Time, Money, Tests, Daily Life Full Test Bank Ch14 - Test Bank | Challenges of Life Psychology 14e by Spencer A. Rathus. DOCX document preview.
Package Title: Test Bank
Course Title: Nevid & Rathus, Adjustment Psychology 14th Edition
Chapter Number: Chapter 14
Question type: Multiple-Choice
1) The systematic interaction between a therapist and a client that brings psychological principles to bear on influencing the client's thoughts, feelings, or behaviors in order to help that client is called ______.
a) catharsis
b) encounter
c) abreaction
d) psychotherapy
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Define Psychotherapy
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: What Is Psychotherapy
2) Each of the following is one of the essential elements of psychotherapy presented in your text EXCEPT ______.
a) intuitive interaction
b) psychological principles
c) thoughts, feelings, and behavior
d) psychological disorders, adjustment problems, and personal growth
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Define Psychotherapy
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: What Is Psychotherapy
3) Which of the following is NOT one of the three types of clients commonly seen by psychologists, according to your text?
a) people who are sent to therapy as an alternative to going to jail
b) people who have been diagnosed with psychological disorders
c) people who seek help in adjusting to problems
d) people who wish to develop as individuals
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Define Psychotherapy
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: What Is Psychotherapy
4) Psychotherapy is ______ interaction between a client and a therapist.
a) a spontaneous
b) an informal
c) a systematic
d) an impersonal
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Define Psychotherapy
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: What Is Psychotherapy
5) Psychodynamic therapies are based on the thinking of _____.
a) Fritz Perls
b) Sigmund Freud
c) Carl Rogers
d) B. F. Skinner
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Explain what happens during a traditional psychoanalysis, and explain the differences between traditional psychoanalysis and ego analysis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Psychodynamic Therapies: Digging Deep Within
6) According to ______ therapies, psychological problems reflect early childhood experiences and internal, often unconscious conflicts.
a) humanistic
b) cognitive
c) behavioral
d) psychodynamic
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Explain what happens during a traditional psychoanalysis, and explain the differences between traditional psychoanalysis and ego analysis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Psychodynamic Therapies: Digging Deep Within
7) The goal of psychoanalysis is to help clients develop ______.
a) insight
b) unconditional positive regard
c) rational, positive self-talk
d) self-control methods
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Explain what happens during a traditional psychoanalysis, and explain the differences between traditional psychoanalysis and ego analysis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Psychodynamic Therapies: Digging Deep Within
8) Mahmood goes to his therapist to get treatment for his severe depression. His therapist asks him to lie down on a couch in a slightly darkened room. The therapist then sits slightly behind him and encourages him to talk about anything that comes to mind. The therapist is most likely practicing ______.
a) person-centered therapy
b) psychoanalysis
c) rational-emotive therapy
d) transactional analysis
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Explain what happens during a traditional psychoanalysis, and explain the differences between traditional psychoanalysis and ego analysis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Psychodynamic Therapies: Digging Deep Within
9) The focus of traditional psychoanalysis is effectively summed up by the phrase, “Where ______ was, there shall ______ be.”
a) ego, id
b) superego, ego
c) id, ego
d) ego, superego
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Explain what happens during a traditional psychoanalysis, and explain the differences between traditional psychoanalysis and ego analysis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Psychodynamic Therapies: Digging Deep Within
10) Traditional psychoanalysis typically takes ______ to complete a full course of treatment.
a) days
b) weeks
c) months
d) years
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Explain what happens during a traditional psychoanalysis, and explain the differences between traditional psychoanalysis and ego analysis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Psychodynamic Therapies: Digging Deep Within
11) The central method of psychoanalysis, which was devised to break down the walls of defense that block insight into unconscious processes, is called ______.
a) catharsis
b) free association
c) transference
d) self-actualization
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Explain what happens during a traditional psychoanalysis, and explain the differences between traditional psychoanalysis and ego analysis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Psychodynamic Therapies: Digging Deep Within
12) Emmaline goes to her therapist to get treatment for severe depression. Her therapist has her lie on a couch in a slightly darkened room and talk about anything that comes to mind. This process of discussing whatever comes to mind is called ______.
a) transference
b) free association
c) interpretation
d) an abreaction
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Explain what happens during a traditional psychoanalysis, and explain the differences between traditional psychoanalysis and ego analysis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Psychodynamic Therapies: Digging Deep Within
13) A client, when asked to discuss a threatening issue, claims that he can't remember or that his mind has gone blank. The client's reaction was labeled ______ by Freud.
a) catharsis
b) transference
c) abreaction
d) resistance
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Explain what happens during a traditional psychoanalysis, and explain the differences between traditional psychoanalysis and ego analysis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Psychodynamic Therapies: Digging Deep Within
14) In psychoanalysis, the tendency to unconsciously block free expression of troubling impulses and primitive ideas is called ______.
a) catharsis
b) transference
c) abreaction
d) resistance
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Explain what happens during a traditional psychoanalysis, and explain the differences between traditional psychoanalysis and ego analysis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Psychodynamic Therapies: Digging Deep Within
15) Responding to one person (such as a spouse or the psychoanalyst) in a way that is similar to the way one responded to another person (such as a parent) in childhood is called ______.
a) catharsis
b) transference
c) sublimation
d) abreaction
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Explain what happens during a traditional psychoanalysis, and explain the differences between traditional psychoanalysis and ego analysis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Psychodynamic Therapies: Digging Deep Within
16) According to psychoanalytic theory, an explanation of a client’s remarks and resistance is called ______.
a) catharsis
b) libido
c) interpretation
d) transference
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Explain what happens during a traditional psychoanalysis, and explain the differences between traditional psychoanalysis and ego analysis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Psychodynamic Therapies: Digging Deep Within
17) While in therapy, Laurel often talks to her therapist and reacts to his comments in a way that is similar to the way she talks and reacts to her own father. This is an example of what Freud called ______.
a) catharsis
b) transference
c) sublimation
d) abreaction
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Explain what happens during a traditional psychoanalysis, and explain the differences between traditional psychoanalysis and ego analysis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Psychodynamic Therapies: Digging Deep Within
18) Freud believed that ______ were the "royal road to the unconscious."
a) thoughts
b) handwriting styles
c) dreams
d) the eyes
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Explain what happens during a traditional psychoanalysis, and explain the differences between traditional psychoanalysis and ego analysis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Psychodynamic Therapies: Digging Deep Within
19) Freud believed that dreams were made up of unconscious urges that were expressed as a form of ______.
a) free association
b) catharsis
c) transference
d) wish fulfillment
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Explain what happens during a traditional psychoanalysis, and explain the differences between traditional psychoanalysis and ego analysis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Psychodynamic Therapies: Digging Deep Within
20) According to Freud, in a dream, spears or rifles might serve as ______.
a) totems
b) idealizations of secret fears
c) nothing more than spears or rifles
d) phallic symbols
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Explain what happens during a traditional psychoanalysis, and explain the differences between traditional psychoanalysis and ego analysis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Psychodynamic Therapies: Digging Deep Within
21) According to Freud, signs, or objects, that represent the penis are known as ______ symbols.
a) cathartic
b) phallic
c) manifest
d) latency
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Explain what happens during a traditional psychoanalysis, and explain the differences between traditional psychoanalysis and ego analysis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Psychodynamic Therapies: Digging Deep Within
22) A man dreams that he is flying. According to Freud, flying is the ______ content of the dream)
a) primary
b) secondary
c) manifest
d) latent
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Explain what happens during a traditional psychoanalysis, and explain the differences between traditional psychoanalysis and ego analysis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Psychodynamic Therapies: Digging Deep Within
23) A man dreams that he is flying. According to Freud, flying represents erection and sexual potency. In this case, sexual potency is the ______ content of the dream.
