Question 1

A patient scheduled to have an operation called a bilateral anterior cingulotomy may have which of the following diagnoses?

Accepted Answer

A)   panic disorder
B)   obsessive-compulsive disorder 
C)   schizophrenia 
D)   antisocial personality disorder

Question 2

Which therapy does NOT assume that many psychological problems are the result of internal thoughts and feelings?

Accepted Answer

A)   humanistic
B)   Gestalt
C)   psychoanalytic
D)   behavioral

Question 3

The behavior of schizophrenic or depressed individuals living in psychiatric institutions has been successfully modified through the use of ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   reality therapy
B)   negative reinforcement 
C)   token economy 
D)   systematic desensitization

Question 4

The kind of therapy that involves talking things out with a professional is called ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   psychotherapy 
B)   biomedical therapy 
C)   physical therapy
D)   electroconvulsive shock therapy  A

Question 5

Joe has been undergoing psychoanalysis for several months. Over the past few weeks, he has become unwilling to talk about his relationship with his father and becomes uncomfortable when thoughts of him enter his mind during therapy. What process would the therapist say is occurring?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

When using ________, the psychoanalyst points out connections and associations the client may not have known to exist in her personality.

Accepted Answer

A)   abreaction
B)   empathy
C)   unconditional positive regard
D)   interpretation

Question 7

Most family therapists who work with couples concentrate on ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   exploring the marital partners' childhoods to understand the source of the current conflicts
B)   desensitizing techniques to help the marital partners become more tolerant of each other
C)   changing the behavior of the person in the marriage who is the source of the couple's problems 
D)   improving the couple's patterns of communication so they can find better ways of solving their problems

Question 8

The most important aspect of successful psychotherapy is the ________ between client and therapist.

Accepted Answer

A)   therapeutic alliance
B)   transference
C)   mindfulness
D)   authenticity

Question 9

Julian seeks professional help for his fear of spiders. In stages, his therapist shows him pictures, movies, and models of spiders, then a real dead spider, a small live spider in a jar, several live spiders in a jar, and finally a live spider loose in the room. At each stage, he made sure that Julian was fully relaxed. This technique is known as ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   free association
B)   desensitization
C)   aversive conditioning
D)   transactional therapy B

Question 10

The major goal of insight therapies is to give people ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   basic training in observational learning and practice
B)   feedback from their biologically controlled responses
C)   help in understanding perceptual processes
D)   clearer understanding of their feelings, motivations, and actions

Question 11

An archaic practice of chipping holes in a patient's skull to allow demons to escape is called:

Accepted Answer

A)   prefrontal lobotomy.
B)   cingulotomy.
C)   trephining.
D)   exorcism.

Question 12

The major goal of insight therapies is to give people ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   feedback from their biologically controlled responses
B)   help in understanding perceptual processes 
C)   basic training in observational learning and practice
D)   a clearer understanding of their feelings, motivations, and actions

Question 13

Saleem has been seeing a therapist because she cannot adjust to her new husband's children from a previous marriage. Although she dearly loves her husband, she feels awkward and embarrassed in front of the children. The therapist suggests that she bring her husband and his children with her to the next session so she can see them interact. Saleem is probably seeing a ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   behavior therapist
B)   psychoanalyst
C)   Gestalt therapist 
D)   family therapist

Question 14

________ is a form of therapy in which clients are directed to move their eyes rapidly back and forth while engaged in brief and repeated imaginal flooding.

Accepted Answer

A)   Eye-movement desensitization reprocessing (EMDR)  
B)   Systematic desensitization 
C)   Eye-memory therapy
D)   Eye therapy  A

Question 15

Which of the following is a reason why deep brain stimulation (DBS)  would not be used before techniques like repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)  and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) ?

Accepted Answer

A)   DBS is an invasive technique, while tDCS and rTMS are not.
B)   DBS requires the use of major tranquilizers, which are also called barbiturates.
C)   DBS is more highly associated with extrapyramidal side effects such as tardive dyskinesia.
D)   DBS has an unacceptable risk of creating lobotomy-like symptoms.

