Quiz #12

Psychodynamic therapy techniques involve efforts to understand patients; current symptoms by focusing on recurring patterns in their

interpersonal relationships

Cognitiveherapy works, too-down, by changing thought processes. Antidepressant drugs work, bottom-up, on the emotion-forming

limbic system

Which of the following drugs have been found to be effective in treating the manic episodes associated with bipolar disorder?

Depakote

Rapidly moving one's eyes while recalling traumatic experiences is most descriptive of

EMDR

Clients have been found to benefit from participating in _____________ over the internet.

cognitive-behavioral therapy

"The technique reduces people to puppets controlled by therapists! It doesn't respect human freedom." This criticism is most likely to be directed at

a token economy

Mrs. Coleman is a withdrawn schizophrenia patient.. To help her become more socially active, institutional staff members give her small plastic cards whenever she talks to someone. She is allowed to exchange these cards for candy and cigarettes. Staff members are making use of ________________.

a token economy

Echoing, restating, and clarifying what a client expresses is most central to the process of

active listening

Ketamine is being explored as a quick-acting __________________ drug that blocks raptor sites for the neurotransmitter glutamate.

antidepressant

Systematic desensitization involves replacing a negative response with a positive response, whereas ______________ involves replacing a positive response with. a negative response.

aversive conditioning

The healing power of insight and self-awareness is LEAST likely to be emphasizes by

behavior therapies

In one treatment for bed-wetting, the child sleeps on a liquid-sensitive pad that when wet, triggers an alarm and awakens the child. This treatment is a form of

behavior therapy

Treating our mind and body as independent entities seems especially inappropriate to those who take a _____________ approach tot therapy.

biopsychosocial

The relentless reversal of overgeneralized, self-blaming thoughts by depressed clients is called

catastrophizing

A common ingredient underlying the success of diverse psychotherapies is the

client's expectation that psychotherapy will make things better

Empathetic understanding of the patient's subjective experiences is a major goal of

client-centered therapy

In one massive experiment, potentially delinquent boys were assigned to a 5-year treatment program that included professional counseling and family assistance. Many years later, Joan McCord's investigations of this programs effectiveness revealed that

clients' accounts of the program's effectiveness were often misleading and overly positive

Which therapeutic approach emphasizes that people are often disturbed because o Geri negative interpretations of events?

cognitive therapy

Deep-brain stimulation has been reported to provide relief from

depression

Selective seretonin reputake inhibitors are frequently prescribed for the treatment of

depression

Psychoanalysis would most likely involve discouraging patients from

discontinuing psychotherapy whenever they felt it was no longer necessary.

Dr. Genscher believes that most psychological disorders result from chemical imbalances. In her work as a therapist, Dr. Genscher is most likely to make use of

drug therapies

Which form of therapy has most directly contributed to the sharp reduction in the number of residents in U.S. mental hospitals?

drug therapy

Group therapy is typically more effective than individual therapy for

enabling people to discover that others have similar to their own

The value of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing is in part due to the effectiveness of

exposure therapy

Some research confirms that ECT works by weakening connection in a "hyperconnected" neural hub in the left ____________ lobe.

frontal

Carl Rogers encouraged client-centered therapists to ______________ during the process of therapy.

genuinely express their own true feelings

Evidence that placebos can reduce some of the distressing symptoms of psychological disorders best illustrates the therapeutic value of

hope

Hans Eysenck launched a spirited debate regarding the effectiveness of psychotherapy because he found that it appeared to be

no more beneficial than no treatment at all

MRI-gided precision surgery is occasionally done to cut the brain circuits involved in severe cases of

obsessive-compulsive disorder

The approach that has helped children with autism spectrum disorder learn to interact successfully involves

operant conditioning

Unlike psychodynamic therapists, humanistic therapists tend to focus on the ___________ more than the ___________.

present; past

In the United States, managed health care has limited the number of psychotherapy sessions that may be covered by insurance. This is particularly likely to discourage the widespread practice of

psychoanalysis

Psychological disorders that can be overcome with techniques such as counterconditioning are most likely to be treated with

psychotherapy

Stress inoculation training focuses on helping people to

replace negative self-talk with more positive comments

Cognitive therapies would be most likely to encourage depressed clients to

stop blaming themselves for negative circumstances beyond their control.

A token economy is to operant conditioning as __________________ is to classical conditioning.

systematic desensitization

Which fo the following is a type of exposure therapy?

systematic desensitization

The placebo effect refers to

the beneficial consequences of merely expecting that a treatment will be effective.

After discontinuing heavy use of an anti anxiety drug, Angela experienced increased anxiety and difficulty sleeping. Angela was experiencing symptoms of

withdrawal