a) primary
b) secondary
c) manifest
d) latent
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Explain what happens during a traditional psychoanalysis, and explain the differences between traditional psychoanalysis and ego analysis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Psychodynamic Therapies: Digging Deep Within
24) In Freudian theory, the consciously perceived content of a dream is its ______ content.
a) primary
b) secondary
c) manifest
d) latent
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Explain what happens during a traditional psychoanalysis, and explain the differences between traditional psychoanalysis and ego analysis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Psychodynamic Therapies: Digging Deep Within
25) In Freudian theory, the hidden or symbolic content of a dream is its ______ content.
a) primary
b) secondary
c) manifest
d) latent
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Explain what happens during a traditional psychoanalysis, and explain the differences between traditional psychoanalysis and ego analysis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Psychodynamic Therapies: Digging Deep Within
26) According to Freud, the true meaning of a dream is revealed in its ______ content.
a) latent
b) manifest
c) primary
d) secondary
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Explain what happens during a traditional psychoanalysis, and explain the differences between traditional psychoanalysis and ego analysis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Psychodynamic Therapies: Digging Deep Within
27) Newer forms of psychoanalysis differ from Freud’s approach in that they are ______ and ______ intense.
a) briefer, less
b) longer, less
c) briefer, more
d) longer, more
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Explain what happens during a traditional psychoanalysis, and explain the differences between traditional psychoanalysis and ego analysis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Analysis
Section Reference 1: Psychodynamic Therapies: Digging Deep Within
28) Newer methods of psychoanalysis differ from Freud's approach in that they focus more on the _____ and less on the ______.
a) id, superego
b) ego, superego
c) superego, id
d) ego, id
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Explain what happens during a traditional psychoanalysis, and explain the differences between traditional psychoanalysis and ego analysis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Analysis
Section Reference 1: Psychodynamic Therapies: Digging Deep Within
29) Because of the focus of modern psychoanalysis, many modern psychoanalysts consider themselves to be ______.
a) ego analysts
b) dream analysts
c) humanists
d) Gestalt therapists
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Explain what happens during a traditional psychoanalysis, and explain the differences between traditional psychoanalysis and ego analysis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Psychodynamic Therapies: Digging Deep Within
30) Many of Freud’s followers believed that Freud placed too much emphasis on ______.
a) the ego and superego
b) sexual and aggressive impulses
c) free will
d) cognitive processes
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Explain what happens during a traditional psychoanalysis, and explain the differences between traditional psychoanalysis and ego analysis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Evaluation
Section Reference 1: Psychodynamic Therapies: Digging Deep Within
31) Many of Freud’s followers believed that Freud underestimated the important role of ______.
a) sexual impulses
b) aggressive impulses
c) unconscious conflicts
d) the ego
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Explain what happens during a traditional psychoanalysis, and explain the differences between traditional psychoanalysis and ego analysis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Evaluation
Section Reference 1: Psychodynamic Therapies: Digging Deep Within
32) Psychodynamic theories focus on ______ conflicts and ______ processes.
a) internal, unconscious
b) external, unconscious
c) internal, conscious
d) external, conscious
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the elements of client-centered therapy
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Client-Centered Therapy: Becoming Oneself
33) Client-centered therapists focus on ______ experience.
a) objective, unconscious
b) subjective, unconscious
c) objective, conscious
d) subjective, conscious
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Describe the elements of client-centered therapy
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Client-Centered Therapy: Becoming Oneself
34) Traditional psychoanalysis focuses on ______.
a) learning and conditioning
b) the here and now
c) early childhood experiences
d) genetic influences on personality
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the elements of client-centered therapy
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Client-Centered Therapy: Becoming Oneself
35) Client-centered therapies focus on ______.
a) learning and conditioning
b) the here and now
c) early childhood experiences
d) genetic influences on personality
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the elements of client-centered therapy
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Client-Centered Therapy: Becoming Oneself
36) Client-centered therapies focus on ______.
a) internal conflicts and unconscious processes
b) the quality of clients' subjective, conscious experiences
c) biological roots to psychological problems
d) the role of environmental factors in shaping human behavior
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the elements of client-centered therapy
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Client-Centered Therapy: Becoming Oneself
37) Client-centered therapy was originally developed by ______.
a) Fritz Perls
b) Albert Ellis
c) Eric Berne
d) Carl Rogers
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the elements of client-centered therapy
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Client-Centered Therapy: Becoming Oneself
38) A form of therapy that emphasizes the creation of a warm therapeutic atmosphere that free clients to engage in self-exploration and self-expression is ______.
a) psychoanalysis
b) Gestalt therapy
c) client-centered therapy
d) rational-emotive behavior therapy
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the elements of client-centered therapy
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Client-Centered Therapy: Becoming Oneself
39) The form of therapy that encourages individuals to rely on their own values and frames of reference is ______.
a) psychoanalysis
b) Gestalt therapy
c) client-centered therapy
d) rational-emotive behavior therapy
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the elements of client-centered therapy
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Client-Centered Therapy: Becoming Oneself
40) Client-centered therapy is ______.
a) behaviorally focused
b) nondirective
c) therapist directed
d) reward focused
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the elements of client-centered therapy
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Client-Centered Therapy: Becoming Oneself
41) Carl Rogers believed we all have an inborn tendency to realize our unique potential, called ______.
a) the creative self
b) self-actualization
c) self-fulfillment
d) self-enhancement
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the elements of client-centered therapy
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Client-Centered Therapy: Becoming Oneself
42) Client-centered therapy aims to provide ______.
a) insight
b) corrective conditioning
c) rational, positive self-talk
d) self-control methods
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the elements of client-centered therapy
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Client-Centered Therapy: Becoming Oneself
43) Unconditional positive regard, genuineness, and empathic understanding are essential components of ______.
a) psychoanalysis
b) transactional analysis
c) rational-emotive therapy
d) client-centered therapy
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the elements of client-centered therapy
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Client-Centered Therapy: Becoming Oneself
44) Each of the following is essential to client-centered therapy EXCEPT ______.
a) unconditional positive regard
b) empathic understanding
c) free association
d) genuineness
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the elements of client-centered therapy
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Client-Centered Therapy: Becoming Oneself
45) Keitha goes to her therapist to get treatment for severe depression. Her therapist is non-directive, letting Keitha take the lead in the sessions. The therapist is open about his own feelings and accurately reflects Keitha’s feelings and experiences. The therapist also makes Keitha feel respected and unique. This therapist’s behaviors are most heavily emphasized in ______.
a) client-centered therapy
b) psychoanalysis
c) transactional analysis
d) cognitive restructuring
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the elements of client-centered therapy
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Client-Centered Therapy: Becoming Oneself
46) Nonjudgmental acceptance of the value of another person, regardless of the person’s behavior at the particular point in time is called ______.
a) catharsis
b) empathic understanding
c) genuineness
d) unconditional positive regard
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the elements of client-centered therapy
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Client-Centered Therapy: Becoming Oneself
47) In client-centered therapy, ______ is shown by accurately reflecting clients' experiences and feelings.
a) empathic understanding
b) genuineness
c) a condition of worth
d) congruence
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the elements of client-centered therapy
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Client-Centered Therapy: Becoming Oneself
48) In client-centered therapy, ______ is shown by openness and honesty in responding to the client.
