Question 1

Of the therapies listed below,which would most likely say that the therapist's foremost responsibility is to frustrate the patient?

Accepted Answer

A) Behavior therapies 
B) Emotional flooding therapies 
C) Gestalt therapy 
D) Person-centered therapy 
A) Behavior therapies 
B) Emotional flooding therapies 
C) Gestalt therapy 
D) Person-centered therapy

Question 2

Dreams are used in Gestalt therapy because:

Accepted Answer

A) they are the royal road to the unconscious. 
B) they allow the person to think about the here-and-now. 
C) they provide the content for understanding impasses. 
D) they are the least phony part of one's personality. 
A) they are the royal road to the unconscious. 
B) they allow the person to think about the here-and-now. 
C) they provide the content for understanding impasses. 
D) they are the least phony part of one's personality.

Question 3

In a clinical trial to treat depression conducted by Watson and colleagues (2003)and comparing EFT and CBT,the researchers found after 16 sessions that:

Accepted Answer

A) both therapies produced comparable outcomes. 
B) EFT was superior to CBT at termination. 
C) CBT was superior to EFT at termination,but not at 1-year follow-up. 
D) most outcomes were equivalent for the two therapies,but there was a greater reduction in interpersonal problems for those receiving EFT. 
A) both therapies produced comparable outcomes. 
B) EFT was superior to CBT at termination. 
C) CBT was superior to EFT at termination,but not at 1-year follow-up. 
D) most outcomes were equivalent for the two therapies,but there was a greater reduction in interpersonal problems for those receiving EFT.

Question 4

A client begins reacting to his therapist as if he was his father.A Gestalt therapist would most likely respond by:

Accepted Answer

A) ignoring it. 
B) raising the client's awareness of how transferences have affected his past and current relationships. 
C) making sure the client understands that the therapist is not his father. 
D) challenge the client to live a more integrated style of life. 
A) ignoring it. 
B) raising the client's awareness of how transferences have affected his past and current relationships. 
C) making sure the client understands that the therapist is not his father. 
D) challenge the client to live a more integrated style of life.

Question 5

In Gestalt theory,the fantasy life we construct between our real selves and the real world is called:

Accepted Answer

A) an impasse. 
B) the pseudosocial self. 
C) the phobic layer. 
D) maya. 
A) an impasse. 
B) the pseudosocial self. 
C) the phobic layer. 
D) maya.

Question 6

Emotion-focused therapy combines which two key therapeutic processes?

Accepted Answer

A) Consciousness-raising and catharsis 
B) Consciousness-raising and choosing 
C) Choosing and self-liberation 
D) Catharsis and choosing 
A) Consciousness-raising and catharsis 
B) Consciousness-raising and choosing 
C) Choosing and self-liberation 
D) Catharsis and choosing

Question 7

Regarding impulse control,which of the therapies indicated would most likely say that the completion,not control,of organismic impulses is what helps create an individual?

Accepted Answer

A) Emotional flooding therapies 
B) Gestalt therapy 
C) Person-centered therapy 
D) Psychoanalysis 
A) Emotional flooding therapies 
B) Gestalt therapy 
C) Person-centered therapy 
D) Psychoanalysis

Question 8

With respect to control,gestalt therapy would most likely say that:

Accepted Answer

A) control is a problem when individuals impose their conditions of worth on others. 
B) individuals act out on an interpersonal level their intrapersonal pathology in which there is a constant struggle for control between Top Dog and Under Dog. 
C) pathological personalities are frequently preoccupied with dominating others. 
D) to control another is to objectify that person. 
A) control is a problem when individuals impose their conditions of worth on others. 
B) individuals act out on an interpersonal level their intrapersonal pathology in which there is a constant struggle for control between Top Dog and Under Dog. 
C) pathological personalities are frequently preoccupied with dominating others. 
D) to control another is to objectify that person.

Question 9

A study by Watson and colleagues (2003)comparing emotion-focused (EFT)and cognitive-behavioral (CBT)therapy for clinical depression generally showed equivalent outcomes EXCEPT that patient receiving:

Accepted Answer

A) EFT had a greater decrease in interpersonal problems. 
B) CBT had a greater decrease in interpersonal problems. 
C) EFT had a greater decrease in dysfunctional attitudes. 
D) CBT had a greater decrease in dysfunctional attitudes. 
A) EFT had a greater decrease in interpersonal problems. 
B) CBT had a greater decrease in interpersonal problems. 
C) EFT had a greater decrease in dysfunctional attitudes. 
D) CBT had a greater decrease in dysfunctional attitudes.

