Exam 13: Methods of Therapy

A behavioral technique for reducing fear that incorporates relaxation training is called _____ _____.

Kashiro witnessed many people severely burned by the accident at the nuclear power plant and now has flashbacks and much anxiety. He goes to a therapist who instructs him to watch her moving finger while he talks about the incident. What approach is this therapist using?

In Paris, the physician _____ _____ unchained the patients at La Salpêtrière.

Unconditional positive regard, empathy, and genuineness are important qualities for a __________ therapist.

To help a client change maladaptive behavior, they are taught an incompatible adaptive behavior to take the place of the previous behavior. This technique is part of __________ therapies.

Behavior therapies are particularly effective in treating problems of

Biofeedback training (BFT) is a behavioral technique that helps patients gain control over

Freudian psychoanalysis is to __________ as modern psychoanalysis is to __________.

Treatment methods that survive experiments in which participants are assigned at random to a specific treatment or to a control treatment are called _____ _____.

Your therapist has you focus on your tendency to magnify problems and engage in catastrophic thinking. You are seeing a __________ therapist.

Cognitive therapy tends to focus on __________ whereas behavior therapy focuses on __________.

Overall, _____ % of those who received psychoanalytic therapy showed higher well-being than those who did not.

The operant technique used to help formerly hospitalized patients live in communities is

Gestalt therapy aims to help people overcome and eliminate parts of themselves that might meet with social disapproval or rejection.

Which type of psychological disorder would Asian Americans be more likely to exhibit because they tend to express psychological complaints as physical symptoms?

A client avoids talking about his relationship with his father. The psychoanalyst asks him to talk about this relationship. The client becomes restless and claims, "There is nothing to tell." This is indicative of

Psychoanalytic therapy is to __________ as humanistic is to __________.

Freud proposed that the psychic structure of the unconscious could be revealed by a patient's

Most anti-anxiety drugs belong to the chemical class known as

Psychotherapy treats