Exam 13: Methods of Therapy

Behavior therapists see the effectiveness of behavior therapy as deriving from specific, learning-based procedures. 

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

Virtual therapy relies exclusively on dream analysis. 

When mental hospitals replaced asylums in the United States, the mental hospital's function was warehousing, not treatment. 

A form of group therapy that may be undertaken from the systems approach is called__________. 

__________was originated by Fritz Perls. 

In psychoanalysis, which of the following statements best describes catharsis?  

In the context of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud considered__________the "royal road to the unconscious."  

Joan avoids talking about her troubled marriage with her psychoanalyst. When she is asked to talk about the relationship, she becomes restless and claims, "There is nothing to tell." Which of the following is indicated by Joan's behavior?  

Salma angrily tells her therapist, John, "I should have won the beauty contest. It is not fair." John confronts Salma's belief by asking, "Wasn't the winner more talented and articulate than you?" John is most likely using _____. 

__________are best described as controlled environments in which people are reinforced for desired behaviors with keepsakes, such as poker chips, that may be exchanged for privileges. 

In the context of psychodynamic therapies, when the superego floods an individual with excessive guilt, _____. 

Which of the following is a difference between traditional psychoanalysis and humanistic therapies?  

Which of the following statements is true of behavior therapists?  

Psychotherapy is based on research in areas such as personality, learning, motivation, and emotion. 

In the context of biofeedback training, the _____ is a device that is used to monitor muscle tension. 

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

Behavior therapists aid clients in__________. 

Ryan, a psychiatrist, has recommended that his patient, who suffers from generalized anxiety, stop the use of antianxiety drugs. After two weeks, the patient complains that her anxiety symptoms have become worse. Ryan tells the patient that her feelings are an expected response to stopping antianxiety medication. What is the patient experiencing?  

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.