Question 10

Emotion-focused therapists believe that its curative aspects are:

Accepted Answer

A) the therapeutic relationship. 
B) specific change processes such as two-chair work or empty-chair dialogues. 
C) both A and B. 
D) deeper experiencing. 
A) the therapeutic relationship. 
B) specific change processes such as two-chair work or empty-chair dialogues. 
C) both A and B. 
D) deeper experiencing.

Question 11

Greenberg conceptualizes the emotion-focused therapist as a(n):

Accepted Answer

A) artistic director of a play that provides directive interventions. 
B) parent-figure on whom a client projects their feelings. 
C) mirror of feelings. 
D) emotion coach. 
A) artistic director of a play that provides directive interventions. 
B) parent-figure on whom a client projects their feelings. 
C) mirror of feelings. 
D) emotion coach.

Question 12

Recent meta-analysis of experiential therapies compared to alternative therapies has shown that experiential therapies are:

Accepted Answer

A) slightly less effective. 
B) not as effective once researcher allegiance is accounted for. 
C) slightly more effective. 
D) equally effective after investigator allegiance is accounted for. 
A) slightly less effective. 
B) not as effective once researcher allegiance is accounted for. 
C) slightly more effective. 
D) equally effective after investigator allegiance is accounted for.

Question 13

For Perls,in the mature individual,the social roles we adopt are:

Accepted Answer

A) a means-whereby we fulfill our end-goals. 
B) equivalent to our end-goals. 
C) a means-whereby we repress our organismic needs. 
D) the basis for self-awareness. 
A) a means-whereby we fulfill our end-goals. 
B) equivalent to our end-goals. 
C) a means-whereby we repress our organismic needs. 
D) the basis for self-awareness.

Question 14

Which of the following statements would most likely be characteristic of a gestalt view of consciousness raising?

Accepted Answer

A) Both the client and the therapist must remain in the here and now. 
B) The therapist acts as a surrogate information processor. 
C) The therapist attempts to hook the adult of the client into playing a central role in the analysis of ego states. 
D) The therapist conducts a lifestyle analysis. 
A) Both the client and the therapist must remain in the here and now. 
B) The therapist acts as a surrogate information processor. 
C) The therapist attempts to hook the adult of the client into playing a central role in the analysis of ego states. 
D) The therapist conducts a lifestyle analysis.

Question 15

Perls' theory of personality suggests that development of a fixed social character is:

Accepted Answer

A) part of mature fulfillment of our organismic needs. 
B) the means-whereby we meet our social obligations. 
C) pseudosocial existence. 
D) awareness of our natural existence. 
A) part of mature fulfillment of our organismic needs. 
B) the means-whereby we meet our social obligations. 
C) pseudosocial existence. 
D) awareness of our natural existence.

Question 16

At this point in time,the most researched and influential experiential therapy is:

Accepted Answer

A) Gestalt therapy. 
B) emotion-focused therapy. 
C) sensate-focusing therapy. 
D) present-centered therapy. 
A) Gestalt therapy. 
B) emotion-focused therapy. 
C) sensate-focusing therapy. 
D) present-centered therapy.

Question 17

Angus has experienced the most common interference in his failure to mature.According to Gestalt theory,which of the following has occurred?

Accepted Answer

A) He has had a fear of the consequences over being independent. 
B) He has been spoiled by his parents who overindulged him as a child. 
C) He has refused to adjust to social expectations. 
D) He has refused to play roles. 
A) He has had a fear of the consequences over being independent. 
B) He has been spoiled by his parents who overindulged him as a child. 
C) He has refused to adjust to social expectations. 
D) He has refused to play roles.

Question 18

Experiential therapists view psychopathology as emerging from:

Accepted Answer

A) interpersonal problems. 
B) negative thoughts. 
C) inner conflicts. 
D) maladaptive emotional processes. 
A) interpersonal problems. 
B) negative thoughts. 
C) inner conflicts. 
D) maladaptive emotional processes.

Question 19

Recent randomized clinical trials for treatment of clinical depression have documented that emotion-focused therapy probably is:

Accepted Answer

A) equally effective as person-centered therapy. 
B) less effective than cognitive-behavioral therapy. 
C) equally effective as cognitive-behavioral therapy. 
D) less effective than person-centered therapy. 
A) equally effective as person-centered therapy. 
B) less effective than cognitive-behavioral therapy. 
C) equally effective as cognitive-behavioral therapy. 
D) less effective than person-centered therapy.

