Question 1

Benchmarking can be used to

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A)  determine which intervention will be most effective for a specific mental health problem.
B)  compare the results of controlled research studies with clinical practice research results.
C)  compare various interventions for a mental health issue within a clinical setting.
D)  determine the type of treatment for which a given patient is suited. B

Question 2

CBT for depression generally starts with

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A)  self-monitoring of the link between activities and mood.
B)  prescribing pleasurable activities.
C)  research into pleasurable activities.
D)  thought challenging. A

Question 3

Which of the following are the three main treatment components of CBT for posttraumatic stress disorder?

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A)  Relaxation skills,imaginal exposure,in vivo exposure
B)  Imaginal exposure,in vivo exposure,hypnosis
C)  Relaxation skills,hypnosis,in vivo exposure
D)  Relaxation skills,in vivo exposure,behavioural activation A

Question 4

Which component of CBT for posttraumatic stress disorder involves having the client recount his/her traumatic experiences for an extended period in order to encourage the client to fully emotionally process the trauma?

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A)  In vivo exposure
B)  Imaginal exposure
C)  Field exposure
D)  behavioural activation

Question 5

One of the key issues addressed through the early steps of Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy is

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A)  problem-solving and communication.
B)  faulty behaviour cycles.
C)  unrealistic expectations.
D)  attachment difficulties.

Question 6

Behavioural activation generally begins with

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A)  setting treatment goals.
B)  time management training.
C)  challenging automatic thoughts.
D)  scheduling pleasurable activities.

Question 7

Meta analysis is a method for

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A)  qualitatively reviewing research studies.
B)  quantitatively reviewing research studies.
C)  critiquing research studies.
D)  analyzing patients in the psychoanalytic tradition.

Question 8

In 1952,Hans Eysenck published a review from which he concluded that rates of improvement among clients receiving psychodynamic or eclectic psychotherapy were

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A)  better than rates of remission of symptoms among untreated clients.
B)  comparable to rates of remission of symptoms among untreated clients.
C)  comparable to rates of remission of symptoms among clients treated with cognitive-behavioural therapy.
D)  better than rates of remission of symptoms among clients treated with cognitive-behavioural therapy.

Question 9

The component of CBT for PTSD in which a psychologist develops a hierarchy of feared stimuli with the patient and encourages the patient to intentionally expose himself or herself to increasingly fearful stimuli is known as

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A)  imaginal exposure.
B)  emotional processing.
C)  progressive fear desensitization.
D)  in vivo exposure.

Question 10

Emotionally focused therapy is an intervention method used primarily for

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A)  parent-child relationship problems.
B)  couples experiencing relationship problems.
C)  any type of relationship problems.
D)  behavioural problems in youth.

Question 11

A treatment study in which no control group is used and,typically,few participant exclusion criteria are applied is known as a(n)

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A)  unrandomized design.
B)  imperfect RCT.
C)  open trial.
D)  limited trial.

Question 12

What made it difficult to compare research conducted by behavioural therapists and traditional therapists in the mid-1900s?

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A)  Each research group used different criteria for including studies in their review.
B)  Different criteria were used to evaluate whether therapy worked.
C)  Interpretation of results was influenced by each group's biases.
D)  All of the above.

Question 13

Define the term clinical practice guidelines.

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Question 14

List three reasons why the adoption of evidence-based psychological treatments is slower than that of pharmaceutical interventions.

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Question 15

Smith,Glass,and Miller (1980)compared the efficacy of various types of treatment and found that the treatments with the largest to smallest effect sizes were,respectively,

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A)  Psychodynamic,cognitive-behavioural,developmental,behavioural
B)  Cognitive-Behavioural,humanistic,behavioral,psychodynamic
C)  Psychodynamic,behavioural,cognitive-behavioural,psychodynamic
D)  Cognitive-Behavioural,behavioural,psychodynamic,humanistic

Question 16

Evidence-based treatments vary in the extent and nature of their supporting data-so a treatment could have a modest evidence base but,because no independent RCTs have been conducted on the treatment,it would not meet the original criteria to be an EST.Therefore,the term evidence-based is ________________ the term EST.

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A)  broader and more inclusive than
B)  exactly the same as
C)  limited and more exclusive than
D)  much more restricted than.

Question 17

In the final stage of CBT the psychologist focuses on:

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A)  challenging long-standing beliefs.
B)  challenging negative automatic thoughts.
C)  adopting a more positive activity schedule.
D)  relapse prevention.

Question 18

Emotionally focused couples therapy is designed to

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A)  modify partners' emotional responses.
B)  modify partners' interactional patterns.
C)  foster or establish a secure emotional bond in the couple.
D)  all of the above.

Question 19

List two of the potential threats to internal validity of Hans Eysenck's (1952)analysis of the effects of psychotherapy.

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Question 20

What is the key difference between efficacious treatments and effective treatments?

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Exam 12: Intervention: Adults and Couples