Exam 53: Evaluating Psychotherapies

Which form of therapy is most likely to be described as expensive and time-consuming?

Humanistic therapies aim to boost people's self-fulfillment by helping them to grow in

To help people bring their repressed feelings into conscious awareness,Freud used the technique called

A therapist helps Rebecca overcome her fear of water by getting her to swim in the family's backyard pool three times a day for two consecutive weeks.The therapist's approach to helping Rebecca best illustrates

According to traditional psychoanalysis,when the patient experiences blocks in the process of free association,abruptly changes the topic being discussed,or suddenly goes silent,it probably signals

Psychoanalysis would most likely involve discouraging patients from

In a home for troubled youth,adolescents receive large colored buttons when they hang up their clothes,make their beds,and come to meals on time.The adolescents return the buttons to staff members to receive bedtime snacks or watch TV.This best illustrates

Jonathan is afraid to ask a girl for a date,so his therapist instructs him to relax and simply imagine he is reaching for his cell phone and then calling a potential date.The therapist's technique best illustrates the process of

Carl Rogers referred to a caring,nonjudgmental attitude as

Dr.Brenson is a therapist who is trying to piece together his client's early relationships and to encourage the client to adopt new ways of thinking.He is likely practicing

Cognitive therapies are most likely to focus on the extent to which emotional disturbances result from

In client-centered therapy,therapists are honest about their own feelings in an effort to encourage clients to likewise express their true feelings.The therapists are demonstrating

Describe how a therapist might use both aversive conditioning and operant conditioning techniques to help a client overcome a compulsive habit of smoking more than three packs of cigarettes a day.Be clear about the exact procedures that would be used.

Dr.Jackson reinforces depressed clients for their participation in pleasant activities and trains them to take increasingly more credit for the rewards they gain from engaging in those activities.Dr.Jackson's treatment approach best illustrates

Because he performed below the class average on his first college psychology test,Aaron concluded that he was incredibly stupid,that he would fail the course,and that he would never be successful in life.Aaron's conclusions best illustrate

Which of the following approaches to therapy would most likely involve efforts to understand an adult's psychological disorder by exploring that person's childhood experiences?

As a psychotherapist,Dr.Buist does not analyze people's motives or diagnose the nature of their difficulties because he believes that they are in the best position to diagnose and solve their own problems.Dr.Buist's position is most characteristic of ________ therapy.

Warren explains to his client-centered therapist that he feels like he will never be successful in finding friends on campus.His therapist responds,"I felt the same way when I first moved to town.It took me several months before I found some friends." Warren's therapist is demonstrating

Proponents of ________ have argued that maintaining appropriate patient behaviors with positive rewards is more humane than relying on punishment.

Some of Freud's techniques and assumptions are most evident in today's