a) empathic understanding
b) genuineness
c) unconditional positive regard
d) congruence
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe the elements of client-centered therapy
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Client-Centered Therapy: Becoming Oneself
49) Psychodynamic and client-centered therapists tend to focus on ______.
a) genetically inherited traits
b) what people think and feel
c) environmental factors shaping personality
d) what people do
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe behavior therapy methods, including fear-reduction techniques, aversive conditioning, and operant conditioning procedures
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Behavior Therapy: Adjustment Is What You Do
50) The systematic application of principles of learning to promote desired behavioral changes is called ______ therapy.
a) cognitive
b) Gestalt
c) client-centered
d) behavior
Difficulty: Easy
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Module 9.3 Behavior Therapy: Adjustment Is What You Do
51) Behavior modification is a form of therapy that applies principles of ______ to help people make desired behavioral changes.
a) genetics
b) evolution
c) learning
d) interactionism
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe behavior therapy methods, including fear-reduction techniques, aversive conditioning, and operant conditioning procedures
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Behavior Therapy: Adjustment Is What You Do
52) Behavior therapists are similar to client-centered therapists in that they both tend to ______.
a) focus on the present
b) focus on the role of conditioning in shaping behavior
c) emphasize the importance of re-integrating disowned parts of the self
d) be nondirective
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Describe behavior therapy methods, including fear-reduction techniques, aversive conditioning, and operant conditioning procedures
Standard 1: Bloom's || Analysis
Section Reference 1: Behavior Therapy: Adjustment Is What You Do
53) ______ therapists draw on the principles of classical and operant conditioning as well as observational learning.
a) Psychodynamic
b) Humanistic
c) Gestalt
d) Behavioral
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe behavior therapy methods, including fear-reduction techniques, aversive conditioning, and operant conditioning procedures
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Behavior Therapy: Adjustment Is What You Do
54) Techniques such as systematic desensitization, flooding, and modeling are essential to ______ therapy.
a) client-centered
b) Gestalt
c) cognitive
d) behavior
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe behavior therapy methods, including fear-reduction techniques, aversive conditioning, and operant conditioning procedures
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Behavior Therapy: Adjustment Is What You Do
55) Flooding is based on ______.
a) reinforcement
b) cognitive restructuring
c) extinction
d) insight
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Describe behavior therapy methods, including fear-reduction techniques, aversive conditioning, and operant conditioning procedures
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Behavior Therapy: Adjustment Is What You Do
56) In ______, a person is continuously exposed to a fear-evoking but harmless stimulus until his or her fear of the stimulus is extinguished.
a) flooding
b) gradual exposure
c) aversive conditioning
d) systematic desensitization
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe behavior therapy methods, including fear-reduction techniques, aversive conditioning, and operant conditioning procedures
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Behavior Therapy: Adjustment Is What You Do
57) Gabriella goes to her therapist for treatment of her extreme fear of heights. The therapist takes her to the rooftop of a 40-story office building and has her stand there until her fear begins to reduce. This technique is known as ______.
a) flooding
b) aversive conditioning
c) systematic desensitization
d) gradual exposure
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe behavior therapy methods, including fear-reduction techniques, aversive conditioning, and operant conditioning procedures
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Behavior Therapy: Adjustment Is What You Do
58) Nolan goes to his therapist for treatment of his fear of riding on elevators. His therapist first has him stand outside the elevator, then stand in the elevator with the door open, then with the door closed, then take the elevator down one floor, and so on. This technique is known as ______.
a) flooding
b) aversive conditioning
c) systematic desensitization
d) gradual exposure
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe behavior therapy methods, including fear-reduction techniques, aversive conditioning, and operant conditioning procedures
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Behavior Therapy: Adjustment Is What You Do
59) A therapeutic technique in which a client is first presented with minimally fearful stimuli and then slowly works up a hierarchy of progressively more fearful stimuli is known as ______.
a) flooding
b) aversive conditioning
c) response cost training
d) gradual exposure
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe behavior therapy methods, including fear-reduction techniques, aversive conditioning, and operant conditioning procedures
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Behavior Therapy: Adjustment Is What You Do
60) Ronny goes to his therapist to get treatment for a phobia. His therapist uses a method for reducing phobic responses that associates images of fear-inducing objects or situations with deep muscle relaxation. This technique is called ______.
a) operant conditioning
b) aversive conditioning
c) systematic desensitization
d) self-control
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe behavior therapy methods, including fear-reduction techniques, aversive conditioning, and operant conditioning procedures
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Behavior Therapy: Adjustment Is What You Do
61) Systematic desensitization relies primarily on the use of ______.
a) counterconditioning
b) operant conditioning
c) observational learning
d) cognitive restructuring
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Describe behavior therapy methods, including fear-reduction techniques, aversive conditioning, and operant conditioning procedures
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Behavior Therapy: Adjustment Is What You Do
62) In ______, a pleasant stimulus is repeatedly paired with a fear-evoking object, until the fear response is gone.
a) operant conditioning
b) gradual exposure
c) flooding
d) counterconditioning
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe behavior therapy methods, including fear-reduction techniques, aversive conditioning, and operant conditioning procedures
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Behavior Therapy: Adjustment Is What You Do
63) Systematic desensitization is based on the assumption that anxiety responses are ______.
a) genetically inherited
b) adaptive
c) learned
d) irrational
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe behavior therapy methods, including fear-reduction techniques, aversive conditioning, and operant conditioning procedures
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Behavior Therapy: Adjustment Is What You Do
64) An arrangement of stimuli according to the amount of fear they evoke is called ______.
a) a hierarchy
b) a Venn diagram
c) a response-cost sheet
d) an amalgam
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe behavior therapy methods, including fear-reduction techniques, aversive conditioning, and operant conditioning procedures
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Behavior Therapy: Adjustment Is What You Do
65) ______ relies on observational learning.
a) Counterconditioning
b) Systematic desensitization
c) Flooding
d) Modeling
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe behavior therapy methods, including fear-reduction techniques, aversive conditioning, and operant conditioning procedures
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Behavior Therapy: Adjustment Is What You Do
66) A behavioral alternative to systematic desensitization that relies on observational learning to treat a client's problems is called ______.
a) symptom substitution
b) modeling
c) aversive conditioning
d) flooding
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe behavior therapy methods, including fear-reduction techniques, aversive conditioning, and operant conditioning procedures
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Behavior Therapy: Adjustment Is What You Do
67) A treatment method that pairs painful or unpleasant stimuli with unwanted impulses to help clients gain control over those unwanted impulses is called ______.
a) operant conditioning
b) aversive conditioning
c) systematic desensitization
d) negative reinforcement
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe behavior therapy methods, including fear-reduction techniques, aversive conditioning, and operant conditioning procedures
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Behavior Therapy: Adjustment Is What You Do
68) Delois goes to her therapist to try and get help in quitting smoking. Her therapist makes her engage in rapid smoking in which she must inhale every six seconds, while cigarette smoke is being blown in her face by a hair dryer positioned in back of 10 other cigarettes. This technique is an example of ______.
a) operant conditioning
b) systematic desensitization
c) aversive conditioning
d) participant modeling
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe behavior therapy methods, including fear-reduction techniques, aversive conditioning, and operant conditioning procedures
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Behavior Therapy: Adjustment Is What You Do
69) Rapid smoking is a(n) ______ method designed to help smokers quit.
a) modeling
b) systematic desensitization
c) counterconditioning
d) aversive conditioning
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Describe behavior therapy methods, including fear-reduction techniques, aversive conditioning, and operant conditioning procedures
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Behavior Therapy: Adjustment Is What You Do
70) Each of the following is an operant conditioning procedure EXCEPT ______.
