PSYCH quiz #8 Questions
Which of the following individuals is most likely to benefit from lithium?
Miranda, who experiences periods of extreme sadness followed by episodes of optimistic overexcitement
Which of the following is a selective-serotonin-reuptake-inhibitor?
Prozac
Who emphasized the importance of transference in the therapeutic process?
Sigmund Freud
Which of the following drugs is most likely to provide schizophrenia patients with some relief from their auditory hallucinations and paranoia?
Thorazine
The goal of stress inoculation training is to reduce incapacitating anxiety by encouraging people to say positive things to themselves during anxiety-producing situations. This best illustrates a form of
cognitive therapy
Nancy's therapist encourages her to think about her strengths rather than her weaknesses and to develop a habit of thanking others when they compliment her or provide emotional support. The therapist's approach best illustrates
cognitive-behavioral therapy.
Many physicians did not realize that bleeding was an ineffective treatment for typhoid fever until researchers made effective use of
control group
The double-blind technique is most likely to be used in evaluating the effectiveness of
drug therapies
A therapist who uses a variety of psychological theories and therapeutic methods is said to be
eclectic
Cognitive therapists are most likely to
emphasize the importance of clients' personal interpretations of life events.
Client-centered therapists emphasize the importance of
enabling clients to feel unconditionally accepted.
The most effective psychotherapists are those who
establish an empathic, caring relationship with their clients.
Preventive mental health attempts to reduce the likelihood of psychological disorders by
establishing programs to reduce poverty and other demoralizing situations.
A therapist helps Rebecca overcome her fear of water by getting her to swim in the family's backyard pool three times a day for two consecutive weeks. The therapist's approach to helping Rebecca best illustrates
exposure therapy
systematic desensitization is a form of
exposure therapy
While focusing on several intrusive thoughts that had been bothering her recently, Jenny was instructed by her therapist to report any ideas or memories stimulated by these thoughts. Jenny's therapist was making use of a technique known as
free association
Because she mistakenly believes that the herbal remedy she is using will help her lose weight, Mrs. Redding is feeling a considerable reduction in her appetite. This best illustrates
placebo effect
Which of the following is likely to lead to inflated client perceptions of the effectiveness of their psychotherapy?
placebo effect
If a patient suffers uncontrollable seizures, physicians can destroy specific nerve clusters that cause or transmit the convulsions. This best illustrates a procedure known as
psychosurgery.
Which of the following factors is NOT a therapeutically effective component of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing?
rapidly moving one's eyes
During her weekly therapy sessions, Sabrina will often abruptly shift the focus of her attention and lose her train of thought. A psychoanalyst would suggest that this illustrates
resistance
To help Adam reduce his fear of dogs, a therapist encourages him to physically relax and then simply imagine that he is walking toward a friendly and harmless little dog. The therapist's technique best illustrates
systematic desensitization.
In a home for troubled youth, adolescents receive large colored buttons when they hang up their clothes, make their beds, and come to meals on time. The adolescents return the buttons to staff members to receive bedtime snacks or watch TV. This best illustrates
token economy
Tardive dykinesia is associated with the long-term use of certain ________ drugs.
Antipsychotic
Who emphasized the importance of active listening in the process of psychotherapy?
Carl Rogers
Patients receive a general anesthetic and muscle relaxant prior to treatment with
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
Psychotherapy is likely to be most effective when a client's difficulty involves
a clear-cut and specific problem
Which of the following is most clearly a key element shared by all effective psychotherapies?
a new perspective on life
Which of the following is an important component of therapeutic lifestyle change promoted by Stephen Ilardi and his colleagues?
aerobic exercise
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation is administered to patients who ________, and it produces ________ memory loss than ECT.
are wide awake; less
To help Janet overcome her nearly irresistible craving for chocolate, a therapist provides her with a supply of chocolate candies that contain solidified droplets of a harmless but very bitter-tasting substance. This approach to treatment best illustrates
aversive conditioning
Which form of psychotherapy has had especially good results in treating phobias and compulsions?
behavioral conditioning therapies
Considering the greatest range of factors that may contribute to the process of healing is most clearly facilitated by a ________ approach to therapy.
biopsychosocial
Therapists who encourage clients to think primarily about others' expectations are especially likely to experience difficulty developing a strong therapeutic alliance with clients who value
individualism
Classical psychoanalysts were especially interested in
interpreting the meaning of patients' resistance to therapeutic procedures.
The most convincing evidence for the effectiveness of psychotherapy comes from
meta-analyses of psychotherapeutic outcome studies
