Deck 2: Psychology and Therapy: Understanding the Mind and Treatment Approaches

Question 1

After Mike got to college, the first two people he called to ask for a trip forcefully told him 'No!' Mike has concluded he will never have a trip. Beck would say Mike is engaging in

A)selective abstraction
B)personalization
C)overgeneralization
D)none of the above

Answer 1

overgeneralization

Question 2

With which disorders has cognitive therapy been shown to be effective?

A)anxiety disorders
B)bulimia
C)major depression
D)all of the above

Answer 2

all of the above

Question 3

Persuading clients to abandon their erroneous ways of thinking is a goal of

A)aversive conditioning
B)cognitive therapy
C)systematic desensitization
D)social skills training

Answer 3

cognitive therapy

Question 4

A therapist who pays particular attention to transference during therapy is likely to have which approach?

A)psychodynamic approach
B)cognitive approach
C)humanistic approach
D)behavioural approach

Question 5

A therapist who uses classical conditioning principles to treat a spider phobia is likely to have which approach?

A)psychodynamic approach
B)cognitive approach
C)humanistic approach
D)behavioural approach

Question 6

a therapist whose main task is to encourage clients to test their assumptions against reality is likely to have which approach?

A)psychodynamic approach
B)cognitive approach
C)humanistic approach
D)behavioural approach

Question 7

According to Freud, which part of the mind is composed mainly of life and death instincts

A)id
B)ego
C)superego
D)none of these

Question 8

According to Freud, which part of the mind is dominated by the pleasure principle?

A)the id
B)the ego
C)the super ego
D)the super id

Question 9

All of the following are examples of sublimation except

A)competing in contact sports
B)robbing a bank
C)painting nude portraits
D)competing in business

Question 10

The humanistic view states that

A)humans possess an inner-directedness
B)humans possess an objective view of reality
C)people should not frustrate themselves by continually trying to change and improve
D)personality is dominated by an active unconscious

Question 11

Rogers believes that differences between the self and the ideal self

A)are uncomfortable
B)lead to incongruence
C)lead to unsymbolized feelings
D)all of the above

Question 12

Which approach to psychology is referred to as the "third force"?

A)psychoanalysis
B)social learning theory
C)humanistic theory
D)trait theory

Question 13

Humanistic psychologists believe that people are born _________, whereas social learning theorists believe that people are born ___________.

A)good, selfish
B)selfish, good
C)neutral, good
D)good, neutral

Question 14

Rogers is most properly associated with

A)non-directive counselling
B)client centered therapy
C)rational-emotive therapy
D)behaviour modification

Question 15

Rogers described the formative tendency as the tendency for

A)humans to form intimate interpersonal relationships
B)matter to evolve from simpler to more complex forms
C)people to strive toward self-actualization
D)people to return to an inorganic state

Question 16

Rogers believed that all behaviour relates to one's

A)enhancement needs
B)perceived self
C)ideal self
D)actualizing tendency

Question 17

Healthy people evaluate their experiences as good or bad according to which criterion?

A)perceived self
B)reflected appraisal of others
C)the actualizing tendency
D)the self concept

Question 18

In Rogerian theory, the actualizing tendency

A)is synonymous with the formative tendency
B)has the same or nearly the same meaning as self-actualization
C)refers to the person's organismic experiences
D)refers to the tendency to actualize the

Question 19

Inner tension arises, Rogers said, when a conflict exists between the

A)self-actualizing tendency and the organismic self
B)emotion and cognition
C)the values of others and one's own values
D)the formative tendency and the actualization tendency