Question 1

Behavior-therapy methods for reducing fears include _____.

Accepted Answer

A) hypnotherapy 
B) sensitization 
C) exorcism 
D) virtual therapy 
A) hypnotherapy 
B) sensitization 
C) exorcism 
D) virtual therapy

Question 2

In biofeedback training, therapists attach clients to devices that measure bodily functions such as heart rate.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

According to psychodynamic therapy, psychological problems:

Accepted Answer

A) are caused exclusively by a traumatic experience. 
B) reflect early childhood experiences and inner conflicts. 
C) are caused by demons that possess people. 
D) reflect outer conflicts and not inner conflicts. 
A) are caused exclusively by a traumatic experience. 
B) reflect early childhood experiences and inner conflicts. 
C) are caused by demons that possess people. 
D) reflect outer conflicts and not inner conflicts.

Question 4

In the context of humanistic therapies,__________encourages self-exploration and self-expression, and aims to provide insight into the parts of us that we have disowned so that we can feel whole.

Accepted Answer

A) mobilization therapy 
B) client-centered therapy 
C) dream analysis 
D) ego analysis 
A) mobilization therapy 
B) client-centered therapy 
C) dream analysis 
D) ego analysis

Question 5

Dr. Thomas, a psychiatrist, works at a facility that treats people with psychological disorders as outpatients rather than sending them to hospitals. He also helps people who have been released from hospitals. Most of the people treated by him have chronic psychological disorders. Dr. Thomas works at a(n) _____.

Accepted Answer

A) asylum 
B) retail clinic 
C) community mental health center 
D) residential treatment center 
A) asylum 
B) retail clinic 
C) community mental health center 
D) residential treatment center

Question 6

__________is the best-known form of psychosurgery that is used with people with severe psychological disorders.

Accepted Answer

A) Arthroscopy 
B) Colostomy 
C) Prefrontal lobotomy 
D) Split-brain surgery 
A) Arthroscopy 
B) Colostomy 
C) Prefrontal lobotomy 
D) Split-brain surgery

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

A) genuineness 
B) unconditional positive regard 
C) empathy 
D) free association 
A) genuineness 
B) unconditional positive regard 
C) empathy 
D) free association

Question 9

Inmates residing in asylums were safe and were never chained or beaten.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Which of the following is a similarity between client-centered therapy and Gestalt therapy?

Accepted Answer

A) Like client-centered therapy, Gestalt therapy assumes that people disown parts of themselves that might meet with social disapproval or rejection. 
B) Like client-centered therapy, Gestalt therapy assumes that people seldom don social masks, pretending to be things they are not. 
C) Like client-centered therapy, Gestalt therapy was originated by Carl Rogers. 
D) Like client-centered therapy, Gestalt therapy involves tedious and cruel methods to treat patients with psychological disorders. 
A) Like client-centered therapy, Gestalt therapy assumes that people disown parts of themselves that might meet with social disapproval or rejection. 
B) Like client-centered therapy, Gestalt therapy assumes that people seldom don social masks, pretending to be things they are not. 
C) Like client-centered therapy, Gestalt therapy was originated by Carl Rogers. 
D) Like client-centered therapy, Gestalt therapy involves tedious and cruel methods to treat patients with psychological disorders.

Question 11

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__________.

Accepted Answer

A) resistance 
B) classical conditioning 
C) aversive conditioning 
D) transference 
A) resistance 
B) classical conditioning 
C) aversive conditioning 
D) transference

Question 12

Raul goes to a psychotherapist because he is suffering from insomnia. The therapist asks him to relax by lying on a couch and encourages him to talk about anything that comes to his mind. The therapist does not use hypnosis. Through this process, the therapist hopes to gain an insight into the unconscious processes in Raul's mind. The therapist is using the technique of _____.

Accepted Answer

A) reinforcement 
B) free association 
C) systematic desensitization 
D) dream analysis 
A) reinforcement 
B) free association 
C) systematic desensitization 
D) dream analysis

Question 13

Which of the following is an advantage of group therapy used by psychotherapists?

Accepted Answer

A) It allows the therapist to work with several clients at once. 
B) It guarantees that people reveal their personal problems to group members. 
C) It ensures that people from the same family are not included in the same group. 
D) It allows the therapist to facilitate one-to-one therapy without making the client feel lonely. 
A) It allows the therapist to work with several clients at once. 
B) It guarantees that people reveal their personal problems to group members. 
C) It ensures that people from the same family are not included in the same group. 
D) It allows the therapist to facilitate one-to-one therapy without making the client feel lonely.

Question 14

Which of the following is true of rational emotive behavior therapists?

Accepted Answer

A) They encourage clients to challenge and correct irrational expectations. 
B) They focus exclusively on interpreting dreams and childhood experiences. 
C) They believe that traumatic events alone, not our beliefs about the events, shape our responses to them. 
D) They aim to magnify the psychological problems in clients to understand their origin. 
A) They encourage clients to challenge and correct irrational expectations. 
B) They focus exclusively on interpreting dreams and childhood experiences. 
C) They believe that traumatic events alone, not our beliefs about the events, shape our responses to them. 
D) They aim to magnify the psychological problems in clients to understand their origin.

Question 15

Behavior therapy _____ to directly promote desired behavioral changes.

