Question 1

Every time Brooklyn cleans her room properly and makes the bed, she receives a marble. When she accumulates 100 marbles, she can get the new video game she wants. What type of behavioral program are Brooklyn's parents using?

Accepted Answer

A)  modeling 
B)  negative reinforcement 
C)  token economy 
D)  systematic desensitization

Question 2

Collins uses exposure-based therapies to treat many of her patients. Client A is actually confronted with the situation that causes her anxiety, while Client B is asked to think about and visualize the frightening situation. Client A's treatment method would be described as __________, while Client B's treatment method is __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  in vivo, imaginal 
B)  imaginal, virtual 
C)  virtual, in vivo 
D)  systematic, in vivo

Question 3

Which therapy depends on identifying and changing distorted thinking and unrealistic beliefs?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

A goal of family therapy is to __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  change the needs of individual family members 
B)  improve family communication and interaction 
C)  identify and treat the person in the family who is the source of the majority of the family's problems 
D)  teach family members to remain neutral on sensitive issues

Question 5

A technique for treating phobias and other stress disorders in which the person is suddenly exposed to the fear-provoking situation or object in an intense way and is prevented from making the usual avoidance or escape response is called __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  systematic desensitization 
B)  flooding 
C)  paradoxical intent 
D)  aversion therapy

Question 6

Prefrontal lobotomy is one form of __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  shock treatment 
B)  drug therapy 
C)  psychosurgery 
D)  EST

Question 7

Your friend tells you that he sees 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."

Question 8

What is the primary goal of person-centered therapy?

Accepted Answer

A)  to eliminate the client's undesirable behaviors 
B)  to help clients develop insight into their behaviors 
C)  to provide a caring and accepting environment 
D)  to develop realistic modes of thinking

Question 9

A contingency contract is a formal written agreement in which the goals of behavioral change, reinforcements, and penalties are clearly stated.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Psychoanalysis is a therapy technique designed by __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Alfred Adler 
B)  Carl Rogers 
C)  Fritz Perls 
D)  Sigmund Freud

Question 11

A new therapeutic technique known as deep brain stimulation (DBS) is showing promise in the treatment of __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  anorexia nervosa where other treatments have failed 
B)  phobias 
C)  personality disorders 
D)  mania

Question 12

Carl Rogers's person-centered approach is considered __________ because the client actually does all the real work, with the therapist merely acting as a sounding board.

Accepted Answer

A)  directive 
B)  nondirective 
C)  behavioral 
D)  cognitive

Question 13

The first truly organized effort to house mentally ill persons began in England in the sixteenth century and took place at __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  La Bicêtre Asylum 
B)  Bethlehem Hospital 
C)  the Pinel Asylum 
D)  London General Hospital

Question 14

Today's electroconvulsive shock therapy is often quite useful in the treatment of __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  severe depression 
B)  schizophrenia 
C)  mild anxiety 
D)  dissociative identity disorder

Question 15

Modern psychoanalysts differ from traditional Freudian psychoanalysts in that they focus on the __________ as a motivating force of behavior, and they favor __________ their clients.

Accepted Answer

A)  id; face-to-face discussions with 
B)  ego; face-to-face discussions with 
C)  id; sitting behind and passively listening to 
D)  ego; sitting behind and passively listening to

Question 16

In __________, an unpleasant stimulus is paired with a particular behavior in order to make that behavior less likely to occur.

Accepted Answer

A)  aversion therapy 
B)  token economies 
C)  reward training 
D)  biofeedback

Question 17

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

Question 18

List the physical side effects associated with antidepressant drugs.

Accepted Answer

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Question 19

The use of learning techniques to modify or change undesirable behavior and increase desirable behaviors is called __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  applied behavior analysis 
B)  the empty-chair technique 
C)  reflection 
D)  selective thinking

Question 20

List the three basic goals of any cognitive-behavioral therapy.

Accepted Answer

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Exam 15: Psychological Therapies