Deck 16: D: Therapies

Question 1

According to Rogers,people brought up with conditional positive regard

A)tend to be vain and narcissistic
B)tend to act as if they were orally fixated
C)feel valued regardless of their attitudes and behaviours
D)live lives directed toward what others want and value

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Physicians who are trained to treat psychological disorders are called

A)clinicians.
B)counsellors.
C)psychiatrists.
D)psychiatric psychologists.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Maureen is in therapy because she is very frightened of her father and feels tongue-tied around him.After a few months she begins to feel frightened of her therapist also.According to Freud,this is an example of

A)latency.
B)interpretation.
C)transference.
D)sublimination.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which method of treating phobias involves progressive relaxation and exposure to the feared object (either actual or imagined)?

A)extinction
B)systematic desensitization
C)punishment
D)token economy

Question 5

Which of the following,according to Rogers,is MOST likely to become a fully functioning person?

A)someone with a strongly developed superego
B)someone with an extroverted personality
C)someone brought up with conditional positive regard
D)someone brought up with unconditional positive regard

Question 6

An essential element of client-centred therapy is

A)a nonthreatening atmosphere
B)free-association
C)detailed exploration of the client's childhood
D)properly timed and worded interpretations

Question 7

John dreamed that he was in a train that entered a tunnel.If a psychologist believed that the dream expressed John's unconscious sexual desires,the psychologist would likely be a

A)humanist
B)learning theorist
C)personologist
D)psychoanalyst

Question 8

Making someone who is afraid of snakes handle dozens of snakes in an effort to get him to overcome his fear is called

A)systematic desensitization.
B)aversive conditioning.
C)flooding.
D)paradoxical intent.

Question 9

After a brief early commitment to hypnosis as a method of uncovering unconscious material,Freud later developed his psychoanalytic method of

A)factor analysis.
B)situational determinism.
C)empathy.
D)free association.

Question 10

Unconditional positive regard is most important to

A)Freud.
B)Jung.
C)Maslow.
D)Rogers.

Question 11

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

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

Question 12

A student finds himself hating a professor because the latter reminds him of his abusive father.In psychoanalytic terms,the student is exhibiting

A)abreaction.
B)transference.
C)resistance.
D)cathexis.

Question 13

According to Rogers,all people have a need for

A)superiority.
B)sex and aggression.
C)positive regard.
D)anxiety reduction.

Question 14

Psychotherapies that emphasize changing clients' perceptions of their life situation as a way of modifying their behaviour are called

A)behaviour therapy.
B)client-centred therapy.
C)cognitive therapy.
D)Gestalt therapy.

Question 15

In the psychoanalytic technique of _______,the patient is encouraged to say whatever thoughts come to mind,regardless of their order or appropriateness.

A)abreaction
B)cathexis
C)free association
D)transference

Question 16

For client-centered therapy to be effective,the client must perceive the therapist as showing

A)unconditional positive regard.
B)empathy.
C)genuineness.
D)all of the above.

Question 17

Insight therapies include all but which one of the following?

A)psychoanalysis
B)humanistic therapy
C)behaviour modification
D)Gestalt therapies

Question 18

Arranging anxiety-provoking situations in a hierarchy would be characteristic of

A)behavioural contracting.
B)operant conditioning. In
D)systematic desensitization.

Question 19

What is the process by which a patient projects feelings about other individuals onto the psychoanalyst?

A)resistance
B)reactance
C)countertransference
D)transference

Question 20

The term "free association" is associated with which of the following therapeutic endeavors?

A)applied behaviour analysis
B)analytical analysis
C)specific therapies
D)psychoanalysis

Question 21

Lily is seeing Dr.Smythe to deal with her dependency issues,which stem from when her father abandoned her as a child.During one of the therapy sessions,Dr.Smythe tells Lilythat he will have to cancel next week's appointment because he is going on vacation.Lily feels resentful,jealous,and angry towardDr.Smythe,and screams at him for not being there for her when she needs him.Which term best describes Lily's behaviour?

A)transference
B)countertransference
C)resistance
D)reactive

Question 22

A procedure which severs the connections from parts of the brain that control emotions is

A)limbic curettage.
B)trephining.
C)ECT.
D)prefrontal lobotomy.

Question 23

Thorazine is used to calm and relieve

A)delusions of schizophrenia.
B)generalized anxiety.
C)the manic phase of bipolar disorder.
D)the symptoms of hypochondriasis.

