Exam 13: Methods of Therapy

__________is a behavior-therapy technique in which a client observes and imitates a person who approaches and copes with feared objects or situations.

When compared to hypnosis, Sigmund Freud found__________to be a more gradual method of breaking through the walls of defense that block a client's insight into unconscious processes.

Jack's therapist Susan wants him to recall significant points about his recent appraisal to help him cope with his work more effectively. In this scenario, Susan is using _____.

Prefrontal lobotomy was pioneered by__________.

Loya, who is suffering from depression after her boyfriend left her, consults a therapist. During their sessions, she often talks to her therapist in a manner similar to how she spoke to her ex-boyfriend. This best exemplifies__________.

Sheryl is suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder. Her doctor prescribes her a drug. Which of the following drugs is she most likely taking?

__________was originated by Fritz Perls.

To help people control alcohol intake, tastes of different alcoholic beverages can be paired with drug-induced nausea and vomiting or with electric shock. This best exemplifies _____.

Which of the following aggravated the psychological problems that inmates of asylums were already facing?

Behavior therapy _____ to directly promote desired behavioral changes.

Experimentation is the gold standard for research in psychology.

Albert Ellis's rational emotive behavior therapy methods are _____.

In client-centered therapy,__________refers to the recognition of a client's experiences and feelings.

__________refers to Joseph Wolpe's method for reducing fears by associating a hierarchy of images of fear-evoking stimuli with deep muscle relaxation.

Psychotherapy is used to exclusively treat people with severe psychological disorders.

Correcting power imbalances in a relationship increases happiness and can decrease the incidence of domestic violence.

In aversive conditioning, an aversive stimulus is paired with a painful behavior in order to increase the frequency of that behavior.

Sigmund Freud believed that the content of dreams is determined by unconscious processes as well as by the events of the day.

In rational emotive behavior therapy, Albert Ellis pointed out that our beliefs about events, not just the events themselves, shape our responses to them.

In the context of the humanitarian reform movements during the 18th century, which of the following happened when Philippe Pinel, a physician, unchained the patients at La Salpêtrière in Paris?