Question 1

People with drug addictions may find it nearly impossible to resist the temptations for drug abuse in their daily lives without the use of

Accepted Answer

A)  logotherapy. 
B)  mental hospitalization. 
C)  deinstitutionalization. 
D)  ECT.

Question 2

In counseling a friend, which of the following would NOT be one of your goals?

Accepted Answer

A)  providing advice regarding a solution for your friend's problem 
B)  helping to clarify your friend's problem 
C)  maintaining confidentiality 
D)  accepting your friend's frame of reference

Question 3

A friend tells you, "I feel like my boss has it in for me at work." You reply, "How do you feel about it?" which would be considered a(n)__________ question.

Accepted Answer

The answer of A friend tells you, "I feel like...

Question 4

Danger signs to watch for in psychotherapy include which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  the use of role reversal 
B)  an overemphasis on empathy and emotional expression 
C)  a therapist making sexual advances toward his or her client 
D)  all of these

Question 5

Regarding the talk-oriented approaches, which of the following statements is FALSE?​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​Humanistic therapies help clients gain deeper insight into their thoughts, emotions, and behavior. 
B)  ​Cognitive therapies tend to be less concerned with insight than with helping people change harmful thinking patterns. 
C)  Humanistic therapists are more optimistic than psychoanalysts and believe that humans have a natural urge to seek health and self-growth. 
D)  ​Humanistic therapies and traditional psychoanalysis are considered to be action therapies, while cognitive therapies are nondirective therapies.

Question 6

Rogers stated that an effective therapist should be able to see and feel what the client is experiencing, a quality known as

Accepted Answer

A)  unconditional positive regard. 
B)  conditional positive regard. 
C)  authenticity. 
D)  empathy.

Question 7

To lose weight, you imagine yourself standing at the dessert table with your friends.In your visual image, when you are offered a dessert, you politely turn it down and feel good about staying on your diet.These images are then followed by a pleasant, rewarding scene, such as someone telling you, "Wow, have you lost weight? You look great.I wish I had your willpower to lose weight." You have just used the technique known as

Accepted Answer

A)  thought stopping. 
B)  covert sensitization. 
C)  desensitization. 
D)  covert reinforcement.

Question 8

When you are using the counseling skill known as reflection, you

Accepted Answer

A)  give feedback by simply restating what was said. 
B)  ask open-ended questions. 
C)  encourage catharsis by eliciting defensiveness in the person you are counseling. 
D)  do all of these.

Question 9

You are on your grandfather's farm and wander into the chicken yard when a "mad" hen comes running at you squawking and with her wings flapping.She even pecks you on your ankle.You stay away from this area of the farm during the rest of your visit due to

Accepted Answer

A)  punishment. 
B)  negative reinforcement. 
C)  nonreinforcement. 
D)  shaping.

Question 10

Anxiolytics have which effect?

Accepted Answer

A)  produce relaxation 
B)  elevate mood 
C)  reduce hallucinations 
D)  eliminate delusions

Question 11

In the therapeutic approach known as reality therapy, clients sign contracts in which they agree to make constructive changes in their behavior and relationships.Therefore, reality therapy would best be described as a(n)__________ therapy.

Accepted Answer

A)  action 
B)  insight 
C)  nondirective 
D)  supportive

Question 12

Telephone and Internet therapists have to be credentialed and licensed just like face-to-face therapists as well as holding licensure in all 50 states in the U.S.and in Canada.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The eye movement desensitization and reprocessing technique was developed by

Accepted Answer

A)  Joseph Wolpe. 
B)  Francine Shapiro. 
C)  Victor Frankl. 
D)  Fritz Perls.

Question 14

Which of the following believed that emotional problems, which he called "hysteria," originated from unconscious conflicts?

Accepted Answer

A)  Victor Frankl. 
B)  Fritz Perls. 
C)  Carl Rogers. 
D)  Sigmund Freud.

Question 15

If you are helping a person relearn how to walk after a stroke, you begin by reinforcing the person for being able to stand with a walker, then taking a step, then taking another step, then moving the walker and taking another step and so on.You are using the behavioral procedure known as

Accepted Answer

A)  reciprocal inhibition. 
B)  shaping. 
C)  stimulus control. 
D)  classical conditioning.

Question 16

Lamont's therapist helps him construct a list of fear-producing situations involving heights.His therapist then teaches Lamont exercises that produce deep relaxation.Once Lamont is relaxed, he attempts the first item on the list, which is "standing on a chair." The first item is repeated until Lamont feels no anxiety.He then proceeds to the second item "climbing a small stepladder." During the next six weeks, this procedure continues until Lamont performs the last item of "flying in an airplane." Lamont and his therapist are using

Accepted Answer

A)  aversive conditioning. 
B)  systematic desensitization. 
C)  rational-emotive behavior therapy. 
D)  rational confrontation.

