Psychology quiz 16

Statistics show that ______% of homeless adults living in shelters experience mental illness

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Lexi tells her therapist that she often feels hopeless and unable to accomplish her goal. Her therapist responds by acknowledging her feelings, restarting what she has told him, and clarifying the feelings behind what Lexi is expressing. What aspects of client-centered therapy is this?

Active listening

Which mental disorder is least likely to be treated in children 8-15 years old?

Anxiety disorder

The ______ perspective suggests that psychological disorders result largely from faulty physical processes, and the _____ perspective emphasizes the importance of factors such as stress and thoughts as well as environmental factors in the development of psychological disorders.

Biological; Psychological

The amount of time spent in therapy depends on the needs of the client and the _______

Clients personal goals

In order to overcome and eating disorder, Elena'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 principle underlies cognitive therapy?

How you think determines how you feel.

Banner wants his clients to learn to articulate thoughts that keep them from achieving their goals. Therefore, Dr Banner increases their self-awareness by focusing on their conscious thoughts. What kind of psychotherapeutic orientation is he using?

Humanistic therapy

How is behavior therapy different than psychoanalysis?

In behavior therapy, a therapist employs principles of learning to help clients change undesirable behaviors, while psychoanalysis involves digging deeply into one's unconscious.

Grace is arrested for drunk driving. His prison sentence includes attending therapy sessions to treat alcohol addiction. He doesn't want to attend these sessions, but his sentence will be extended if he doesn't attend them. What kind of treatment does this describe?

Involuntary

Which of the following is a benefit of group therapy?

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

Jarl is talking with her wife, Myanna. Myanna starts crying, and jarl immediately assumes that Myanna wants a divorce. What kind of cognitive distortion is this?

Jumping to conclusions

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

No studies have found one psychotherapeutic approach more effective than another

Addiction is often viewed as a fleeting disease. Yes/No

No, it is chronic disease

Mark 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

Sevilla is eights years old. She sees Dr. Gardener every Friday at 11:00 a.m. their sessions involve Dr. Gardener watching Sevilla interact with stuffed animals and other toys. What kind of psychotherapeutic orientation does this exemplify?

Play therapy

A school counselor leads a support group for children whose parents have AIDS. The counselor focuses on defining AIDS, discussing treatment and side effects of treatment, and how the children can develop coping mechanisms. The exemplifies _______

Psycho-educational treatment

Electroconvulsive therapy is effective in alleviating symptoms for people with _______

Severe depression who have not responded to traditional drug therapy

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

What should be changed to make the following sentence true? Evidence-based practice in psychology is the integration of the best available research with clinical expertise in the context of therapist characteristics, culture, and preference.

The word "therapist" to the word "client"

Gabel cannot control her impulses to pull out her hair. Her friend paul suggests that she see a therapist and Gabel agrees. She gets a referral from her primary care physician for a therapist and begins seeing Dr. Clark four times a month. What kind of treatment does this describe?

Voluntary

Which principle underlies the effectiveness of systematic desensitization?

You can't be nervous and relaxed at the same time

Line'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?

behavior therapy

Lena is attending mandatory therapy sessions. Her doctor wants her to talk about her childhood. What kind of psychotherapeutic orientation does this exemplify?

psychodynamic psychotherapy