a) biofeedback training
b) aversive conditioning
c) social skills training
d) a token economy
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Describe behavior therapy methods, including fear-reduction techniques, aversive conditioning, and operant conditioning procedures
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Behavior Therapy: Adjustment Is What You Do
71) Token economies are a form of ______.
a) operant conditioning
b) aversive conditioning
c) systematic desensitization
d) classical conditioning
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe behavior therapy methods, including fear-reduction techniques, aversive conditioning, and operant conditioning procedures
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Behavior Therapy: Adjustment Is What You Do
72) Giving children coins for engaging in desirable behaviors, such as helping with chores, and taking the coins away for undesirable behaviors, such as fighting, is known as ______.
a) successive approximations
b) a token economy
c) participant modeling
d) response cost
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe behavior therapy methods, including fear-reduction techniques, aversive conditioning, and operant conditioning procedures
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Behavior Therapy: Adjustment Is What You Do
73) Token economies rely on the power of ______ to change behavior.
a) aversive conditioning
b) systematic desensitization
c) reinforcement
d) insight
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe behavior therapy methods, including fear-reduction techniques, aversive conditioning, and operant conditioning procedures
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Behavior Therapy: Adjustment Is What You Do
74) As part of his therapy, Samuel has a device strapped to his arm that beeps when his muscle tension goes down. He is taught to gain more conscious control of the tension in his body by learning to make changes that make the device on his arm beep constantly. This technique is a form of ______.
a) functional analysis
b) biofeedback training
c) systematic desensitization
d) successive approximations
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe behavior therapy methods, including fear-reduction techniques, aversive conditioning, and operant conditioning procedures
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Behavior Therapy: Adjustment Is What You Do
75) In biofeedback training, therapists help clients become more aware of, and gain control over, various ______.
a) bodily functions
b) instinctive urges
c) emotional reaction
d) cognitive distortions
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe behavior therapy methods, including fear-reduction techniques, aversive conditioning, and operant conditioning procedures
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Behavior Therapy: Adjustment Is What You Do
76) The electromyograph (EMG) monitors ______.
a) brain waves
b) heart rate
c) muscle tension
d) digestive functions
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Describe behavior therapy methods, including fear-reduction techniques, aversive conditioning, and operant conditioning procedures
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Behavior Therapy: Adjustment Is What You Do
77) The electroencephalograph (EEG) monitors ______.
a) brain waves
b) heart rate
c) muscle tension
d) digestive functions
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe behavior therapy methods, including fear-reduction techniques, aversive conditioning, and operant conditioning procedures
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Behavior Therapy: Adjustment Is What You Do
78) Biofeedback training is a form of ______.
a) operant conditioning
b) aversive conditioning
c) systematic desensitization
d) classical conditioning
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Describe behavior therapy methods, including fear-reduction techniques, aversive conditioning, and operant conditioning procedures
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Behavior Therapy: Adjustment Is What You Do
79) The Shakespearean quote, “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so,” is most relevant to a ______ therapist.
a) cognitive
b) Gestalt
c) psychodynamic
d) behavior
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Explain the cognitive therapy methods of Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Cognitive Therapies: Adjustment Is What You Think (And Do)
80) Cognitive therapists tend to focus on ______.
a) genetically inherited traits
b) what people think
c) what people feel
d) what happened in people’s past
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Explain the cognitive therapy methods of Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Cognitive Therapies: Adjustment Is What You Think (And Do)
81) Cherise goes to a therapist for treatment of her severe depression. Her therapist focuses on the beliefs, attitudes, and automatic types of thinking that appear to be compounding Cherise’s depression. This therapist is practicing ______.
a) psychoanalysis
b) client-centered therapy
c) cognitive therapy
d) Gestalt therapy
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Explain the cognitive therapy methods of Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Cognitive Therapies: Adjustment Is What You Think (And Do)
82) Beck and Ellis are most closely associated with ______ therapy.
a) psychoanalytic
b) client-centered
c) Gestalt
d) cognitive
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Explain the cognitive therapy methods of Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Cognitive Therapies: Adjustment Is What You Think (And Do)
83) The psychiatrist known for developing cognitive therapy is ______.
a) Beck
b) Rogers
c) Perls
d) Ellis
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Explain the cognitive therapy methods of Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Cognitive Therapies: Adjustment Is What You Think (And Do)
84) Which of the following is MOST important to Beck's cognitive therapy?
a) self-talk
b) distorted thinking
c) a person's ego state
d) cognitive dissonance
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Explain the cognitive therapy methods of Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Cognitive Therapies: Adjustment Is What You Think (And Do)
85) Beck used the “cognitive triad” to explain what ______ people experience.
a) schizophrenic
b) manic
c) phobic
d) depressed
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Explain the cognitive therapy methods of Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Cognitive Therapies: Adjustment Is What You Think (And Do)
86) According to Beck, the “cognitive triad” includes expectations of the worst of each of the following EXCEPT ______.
a) themselves
b) the past
c) the future
d) the world at large
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Explain the cognitive therapy methods of Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Cognitive Therapies: Adjustment Is What You Think (And Do)
87) Quincy goes to his therapist to get treatment for his severe depression. His therapist points out several cognitive errors Quincy is making in how he interprets the world around him. The therapist focuses on getting Quincy to stop undervaluing his own achievements and pessimistically assuming the worst about everything. This therapist is using techniques MOST like those of ______.
a) Perls
b) Ellis
c) Beck
d) Wolpe
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Explain the cognitive therapy methods of Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Cognitive Therapies: Adjustment Is What You Think (And Do)
88) The originator of rational-emotive behavior therapy was ______.
a) Aaron Beck
b) Spencer Rathus
c) Albert Ellis
d) Jeffrey Nevid
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Explain the cognitive therapy methods of Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Cognitive Therapies: Adjustment Is What You Think (And Do)
89) Which of the following is MOST important in determining a person's happiness, according to Ellis?
a) unresolved childhood conflicts
b) loss of contact with one's genuine feelings
c) beliefs about events
d) a hostile environment
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Explain the cognitive therapy methods of Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Cognitive Therapies: Adjustment Is What You Think (And Do)
90) Rational-emotive behavior therapy is ______.
a) passive and nondirective
b) active but nondirective
c) passive but directive
d) active and directive
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Explain the cognitive therapy methods of Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Cognitive Therapies: Adjustment Is What You Think (And Do)
91) Rocio goes to her therapist to get treatment for severe depression. Her therapist actively urges her to explore a number of irrational beliefs that appear to be contributing to her depression. The therapist then points out how the beliefs are contributing to Rocio's depression and helps her replace those beliefs with more rational alternatives. This technique is MOST like that of ______.
a) Rogers
b) Perls
c) Lazarus
d) Ellis
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Explain the cognitive therapy methods of Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Cognitive Therapies: Adjustment Is What You Think (And Do)
92) Ellis espouses beliefs that straddle both ______ therapies.
a) psychodynamic and cognitive
b) cognitive and behavior
c) behavior and Gestalt
d) Gestalt and psychodynamic
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Explain the cognitive therapy methods of Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Cognitive Therapies: Adjustment Is What You Think (And Do)
93) Behavioral and cognitive therapies ______.
a) have little influence on modern therapists
b) are mutually incompatible approaches
c) are converging
d) are diverging
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Explain the cognitive therapy methods of Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Cognitive Therapies: Adjustment Is What You Think (And Do)
94) ______ therapists draw on the principles and techniques of multiple approaches to therapy, combining and adjusting techniques to best meet the needs of their clients.
