Deck 16: C: Psychological and Biological Treatments

Question 1

An ineffective therapy may appear to be helpful,even when it really is not,because the client believes that it will be effective.This is what psychologists refer to as the ____.

Answer 1

placebo effect

Question 2

By watching other group members engaged in her feared situation,going up to a stranger and engaging in conversation,LuEllen was able to see how she too could be successful in this situation.This is one example of the observational learning technique of ____.

Answer 2

modelling

Question 3

Unlike Freud,the neo-Freudians focused more on the ____ aspects of a patient's functioning.

Answer 3

conscious

Question 4

Keegan has entered into rehabilitation for both an alcohol abuse problem as well as an addiction to cocaine.His therapist recognizes that Keegan may not wish to change some of his long-standing behaviours that have precipitated his problems.Therefore she spends the first two sessions working with Keegan to identify the reasons for changing and not changing his life.This form of person-centred therapy is known as ____.

Question 5

The key to understanding dysfunctional family dynamics is to study the ____ that occur within this group.

Question 6

One could think of the cognitive-behavioural therapies as a method for falsifying ____.

Question 7

Systematic desensitization works on the principle of ____.

Question 8

Probably the most famous form of self-help group therapy is ____.

Question 9

The most nondirective form of psychotherapy is ____.

Question 10

The highest percentage of clinical psychologists and psychiatrists would label their therapeutic orientation as ____.

Question 11

Ronnie,a mentally challenged 45-year-old male,lives in a group home.He receives play money for cleaning his bedroom and other chores that he can later "spend" on group activities around the city,new clothes,or candy.Ronnie's behaviour is being directed by a ____.

Question 12

Group therapy is often a preferred approach to psychotherapy over individual therapy because it is more ____ and less costly.

Question 13

____ are persons who lack formal professional training but have received agency specific training to provide psychological services.

Question 14

The behavioural technique of ____ exposes the patient to the most intense anxiety-provoking stimuli for a prolonged period of time.

Question 15

A main focus of cognitive therapy is to identify,challenge,and change one's ____.

Question 16

The ____ perspective disagrees with the AA model of total abstinence from alcohol.

Question 17

Wallace is forced to confront his fear of germs by cleaning the private bathroom in his psychotherapist's office.Wallace's doctor is using ____ therapy to extinguish his fear.

Question 18

Maureen is a vocalist who seems to have two conflicting parts to her personality.There is the "performer" side that thrives on the attention she receives and the "frightened" side that experiences great distress before and during a performance because she might mess up.A ____ therapist would focus on merging these two incompletes into a new complete personality.

Question 19

Sometimes people recover from a serious illness such as depression without receiving or seeking out any help from a psychologist or clergy member.This is known as ____.

Question 20

The goal of ____ therapies is to increase awareness about the underlying cause or causes of one's psychological disorder.

Question 21

The biological treatment ____,once hailed as a revolutionary innovation,is today an option only considered when all others have failed because of its negative effects on emotions,memory,and personality.

Question 22

____ is the name given to the use of medications to treat or control psychological problems.

Question 23

Two of the more controversial forms of psychological interventions for psychological disorders are ____ and ____.