Deck 16: B: Therapies

Question 1

A young boy has been told by his dentist to stop eating candy because the sugar is ruining his teeth.The boy still cannot help himself.Whenever he finds candy in his house,he quickly devours it all.To help stop the boy from eating the candy,his mother allows him to "find" several candy pieces that she has dipped in hot chili sauce.Which type of treatment approach is the mother using?

A)aversion therapy
B)implosion therapy
C)client-centred therapy
D)systematic desensitization

Answer 1

A

Question 2

John dreamed that he was in a train that entered a tunnel.If a psychologist believed that the dream expressed John's unconscious sexual desires,the psychologist would likely be a

A)humanist.
B)learning theorist.
C)personologist.
D)psychoanalyst.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Billie is using an anxiety hierarchy to help eliminate her fear of cats.What type of treatment approach is Billie most likely implementing?

A)systematic desensitization
B)dismantling
C)experiential therapy
D)aversion therapy

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The term "free association" is associated with which of the following therapeutic endeavors?

A)applied behaviour analysis
B)analytical analysis
C)specific therapies
D)psychoanalysis

Question 5

Lithium is a naturally occurring

A)drug.
B)enzyme.
C)salt.
D)plant.

Question 6

Which of the following has been fairly effective in treating bipolar disorder?

A)cingulotomy
B)valium
C)lithium
D)ECT

Question 7

Unconditional positive regard was most important to

A)Freud.
B)Jung.
C)Maslow.
D)Rogers.

Question 8

Tardive dyskinesia is a side effect of

A)barbiturate use
B)psychosurgery
C)ECT
D)antipsychotic drugs

Question 9

According to Rogers,all people have a need for

A)superiority.
B)sex and aggression.
C)positive regard.
D)anxiety reduction.

Question 10

Physicians who are trained to treat psychological disorders are called

A)clinicians.
B)counsellors.
C)psychiatrists.
D)psychiatric psychologists.

Question 11

Sally's therapist wants her to bring her parents and siblings to counselling sessions with her.Sally is going through

A)social skills training.
B)family therapy.
C)assertiveness training.
D)client-centred therapy.

Question 12

What is the process by which a patient projects feelings about other individuals onto the psychoanalyst?

A)resistance
B)reactance
C)countertransference
D)transference

Question 13

According to Rogers,people brought up with conditional positive regard

A)tend to be vain and narcissistic
B)tend to act as if they were orally fixated
C)feel valued regardless of their attitudes and behaviours
D)live lives directed toward what others want and value

Question 14

Making someone who is afraid of snakes handle dozens of snakes in an effort to get him to overcome his fear is called

A)systematic desensitization.
B)aversive conditioning.
C)flooding.
D)paradoxical intent.

Question 15

Which of the following techniques would behaviour therapists most likely use to help people overcome a fear of flying?

A)aversive conditioning
B)eclectic therapy
C)systematic desensitization
D)transference

Question 16

Systematic desensitization is especially useful as a treatment for

A)panic disorders.
B)schizophrenia.
C)depression.
D)phobias.