Question 1

Which is NOT a characteristic of all psychotherapies?

Accepted Answer

A)  Therapy provides clients with a new perspective about themselves. 
B)  The emphasis of all therapies is placed on past experiences. 
C)  A protected setting is offered for working out problems. 
D)  A rationale for the client's suffering and a proposed line of action to end the suffering is offered. 
A)  Therapy provides clients with a new perspective about themselves. 
B)  The emphasis of all therapies is placed on past experiences. 
C)  A protected setting is offered for working out problems. 
D)  A rationale for the client's suffering and a proposed line of action to end the suffering is offered.

Question 2

Which of the following consists of exercises designed to increase self-awareness and to build trust and confidence in others?

Accepted Answer

A)  Gestalt therapy 
B)  rational therapy 
C)  sensitivity groups 
D)  encounter groups 
A)  Gestalt therapy 
B)  rational therapy 
C)  sensitivity groups 
D)  encounter groups

Question 3

Regarding community mental health centers,which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  In practice, community mental health centers have concentrated much more on preventing mental illness than in providing clinical services. 
B)  Some centers have attempted to raise the general level of mental health in communities by combating unemployment, delinquency, and drug abuse. 
C)  Many of the programs at community mental health centers rely on paraprofessionals. 
D)  Community mental health centers provide special crisis and emergency services. 
A)  In practice, community mental health centers have concentrated much more on preventing mental illness than in providing clinical services. 
B)  Some centers have attempted to raise the general level of mental health in communities by combating unemployment, delinquency, and drug abuse. 
C)  Many of the programs at community mental health centers rely on paraprofessionals. 
D)  Community mental health centers provide special crisis and emergency services.

Question 4

When experiments are used to determine whether therapy is effective,

Accepted Answer

A)  it is not unusual for the control group to show some improvement, even without receiving therapy. 
B)  the therapy can be deemed effective only if the experimental group shows more improvement than the control group. 
C)  a waiting-list control group is used since it would be unethical to withhold treatment from someone who really needs therapy. 
D)  all of these can occur. 
A)  it is not unusual for the control group to show some improvement, even without receiving therapy. 
B)  the therapy can be deemed effective only if the experimental group shows more improvement than the control group. 
C)  a waiting-list control group is used since it would be unethical to withhold treatment from someone who really needs therapy. 
D)  all of these can occur.

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT one of the goals of family therapy?

Accepted Answer

A)  to improve communication among family members 
B)  to resolve inner conflicts for each individual family member 
C)  to change distorted perceptions and interactions within the family 
D)  to have family members see each other in new and different ways 
A)  to improve communication among family members 
B)  to resolve inner conflicts for each individual family member 
C)  to change distorted perceptions and interactions within the family 
D)  to have family members see each other in new and different ways

Question 6

Which of the following is a cost-effective therapy that was developed some 50 years ago due to a shortage of therapists and whose use has been steadily increasing?

Accepted Answer

A)  positive psychology 
B)  group therapy 
C)  insight therapy 
D)  behavior therapy 
A)  positive psychology 
B)  group therapy 
C)  insight therapy 
D)  behavior therapy

Question 7

Studies indicate that therapy is more successful if the

Accepted Answer

A)  therapist uses only one psychological approach throughout the therapy. 
B)  client trusts and easily relates to the therapist. 
C)  client transfers his or her feelings from significant others to the therapist. 
D)  client develops a dependence on the therapist for guidance. 
A)  therapist uses only one psychological approach throughout the therapy. 
B)  client trusts and easily relates to the therapist. 
C)  client transfers his or her feelings from significant others to the therapist. 
D)  client develops a dependence on the therapist for guidance.

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT likely to be a goal of psychotherapy?

Accepted Answer

A)  gaining insight 
B)  personality reorganization 
C)  resolution of conflicts 
D)  change in undesirable behaviors 
A)  gaining insight 
B)  personality reorganization 
C)  resolution of conflicts 
D)  change in undesirable behaviors

Question 9

An individual,action-oriented,directive therapy that is known for providing constructive guidance is __________ therapy.

Accepted Answer

A)  Gestalt 
B)  existential 
C)  cognitive 
D)  brief psychodynamic 
A)  Gestalt 
B)  existential 
C)  cognitive 
D)  brief psychodynamic

Question 10

The first step in self-directed desensitization is

Accepted Answer

A)  understanding what caused your anxiety. 
B)  learning to relax voluntarily. 
C)  deciding on the most feared stimulus in your hierarchy. 
D)  deciding on the least feared stimulus in your hierarchy. 
A)  understanding what caused your anxiety. 
B)  learning to relax voluntarily. 
C)  deciding on the most feared stimulus in your hierarchy. 
D)  deciding on the least feared stimulus in your hierarchy.

Question 11

The APA recommends that media phone-in psychologists limit their interactions to

Accepted Answer

A)  counseling. 
B)  psychotherapy. 
C)  general educational information. 
D)  personalized advice. 
A)  counseling. 
B)  psychotherapy. 
C)  general educational information. 
D)  personalized advice.

Question 12

Eclectic therapists

Accepted Answer

A)  tend to use an insight, non-directive approach. 
B)  tend to use an action-oriented, confrontive approach. 
C)  use whatever methods best fit a particular problem. 
D)  evaluate individuals before they take part in an encounter group. 
A)  tend to use an insight, non-directive approach. 
B)  tend to use an action-oriented, confrontive approach. 
C)  use whatever methods best fit a particular problem. 
D)  evaluate individuals before they take part in an encounter group.