a) Gestalt
b) Psychodynamic
c) Eclectic
d) Behavioral
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Explain the cognitive therapy methods of Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Cognitive Therapies: Adjustment Is What You Think (And Do)
95) Marjorie sees a therapist to get help for her severe depression. The therapist uses a combination of behavioral, cognitive, and psychoanalytic techniques to help improve her mental state. This therapist is most likely a(n) ______ therapist.
a) eclectic
b) unlicensed
c) humanistic-existential
d) Gestalt
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Explain the cognitive therapy methods of Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Cognitive Therapies: Adjustment Is What You Think (And Do)
96) Which of the following is NOT a benefit to group therapy?
a) It is economical.
b) It provides more information and life experience from which clients can grow.
c) Appropriate behavior receives support from the group.
d) It is faster than individual psychotherapy.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Explain the uses of group therapy, couple therapy, family therapy, and self-help and support groups
Standard 1: Bloom's || Evaluation
Section Reference 1: Group Therapies: On Being In It Together
97) Group therapy is most likely to be recommended for someone who ______.
a) wants or needs individual attention
b) has problems with basic social skills
c) is overly shy
d) prefers not to publicly disclose his or her personal problems
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Explain the uses of group therapy, couple therapy, family therapy, and self-help and support groups
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Group Therapies: On Being In It Together
98) Couple therapy improves relationships by improving their ______.
a) sex life
b) financial planning
c) communication
d) codependency
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Explain the uses of group therapy, couple therapy, family therapy, and self-help and support groups
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Group Therapies: On Being In It Together
99) Today, the main approach to couple therapy is ______.
a) cognitive-behavioral
b) humanistic-existential
c) Gestalt
d) psychodynamic
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Explain the uses of group therapy, couple therapy, family therapy, and self-help and support groups
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Group Therapies: On Being In It Together
100) The systems approach is most typically used in ______.
a) individual therapy
b) encounter groups
c) family therapy
d) drug rehabilitation
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Explain the uses of group therapy, couple therapy, family therapy, and self-help and support groups
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Group Therapies: On Being In It Together
101) Family therapists often find that family members cannot tolerate differences in other family members because of ______.
a) their needs for conformity
b) their needs to dominate others
c) their desires to "help" the other family members
d) their own low self-esteem
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Explain the uses of group therapy, couple therapy, family therapy, and self-help and support groups
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Group Therapies: On Being In It Together
102) In family therapy, the family member identified as the problem is often assumed to be the ______.
a) “bad child”
b) gatekeeper
c) instigator
d) scapegoat
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Explain the uses of group therapy, couple therapy, family therapy, and self-help and support groups
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Group Therapies: On Being In It Together
103) The family therapist encourages ______ in each family member.
a) growth and autonomy
b) mutual interdependence
c) separation and exclusion
d) transference and countertransference
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Explain the uses of group therapy, couple therapy, family therapy, and self-help and support groups
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Group Therapies: On Being In It Together
104) Research on the effectiveness of therapy has relied most heavily on ______.
a) analysis of variance
b) factor analysis
c) meta-analysis
d) case studies
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Discuss key issues in psychotherapy, including whether psychotherapy works, the role of nonspecific factors in therapy, empirically supported treatments, culturally sensitive psychotherapy, and feminist psychotherapy.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Key Issues in Psychotherapy Today
105) A technique that combines and averages the results of numerous individual studies is called a(n) ______.
a) analysis of variance
b) factor analysis
c) reciprocal analysis
d) meta-analysis
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss key issues in psychotherapy, including whether psychotherapy works, the role of nonspecific factors in therapy, empirically supported treatments, culturally sensitive psychotherapy, and feminist psychotherapy.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Key Issues in Psychotherapy Today
106) Numerous studies of the effectiveness of psychotherapy have found ______.
a) no evidence that psychotherapy is effective
b) that for every person helped by psychotherapy, another person gets worse
c) weak evidence that psychotherapy helps only a small percentage of clients
d) evidence strongly supporting the effectiveness of psychotherapy
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss key issues in psychotherapy, including whether psychotherapy works, the role of nonspecific factors in therapy, empirically supported treatments, culturally sensitive psychotherapy, and feminist psychotherapy.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Key Issues in Psychotherapy Today
107) According to the Mary Lee Smith and her colleagues (1980) study cited in your text, psychotherapy is effective ______ percent of the time.
a) 50
b) 60
c) 70
d) 80
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Discuss key issues in psychotherapy, including whether psychotherapy works, the role of nonspecific factors in therapy, empirically supported treatments, culturally sensitive psychotherapy, and feminist psychotherapy.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Key Issues in Psychotherapy Today
108) Other factors in a therapy situation, besides the therapy itself, which might affect the therapeutic outcome, are termed ______.
a) nonspecific factors
b) treatment factors
c) resolution factors
d) demand characteristics
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss key issues in psychotherapy, including whether psychotherapy works, the role of nonspecific factors in therapy, empirically supported treatments, culturally sensitive psychotherapy, and feminist psychotherapy.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Key Issues in Psychotherapy Today
109) Instilling hope in a client is an example of a ______ factor in therapy.
a) generalization
b) nonspecific
c) resolution
d) treatment
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss key issues in psychotherapy, including whether psychotherapy works, the role of nonspecific factors in therapy, empirically supported treatments, culturally sensitive psychotherapy, and feminist psychotherapy.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Key Issues in Psychotherapy Today
110) Of the following, ______ Americans are most likely to seek therapy.
a) African
b) Hispanic
c) Native
d) European
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss key issues in psychotherapy, including whether psychotherapy works, the role of nonspecific factors in therapy, empirically supported treatments, culturally sensitive psychotherapy, and feminist psychotherapy.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Key Issues in Psychotherapy Today
111) To better serve ethnic minorities, therapists need to do each of the following EXCEPT ______.
a) develop a better understanding of and sensitivity to differences in the cultural heritage, language, and values of their clients
b) adapt their therapeutic approach to the cultural and social realities of clients from diverse backgrounds
c) become aware of their own cultural biases
d) help minority clients let go of old cultural traditions so they can better acclimate to the mainstream culture
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss key issues in psychotherapy, including whether psychotherapy works, the role of nonspecific factors in therapy, empirically supported treatments, culturally sensitive psychotherapy, and feminist psychotherapy.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Key Issues in Psychotherapy Today
112) Each of the following is true of issues related to conducting therapy with African Americans EXCEPT ______.
a) they are often reluctant to seek help because of cultural assumptions that they should manage their own problems
b) many of them are suspicious of their therapists
c) they may develop low-self-esteem because they externalize negative stereotypes
d) they may withhold personal information because of the society’s history of racial discrimination
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss key issues in psychotherapy, including whether psychotherapy works, the role of nonspecific factors in therapy, empirically supported treatments, culturally sensitive psychotherapy, and feminist psychotherapy.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Key Issues in Psychotherapy Today
113) Each of the following is true of Asian Americans and psychological disorders EXCEPT ______.
a) they tend to stigmatize people with psychological disorders
b) they prefer to receive encouragement to develop their own solutions rather than seek advice
c) many of them experience and express psychological complaints as physical symptoms
d) the focus on Western therapy of encouraging people to express their emotions may conflict with Asians’ cultural traditions
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss key issues in psychotherapy, including whether psychotherapy works, the role of nonspecific factors in therapy, empirically supported treatments, culturally sensitive psychotherapy, and feminist psychotherapy.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Key Issues in Psychotherapy Today
114) Each of the following statements is true EXCEPT _______.
