Deck 1: Introduction to 21st Century Psychotherapies

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

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 driven by blind, irrational forces.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

In Chapter 1, 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 which teaches a patient a new skill.
C)self-concept-altering experience.
D)interpretation provided to a patient.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

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 5

Neurosciences suggest elective psychotherapy leads to changes at the:

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

Question 6

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 7

For the coding of mental illnesses for the purposes of reimbursement, as of October 2014, U.S.clinicians will need to use the:

A)DSM-5.
B)MMPI-2-RF.
C)ICD-10-CM.
D)PAI.

Question 8

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 9

Franz Anton Mesmer is often viewed as the pioneer of:

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

Question 10

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 patients suffering has been alleviated.

Question 11

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 12

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 13

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 14

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 15

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 16

The psychotherapeutic term "dynamic" was first used by:

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

Question 17

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

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

Question 18

The organicist tradition refers to scientists who were:

A)environmentalists.
B)somatic focused.
C)integrating music into therapy.
D)lab-based.