Accepted Answer

A) applies hereditary principles 
B) uses symbolic meanings of maladaptive practices 
C) uses childhood origins of problems 
D) applies principles of learning 
A) applies hereditary principles 
B) uses symbolic meanings of maladaptive practices 
C) uses childhood origins of problems 
D) applies principles of learning

Question 16

Cognitive therapy is:

Accepted Answer

A) likely to focus on changing the beliefs and attitudes that create and compound people's problems. 
B) likely to focus on past experiences that contribute to psychological disorders and not on present attitudes of people. 
C) unlikely to directly change maladaptive thoughts. 
D) unlikely to foster self-insight. 
A) likely to focus on changing the beliefs and attitudes that create and compound people's problems. 
B) likely to focus on past experiences that contribute to psychological disorders and not on present attitudes of people. 
C) unlikely to directly change maladaptive thoughts. 
D) unlikely to foster self-insight.

Question 17

Which of the following is true of the method of free association?

Accepted Answer

A) In this method, clients are made comfortable and asked to talk about any topic that comes to mind. 
B) In this method, clients are requested not to disclose any personal information. 
C) In this method, clients are asked to restrict themselves to expressing one topic at a time. 
D) In this method, clients are encouraged to develop a strong wall of defense that blocks their insight into unconscious processes. 
A) In this method, clients are made comfortable and asked to talk about any topic that comes to mind. 
B) In this method, clients are requested not to disclose any personal information. 
C) In this method, clients are asked to restrict themselves to expressing one topic at a time. 
D) In this method, clients are encouraged to develop a strong wall of defense that blocks their insight into unconscious processes.

Question 18

Which of the following statements best describes psychodynamic therapies?

Accepted Answer

A) Psychodynamic therapies, based on the thinking of Sigmund Freud, assume that psychological problems reflect early childhood experiences and internal conflicts. 
B) Psychodynamic therapies involve the use of a controlled environment in which people are reinforced for desired behaviors with tokens (such as poker chips) that may be exchanged for privileges. 
C) Psychodynamic therapies are a series of painful punishments, strict diet, and tedious exercises that help people with psychological disorders to lead a physically fit life. 
D) Psychodynamic therapies, based on the thinking of Sigmund Freud, are methods that cleanse the corrupt and insecure minds of people with psychological disorders through exorcism. 
A) Psychodynamic therapies, based on the thinking of Sigmund Freud, assume that psychological problems reflect early childhood experiences and internal conflicts. 
B) Psychodynamic therapies involve the use of a controlled environment in which people are reinforced for desired behaviors with tokens (such as poker chips) that may be exchanged for privileges. 
C) Psychodynamic therapies are a series of painful punishments, strict diet, and tedious exercises that help people with psychological disorders to lead a physically fit life. 
D) Psychodynamic therapies, based on the thinking of Sigmund Freud, are methods that cleanse the corrupt and insecure minds of people with psychological disorders through exorcism.

Question 19

Gestalt therapy assumes that people disown parts of themselves that might meet with social disapproval or rejection.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

__________is best described as the systematic application of the principles of learning to the direct modification of a client's problem behaviors.

Accepted Answer

A) Behavior therapy 
B) Orientation behavior 
C) Hypnotherapy 
D) Dream analysis 
A) Behavior therapy 
B) Orientation behavior 
C) Hypnotherapy 
D) Dream analysis

Behavior-therapy methods for reducing fears include _____.

In biofeedback training, therapists attach clients to devices that measure bodily functions such as heart rate.

According to psychodynamic therapy, psychological problems:

In the context of humanistic therapies,__________encourages self-exploration and self-expression, and aims to provide insight into the parts of us that we have disowned so that we can feel whole.

__________is the best-known form of psychosurgery that is used with people with severe psychological disorders.

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

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

Inmates residing in asylums were safe and were never chained or beaten.

Which of the following is a similarity between client-centered therapy and Gestalt therapy?

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__________.

Which of the following is an advantage of group therapy used by psychotherapists?

Which of the following is true of rational emotive behavior therapists?

Behavior therapy _____ to directly promote desired behavioral changes.

Cognitive therapy is:

Which of the following is true of the method of free association?

Which of the following statements best describes psychodynamic therapies?

Gestalt therapy assumes that people disown parts of themselves that might meet with social disapproval or rejection.

__________is best described as the systematic application of the principles of learning to the direct modification of a client's problem behaviors.

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Exam 13: Methods of Therapy

Behavior-therapy methods for reducing fears include _____.

In biofeedback training, therapists attach clients to devices that measure bodily functions such as heart rate.

According to psychodynamic therapy, psychological problems:

In the context of humanistic therapies,__________encourages self-exploration and self-expression, and aims to provide insight into the parts of us that we have disowned so that we can feel whole.

__________is the best-known form of psychosurgery that is used with people with severe psychological disorders.

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

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

Inmates residing in asylums were safe and were never chained or beaten.

Which of the following is a similarity between client-centered therapy and Gestalt therapy?

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__________.

Which of the following is an advantage of group therapy used by psychotherapists?

Which of the following is true of rational emotive behavior therapists?

Behavior therapy _____ to directly promote desired behavioral changes.

Cognitive therapy is:

Which of the following is true of the method of free association?

Which of the following statements best describes psychodynamic therapies?

Gestalt therapy assumes that people disown parts of themselves that might meet with social disapproval or rejection.

__________is best described as the systematic application of the principles of learning to the direct modification of a client's problem behaviors.

What Is Psychology

Biology and Psychology

Sensation and Perception

Consciousness

Learning

Memory: Remembrance of Things Pastand Future

Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

Motivation and Emotion

The Voyage Through the Life Span

Personality: Theory and Measurement

Stress, Health, and Coping

Psychological Disorders

Social Psychology

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