a) many Asians prefer to receive concrete advice rather than Western-style encouragement to develop their own solutions
b) Western psychotherapy’s emphasis of open expression of feelings may conflict with traditional Asian tendencies to refrain from public displays of emotion.
c) Asians often express physical complaints in the form of psychological symptoms such as anxiety or depression.
d) Asian Americans may deny problems and refuse to seek help for them
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss key issues in psychotherapy, including whether psychotherapy works, the role of nonspecific factors in therapy, empirically supported treatments, culturally sensitive psychotherapy, and feminist psychotherapy.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Key Issues in Psychotherapy Today
115) Asians often express psychological complaints in terms of ______.
a) emotional anguish
b) stoic platitudes
c) physical symptoms
d) aggressive behavior
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss key issues in psychotherapy, including whether psychotherapy works, the role of nonspecific factors in therapy, empirically supported treatments, culturally sensitive psychotherapy, and feminist psychotherapy.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Key Issues in Psychotherapy Today
116) Traditional Latino and Latina culture values ______.
a) independence and self-reliance
b) reliance on government and powerful authority figures
c) female political and economic independence from men
d) strong social and family ties as well as respect and dignity
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss key issues in psychotherapy, including whether psychotherapy works, the role of nonspecific factors in therapy, empirically supported treatments, culturally sensitive psychotherapy, and feminist psychotherapy.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Key Issues in Psychotherapy Today
117) In working with Native Americans, prevention efforts should focus on each of the following EXCEPT _______.
a) integrating Native Americans into the dominant culture more effectively
b) strengthening cultural cohesion among Native Americans
c) building a better sense of identity and pride among Native Americans
d) being sensitive to the culture, customs, and values of Native Americans
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Discuss key issues in psychotherapy, including whether psychotherapy works, the role of nonspecific factors in therapy, empirically supported treatments, culturally sensitive psychotherapy, and feminist psychotherapy.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Key Issues in Psychotherapy Today
118) Each of the following is true of feminist psychotherapy EXCEPT ______.
a) it developed as a response to male dominance of the health profession and institutions
b) it suggested that the mental health establishment often worked to maintain inequality between men and women
c) it has argued that men need to be treated as second-class citizens to make up for years of similar mistreatment of women
d) it is not a particular method of therapy, but an approach to therapy rooted in feminist political theory and philosophy
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss key issues in psychotherapy, including whether psychotherapy works, the role of nonspecific factors in therapy, empirically supported treatments, culturally sensitive psychotherapy, and feminist psychotherapy.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Key Issues in Psychotherapy Today
119) Each of the following is true of feminist therapy EXCEPT ______.
a) it is a specific method of therapy
b) it is rooted in feminist political theory and philosophy
c) it developed as a response to male dominance of health professions and institutions
d) it argues that many women develop problems as a result of being treated as second-class citizens
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Discuss key issues in psychotherapy, including whether psychotherapy works, the role of nonspecific factors in therapy, empirically supported treatments, culturally sensitive psychotherapy, and feminist psychotherapy.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Key Issues in Psychotherapy Today
120) Drug therapy, electroconvulsive shock therapy, and psychosurgery are all examples of ______ therapies.
a) biomedical
b) unethical
c) behavioral
d) client-centered
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss biomedical methods of therapy, including minor tranquilizers, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychosurgery
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Biomedical Therapies
121) Of the various biomedical therapies, ______.
a) drug therapy is the most widely used
b) electroconvulsive therapy is the most widely used
c) psychosurgery is the most widely used
d) all three therapies are used about equally
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss biomedical methods of therapy, including minor tranquilizers, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychosurgery
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Biomedical Therapies
122) Of the various biomedical therapies, ______.
a) drug therapy is the least used
b) electroconvulsive therapy is the least used
c) psychosurgery is the least used
d) all three therapies are used about equally
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss biomedical methods of therapy, including minor tranquilizers, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychosurgery
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Biomedical Therapies
123) ______ drugs are prescription drugs that are widely used to help relieve disturbing emotional states, such as anxiety or depression, or to control symptoms of schizophrenia or other severe persisting disorders: such as bipolar disorder.
a) Psychotic
b) Psychotropic
c) Psychostimulant
d) Psychedelic
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss biomedical methods of therapy, including minor tranquilizers, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychosurgery
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Biomedical Therapies
124) Antianxiety drugs are also known as ______.
a) neuroleptics
b) minor tranquilizers
c) stimulants
d) beta-blockers
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss biomedical methods of therapy, including minor tranquilizers, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychosurgery
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Biomedical Therapies
125) Most antianxiety drugs belong to the chemical class known as ______.
a) phenothiazines
b) benzodiazepines
c) MAO inhibitors
d) barbiturates
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Discuss biomedical methods of therapy, including minor tranquilizers, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychosurgery
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Biomedical Therapies
126) Valium is a(n) ______.
a) antianxiety drug
b) major tranquilizer
c) antidepressant drug
d) stimulant
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss biomedical methods of therapy, including minor tranquilizers, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychosurgery
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Biomedical Therapies
127) Librium, Serax, and Xanax are all ______.
a) antianxiety drugs
b) antipsychotic drugs
c) antidepressant drugs
d) stimulants
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss biomedical methods of therapy, including minor tranquilizers, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychosurgery
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Biomedical Therapies
128) The most common side-effect of antianxiety drugs is ______.
a) disorientation
b) fragmented thought
c) sedation
d) memory impairment
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss biomedical methods of therapy, including minor tranquilizers, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychosurgery
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Biomedical Therapies
129) Strong anxiety that can attend the suspension of usage of a tranquilizer is known as ______ anxiety.
a) state
b) trait
c) secondary
d) rebound
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss biomedical methods of therapy, including minor tranquilizers, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychosurgery
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Biomedical Therapies
130) Antianxiety drugs can lead to ______.
a) neither physical dependence nor tolerance
b) tolerance but not physical dependence
c) physical dependence but not tolerance
d) physical dependence and tolerance
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss biomedical methods of therapy, including minor tranquilizers, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychosurgery
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Biomedical Therapies
131) Antipsychotic drugs are also known as ______.
a) triptans
b) minor tranquilizers
c) stimulants
d) major tranquilizers
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Discuss biomedical methods of therapy, including minor tranquilizers, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychosurgery
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Biomedical Therapies
132) Neuroleptics are ______ drugs.
a) antianxiety
b) antidepressant
c) antipsychotic
d) analgesic
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss biomedical methods of therapy, including minor tranquilizers, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychosurgery
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Biomedical Therapies
133) Phenothiazines and clozapine are examples of ______.
a) antianxiety drugs
b) antipsychotic drugs
c) antidepressant drugs
d) stimulants
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss biomedical methods of therapy, including minor tranquilizers, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychosurgery
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Biomedical Therapies
134) People with schizophrenia as well as violently agitated patients are often treated with ______.
a) antidepressant drugs
b) minor tranquilizers
c) stimulants
d) major tranquilizers
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss biomedical methods of therapy, including minor tranquilizers, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychosurgery
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Biomedical Therapies
135) Many antipsychotic drugs are thought to act by blocking ______ receptors in the brain.
a) serotonin
b) acetylcholine
c) dopamine
d) norepinephrine
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss biomedical methods of therapy, including minor tranquilizers, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychosurgery
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Biomedical Therapies
136) Antidepressant drugs have been found to also be effective in the treatment of each of the following disorders EXCEPT ______.
a) conversion disorder
b) bulimia
c) obsessive-compulsive disorder
d) social anxiety
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Discuss biomedical methods of therapy, including minor tranquilizers, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychosurgery
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Biomedical Therapies
137) MAO inhibitors, SSRIs, and tricyclics are all types of ______ drugs.
