Deck 1: Introduction to 21st Century Psychotherapies Frank Dumont

Question 1

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz is credited with the

A) first scientific study of the unconscious.
B) development of systematic psychotherapy.
C) creation of the nature versus nurture debate.
D) identification of defense mechanisms.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Hellenist physicians believed that the organ contributing to mental illness was the

A) heart.
B) liver.
C) brain.
D) blood.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

In Chapter 1, Raymond Corsini illustrates a change in an inmate's life after learning he had a high IQ. This story demonstrates that psychotherapy can be broadly defined as any

A) interaction between a therapist and a patient.
B) technique that teaches a patient a new skill.
C) self-concept-altering experience.
D) interpretation provided to a patient.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Research suggests that interpersonal psychotherapy is effective in treating ___________.

A) schizophrenia
B) bipolar disorder
C) phobias
D) depression

Question 5

Franz Anton Mesmer is often viewed as the pioneer of

A) manualized therapy.
B) free association.
C) hypnotherapy.
D) behavioral intervention.

Question 6

Neurosciences suggest that elective psychotherapy leads to changes at the

A) cognitive level.
B) behavioral level.
C) neuronal level.
D) interpersonal level.

Question 7

Raymond Corsini describes how a prisoner's life changed when he was told that he had a high IQ. Why does Dr. Corsini consider this psychotherapy?

Question 8

Emil Kraepelin's work focused heavily on

A) multicultural variants of illness.
B) classifications of diseases.
C) surgical approaches to mental illness.
D) use of hypnosis.

Question 9

Herman von Helmholtz described the unconscious reconstruction of what our past taught us about an object as

A) restructuring objects.
B) psychic stimulation.
C) cognitive discovery.
D) unconscious inference.

Question 10

The idea that similar ideas attract and strengthen one another's ability to be conscious is the result of the work of

A) Alfred Adler.
B) Hippocrates.
C) Thomas Mann.
D) Johann Friedrich Herbart.

Question 11

The idea that nonlinear messages are systematically sent between the unconscious and the conscious in human interactions was developed by

A) Hippocrates.
B) Carl Gustav Carus.
C) Franz Anton Mesmer.
D) Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.

Question 12

Arthur Schopenhauer's principle argument was that

A) unconscious material could easily be made conscious.
B) the unconscious did not exist at all.
C) free will prevailed over determinism.
D) we are largely driven by blind, irrational forces.

Question 13

Positive psychology has considerable momentum and is most commonly linked with the work of

A) Aaron Beck.
B) Sigmund Freud.
C) Martin Seligman.
D) Albert Ellis.

Question 14

Although Sigmund Freud is generally called the "father of psychotherapy," describe the contributions of his key predecessors and contemporaries.

Question 15

Jungian therapy, based on the work of Moritz Benedikt, underscores the importance of

A) rewarding positive behavior.
B) unconditional positive regard.
C) purging pathogenic secrets.
D) cognitive distortions.

Question 16

The psychotherapeutic term dynamic was first used by

A) Sigmund Freud.
B) Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.
C) Hippocrates.
D) Franz Anton Mesmer.

Question 17

Due to multicultural differences, segments of the population would likely benefit from

A) indigenized psychotherapies.
B) exporting Euro-American psychotherapists.
C) abandoning cultural philosophies.
D) accepting a universal approach to psychotherapy.

Question 18

Which type of psychotherapy views the process of helping others as a form of teaching?

A) Humanistic therapy
B) Behavior therapy
C) Psychoanalytic therapy
D) Client-centered therapy

Question 19

Pope and Wedding would argue that in deciding to use psychotropic medications

A) preset clinical objectives need to be determined.
B) immediate early genes are irrelevant.
C) psychotherapy's common factors are undermined.
D) psychotherapy has occurred if patient's suffering has been alleviated.

Question 20

The expression of certain genes that result from their activation by specific but common environmental events is referred to as

A) neuronal decay.
B) somatiker.
C) psychiker.
D) epigenetics.

Question 21

What is a manualized psychotherapy? Discuss three practical advantages to manualized psychotherapies.

Question 22

What does epigenetic change mean? How can a therapist affect epigenetic change in a client?

Question 23

Many attempts have been made historically to categorize or classify mental illnesses. Discuss the evolution of these attempts from beginning to current.