Exam 13: Therapies

Which of the following treatments reduce or eliminate the symptoms of psychological disorders by altering aspects of body functioning?

The main goal of psychoanalysis is to _____.

Aversive conditioning can be an effective treatment for _____.

Mary has been working with a therapist because she has felt very confused and unsure about herself for the past few years.Mary's therapist tends to be very non-directive and devotes a great deal of the session to allowing Mary to explore her identity,wants,and dreams for the future.The therapist rarely gives direct advice and instead is primarily interested in helping Mary clarify her own ideas and feelings.Mary's therapist is most likely associated with the _____ perspective of psychotherapy.

Bruce is seeing a therapist for his depression but he is always late and has missed several appointments.He talks about sports and the weather to try and avoid facing his problems and he often becomes argumentative with his therapist.According to psychoanalytic theory,Bruce's behavior is a classic example of _____.

In psychoanalytic theory,the term transference is used to describe _____.

Which of the following perspectives views abnormal behavior as the result of unconscious conflicts?

_____ treat depression by increasing the level of norepinephrine and serotonin.

Therapy benefits most individuals with psychological problems at least through the first _____ and possibly longer.

Explain the process of well-being therapy.

The release of emotional tension a person experiences when reliving an emotionally charged and conflicting experience is known as _____.

Dr.Patterson tries to create a warm supportive atmosphere to help her clients improve their self-concepts and to encourage insight into problems.Dr.Patterson says little to her depressed client.Instead,she waits for him to express his feelings and for him to decide what he wants to do about his problems.This emphasis on encouraging self-reflection indicates that Dr.Patterson is practicing _____.

Two key assumptions of the _____ approach to therapy are that psychological disorders are learned in exactly the same way as normal behaviors are and that they can be treated by applying the basic principles of learning.

All of the following are examples of therapy procedures derived directly from the principles of classical conditioning except _____.

Dr.Susan is your family therapist.She believes that to adequately understand psychological problems,she must understand the role that you play in the family system.Which of these statements supports that underlying belief?

Sherice started seeing a psychotherapist because of marital problems.She is unhappy because she feels her husband does not give her enough attention.After several sessions,she is quite taken with her male therapist because he gives her undivided attention.This growing affection for the therapist is called _____.

_____ therapy is based on the assumption that abnormal behavior is due to faulty ways of thinking and believing.

James dreamed that he went to his neighbor's house at midnight and made himself a sandwich.His psychoanalyst interpreted the dream to mean that James really wanted to have sex with his neighbor's wife.Making the sandwich was the _____.

A therapy is considered effective if _____.

Which of the following classes of drugs are not considered antidepressants?