Question 1

Clients' subjective ratings of changes in their feelings,measures of clients' behavioral change,and therapists' subjective ratings of change in clients' adaptive functioning could all be used as measures of

Accepted Answer

A)  therapists' professional competence. 
B)  the effectiveness of therapy. 
C)  placebo effects. 
D)  personality differences among clients.

Question 2

Charlene is talking with her father,and she confesses that she lied about where she had been on the weekend.Her father tells Charlene that he loves her,but that he doesn't approve of her lying.According to Carl Rogers,Charlene's father is displaying the quality of

Accepted Answer

A)  empathy. 
B)  validity. 
C)  unconditional positive regard. 
D)  selective abstraction.

Question 3

Martin Seligman asserts that people who have ____________________ respond best when they are treated using systematic desensitization.

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The answer of Martin Seligman asserts that people who have...

Question 4

Jim is 14 years old and has been participating in individual therapy.Although he has made progress,his therapist is concerned that Jim will relapse because of Jim's dysfunctional home environment.Jim's therapist is most likely to recommend

Accepted Answer

A)  psychoanalysis. 
B)  couples therapy. 
C)  family therapy. 
D)  systematic desensitization.

Question 5

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)is a behavioral treatment for depression in which an electric shock is used to produce seizures accompanied by convulsions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Cognitive therapy is designed to

Accepted Answer

A)  create a negative response to a stimulus that has elicited problematic behavior. 
B)  correct habitual thinking errors and maladaptive beliefs. 
C)  reduce phobic responses. 
D)  improve interpersonal skills.

Question 7

Identify the elements of therapeutic climate and discuss therapeutic process in Rogers's client-centered therapy.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Identify the elements of therapeutic climate and...

Question 8

Aversion therapy is a therapy designed to

Accepted Answer

A)  create a negative response to a stimulus that has elicited problematic behavior. 
B)  correct habitual thinking errors and maladaptive beliefs. 
C)  reduce phobic responses. 
D)  improve interpersonal skills.

Question 9

Behavior therapy requires that

Accepted Answer

A)  the client's vague complaints be translated into concrete behavioral goals. 
B)  the client develop insight into his or her irrational thought processes. 
C)  the client passively accept suggestions for change. 
D)  the client's concrete complaints be translated into abstract constructs.

Question 10

Dr.Benz always tries to be honest with her clients and she never becomes defensive,even if the clients ridicule her feedback or her methods of therapy.According to Carl Rogers,Dr.Benz is displaying the quality of

Accepted Answer

A)  empathy in dealing with her clients. 
B)  genuineness in dealing with her clients. 
C)  unconditional positive regard in dealing with her clients. 
D)  validity in dealing with her clients.

Question 11

The most important aspect of group therapy is that group members

Accepted Answer

A)  provide acceptance and emotional support. 
B)  challenge one another's false belief structures. 
C)  increase conformity and compliance. 
D)  reduce both transference and resistance.

Question 12

Which type of therapy will MOST likely be used more frequently in the future due to economic pressures in mental health care?

Accepted Answer

A)  client-centered therapy 
B)  well-being therapy 
C)  positive psychotherapy 
D)  group therapy

Question 13

Common side effects associated with antianxiety drugs include all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  depression. 
B)  lightheadedness. 
C)  muscle tremors. 
D)  drowsiness.

Question 14

Cognitive therapy originally developed as a treatment approach to

Accepted Answer

A)  marital problems. 
B)  anxiety problems. 
C)  depression. 
D)  schizophrenia.

Question 15

The major emphasis in client-centered therapy is to provide the client with

Accepted Answer

A)  interpretation of unconscious thinking 
B)  cognitive restructuring 
C)  feedback and clarification 
D)  good advice

Question 16

Clients receiving ____ are taught to detect and evaluate their negative,self-defeating thoughts and statements.

Accepted Answer

A)  psychoanalysis 
B)  aversion therapy 
C)  social skills training 
D)  cognitive therapy

Question 17

Cognitive therapy borrows many techniques from

Accepted Answer

A)  group therapy. 
B)  behavior therapy. 
C)  client-centered therapy. 
D)  psychodynamic therapy.

Question 18

Which of the following has NOT been an outcome of deinstitutionalization?

Accepted Answer

A)  a decrease in the average inpatient population in state and county mental hospitals 
B)  an increase in the average length of stay in state and county mental hospitals 
C)  an increase in the number of mentally ill patients in local general hospitals 
D)  more outpatient care of psychological disorders

Question 19

Of the following,which is NOT a closely related pair of terms?

Accepted Answer

A)  psychoanalysis and free association 
B)  client-centered therapy and clarification 
C)  behavior therapy and systematic desensitization 
D)  biomedical therapy and aversion therapy

Question 20

According to Freud,neurosis usually results from unconscious conflicts over

Accepted Answer

A)  power and aggression. 
B)  sex and aggression. 
C)  sex and achievement. 
D)  power and achievement.

Exam 16: Treatment of Psychological Disorders