Question 1

Which of the following therapists has used modeling to treat phobias?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ellis
B)  Bandura
C)  Perls
D)  Rogers B

Question 2

Which method was NOT used by Freud to identify repressed feelings?

Accepted Answer

A)  role playing
B)  dream interpretation
C)  asking a client to talk about whatever comes to mind
D)  free association A

Question 3

Prefrontal lobotomy is a technique used in _______.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

Albert Ellis is best known as a _______ therapist.

Accepted Answer

A)  Gestalt
B)  rational-emotive
C)  family
D)  group

Question 5

Which treatment is LEAST likely to be used today?

Accepted Answer

A)  drug therapy
B)  prefrontal lobotomy
C)  ECT
D)  behavior therapy

Question 6

An ancient treatment for emotional disturbance was:

Accepted Answer

A)  psychoanalysis.
B)  trephining.
C)  lobotomy.
D)  ECT.

Question 7

Which technique uses reinforcement to change behavior?

Accepted Answer

A)  operant conditioning
B)  classical conditioning
C)  aversive conditioning
D)  desensitization

Question 8

Jerry is 22 years old and still gets too many cavities from eating too many sweets.Jerry's dentist trains him to think of the pain of having his teeth drilled each time he reaches for a piece of candy.The dentist is using _______ to cure Jerry's excess eating of sweets.

Accepted Answer

A)  negative transference
B)  desensitization
C)  behavioral contracting
D)  aversive conditioning

Question 9

The focus of behavior therapies is on:

Accepted Answer

A)  conflict resolution.
B)  external observable behavior.
C)  restructuring the whole personality.
D)  finding the causes of undesirable behavior.

Question 10

During a case conference,a therapist says his recommendation is to use a technique based on classical conditioning that associates the client's drinking with an unpleasant stimuli.You recognize that the recommended treatment is:

Accepted Answer

A)  modeling.
B)  extinction.
C)  aversion therapy.
D)  systematic desensitization.

Question 11

Every time Jeanie opens her cigarette case or uses her lighter,she gets a painful electric shock.Jeanie's friends and family have been asked not to give her any cigarettes or light any for her,so she must use her own lighter if she wants to smoke.Eventually,Jeanie loses her desire to smoke,thanks to _______.

Accepted Answer

A)  negative transference
B)  desensitization
C)  behavioral contracting
D)  aversive conditioning

Question 12

Virtually all antipsychotic drugs work by __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  increasing the amount of serotonin in the brain
B)  blocking dopamine receptors in the brain
C)  increasing the amount of acetylcholine in the brain
D)  inhibiting the function of the hypothalamus

Question 13

Beck's cognitive therapy is particularly effective in the treatment of __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  somatoform disorders
B)  anxiety disorders
C)  depression
D)  schizophrenia

Question 14

In _______ therapy the person must learn an association between the target behavior and an unpleasant event.Thus,the person receives unpleasant consequences for the undesired behavior.

Accepted Answer

A)  Gestalt
B)  group
C)  aversive conditioning
D)  rational-emotive

Question 15

A humanistic psychologist would most likely agree that:

Accepted Answer

A)  anxiety occurs when we try so hard to live up to others' expectations that we lose touch with our own desires and feelings.
B)  anxiety results from feelings and emotions repressed during childhood.
C)  anxiety results from unconscious desires.
D)  anxiety results from irrational thoughts.

Question 16

Which therapy does NOT assume that many psychological problems are the result of internal thoughts and feelings?

Accepted Answer

A)  humanistic
B)  Gestalt
C)  psychoanalytic
D)  behavioral

Question 17

Client-centered therapy was founded by __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Rogers
B)  Wolpe
C)  Adler
D)  Jung

Question 18

Valium,Librium and Miltown are popular _______ drugs.

Accepted Answer

A)  antianxiety
B)  antidepressant
C)  antiphobic
D)  antipsychotic

Question 19

A technique known as prefrontal lobotomy:

Accepted Answer

A)  earned a Nobel prize for Ugo Cerletti.
B)  caused many patients to cease displaying emotional reactions.
C)  is widely used today for a wide range of disorders.
D)  was often used in conjunction with electroconvulsive therapy.

Question 20

Electroconvulsive therapy is used to alleviate _______.

Accepted Answer

A)  anxiety
B)  schizophrenia
C)  somatoform disorders
D)  severe depression

Exam 15: Psychological Therapies