Question 17

According to various psychological experts, electroconvulsive therapy helps patients by

Accepted Answer

A)  inducing seizure activity. 
B)  altering the biochemical and hormonal balance in the brain and body. 
C)  confusing them so they cannot remember why they were depressed. 
D)  doing all of these.

Question 18

Unlike psychodynamic and humanistic therapies, cognitive therapies usually try to

Accepted Answer

A)  uncover one's "true self" hidden behind a screen of defenses. 
B)  help the client find purpose and meaningfulness in his or her life. 
C)  expand the client's self-awareness and rebuild thinking, feeling, and acting into connected wholes. 
D)  directly change what the client thinks, believes, and feels, and, as a consequence, how he or she acts.

Question 19

A little more than 100 years ago, the first true psychotherapy was developed by

Accepted Answer

A)  Freud to treat hysteria. 
B)  Pinel to treat psychosis. 
C)  Eysenck to treat neurosis. 
D)  Frankl to treat anxiety.

Question 20

Time out, which involves removing a person from a situation in which reinforcement could occur is a variation of

Accepted Answer

A)  response cost. 
B)  classical conditioning. 
C)  shaping. 
D)  reciprocal inhibition.

Exam 15: Therapies.

People with drug addictions may find it nearly impossible to resist the temptations for drug abuse in their daily lives without the use of

In counseling a friend, which of the following would NOT be one of your goals?

A friend tells you, "I feel like my boss has it in for me at work." You reply, "How do you feel about it?" which would be considered a(n)__________ question.

Danger signs to watch for in psychotherapy include which of the following?

Regarding the talk-oriented approaches, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Rogers stated that an effective therapist should be able to see and feel what the client is experiencing, a quality known as

When you are using the counseling skill known as reflection, you

You are on your grandfather's farm and wander into the chicken yard when a "mad" hen comes running at you squawking and with her wings flapping.She even pecks you on your ankle.You stay away from this area of the farm during the rest of your visit due to

Anxiolytics have which effect?

In the therapeutic approach known as reality therapy, clients sign contracts in which they agree to make constructive changes in their behavior and relationships.Therefore, reality therapy would best be described as a(n) __________ therapy.

Telephone and Internet therapists have to be credentialed and licensed just like face-to-face therapists as well as holding licensure in all 50 states in the U.S.and in Canada.

The eye movement desensitization and reprocessing technique was developed by

Which of the following believed that emotional problems, which he called "hysteria," originated from unconscious conflicts?

If you are helping a person relearn how to walk after a stroke, you begin by reinforcing the person for being able to stand with a walker, then taking a step, then taking another step, then moving the walker and taking another step and so on.You are using the behavioral procedure known as

According to various psychological experts, electroconvulsive therapy helps patients by

Unlike psychodynamic and humanistic therapies, cognitive therapies usually try to

A little more than 100 years ago, the first true psychotherapy was developed by

Time out, which involves removing a person from a situation in which reinforcement could occur is a variation of

Exam 15: Therapies.

People with drug addictions may find it nearly impossible to resist the temptations for drug abuse in their daily lives without the use of

In counseling a friend, which of the following would NOT be one of your goals?

A friend tells you, "I feel like my boss has it in for me at work." You reply, "How do you feel about it?" which would be considered a(n)__________ question.

Danger signs to watch for in psychotherapy include which of the following?

Regarding the talk-oriented approaches, which of the following statements is FALSE?​

Rogers stated that an effective therapist should be able to see and feel what the client is experiencing, a quality known as

When you are using the counseling skill known as reflection, you

You are on your grandfather's farm and wander into the chicken yard when a "mad" hen comes running at you squawking and with her wings flapping.She even pecks you on your ankle.You stay away from this area of the farm during the rest of your visit due to

Anxiolytics have which effect?

In the therapeutic approach known as reality therapy, clients sign contracts in which they agree to make constructive changes in their behavior and relationships.Therefore, reality therapy would best be described as a(n) __________ therapy.

Telephone and Internet therapists have to be credentialed and licensed just like face-to-face therapists as well as holding licensure in all 50 states in the U.S.and in Canada.

The eye movement desensitization and reprocessing technique was developed by

Which of the following believed that emotional problems, which he called "hysteria," originated from unconscious conflicts?

If you are helping a person relearn how to walk after a stroke, you begin by reinforcing the person for being able to stand with a walker, then taking a step, then taking another step, then moving the walker and taking another step and so on.You are using the behavioral procedure known as

According to various psychological experts, electroconvulsive therapy helps patients by

Unlike psychodynamic and humanistic therapies, cognitive therapies usually try to

A little more than 100 years ago, the first true psychotherapy was developed by

Time out, which involves removing a person from a situation in which reinforcement could occur is a variation of

Regarding the talk-oriented approaches, which of the following statements is FALSE?