Question 20

Rita's actions are constantly off-target.If this is a characteristic pattern,then according to Gestalt she is most likely:

Accepted Answer

A) a deflector. 
B) an introjector. 
C) a projector. 
D) a retroflector. 
A) a deflector. 
B) an introjector. 
C) a projector. 
D) a retroflector.

Of the therapies listed below,which would most likely say that the therapist's foremost responsibility is to frustrate the patient?

Dreams are used in Gestalt therapy because:

In a clinical trial to treat depression conducted by Watson and colleagues (2003)and comparing EFT and CBT,the researchers found after 16 sessions that:

A client begins reacting to his therapist as if he was his father.A Gestalt therapist would most likely respond by:

In Gestalt theory,the fantasy life we construct between our real selves and the real world is called:

Emotion-focused therapy combines which two key therapeutic processes?

Regarding impulse control,which of the therapies indicated would most likely say that the completion,not control,of organismic impulses is what helps create an individual?

With respect to control,gestalt therapy would most likely say that:

A study by Watson and colleagues (2003)comparing emotion-focused (EFT)and cognitive-behavioral (CBT)therapy for clinical depression generally showed equivalent outcomes EXCEPT that patient receiving:

Emotion-focused therapists believe that its curative aspects are:

Greenberg conceptualizes the emotion-focused therapist as a(n):

Recent meta-analysis of experiential therapies compared to alternative therapies has shown that experiential therapies are:

For Perls,in the mature individual,the social roles we adopt are:

Which of the following statements would most likely be characteristic of a gestalt view of consciousness raising?

Perls' theory of personality suggests that development of a fixed social character is:

At this point in time,the most researched and influential experiential therapy is:

Angus has experienced the most common interference in his failure to mature.According to Gestalt theory,which of the following has occurred?

Experiential therapists view psychopathology as emerging from:

Recent randomized clinical trials for treatment of clinical depression have documented that emotion-focused therapy probably is:

Rita's actions are constantly off-target.If this is a characteristic pattern,then according to Gestalt she is most likely:

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Exam 6: Experiential Therapies

Of the therapies listed below,which would most likely say that the therapist's foremost responsibility is to frustrate the patient?

Dreams are used in Gestalt therapy because:

In a clinical trial to treat depression conducted by Watson and colleagues (2003)and comparing EFT and CBT,the researchers found after 16 sessions that:

A client begins reacting to his therapist as if he was his father.A Gestalt therapist would most likely respond by:

In Gestalt theory,the fantasy life we construct between our real selves and the real world is called:

Emotion-focused therapy combines which two key therapeutic processes?

Regarding impulse control,which of the therapies indicated would most likely say that the completion,not control,of organismic impulses is what helps create an individual?

With respect to control,gestalt therapy would most likely say that:

A study by Watson and colleagues (2003)comparing emotion-focused (EFT)and cognitive-behavioral (CBT)therapy for clinical depression generally showed equivalent outcomes EXCEPT that patient receiving:

Emotion-focused therapists believe that its curative aspects are:

Greenberg conceptualizes the emotion-focused therapist as a(n):

Recent meta-analysis of experiential therapies compared to alternative therapies has shown that experiential therapies are:

For Perls,in the mature individual,the social roles we adopt are:

Which of the following statements would most likely be characteristic of a gestalt view of consciousness raising?

Perls' theory of personality suggests that development of a fixed social character is:

At this point in time,the most researched and influential experiential therapy is:

Angus has experienced the most common interference in his failure to mature.According to Gestalt theory,which of the following has occurred?

Experiential therapists view psychopathology as emerging from:

Recent randomized clinical trials for treatment of clinical depression have documented that emotion-focused therapy probably is:

Rita's actions are constantly off-target.If this is a characteristic pattern,then according to Gestalt she is most likely:

Defining and Comparing the Psychotherapies

Psychoanalytic Therapies

Psychodynamic Therapies

Existential Therapies

Person-Centered Therapies

Interpersonal Therapies

Exposure Therapies

Behavior Therapies

Cognitive Therapies

Third-Ave Therapies

Systemic Therapies

Gender-Sensitive Therapies

Multicultural Therapies

Constructivist Therapies

Integrative Therapies

Comparative Conclusions: Toward a Transtheoretical Therapy

Future of Psychotherapy

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