Question 13

Darnell's friend has just broken up with his girlfriend and appears depressed.Which of the following statements should Darnell use to effectively counsel his friend?

Accepted Answer

A)  "Cheer up, there are plenty of girls at this college.Just go ask another one out." 
B)  "Go buy some flowers and surprise her.She'll take you back." 
C)  "You're better off without her.She was a nag, and she was spending all of your money." 
D)  "How are you feeling about breaking up with her?" 
A)  "Cheer up, there are plenty of girls at this college.Just go ask another one out." 
B)  "Go buy some flowers and surprise her.She'll take you back." 
C)  "You're better off without her.She was a nag, and she was spending all of your money." 
D)  "How are you feeling about breaking up with her?"

Question 14

Improvement caused not by the actual process of therapy,but by a client's expectation that therapy will help is known as

Accepted Answer

A)  the therapy placebo effect. 
B)  the therapeutic alliance. 
C)  the all-or-nothing effect. 
D)  covert reinforcement. 
A)  the therapy placebo effect. 
B)  the therapeutic alliance. 
C)  the all-or-nothing effect. 
D)  covert reinforcement.

Question 15

A shared responsibility for dealing with problems is encouraged by __________ therapy.

Accepted Answer

A)  family 
B)  existential 
C)  cognitive 
D)  behavior 
A)  family 
B)  existential 
C)  cognitive 
D)  behavior

Question 16

Jed is participating in an exercise in which he will expand his confidence in others by allowing himself to be led around while blindfolded.Jed is participating in a

Accepted Answer

A)  therapeutic alliance exercise as part of a large group awareness training. 
B)  trust walk as part of a sensitivity group. 
C)  role reversal as part of an encounter group. 
D)  psychodrama as part of a Gestalt therapy group. 
A)  therapeutic alliance exercise as part of a large group awareness training. 
B)  trust walk as part of a sensitivity group. 
C)  role reversal as part of an encounter group. 
D)  psychodrama as part of a Gestalt therapy group.

Question 17

To achieve its eight goals,psychotherapies offer

Accepted Answer

A)  the therapeutic alliance. 
B)  a protected setting in which emotional catharsis can take place. 
C)  a rationale for the client's suffering. 
D)  all of these. 
A)  the therapeutic alliance. 
B)  a protected setting in which emotional catharsis can take place. 
C)  a rationale for the client's suffering. 
D)  all of these.

Question 18

Which of the following procedures would be the best to use if you wanted to reduce the fear or anxiety associated with public speaking,entering darkened rooms,asking questions in large classes,heights,talking to members of the opposite sex,and taking tests?

Accepted Answer

A)  covert sensitization. 
B)  covert reinforcement. 
C)  self-directed desensitization. 
D)  thought-stopping. 
A)  covert sensitization. 
B)  covert reinforcement. 
C)  self-directed desensitization. 
D)  thought-stopping.

Question 19

In a technique called the mirror technique,a wife who was upset about fights with her husband would

Accepted Answer

A)  act out the role of her husband in a therapeutic setting. 
B)  play her typical role in the therapeutic setting. 
C)  re-enact fights with her husband in the presence of other group members. 
D)  watch as another group member acted out her role in the fight. 
A)  act out the role of her husband in a therapeutic setting. 
B)  play her typical role in the therapeutic setting. 
C)  re-enact fights with her husband in the presence of other group members. 
D)  watch as another group member acted out her role in the fight.

Question 20

You have quit smoking and now want to keep from "falling back" into this old habit.To maintain the "new non-smoking you," you imagine someone offering you a cigarette,and you politely turning them down.This image is followed by imagining a pleasant,rewarding scene of yourself being told by the doctor that you are now so healthy that you should live to a ripe old age.You have just used the technique known as

Accepted Answer

A)  thought-stopping. 
B)  covert sensitization. 
C)  desensitization. 
D)  covert reinforcement. 
A)  thought-stopping. 
B)  covert sensitization. 
C)  desensitization. 
D)  covert reinforcement.

Exam 15: C: Therapies

Which is NOT a characteristic of all psychotherapies?

Which of the following consists of exercises designed to increase self-awareness and to build trust and confidence in others?

Regarding community mental health centers,which of the following statements is FALSE?

When experiments are used to determine whether therapy is effective,

Which of the following is NOT one of the goals of family therapy?

Which of the following is a cost-effective therapy that was developed some 50 years ago due to a shortage of therapists and whose use has been steadily increasing?

Studies indicate that therapy is more successful if the

Which of the following is NOT likely to be a goal of psychotherapy?

An individual,action-oriented,directive therapy that is known for providing constructive guidance is __________ therapy.

The first step in self-directed desensitization is

The APA recommends that media phone-in psychologists limit their interactions to

Eclectic therapists

Darnell's friend has just broken up with his girlfriend and appears depressed.Which of the following statements should Darnell use to effectively counsel his friend?

Improvement caused not by the actual process of therapy,but by a client's expectation that therapy will help is known as

A shared responsibility for dealing with problems is encouraged by __________ therapy.

Jed is participating in an exercise in which he will expand his confidence in others by allowing himself to be led around while blindfolded.Jed is participating in a

To achieve its eight goals,psychotherapies offer

Which of the following procedures would be the best to use if you wanted to reduce the fear or anxiety associated with public speaking,entering darkened rooms,asking questions in large classes,heights,talking to members of the opposite sex,and taking tests?

In a technique called the mirror technique,a wife who was upset about fights with her husband would

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