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With ________, the therapist replaces a fearful response with a relaxation response.


A) systematic desensitization
B) free association
C) aversive conditioning
D) transference

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An integrative therapy that aims to modify both self-defeating thinking and maladaptive actions is known as


A) light exposure therapy.
B) meta-analysis.
C) psychopharmacology.
D) cognitive-behavioral therapy.

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One reason that aversive conditioning may only be temporarily effective is that


A) for ethical reasons, therapists cannot use sufficiently intense unconditioned stimuli to sustain classical conditioning.
B) patients are often unable to become sufficiently relaxed for conditioning to take place.
C) patients know that outside the therapist's office they can engage in the undesirable behavior without fear of aversive consequences.
D) most conditioned responses are elicited by many nonspecific stimuli and it is impossible to countercondition them all.

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Of the following categories of psychotherapy, which is known for its nondirective nature?


A) psychoanalysis
B) humanistic therapy
C) behavior therapy
D) cognitive therapy

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After performing a meta-analysis of some 475 psychotherapy outcome studies, researchers reported that


A) evidence supports the efficacy of psychotherapy.
B) psychotherapy is no more effective than talking to a friend.
C) psychotherapy harms just as many people as it helps.
D) it is impossible to measure the effectiveness of psychotherapy.

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Client-centered therapists are most likely to


A) help clients associate anxiety-arousing stimuli with a pleasant state of relaxation.
B) encourage clients to carefully observe the consequences of their maladaptive behaviors.
C) restate and clarify what clients say during the course of therapy.
D) vigorously challenge clients' self-defeating thoughts.

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The double-blind procedure is most likely to be used in evaluating the effectiveness of


A) cognitive therapies.
B) behavior therapies.
C) humanistic therapies.
D) drug therapies.

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The technique in which a therapist echoes and restates what a person says in a nondirective manner is called


A) active listening.
B) free association.
C) systematic desensitization.
D) transference.

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Researchers have found that matching Asian-American clients with counselors who share their cultural values facilitates


A) the therapeutic alliance.
B) an eclectic approach.
C) progressive relaxation.
D) neurogenesis.

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Antidepressant drugs have been found to be less effective than originally thought in large part because patient improvement often results from both natural recovery and


A) the double-blind procedure.
B) the placebo effect.
C) free association.
D) long-term potentiation.

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Exposure therapies involve replacing a negative response with a positive response, whereas ________ involves replacing a positive response with a negative response.


A) transference
B) operant conditioning
C) aversive conditioning
D) electroconvulsive therapy

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Proponents of behavior modification have suggested that institutionalized patients can be weaned from ________ by shifting them to other rewards common to life outside an institution.


A) drug therapy
B) a token economy
C) the therapeutic alliance
D) a 12-step approach

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As a therapist, Dr. Cioffi often uses systematic desensitization. She also considers active listening to be an invaluable therapeutic tool, and she frequently makes use of free association. Dr. Cioffi's therapeutic approach would best be described as


A) psychoanalytic.
B) client-centered.
C) behavioral.
D) eclectic.

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Which approach emphasizes the importance of providing patients with feelings of unconditional positive regard?


A) cognitive therapy
B) psychoanalysis
C) client-centered therapy
D) systematic desensitization

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One variety of ________ therapy is based on the finding that depressed people often attribute their failures to ________.


A) humanistic; themselves
B) behavior; external circumstances
C) cognitive; external circumstances
D) cognitive; themselves

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Dr. Judd is convinced that psychological disorders result largely from stressful social situations rather than from disturbances within the individual personality. Dr. Judd's belief is most consistent with the assumptions that underlie the work of


A) psychoanalysts.
B) cognitive therapists.
C) psychiatrists.
D) community psychologists.

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Humanistic therapists are most likely to


A) encourage clients to carefully observe the consequences of their maladaptive behaviors.
B) focus special attention on clients' positive and negative feelings toward their therapists.
C) emphasize the importance of self-awareness for psychological adjustment.
D) help clients identify a hierarchy of anxiety-arousing experiences.

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O. H. Mowrer trained children to discontinue bed-wetting by arranging for an alarm to sound each time they wet their beds. This technique best illustrates a therapeutic application of


A) systematic desensitization.
B) cognitive-behavioral therapy.
C) the placebo effect.
D) classical conditioning.

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Tardive dyskinesia is often associated with long-term use of drugs that occupy certain ________ receptor sites.


A) serotonin
B) norepinephrine
C) acetylcholine
D) dopamine

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In which form of therapy is unwanted behavior systematically associated with unpleasant experiences?


A) electroconvulsive therapy
B) systematic desensitization
C) cognitive therapy
D) aversive conditioning

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