Chapter 15: Therapy

Kammy vividly imagines being abused by her own mother while her therapist triggers eye movements by waving a finger in front of Kammy's eyes. The therapist is apparently using a technique known as EMDR transference meta-analysis virtual reality exposure therapy

EMDR

Which of the following is the best description of behavior modification? People are helped to identify various anxiety-arousing experiences People's actions are influenced by controlling the consequences of those actions What a client says during the course of therapy is repeated or rephrased Attention is focused on patients' positive and negative feelings toward their therapists

People's actions are influenced by controlling the consequences of those actions

Which of the following individuals is most likely to benefit from Prozac? Jack, who has lost his sense of identity and wandered from his home to a distant city Andrea, who hears imaginary voices telling her that she will suffer a fatal accident Tami, who is so addicted to cigarettes that she doesn't want to quit smoking Shannon, who feels helpless and apathetic and thinks her life is meaningless and worthless

Shannon, who feels helpless and apathetic and thinks her life is meaningless and worthless

By earning a client's trust, empathic and caring therapists promote neurogenesis a therapeutic alliance an eclectic approach the double-blind technique

a therapeutic alliance

To help Claire quit smoking, a therapist delivers an electric shock to her arm each time she smokes a cigarette. The therapist is using aversive conditioning systematic desensitization electroconvulsive therapy rTMS

aversive conditioning

Psychological research on the principles of learning has most directly influenced the development of behavior therapy humanistic therapy psychodynamic therapy cognitive therapy

behavior therapy

According to psychoanalysts, resistance refers to the expression toward a therapist of feelings linked with earlier relationships blocking from consciousness of anxiety-laden material during therapy replacement of a genuine concern for others with self-centeredness conversion of psychological conflicts into physical and behavioral disorders

blocking from consciousness of anxiety-laden material during therapy

Empathic understanding of the patient's subjective experiences is a major goal of a psychoanalyst biomedical therapist client-centered therapist behavior therapist

client-centered therapist

Lithium reduces bipolar patients' vulnerability to future obesity dementia transference tardive dyskinesia

dementia

Tardive dyskinesia is often associated with long-term use of drugs that occupy certain ________ receptor sites serotonin norepinephrine acetylcholine dopamine

dopamine

Psychopharmacology involves the study of how diseases influence psychological well-being exercise alleviates depression drugs affect mind and behavior psychosurgery and ECT influence emotions

drugs affect mind and behavior

Cognitive-behavioral therapy works, top-down, by changing thought processes. Antidepressant drugs work, bottom-up, on the emotion-forming brainstem cerebellum limbic system sensory cortex

limbic system

D-cycloserine helps relieve the symptoms of schizophrenia bipolar disorder antisocial personality obsessive-compulsive disorder

obsessive-compulsive disorder

Identifying and eliminating the socially stressful conditions that contribute to psychological disorders is of most central interest to the advocates of systematic desensitization the biomedical therapies preventive mental health cognitive-behavioral therapy

preventive mental health

A possible explanation for the effectiveness of ________ is that it may reduce depression by triggering the long-term potentiation of nerve cells EMDR rTMS chlorpromazine psychosurgery

rTMS

Which treatment procedure involves the application of repeated pulses of magnetic energy to the brain? rTMS psychosurgery long-term potentiation the double-blind procedure

rTMS

Systematic desensitization is based on the idea that ________ facilitates the elimination of fear the placebo effect movement of the eyes relaxation active listening

relaxation

In promoting therapeutic lifestyle change, Stephen Ilardi and his colleagues note that human brains and bodies were designed for physical activity and token economy free association social engagement unconditional positive regard

social engagement

Which of the following techniques have behavior therapists used to help people overcome a fear of flying? aversive conditioning transference virtual reality exposure therapy the double-blind procedure

virtual reality exposure therapy

After discontinuing heavy use of an antianxiety drug, Angela experienced increased anxiety and difficulty sleeping. Angela was experiencing symptoms of withdrawal transference tardive dyskinesia neurogenesis

withdrawal