Question 1

Skilled management of a psychological emergency is known as __________.

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Question 2

You place a rubber band around your wrist. Every time you catch yourself engaging in negative self-talk, you "pop" the rubber band as mild punishment. This self-management behavioral technique is known as __________.

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Question 3

Hans Eysenck suggested that psychoanalysis simply takes so long that patients improve due to the mere passage of time, that is, they experience a(n)__________.

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Question 4

To find out if therapy works, researchers randomly place clients in an experimental group that receives therapy and a control group that does not receive therapy, which is known as the __________ control group.

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Question 5

A friend tells you, "I feel like my boss has it in for me at work." You reply, "How do you feel about it?" which would be considered a(n)__________ question.

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Question 6

Describe how aversion therapy could be used as a treatment for alcoholism, including Roger Vogler's work, the concept of response-contingent shocks, and why the use of this type of therapy is justified.

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Question 7

A group of people who share a particular type of problem and provide mutual support to one another is known as a(n)________ group.

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Question 8

One of the best things you can do when offering support to another person is to give feedback by simply restating what is said, which is called __________.

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Question 9

Describe the technique known as EMDR, including a description of the procedure, who developed it, what conditions it is used to treat, and how this technique is believed to work.

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Question 10

The reduced use of full-time commitment to mental hospitals for the treatment of mental disorders is referred to as __________.

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Question 11

Adapting traditional theories and techniques to meet the needs of clients from non-European ethnic and racial groups and treating members of racial and ethnic communities as individuals are abilities exhibited by __________ therapists.

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Question 12

A caring relationship that unites a therapist and a client in working to solve the client's problems is referred to as the __________.

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Question 13

Explain the advantages of group therapy; and describe psychodrama, including its originator and three of the techniques used in this type of group therapy.

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Question 14

Discuss the various types of distance therapies, including how they can be helpful and harmful to the public, the APA's recommendation for mass media psychologists, and the advantages and limitations of the different types of distance therapies.

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Question 15

Distinguish between insight and action therapies and between directive and nondirective therapies, then for each of the following therapies identify 
(1)whether the therapy is an insight therapy or an action therapy; 
(2)whether it is directive or nondirective; 
(3)whether it is usually conducted individually or conducted both individually and in groups; and 
(4)the major strength of each therapy: psychoanalysis, brief psychodynamic therapy, client-centered therapy, existential therapy, Gestalt therapy, behavioral therapies, Beck's cognitive therapy, and Ellis' REBT.

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Question 16

Describe the four basic techniques used in Freudian psychoanalysis, and explain the purpose of each.

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Question 17

Discuss the history of how mental illness has been treated from the Stone Age, through the Middle Ages until Pinel's work in France, including the approaches used and which mental disorders that their "patients" were probably suffering from.

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Question 18

Explain how operant conditioning is used to modify human behavior by listing and describing the six operant principles most often used by behavior therapists.

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Question 19

Thomas is a nonprofessional person who has learned basic counseling skills and works at the campus counseling center. Thomas would be considered a(n)__________ counselor.

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Question 20

Under the supervision of Dr. Abbot, Hannah, who is an ex-alcoholic, helps with group counseling for alcoholics and drug addicts at the community mental health center. In her near-professional capacity, Hannah is considered a(n)__________.

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Quiz 15: Therapies