Exam 17: Outcomes And Issues In Psychological Intervention

Most clinical training programs train students in:

Joe has a choice between two therapists - Hal, who has been in clinical practice for 20 years, or Michael, who recently completed his training as a counselor. Assuming all other variables are the same, if Joe wants to have a better experience, based on research, which therapist should he choose?

The earliest treatment manuals were developed:

According to Dobson and Hamilton (2002), what should efficacy researchers try to maximize in their studies?

Which of the following diagnoses is commonly overlooked in controlled research studies?

Saul, in treatment for anger, has found that anger control methods have helped him function at work and in relationships better. However, he has also found that identifying the early manifestations of his anger have helped him feel less anger overall, and the need to control it has diminished. He has accomplished this with the same therapist. This is an illustration of:

Conflict in marriage, or any relationship, is:

In virtuo exposure is used as a pre-cursor to in vivo exposure for treating phobias.

By current standards, in order to conduct a therapy trial, a researcher must:

Motivational interviewing is increasingly combined with _____ in treatment of diverse disorders, such as anxiety and depression.

Compassion focused therapy has been successful with:

Transference is a key element of both classical psychoanalysis and brief psychodynamic therapy.

A meta-analysis by Dobson (1989) revealed that greater short-term improvements for depression symptoms were achieved using:

The demoralization hypothesis is used to explain why some people do not respond to therapy.

Beck's Cognitive Therapy and Ellis' Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy differ in that:

International experts who conduct psychotherapy research estimate that ________ of clients get worse as a result of therapy.

Research indicates that therapeutic alliance:

Efforts to establish generalization of treatment gains is sometimes accomplished by:

After several weeks of therapy, George's therapist visits his home and manipulates his surroundings in order to support the changes they've made in therapy. This generalization attempt is referred to as:

Therapists from which of the following orientations are more focused on the present than Freud's approach was, but still emphasize unconscious motivations that underlie behind current feelings and behaviours?