Deck 20: Neuroscience, Psychotherapy, and Neuropsychotherapy

Question 1

Kandel's principles sent shockwaves throughout the leaders in the field who were trying to infuse neuroscientific principles about the brain in their psychotherapy practices.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The ______ brain manages a person's creative abilities and emotional responses.

A) front
B) back
C) right
D) left

Answer 2

C

Question 3

There are more than ______ neurotransmitters.

A) 200
B) 100
C) 400
D) 500

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Memory consolidation is a neurological process that involves gradually converting information from short-term into long-term memory.

Question 5

Hebb conducted studies on the single cell sea slug Aplysia to learn how nerve cells (neurons) change during learning.

Question 6

Information that a person has to consciously remember is known as _________memory.

A) implicit
B) explicit
C) conscious
D) unconcious

Question 7

The superego is linked with the:

A) the cortex
B) prefrontal lobe
C) neurons
D) neurotransmitters

Question 8

Therapy and counseling strategies that tend to release ________include exercising and using meditation on a consistent basis.

A) acetylcholine
B) serotonin
C) dopamine
D) GABA

Question 9

in May _____, the American Psychiatric Association (2013) published its newest revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (the DSM-5).

A) 2010
B) 2011
C) 2012
D) 2013

Question 10

To develop neural resonance with clients, Siegel (2010) suggests that therapists use an exercise called the:

A) wheel of awareness
B) wheel of violence
C) wheel of neurons
D) wheel of resistance

Question 11

Three primary types of specialized neurons exist within the nervous system including all but which:

A) interneurons
B) cerebral neurons
C) motor neurons
D) sensory neurons

Question 12

During this phase of EMDR, the therapist assesses the client's readiness for EMDR and develops a treatment plan.

A) Phase 1
B) Phase 3
C) Phase 5
D) Phase 7

Question 13

A person's short-term memories are stored for only about:

A) 1 minute
B) 10 minutes
C) 20 to 30 seconds
D) 3 seconds

Question 14

According to David Grand (2013), brainspotting therapy evolved from his work using coherence therapy in his private practice.

Question 15

In 1883, ______ began working under Meynert, a neurosurgeon and psychiatrist where he restricted his work to working on the nervous system.

A) Adler
B) Erikson
C) Glasser
D) Freud

Question 16

During this phase of EMDR, the client identifies a positive belief, which is rated, and so is the intensity of the negative emotions.

A) Phase 1
B) Phase 3-6
C) Phase 7-8
D) Phase 2

Question 17

_______ may be defined as the electrically excitable cells that process and transmit information within the brain by electrical-chemical signaling.

A) neurotransmitters
B) neurons
C) cerebral hemispheres
D) synapses

Question 18

In order to assist clients with "taking in the good" in the lives, Hanson (2013) developed the acronym:

A) WHEEL
B) HEAL
C) PEEL
D) MEAL

Question 19

The ego, which is based on the reality principle, can be associated with the complex brain processes in the cortex.

Question 20

The brain is a ______ pound mass of tissue composed of grey and white matter.

A) three
B) five
C) eight
D) ten

Question 21

What is a neurotransmitter?

Question 22

Cozolino (2010) has maintained that a therapist can use neuroscientific principles to improve therapy by doing what 5 things?

Question 23

Briefly discuss the characteristics of the brain.

Question 24

Tucker, Luu, and Pribram (1995) have suggested that integration within the brain may deal with specific anatomic circuits. List these.

Question 25

Therapy techniques for neuropsychotherapy can be grouped into four categories. Name two of these categories.

Question 26

How does psychotherapy change the brain?

Question 27

What are the overall goals of neuropsychotherapy?

Question 28

What four neurotransmitters are directly connected to problem behaviors that often bring people to therapy?

Question 29

The right side of the brain is good at tasks that involve logic, language and analytical thinking.

Question 30

Dopamine production may be increased within a person via massages.

Question 31

What is neuroplasticity?

Question 32

What is a brainspot?

Question 33

All brains are alike.

Question 34

Neurotransmitters contribute to a person's cognitive, emotional, psychological and behavioral responses or patterns in life.

Question 35

What is the he role of the client in neuropsychotherapy?

Question 36

Provide a brief overview of the five principles Kandel mentioned in his 1998 article about neuroscience and psychotherapy.

Question 37

What are mirror neurons?

Question 38

Discuss how neuroscience is related to social justice.

Question 39

Freud was a neuroscientist before he became a psychotherapist.

Question 40

Describe implicit memory.