a) antidepressant
b) antianxiety
c) antipsychotic
d) anti-inflammatory
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss biomedical methods of therapy, including minor tranquilizers, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychosurgery
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Biomedical Therapies
138) Of the various antidepressant drugs, ______ are widely preferred because they are associated with less severe side effects.
a) tricyclics
b) SSRIs
c) MAO inhibitors
d) a combination of MAO inhibitors and tricyclics
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss biomedical methods of therapy, including minor tranquilizers, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychosurgery
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Biomedical Therapies
139) Compared to other types of antidepressant drugs, SSRIs tend to have ______.
a) less severe side effects and are less dangerous in overdose situations
b) less severe side effects but are more dangerous in overdose situations
c) more severe side effects but are less dangerous in overdose situations
d) more severe side effects and are more dangerous in overdose situations
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Discuss biomedical methods of therapy, including minor tranquilizers, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychosurgery
Standard 1: Bloom's || Analysis
Section Reference 1: Biomedical Therapies
140) Antidepressant drug must usually build up to a therapeutic level over several ______.
a) days
b) weeks
c) months
d) years
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss biomedical methods of therapy, including minor tranquilizers, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychosurgery
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Biomedical Therapies
141) Lithium was first used as a psychoactive drug ______.
a) by the ancient Greeks and Romans
b) during the Middle Ages in Europe
c) during the 17th century in Asia
d) during the 19th century in the U.S.
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Discuss biomedical methods of therapy, including minor tranquilizers, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychosurgery
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Biomedical Therapies
142) Which of the following is most often used in the treatment of bipolar disorder?
a) Elavil
b) lithium
c) Thorazine
d) amphetamines
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss biomedical methods of therapy, including minor tranquilizers, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychosurgery
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Biomedical Therapies
143) About ______ percent of those treated with lithium either fail to respond to it or cannot tolerate it because of its side effects.
a) 10 to 20
b) 30 to 40
c) 50 to 60
d) 70 to 80
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Discuss biomedical methods of therapy, including minor tranquilizers, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychosurgery
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Biomedical Therapies
144) The main reason most people quit using lithium is ______.
a) insomnia
b) nausea and vomiting
c) problems with memory
d) severe headaches
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss biomedical methods of therapy, including minor tranquilizers, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychosurgery
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Biomedical Therapies
145) Some people with bipolar disorder achieve good treatment results from ______.
a) antianxiety drugs
b) analgesics
c) anticoagulants
d) anticonvulsive drugs
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Discuss biomedical methods of therapy, including minor tranquilizers, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychosurgery
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Biomedical Therapies
146) ______ is frequently used to treat major depression among patients who have not responded to antidepressant drugs.
a) Psychosurgery
b) Major tranquilization
c) Hallucinogenic drug therapy
d) Electroconvulsive therapy
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss biomedical methods of therapy, including minor tranquilizers, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychosurgery
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Biomedical Therapies
147) ECT is almost exclusively used in the treatment of ______.
a) bipolar disorder
b) schizophrenia
c) epilepsy
d) major depression
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss biomedical methods of therapy, including minor tranquilizers, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychosurgery
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Biomedical Therapies
148) Which of the following is NOT true of ECT?
a) It causes loss of normal emotional response.
b) It can cause memory problems.
c) It produces convulsions.
d) There is a high rate of relapse among patients following treatment.
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Discuss biomedical methods of therapy, including minor tranquilizers, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychosurgery
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Biomedical Therapies
149) ______ is an extremely controversial treatment for violent agitation that is no longer used today because of its horrendous side effects and the advent of major tranquilizers.
a) Chemotherapy
b) Psychosurgery
c) Flooding
d) Electroconvulsive therapy
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss biomedical methods of therapy, including minor tranquilizers, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychosurgery
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Biomedical Therapies
150) The most controversial and well-known psychosurgical technique is the ______.
a) prefrontal lobotomy
b) split-brain operation
c) brain transplant
d) spinal tap
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss biomedical methods of therapy, including minor tranquilizers, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychosurgery
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Biomedical Therapies
151) An irreversible movement disorder that is a permanent side-effect of some antipsychotic drugs is ______.
a) Reye’s syndrome
b) tardive dyskinesia
c) Tourette’s syndrome
d) aphasia
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss biomedical methods of therapy, including minor tranquilizers, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychosurgery
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Biomedical Therapies
152) Antidepressant drugs bring complete symptom relief in about _____ of depressed patients.
a) one-third
b) one-half
c) two-thirds
d) three-quarters
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Discuss biomedical methods of therapy, including minor tranquilizers, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychosurgery
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Biomedical Therapies
153) Adjustment requires that we ______ the objects and situations that frighten us.
a) withdraw from and avoid
b) ignore and avoid
c) approach and ignore
d) approach and master
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Explain the cognitive therapy methods of Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Cognitive Therapies: Adjustment Is What You Think (And Do)
154) Kathy is challenging her phobias by slowly decreasing the distance between herself and the target, first by approaching the target with a friend, and then approaching it alone, and slowly increasing the amount of time she spends with the target. This is called ______.
a) gradual approach
b) systematic desensitization
c) the approach–approach method
d) participant modeling
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Explain the cognitive therapy methods of Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Cognitive Therapies: Adjustment Is What You Think (And Do)
155) In gradual approach, a series of objects or situations are rank-ordered from least severe to most severe, that cause a person to become anxious or fearful is called ______.
a) a hierarchy
b) a fear induction chain
c) a hierarchy of needs
d) an anxiety/fear checklist
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Explain the cognitive therapy methods of Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Cognitive Therapies: Adjustment Is What You Think (And Do)
156) Which of the following is NOT true of anger?
a) It is a common emotional response to frustration and social provocations such as insults and threats.
b) It can be troublesome when it leads to excessive arousal or self-defeating aggression.
c) It can be adaptive in some situations.
d) It is nearly always an inappropriate response to a situation.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Explain the cognitive therapy methods of Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Cognitive Therapies: Adjustment Is What You Think (And Do)
157) One of the BEST ways to deal with irrational thoughts is to ______.
a) go with the feeling generated by those thoughts
b) construct rational alternatives
c) carry those thoughts to their logical extremes
d) engage in catastrophizing
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Explain the cognitive therapy methods of Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Cognitive Therapies: Adjustment Is What You Think (And Do)
158) Each of the following is a method recommended by your text for lifting your mood EXCEPT ______.
a) engage in pleasant events
b) get in touch with your underlying anger
c) think rationally
d) exercise
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Explain the cognitive therapy methods of Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Cognitive Therapies: Adjustment Is What You Think (And Do)
159) Depressed people tend to ______ blame for failures and ______ their accomplishments.
a) internalize, minimize
b) externalize, minimize
c) internalize, maximize
d) externalize, maximize
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Explain the cognitive therapy methods of Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Cognitive Therapies: Adjustment Is What You Think (And Do)
Question type: True-False
160) If you were in traditional psychoanalysis, your major tasks would be to lie back, relax, and say whatever pops into your mind.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Explain what happens during a traditional psychoanalysis, and explain the differences between traditional psychoanalysis and ego analysis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Psychodynamic Therapies: Digging Deep Within
161) Traditional psychoanalysis teaches people to repress self-destructive impulsive urges.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Explain what happens during a traditional psychoanalysis, and explain the differences between traditional psychoanalysis and ego analysis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Psychodynamic Therapies: Digging Deep Within
162) Freud believed that clients reenact their childhood conflicts with their parents when they are in therapy.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Explain what happens during a traditional psychoanalysis, and explain the differences between traditional psychoanalysis and ego analysis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Psychodynamic Therapies: Digging Deep Within
163) Modern psychoanalysts place more emphasis on the id than did Freud.