Question 24

Sally's therapist wants her to bring her parents and siblings to counseling sessions with her.Sally is going through

A)social skills training.
B)family therapy.
C)assertiveness training.
D)client-centered therapy.

Question 25

A technique which assumes it is impossible to be relaxed and anxious at the same time is

A)systematic desensitization.
B)overgeneralization.
C)conditioning. In

Question 26

Which of the following is NOT a biomedical therapy?

A)ECT
B)psychosurgery
C)tertiary prevention
D)chemotherapy

Question 27

Dr.Lee believes that all psychological disorders can be treated in much the same way as physical disorders.He was most likely trained under the _______ model.

A)psychoanalytic
B)rational emotive
C)Freudian
D)medical

Question 28

Tardive dyskinesia is a side effect of

A)barbiturate use
B)psychosurgery
C)ECT
D)antipsychotic drugs

Question 29

A young boy has been told by his dentist to stop eating candy because the sugar is ruining his teeth.The boy still cannot help himself.Whenever he finds candy in his house,he quickly devours everything.To help stop the boy from eating the candy,his mother allows him to "find" several candy pieces that she has dipped in hot chili sauce.Which type of treatment approach is the mother using?

A)aversion therapy
B)implosion therapy
C)client-centred therapy
D)systematic desensitization

Question 30

Lithium is a naturally occurring

A)drug.
B)enzyme.
C)salt.
D)plant.

Question 31

The procedure known as _______ is one type of psychosurgery.

A)gastroplasty
B)transaxial tomography
C)audiography
D)prefrontal lobotomy

Question 32

Which treatment is MOST likely to be used today?

A)drug therapy
B)prefrontal lobotomy
C)ECT
D)in vitro therapy

Question 33

Electroconfulsive therapy is mainly effective in treating

A)depression.
B)schizophrenia.
C)anxiety disorders.
D)all of the above.

Question 34

_______ therapy assumes that problem behaviours are learned and,as such,can be unlearned.

A)Behaviour
B)Group
C)Gestalt
D)Person-centered

Question 35

When problems exist between parents and children,their problems are usually BEST handled by

A)psychoanalysis.
B)family therapy.
C)operant conditioning.
D)individual therapy.

Question 36

Which of the following has been fairly effective in treating bipolar disorders?

A)cingulotomy
B)valium
C)lithium
D)ECT

Question 37

Systematic desensitization is especially useful as a treatment for

A)panic disorders.
B)schizophrenia.
C)depression.
D)phobias.

Question 38

Prefrontal lobotomy is one form of

A)shock treatment.
B)EST.
C)drug therapy.
D)psychosurgery.

Question 39

Which of the following is NOT used in biomedical therapy?

A)electric shock
B)language
C)drugs
D)surgery

Question 40

Cognitive models of therapy tend to focus on

A)corrective emotional experiences.
B)changing thinking processes.
C)removing symptoms.
D)fulfilling one's potential.

Question 41

A therapist believes that Chet is chronically depressed because he takes too little credit for his many achievements and assumes too much responsibility for his few failures.The therapist's interpretation reflects a ________ perspective.

A)psychoanalytic
B)social-cognitive
C)trait
D)humanistic

Question 42

Billie is using an anxiety hierarchy to help eliminate her fear of cats.What type of treatment approach is Billie most likely implementing?

A)systematic desensitization
B)dismantling
C)experiential therapy
D)aversion therapy

Question 43

What treatment approach for schizophrenia is most questionable from a scientific standpoint?

A)cognitive-behavioural therapy
B)biological therapy
C)psychodynamic therapy
D)humanistic therapy

Question 44

Which of the following techniques would behaviour therapists most likely use to help people overcome a fear of flying?

A)aversive conditioning
B)eclectic therapy
C)systematic desensitization
D)transference

Question 45

What type of therapy provides outcomes that are easily measured and verified?

A)psychodynamic
B)behavioural
C)experiential
D)humanistic

Question 46

Stephanie has been displaying a range of new neurotic behaviours over the past few months.Her therapist,who is a supporter of the psychodynamic perspective,suspects that these odd behaviours are due to repressed traumatic memories from Stephanie's childhood.What approachto treatment would the therapist most likely take?

A)analyze Stephanie's dreams
B)administer the MMPI
C)nurture unconditional positive regard
D)recommend psychotherapeutic medications