PSY 201 Quiz 8
Which of the following therapists would most likely try to understand an adult's psychological disorder by exploring that person's childhood experiences?
A psychoanalyst
The double-blind procedure involves
A research method in which neither the patients nor health care staff know whether a given patient is receiving a drug or a placebo
An important feature of client-centered therapy is
Active listening
Restating and clarifying what another person says is central to
Active listening
Systematic desensitization involves
Associating a pleasant relaxed state with anxiety-arousing stimuli
Reinforcing desired behaviors and withholding reinforcement for undesired behaviors is most central to the process of
Behavior modification
In one treatment for bed-wetting, the child sleeps on a liquid sensitive pad that when wet, triggers an alarm and awakens the child. This treatment is a form of
Behavior therapy
Psychological research on the principles of learning has most directly influenced the development of
Behavior therapy
Deep-Brain stimulation is a form of
Biomedical therapy
The treatment of depression with ECT and SSRI's best illustrates
Biomedical therapy
Lithium has been found to be especially effective in the treatment of
Bipolar disorder
Psychodynamic therapy is ______ than traditional psychoanalysis.
Briefer
Empathic understanding of the patient's subjective experiences is a major goal of a
Client-centered therapist
Which therapeutic approach emphasized that people are often disturbed because of their negative interpretations of events?
Cognitive therapy
An integrative therapy that aims to modify both self- defeating thinking and maladaptive actions is known as
Cognitive-behaviroral therapy
The best psychotherapy outcome studies are randomized clinical trials comparing treatment groups with _____ groups.
Control
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation shows greatest promise for the treatment of
Depression
Which of the following treatments is most likely to be used with severely depressed patients who have not responded to drug therapy?
Electroconvulsive therapy
Group therapy is typically more effective than individual therapy for
Enabling people to discover that others have problems similar to their own
Increasingly, insurer and government support for mental health services requires
Evidence-based practice
Three benefits attributed to all psychotherapies are
Hope, a new perspective, and a caring relationship
Insight therapies aim to improve psychological functioning by
Increasing a person's awareness of underlying motives and defenses
Psychodynamic therapies try to understand patient's current symptoms by focusing on recurring patterns in their
Interpersonal relationships
Which of the following has been demonstrated to provide relief for those who suffer from seasonal affective disorder?
Light exposure therapy
Client's perceptions of the effectiveness of psychotherapy are often misleading because clients
Often need to convince themselves that they didn't waste their money on therapy
A physician who specializes in the treatment of psychological disorders is called a
Psychiatrist
Helping people gain insight into the unconscious origins of their disorder is a central aim of
Psychoanalysis
Which form of therapy has been criticized for offering interpretations that cannot be proven or disproven?
Psychoanalysis
The study of the effect of drugs on mind and behavior is called
Psychopharmacology
A trained therapist who uses psychological techniques to assist someone to overcome excessive anxiety would generally be best described as a
Psychotherapist
Psychological disorders that researchers believe are learned, such as phobias, are most likely to be treated with
Psychotherapy
Which phenomenon refers to the tendency for extraordinary or unusual events to be followed by more ordinary events?
Regression toward the mean
Antipsychotic drugs have proved helpful in the treatment of
Schizophrenia
The first psychological therapy was introduced by
Sigmund Freud
Prozac, Zoloft, and Paxil are called SSRI because they
Slow the normal reabsorption of excess serotonin from synapses
Cognitive therapist would be most likely to encourage depressed clients to
Stop blaming themselves for negative circumstances beyond their control
Which of the following is a type of exposure therapy?
Systematic desensitization
Humanistic therapists are likely to teach clients to
Take more responsibility for their own feelings and actions
Which of the following techniques have behavior therapist used to help people overcome a fear of flying?
Virtual reality exposure therapy
A therapist who takes an eclectic approach is one who
uses a variety of psychological theories and therapeutic approaches
