Question 1

Discuss the theoretical underpinning of cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT).

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Question 2

Which of the following is a potential downside for patients taking benzodiazepines, such as alprazolam?

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A)  painful headaches 
B)  the appearance or worsening of symptoms of depression 
C)  moderate to severe withdrawal symptoms if they stop taking the drug 
D)  significant weight gain

Question 3

Psychoanalysis seeks to replace repression with

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A)  insight. 
B)  rational thinking. 
C)  resistance. 
D)  unconditional acceptance.

Question 4

How we think strongly affects how we feel and what we do. This basic fact forms the foundation for

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A)  cognitive therapy. 
B)  person-centred therapy. 
C)  Gestalt therapy. 
D)  existential therapy.

Question 5

Challenging a patient's irrational beliefs and unrealistic expectations is the task of

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A)  a behavioural therapist. 
B)  a Gestalt therapist. 
C)  a rational-emotive therapist. 
D)  a client-centred therapist.

Question 6

Which therapy presumes that the cause of the patient's problems is repressed memories, impulses, and conflicts?

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A)  existential therapy 
B)  psychoanalytic therapy 
C)  Gestalt therapy 
D)  person-centred therapy

Question 7

Electroconvulsive shock therapy is used to treat

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A)  severe depression. 
B)  paranoid schizophrenia. 
C)  anxiety disorders. 
D)  catatonic schizophrenia.

Question 8

The main difference between traditional behavioural couples therapy (TBCT) and integrated behavioural couples therapy (IBCT) is that TBCT focuses more emotions.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Exposure and response prevention is designed to

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A)  keep patients from having the impulse to perform certain rituals. 
B)  have patients carry out their compulsive ritual repeatedly until desire to do so has passed. 
C)  have patients increase the time between their impulse to carry out a ritual and their actually engaging in the ritual. 
D)  keep patients from carrying out compulsive rituals until the desire to do so has passed.

Question 10

When Klaus visits his psychoanalyst, he relaxes on a couch and talks about anything that comes to mind, whether it seems to make sense or not. This is an example of

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A)  resistance. 
B)  free association. 
C)  transference. 
D)  empathy.

Question 11

Which of the following mental health professions must have a medical degree?

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A)  psychiatrist 
B)  counselling psychologist 
C)  psychiatric social worker 
D)  clinical psychologist

Question 12

The use of antipsychotic drugs has actually resulted in longer stays in the hospital for schizophrenic patients.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Afzal is presented with scenes that arouse inappropriate positive feelings in him. Each scene is followed by a painful electric shock in an effort to change his response to one of negative feelings. The procedure being used with Afzal is

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A)  operant therapy. 
B)  systematic desensitization. 
C)  Gestalt therapy. 
D)  aversion therapy.

Question 14

What behaviour therapies are based on classical conditioning?

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Question 15

What is the technique of flooding, and how does it work?

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Question 16

Which type of therapy emphasizes unconditional acceptance of the client, a high level of empathy, and genuine interest in the client?

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A)  psychoanalytic therapy 
B)  rational-emotive therapy 
C)  person-centred therapy 
D)  Gestalt therapy

Question 17

Psychotherapy involves the use of ________ to treat emotional and behavioural disorders.

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A)  psychosurgery 
B)  psychological rather than biological methods 
C)  only Freud's classic psychoanalysis 
D)  untested theories

Question 18

Systematic desensitization is based on the premise that the two following elements are incompatible:

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A)  learning behaviour and unpleasant circumstances. 
B)  being afraid and being relaxed. 
C)  physical arousal and pain. 
D)  insight and fear.

Question 19

Beck's cognitive therapy seeks to replace automatic thoughts with more objective thoughts.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Discuss the major assumptions behind Freud's treatment approach in psychoanalysis, and list and explain the four basic techniques of psychoanalysis.

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Exam 14: Therapies

Discuss the theoretical underpinning of cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT).

Which of the following is a potential downside for patients taking benzodiazepines, such as alprazolam?

Psychoanalysis seeks to replace repression with

How we think strongly affects how we feel and what we do. This basic fact forms the foundation for

Challenging a patient's irrational beliefs and unrealistic expectations is the task of

Which therapy presumes that the cause of the patient's problems is repressed memories, impulses, and conflicts?

Electroconvulsive shock therapy is used to treat

The main difference between traditional behavioural couples therapy (TBCT) and integrated behavioural couples therapy (IBCT) is that TBCT focuses more emotions.

Exposure and response prevention is designed to

When Klaus visits his psychoanalyst, he relaxes on a couch and talks about anything that comes to mind, whether it seems to make sense or not. This is an example of

Which of the following mental health professions must have a medical degree?

The use of antipsychotic drugs has actually resulted in longer stays in the hospital for schizophrenic patients.

Afzal is presented with scenes that arouse inappropriate positive feelings in him. Each scene is followed by a painful electric shock in an effort to change his response to one of negative feelings. The procedure being used with Afzal is

What behaviour therapies are based on classical conditioning?

What is the technique of flooding, and how does it work?

Which type of therapy emphasizes unconditional acceptance of the client, a high level of empathy, and genuine interest in the client?

Psychotherapy involves the use of ________ to treat emotional and behavioural disorders.

Systematic desensitization is based on the premise that the two following elements are incompatible:

Beck's cognitive therapy seeks to replace automatic thoughts with more objective thoughts.

Discuss the major assumptions behind Freud's treatment approach in psychoanalysis, and list and explain the four basic techniques of psychoanalysis.