Question 1

Patients who are impulsive and under-controlled respond best to a focus on

Accepted Answer

A)  symptom alleviation. 
B)  developing self-awareness. 
C)  medication. 
D)  changing those around them.

Question 2

Recent research by Hickman et al. (2009) on expert 'integrative' therapists found that 71% of these therapists reported:

Accepted Answer

A)  Only one orientation had a major influence on their clinical work 
B)  Two orientations had major influences on their clinical work 
C)  Three orientations had major influences on their clinical work 
D)  Four or more orientations had major influences on their clinical work

Question 3

Panic symptoms and panic-related thoughts are found to have significantly greater reductions using ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Relaxation therapy 
B)  CBT 
C)  IPT 
D)  Humanistic therapy

Question 4

Psychological _______ is the tendency to react against attempts to directly influence one's behavior.

Accepted Answer

A)  recoiling 
B)  reconsideration 
C)  recidivism 
D)  reactance

Question 5

_______ reactant clients usually experience greater therapeutic gains in more directive treatments, whereas clients with _______ reactance tend to experience greater therapeutic gains in less directive treatments.

Accepted Answer

A)  High, low 
B)  Non-, low 
C)  Low, high 
D)  High, non-

Question 6

A good psychotherapist must have considerable

Accepted Answer

A)  number of clients, interpersonal sensitivity, and tolerance for distress. 
B)  knowledge, technical skills, interpersonal sensitivity, and tolerance for distress. 
C)  knowledge, ability to put others first, technical skills, and tolerance for distress. 
D)  number of clients, ability to put other first, interpersonal sensitivity, tolerance for distress.

Question 7

A questionable assumption made about process-outcome research is that the more therapists or clients engage in a specific strategy,

Accepted Answer

A)  The worse it is for client outcome. 
B)  The better it is for therapist's ego. 
C)  The better it is for client outcome. 
D)  The worse it is for the therapist's ego.

Exam 14: Intervention: Identifying Key Elements of Change