video who demonstrates opening a door,step-by-step,without wearing gloves.Which technique is his therapist using?

Dismantling helps to ________________ the effective mechanisms of systematic desensitization and other treatments.

Which new variation of cognitive behavioural therapy has been used most frequently to treat borderline personality disorder?

John and his wife are having trouble communicating and getting along with one another.Which type of therapy is most likely to help them with their problems?

Positive outcomes are attained in person-centred therapy when the therapist satisfied each of the following conditions except

Someone who is conducting family therapy would be most likely to attempt to understand

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?

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

Electroconvulsive therapy is often

Suppose a friend asks you for advice about entering psychotherapy for his or her anxiety disorder.Which of the following recommendations should you make?

Flooding and other forms of exposure therapy are used to allow one's fear to be

Jung is to ____________ as Freud is to _____________.

Estella is afraid of cats.To help her overcome her fear,her mother calmly pets and strokes a cat while Estella is watching.Her mother encourages her to imitate her behaviour.Estella's mother is using

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

Due to new computer technology that involves having the client wear a headset that can project realistic anxiety-provoking images,therapists can now conduct ________ through virtual reality exposure in their offices.

Person-centred therapists often use a technique called _____________ to mirror back the client's feelings and communicate with them.

What treatment for schizophrenia was once considered effective but is no longer accepted in the therapeutic community as a viable type of psychotherapy?

Carl Rogers asserts that an effective psychotherapist will

A: Psychology and Scientific Thinking

B: Psychology and Scientific Thinking

C: Psychology and Scientific Thinking

D: Psychology and Scientific Thinking

A: Research Methods

B: Research Methods

C: Research Methods

D: Research Methods

A: Biological Psychology

B: Biological Psychology

C: Biological Psychology

D: Biological Psychology

A: Sensation and Perception

B: Sensation and Perception

C: Sensation and Perception

D: Sensation and Perception

A: Consciousness

B: Consciousness

C: Consciousness

D: Consciousness

A: Learning

B: Learning

C: Learning

D: Learning

A: Memory

B: Memory

C: Memory

D: Memory

A: Thinking,reasoning,and Language

B: Language,thinking,and Reasoning

C: Language,thinking,and Reasoning

D: Language,thinking,and Reasoning

A: Intelligence and Iq Testing

B: Intelligence and Iq Testing

C: Intelligence and Iq Testing

D: Intelligence and Iq Testing

A: Human Development

B: Human Development

C: Human Development

D: Human Development

A: Emotion and Motivation

B: Emotion and Motivation

C: Emotion and Motivation

D: Emotion and Motivation

A: Stress,coping,and Health

B: Stress,coping,and Health

C: Stress,coping,and Health

D: Stress,coping,and Health

A: Social Psychology

B: Social Psychology

C: Social Psychology

D: Social Psychology

A: Personality

B: Personality

C: Personality

D: Personality

A: Psychological Disorders

B: Psychological Disorders

C: Psychological Disorders

D: Psychological Disorders

Jung is to as Freud is to _.