Intro to Psychology Ch 13
"Minor tranquilizer" is another term for
antianxiety drug.
Albert Ellis focused on the __________ quality of his clients' beliefs.
aversive conditioning
To treat an alcoholic, the behavior therapist prescribes a pill that the client is to take every day. This medication will cause nausea and vomiting if the client ingests alcohol. This is a(n) __________ technique.
aversive conditioning
Behavior therapy methods for fear reduction include all of the following EXCEPT
aversive conditioning.
A therapist is helping a client ascertain what rewards are maintaining the client's drinking habit so a modification plan can be devised. This is an example of _______ therapy.
behavioral
A patient with high blood pressure is connected to a device that allows the individual to listen for the sounds of his heart rate decreasing as he practices relaxation. This is most likely a __________ training session.
biofeedback
The metal lithium is a psychoactive drug used to treat symptoms of
bipolar disorder.
Many antipsychotic medications are believed to act by
blocking dopamine receptors.
Freud proposed the concept of __________ to describe the spilling forth of psychic energy that had been repressed by feelings of guilt.
catharsis
Which of the following therapies has shown more widespread applicability and success?
cognitive-behavioral
Ego analysts focus on the __________ rather than on the __________.
conscious behavior of ego; unconscious behavior of id.
Efforts to prevent problems such as substance abuse and depression in Native Americans should focus on strengthening
cultural identity, pride and cohesion
Client-centered therapy focuses on how childhood experiences create __________ which adversely affect the client's current functioning.
denial of self
Which of the following, according to Carl Rogers, is NOT a quality of a client-centered therapist?
directiveness
Freud proposed that the psychic structure of the unconscious could be revealed by a patient's
dreams.
In client-centered therapy, the therapist tries to set aside his or her own values and view the world through the client's
frame of reference.
A(n) __________ ranks stimuli according to their capacity to elicit a fear or anxiety response. It is part of the behavioral procedure called systematic desensitization.
hierarchy
The aim of psychodynamic treatment is
insight.
Behavior therapy applies the principles of __________ to modify behavior.
learning
In the United States, by the mid-1950s, most people diagnosed with psychological disorders lived in
mental hospitals.
The technique employed to determine the success of therapy that combines and averages the results of many individual studies is called _______.
meta-analysis
The first mental institutions were located within
monasteries.
Ethnic minority groups are less likely to seek therapy than European Americans because of all of the following EXCEPT
multicultural therapeutic approaches.
Client-centered therapy is to __________ as Gestalt therapy is to __________.
nondirective; directive
What does modeling rely on to help clients therapeutically?
observational learning
One of Beck's clients was laid off from her job as an airline pilot. The client assumes she must be a terrible pilot because she was one of the first to go. The client is exhibiting
overgeneralization.
Which forms of therapy tend to work with well-educated, verbal, and highly motivated clients?
psychodynamic and client-centered
Psychotherapy treats
psychological disorders, adjustment problems, and personal growth issues.
The systematic interaction between a therapist and a client that applies psychological principles to affect the client's thoughts, feelings, or behavior is
psychotherapy.
Family therapists usually see the "identified patient" as the
scapegoat for other problems in the family.
Antidepressant medication tends to increase the concentration of __________ in the brain.
serotonin or noradrenaline
The operant technique used to help formerly hospitalized patients live in communities is
social skills training.
The hierarchy used to overcome phobias with systematic desensitization is based on the principle of
successive approximations.
Your therapist teaches you progressive muscle relaxation and then works with you to make a list of circumstances that disturb you, from the minor ones up through the worst you can imagine. She is using the behavioral technique called
systematic desensitization.
In the present day United States, most people with psychological disorders live in
the community.
While traditional psychoanalysis focused on the client's past experiences, the humanistic therapist tends to focus on
the present.
In a classroom with emotionally challenged students, the teacher gives out coupons for appropriate behavior and takes away coupons for inappropriate behavior. At the end of the day, coupons can be traded for different rewards. The teacher is employing the __________ method
token economy
A client accuses his psychoanalyst of sounding just like his father. This client is exhibiting
transference.
The idea behind __________ is to systematically expose patients to aspects of their experience in a gradual fashion so that they can confront their fears, using video game-like technology
virtual therapy
Asylums are to __________ as a mental hospital is to __________.
warehousing; treatment
According to Freud, unconscious impulses tend to be expressed in dreams as a form of
wish fulfillment.
Which one of the following was a reformer who attempted to change the manner in which patients with abnormal behavior were treated?
Dorothea Dix, William Tuke, Philippe Pinel
According to psychoanalytic therapies, what is the origin of psychological disorders?
Early childhood experiences and inner conflicts.
What is one advantage to group therapy?
It is more economical.
Which of the following statements would Albert Ellis agree with?
People's problems are the result of their faulty thinking.
__________ is the traditional form of psychoanalytic therapy as pioneered by Sigmund Freud.
Psychoanalysis
Why did the first asylums aggravate the conditions of the mentally ill?
The conditions were overcrowded and there was no treatment.
