Exam 13: Methods of Therapy

Psychodynamic, client-centered, and Gestalt therapies all view psychological disorders as the result of

A patient was administrated a sedative before a treatment session. The only noted side effect is that the patient can't remember who brought him to the hospital and what happened during the session. The patient wakes up no longer feeling depressed. What did the treatment most likely involve?

Gestalt therapy differs from client-centered therapy in that Gestalt approaches are

Linda was not voted "Most Popular" in her graduating class. According to her thinking, if she is not most popular, then she must be unpopular. What would Beck call this type of cognitive error?

A client accuses his psychoanalyst of sounding just like his father. This client is exhibiting

Prozac and Zoloft are among a class of antidepressant medications known as

Client-centered therapy is to __________ as Gestalt therapy is to __________.

You have advised a patient to discontinue use of antianxiety drugs. After two weeks, your patient calls to complain that his anxiety symptoms are now worse than before he started to take the drug. You tell the patient that his feelings are a predictable response to discontinuing antianxiety medication. In fact, he is experiencing what is called

Your client suffers from claustrophobia and can't get on the elevator at her place of employment. The therapist helps her construct an approach hierarchy to work towards riding the elevator. The client is trained in relaxation before the approach hierarchy is used. This method is indicative of

The idea behind __________ is to systematically expose patients to aspects of their experience in a gradual fashion so that they can confront their fears, using video game-like technology.

A graduate student comes to you with complaints that she is feeling a bit down and struggling to maintain her social relationships. There is no pressing problem, but she would like to try to improve her circumstances. As a therapist, you recommend

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

What is one advantage to group therapy?

When a painful or aversive stimulus is paired with unwanted desires, to change a habit by making it less desirable, this is called

Prefrontal lobotomies were pioneered by Portuguese neurologist _____ _____ _____.

Sheryl is receiving medication for generalized anxiety, which decreases sympathetic activity to reduce her feelings of anxiety and nervousness. What is she most likely taking?

Pairing drug-induced nausea/vomiting or electric shock with unwanted behaviors or impulses is called

In what controversial method of biological therapy is an electrical current passed through the temples inducing a seizure?

A patient in the 1970s who exhibited schizophrenia was likely to experience

In the United States, by the mid-1950s, most people diagnosed with psychological disorders lived in