Question 1

Pope and Wedding would argue that in deciding to use psychotropic medications:

Accepted Answer

A)  preset clinical objectives need to be determined.
B)  immediate early genes are irrelevant.
C)  psychotherapy's common factors are undermined.
D)  psychotherapy has occurred if patients suffering has been alleviated. A

Question 2

The idea that similar ideas attract and strengthen one another's ability to be conscious is the result of the work of:

Accepted Answer

A)  Alfred Adler.
B)  Hippocrates.
C)  Thomas Mann.
D)  Johann Friedrich Herbart. D

Question 3

Jungian therapy, based on the work of Moritz Benedikt, underscores the importance of:

Accepted Answer

A)  rewarding positive behavior.
B)  unconditional positive regard.
C)  purging pathogenic secrets.
D)   cognitive distortions. C

Question 4

The expression of certain genes that result from their activation by specific but common environmental events is referred to as:

Accepted Answer

A)  neuronal decay.
B)  somatiker.
C)  psychiker.
D)  epigenetics.

Question 5

Hellenist physicians believed the organ contributing to mental illness was the:

Accepted Answer

A)  heart.
B)  liver.
C)  brain.
D)  blood.

Question 6

Emil Kraepelin's work focused heavily on:

Accepted Answer

A)  multicultural variants of illness.
B)   classifications of diseases.
C)  surgical approaches to mental illness.
D)  use of hypnosis.

Question 7

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz is credited with the:

Accepted Answer

A)  first scientific study of the unconscious.
B)  development of systematic psychotherapy.
C)  creation of the nature versus nurture debate.
D)  identification of defense mechanisms.

Question 8

Arthur Schopenhauer's principle argument was that:

Accepted Answer

A)  unconscious material could easily be made conscious.
B)  the unconscious did not exist at all.
C)  free will prevailed over determinism.
D)  we are driven by blind, irrational forces.

Question 9

In Chapter 1, Corsini illustrates a change in an inmate's life after learning he had a high IQ.This story demonstrates that psychotherapy can be broadly defined as any:

Accepted Answer

A)  interaction between a therapist and a patient.
B)  technique which teaches a patient a new skill.
C)  self-concept-altering experience.
D)  interpretation provided to a patient.

Question 10

The organicist tradition refers to scientists who were:

Accepted Answer

A)  environmentalists.
B)  somatic focused.
C)  integrating music into therapy.
D)  lab-based.

Question 11

The idea that nonlinear messages are systematically sent between the unconscious and the conscious in human interactions was developed by:

Accepted Answer

A)  Hippocrates.
B)  Carl Gustav Carus.
C)  Franz Anton Mesmer.
D)  Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.

Question 12

For the coding of mental illnesses for the purposes of reimbursement, as of October 2014, U.S.clinicians will need to use the:

Accepted Answer

A)  DSM-5.
B)  MMPI-2-RF.
C)  ICD-10-CM.
D)  PAI.

Question 13

The psychotherapeutic term "dynamic" was first used by:

Accepted Answer

A)  Sigmund Freud.
B)  Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.
C)  Hippocrates.
D)  Franz Anton Mesmer.

Question 14

Due to multicultural differences, segments of the population would likely benefit from:

Accepted Answer

A)  indigenized psychotherapies.
B)  exporting Euro-American psychotherapists.
C)  abandoning cultural philosophies.
D)  accepting a universal approach to psychotherapy.

Question 15

Neurosciences suggest elective psychotherapy leads to changes at the:

Accepted Answer

A)  cognitive level.
B)  behavioral level.
C)  neuronal level.
D)  interpersonal level.

Question 16

Franz Anton Mesmer is often viewed as the pioneer of:

Accepted Answer

A)  manualized therapy.
B)  free association.
C)  hypnotherapy.
D)  behavioral intervention.

Question 17

Herman von Helmholtz described the unconscious reconstruction of what our past taught us about an object as:

Accepted Answer

A)  restructuring objects.
B)  psychic stimulation.
C)  cognitive discovery.
D)  unconscious inference.

Question 18

Positive psychology has considerable momentum and is most commonly linked with the work of:

Accepted Answer

A)  Aaron Beck.
B)  Sigmund Freud.
C)  Martin Seligman.
D)  Albert Ellis.

Exam 1: Introduction to 21st Century Psychotherapies