PSY 001 Quiz 14

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, ________ of U.S. adults experienced mental illness in 2012.

19%

Who developed client-centered therapy?

Carl Rogers

Who led the reform efforts for mental health care in the United States?

Dorothea Dix

Which treatment modality involves 5-10 people with the same issue or concern meeting together with a trained clinician

Group therapy

Sammy feels like she does not know what she wants to do with her life. She wants to connect with a sense of passion for life. A therapist grounded in the ____________ tradition might be best for Sammy.

Humanist

Which of the following is a benefit of group therapy?

It can decrease a client's shame and isolation about a problem.

What does research suggest about the comparative effectiveness of psychotherapeutic techniques?

No studies have found one psychotherapeutic approach more effective than another.

Which of the following psychological professionals can prescribe medications like anti-depressants?

Psychiatrist

Who developed psychoanalysis?

Sigmund Freud

Marlena tells her therapist that she often feels helpless and unable to accomplish her goals. Her therapist responds by acknowledging her feelings, restating what she has told him, and clarifying the feelings behind what Marlena is expressing. What aspect of client-centered therapy is this?

active listening

Paxil, Prozac, and Zoloft are examples of ________.

antidepressants

Kaz wants to stop biting his nails, so he rubs a strong bitter paste under his nails to make his nails taste bad. What technique is Kaz using to stop biting his nails?

aversive conditioning

Renzo's therapist helps him learn to overcome his fear of dogs through several stages of relaxation techniques. What kind of psychotherapeutic orientation does this exemplify?

behavioral therapy

Cognitive therapy emphasizes

changing unproductive thinking patterns

Which group is play therapy often used to treat?

children

Humanistic therapy is also called ________ therapy.

client centered

In the free association technique of psychoanalysis, the ________.

client says whatever comes to mind at the moment

What is the emphasis in humanistic therapy?

client's present and future

Rafael is in therapy, and one of his goals is to overcome his pessimistic attitude. His therapist helps him eliminate thought patterns that lead to distress. For example, he helps Rafael learn to not overgeneralize his likelihood of failing his sociology class based on doing poorly on his first exam. What kind of psychotherapeutic orientation does this exemplify?

cognitive therapy

In order to overcome an eating disorder, Sevilla's therapist works to change her cognitive distortions and self-defeating behaviors by helping her learn to identify such behaviors. What kind of psychotherapeutic orientation does this exemplify?

cognitive-behavioral therapy

Which term refers to the fact that the therapist cannot disclose private communications to any third party unless mandated or permitted by law to do so?

confidentiality

When counselors draw from a diverse range of perspectives it is call the ________ approach

eclectic

Tim wants to develop a group of supportive friends and push himself to become more social. A therapeutic environment that might be most helpful to Tim is

group therapy

What is the goal of humanistic therapy?

helping people become more self-aware and accepting of themselves

Jarl makes several minor mistakes during his conversational French class. Instead of thinking, "everyone makes mistakes sometimes," he thinks, "I am so stupid." What kind of cognitive distortion is this?

overgeneralization

In medieval times, abnormal behaviors were viewed as a sign that a person was ________.

possessed by demons

Which of the following would be something that a behaviorist therapist might do to help a shy client?

practice assertion and expression skills

Jan noticed that she had a tendency to self-sabotage in her intimate relationships. She wanted to explore how experiences in her childhood family environment might have led to this pattern. Jan might be happiest with a

psychodynamic therapist

Electroconvulsive therapy is effective in alleviating symptoms for people with ________.

severe depression who have not responded to traditional drug therapy

For Burt, who has claustrophobia, a small dark room creates a small amount of fear, a stairwell creates a bit more fear, and an elevator creates the most fear. Burt's therapist induces deep relaxation and asks him to imagine a small dark room. Gradually, they will work up to having Burt imagine being in an elevator. What aspect of exposure therapy is this?

stimulus hierarchy

Carl Rogers called his therapeutic orientation client-centered therapy because he thought the term "patient" ________.

suggested the person seeking help was sick and looking for a cure

Dr. Duncan is a therapist who works with men accused of domestic violence. Although it is difficult, she does her best to be non-judgmental during therapy sessions. Which aspect of client-centered therapy is this?

unconditional positive regard