psych ch. 6

which therapy is empirically supported for treating bed-wetting?

behavioral conditioning

______ is a type of treatment that physically changes the brain's functioning.

biomedical therapy

a large pharmaceutical company is going to combine the results of all of its depression research studies, as if the results had come from one huge study. this is a:

meta-analysis

counteracting self-blame by reattributing responsibility for past negative outcomes is a cognitive therapy technique designed to:

modify beliefs

a patient at a mental health clinic is suffering from involuntary movements f his facial muscles and tongue, which may be _______. This is a side effect of his long-term use of antipsychotic medication.

tardive dyskinesia

which of the following is most clearly a key contributor to the formation of the therapeutic alliance?

an empathic therapist

which of the following is least likely to be effective in the treatment of depression?

eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR)

in a residential treatment facility for troubled youth, adolescent children receive large colored buttons when they hang up their clothes, make their beds, and come to meals on time. The children return the buttons to staff members to receive bedtime snacks or to watch TV. This best illustrates an application of:

operant conditioning

Bolstering parents' and teachers' skills at nurturing children's achievement and resulting self-esteem best illustrates:

preventive mental health

which of the following is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI)?

prozac

though not performed today, lobotomies provide a historical example of:

psychosurgery

electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is primarily used as a treatment for:

major depressive disorder

Nancy's therapist is an active listener who often paraphrases what she says. He doesn't judge her and is quite open to her exploration of her weaknesses. He gives her appropriate validation and encourages her to reflect on her feelings. He wants to deepen her self-understanding. Her therapy is most likely:

client-centered therapy

Roxanne suffers from bulimia. At the eating disorders clinic, her therapist believes in utilizing only empirically supported treatments such as:

cognitive-behavioral therapy

the introduction of therapeutic drugs and community-based treatment programs in the __________ helped to empty large mental hospitals as well as mark an era of improved treatments

1950s

________ is a behavior therapy procedure that conditions new responses to stimuli that originally triggered an unwanted behavior

all of these procedures are used in behavior therapy

for the last three months, Selma has been seeing her therapist weekly. she is feeling much better because:

all of these things are true of effective therapy

which form of treatment associates an unpleasant state (such as nausea) with an unwanted behavior (such as drinking alcohol)?

aversive conditioning

a common side effect of ECT is:

some memory loss for the events leading up to the ECT session

one strategy to evaluate the effectiveness of psychotherapy is to compare people who enter psychotherapy with a matched control group of people who don't receive psychotherapy. When researchers combine and summarize the results of studies using the strategy, what overall conclusions emerge?

those not undergoing therapy often improve, but those undergoing therapy are more likely to improve, and to improve more quickly and with less risk of relapse.