Question 16

Arranging anxiety-provoking situations in a hierarchy would be characteristic of ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   behavioral contracting
B)   operant conditioning
C)   aversive conditioning
D)   systematic desensitization

Question 17

Eye-movement desensitization reprocessing (EMDR) is used to treat posttraumatic stress disorder.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

In the psychoanalytic technique of ________, the patient is encouraged to say whatever thoughts come to mind, regardless of their order or appropriateness.

Accepted Answer

A)   abreaction
B)   cathexis
C)   free-association
D)   transference

Question 19

Which of the following is NOT a primary technique associated with modern biomedical therapy?

Accepted Answer

A)   drugs
B)   surgery
C)   trephining
D)   ECT

Question 20

Which of the following is an advantage of cognitive and cognitive-behavioral therapies?

Accepted Answer

A)   Clients do not need to be verbal.
B)   They treat the underlying cause of the problem.
C)   They are less expensive and short-term than typical insight therapies. 
D)   The therapist decides which of the client's beliefs are rational and which are irrational.

Exam 15: Psychological Therapies

A patient scheduled to have an operation called a bilateral anterior cingulotomy may have which of the following diagnoses?

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Which therapy does NOT assume that many psychological problems are the result of internal thoughts and feelings?

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The behavior of schizophrenic or depressed individuals living in psychiatric institutions has been successfully modified through the use of ________.

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The kind of therapy that involves talking things out with a professional is called ________.

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Joe has been undergoing psychoanalysis for several months. Over the past few weeks, he has become unwilling to talk about his relationship with his father and becomes uncomfortable when thoughts of him enter his mind during therapy. What process would the therapist say is occurring?

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When using ________, the psychoanalyst points out connections and associations the client may not have known to exist in her personality.

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Most family therapists who work with couples concentrate on ________.

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The most important aspect of successful psychotherapy is the ________ between client and therapist.

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An archaic practice of chipping holes in a patient's skull to allow demons to escape is called:

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Arranging anxiety-provoking situations in a hierarchy would be characteristic of ________.

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Eye-movement desensitization reprocessing (EMDR) is used to treat posttraumatic stress disorder.

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In the psychoanalytic technique of ________, the patient is encouraged to say whatever thoughts come to mind, regardless of their order or appropriateness.

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Which of the following is NOT a primary technique associated with modern biomedical therapy?

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Which of the following is an advantage of cognitive and cognitive-behavioral therapies?

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Exam 15: Psychological Therapies

A patient scheduled to have an operation called a bilateral anterior cingulotomy may have which of the following diagnoses?

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Which therapy does NOT assume that many psychological problems are the result of internal thoughts and feelings?

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The behavior of schizophrenic or depressed individuals living in psychiatric institutions has been successfully modified through the use of ________.

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The kind of therapy that involves talking things out with a professional is called ________.

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Joe has been undergoing psychoanalysis for several months. Over the past few weeks, he has become unwilling to talk about his relationship with his father and becomes uncomfortable when thoughts of him enter his mind during therapy. What process would the therapist say is occurring?

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When using ________, the psychoanalyst points out connections and associations the client may not have known to exist in her personality.

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Most family therapists who work with couples concentrate on ________.

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An archaic practice of chipping holes in a patient's skull to allow demons to escape is called:

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________ is a form of therapy in which clients are directed to move their eyes rapidly back and forth while engaged in brief and repeated imaginal flooding.

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Which of the following is a reason why deep brain stimulation (DBS) would not be used before techniques like repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) ?

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Arranging anxiety-provoking situations in a hierarchy would be characteristic of ________.

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Eye-movement desensitization reprocessing (EMDR) is used to treat posttraumatic stress disorder.

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In the psychoanalytic technique of ________, the patient is encouraged to say whatever thoughts come to mind, regardless of their order or appropriateness.

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Which of the following is NOT a primary technique associated with modern biomedical therapy?

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Which of the following is an advantage of cognitive and cognitive-behavioral therapies?

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