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Explain what happens during a traditional psychoanalysis, and explain the differences between traditional psychoanalysis and ego analysis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Psychodynamic Therapies: Digging Deep Within
164) Client-centered approaches focus on a client's past.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the elements of client-centered therapy
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Client-Centered Therapy: Becoming Oneself
165) Client-centered therapy aims to provide insight into disowned parts of the self.
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Describe the elements of client-centered therapy
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Client-Centered Therapy: Becoming Oneself
166) Flooding is a therapeutic technique that is based on the learning concept of extinction.
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Describe behavior therapy methods, including fear-reduction techniques, aversive conditioning, and operant conditioning procedures
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Behavior Therapy: Adjustment Is What You Do
167) Aversive conditioning has been used with great success because it has almost no negative side effects.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe behavior therapy methods, including fear-reduction techniques, aversive conditioning, and operant conditioning procedures
Standard 1: Bloom's || Evaluation
Section Reference 1: Behavior Therapy: Adjustment Is What You Do
168) A token economy is a classical conditioning procedure.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Describe behavior therapy methods, including fear-reduction techniques, aversive conditioning, and operant conditioning procedures
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Behavior Therapy: Adjustment Is What You Do
169) Unlike psychodynamic and client-centered therapists, cognitive therapists do not seek to help clients develop insight.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Explain the cognitive therapy methods of Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Cognitive Therapies: Adjustment Is What You Think (And Do)
170) Cognitive therapists believe that emotional reactions to disappointments in life are determined by our beliefs about these events, not by the events themselves.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Explain the cognitive therapy methods of Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Cognitive Therapies: Adjustment Is What You Think (And Do)
171) Most behavior therapists today directly incorporate cognitive methods into their approach.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Explain the cognitive therapy methods of Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Cognitive Therapies: Adjustment Is What You Think (And Do)
172) Eclectic therapists use principles and techniques of multiple approaches to therapy.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Explain the cognitive therapy methods of Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Cognitive Therapies: Adjustment Is What You Think (And Do)
173) People from ethnic minorities are more likely than European Americans to seek therapy.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss key issues in psychotherapy, including whether psychotherapy works, the role of nonspecific factors in therapy, empirically supported treatments, culturally sensitive psychotherapy, and feminist psychotherapy)
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Key Issues in Psychotherapy Today
174) Asian Americans tend to stigmatize people with psychological disorders.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss key issues in psychotherapy, including whether psychotherapy works, the role of nonspecific factors in therapy, empirically supported treatments, culturally sensitive psychotherapy, and feminist psychotherapy.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Key Issues in Psychotherapy Today
175) Antidepressant drugs usually build up to therapeutic levels within several hours.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss biomedical methods of therapy, including minor tranquilizers, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychosurgery
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Biomedical Therapies
176) People with bipolar disorder may show a good response to anticonvulsive drugs commonly used to treat epilepsy
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Discuss biomedical methods of therapy, including minor tranquilizers, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychosurgery
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Biomedical Therapies
177) There is a treatment for severe depression in which an electric current strong enough to induce seizures is passed through the head.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss biomedical methods of therapy, including minor tranquilizers, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychosurgery
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Biomedical Therapies
178) The effects of antidepressant drugs appear to be modest at best.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss biomedical methods of therapy, including minor tranquilizers, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychosurgery
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Biomedical Therapies
179) Many automatic thoughts are irrational and reflect ongoing sources of frustration.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Explain the cognitive therapy methods of Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Cognitive Therapies: Adjustment Is What You Think (And Do)
Question type: Essay
180) Explain what psychotherapy is, describing its essential features.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Explain what happens during a traditional psychoanalysis, and explain the differences between traditional psychoanalysis and ego analysis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Psychodynamic Therapies: Digging Deep Within
181) Describe the goals and methods of psychoanalysis, and explain how modern psychodynamic approaches differ from traditional psychoanalysis.
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Explain what happens during a traditional psychoanalysis, and explain the differences between traditional psychoanalysis and ego analysis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Analysis
Section Reference 1: Psychodynamic Therapies: Digging Deep Within
182) Explain what client-centered therapy is and what its methods are, and discuss the qualities of a client-centered therapist.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe the elements of client-centered therapy
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Client-Centered Therapy: Becoming Oneself
183) Describe the goals and methods of behavior therapy, and briefly describe at least three behavior therapy methods for reducing fears.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe behavior therapy methods, including fear-reduction techniques, aversive conditioning, and operant conditioning procedures
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Behavior Therapy: Adjustment Is What You Do
184) Compare and contrast aversive conditioning and operant conditioning, identifying several specific types of operant conditioning in your discussion.
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Describe behavior therapy methods, including fear-reduction techniques, aversive conditioning, and operant conditioning procedures
Standard 1: Bloom's || Analysis
Section Reference 1: Behavior Therapy: Adjustment Is What You Do
185) Explain what biofeedback training is, how it works, and what it is used for.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Describe behavior therapy methods, including fear-reduction techniques, aversive conditioning, and operant conditioning procedures
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Behavior Therapy: Adjustment Is What You Do
186) Describe the goals and methods of Beck’s cognitive therapy.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Explain the cognitive therapy methods of Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Cognitive Therapies: Adjustment Is What You Think (And Do)
187) Describe the philosophy, goals, and methods of Ellis’s rational emotive behavior therapy.
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Explain the cognitive therapy methods of Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Cognitive Therapies: Adjustment Is What You Think (And Do)
188) Compare and contrast individual therapy with group therapy, and briefly describe at least two types of group therapy.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Explain the uses of group therapy, couple therapy, family therapy, and self-help and support groups
Standard 1: Bloom's || Analysis
Section Reference 1: Group Therapies: On Being In It Together
189) Summarize the research on the effectiveness of psychotherapy.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Discuss key issues in psychotherapy, including whether psychotherapy works, the role of nonspecific factors in therapy, empirically supported treatments, culturally sensitive psychotherapy, and feminist psychotherapy.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Key Issues in Psychotherapy Today
190) Discuss the issues involved in the practice of psychotherapy with clients from ethnic minority groups.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss key issues in psychotherapy, including whether psychotherapy works, the role of nonspecific factors in therapy, empirically supported treatments, culturally sensitive psychotherapy, and feminist psychotherapy.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Key Issues in Psychotherapy Today
191) Explain what feminist therapy is, and why it developed.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Discuss key issues in psychotherapy, including whether psychotherapy works, the role of nonspecific factors in therapy, empirically supported treatments, culturally sensitive psychotherapy, and feminist psychotherapy.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference 1: Key Issues in Psychotherapy Today
192) Identify three biomedical approaches to therapy, explaining how they work and any problems associated with them.
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective 1: Discuss biomedical methods of therapy, including minor tranquilizers, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychosurgery
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference 1: Biomedical Therapies
193) Describe how best to cope with anxieties and fears.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Explain the cognitive therapy methods of Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Cognitive Therapies: Adjustment Is What You Think (And Do)
194) Describe how best to cope with anger.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Explain the cognitive therapy methods of Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Cognitive Therapies: Adjustment Is What You Think (And Do)
195) Describe how best to cope with depression.
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Explain the cognitive therapy methods of Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference 1: Cognitive Therapies: Adjustment Is What You Think (And Do)