Chapter 8

Which of the following therapists would most likely try to understand an adult's psychological disorder by exploring that person's childhood experiences?

A psychoanalyst

The double-blind procedure involves

A research method in which neither the patients nor health care staff know whether a given patient is receiving a drug or a placebo

An important feature of client-centered therapy is

Active listening

Restating and clarifying what another person says is central to

Active listening

Systematic desensitization involves

Associating a pleasant relaxed state with anxiety-arousing stimuli

Psychological research on the principles of learning has most directly influenced the development of

Behavior Therapy

Reinforcing desired behaviors and withholding reinforcement for undesired behaviors is most central to the process of

Behavior modification

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

Deep-Brain stimulation is a form of

Biomedical therapy

The treatment of depression with ECT and SSRI's best illustrates

Biomedical therapy

Lithium has been found to be especially effective in the treatment of

Bipolar disorder

Psychodynamic therapy is ______ than traditional psychoanalysis.

Briefer

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

Client-centered therapist

Which therapeutic approach emphasized that people are often disturbed because of their negative interpretations of events?

Cognitive therapy

An integrative therapy that aims to modify both self- defeating thinking and maladaptive actions is known as

Cognitive-behavioral therapy

The best psychotherapy outcome studies are randomized clinical trials comparing treatment groups with _____ groups.

Control

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation shows greatest promise for the treatment of

Depression

Which of the following treatments is most likely to be used with severely depressed patients who have not responded to drug therapy?

Electroconvulsive therapy

Group therapy is typically more effective than individual therapy for

Enabling people to discover that others have problems similar to their own

Increasingly, insurer and government support for mental health services requires

Evidence-based practice

Three benefits attributed to all psychotherapies are

Hope, a new perspective, and a caring relationship

Insight therapies aim to improve psychological functioning by

Increasing a person's awareness of underlying motives and defenses

Psychodynamic therapies try to understand patient's current symptoms by focusing on recurring patterns in their

Interpersonal relationships

Which of the following has been demonstrated to provide relief for those who suffer from seasonal affective disorder?

Light exposure therapy

Client's perceptions of the effectiveness of psychotherapy are often misleading because clients

Often need to convince themselves that they didn't waste their money on therapy

A physician who specializes in the treatment of psychological disorders is called a

Psychiatrist

Helping people gain insight into the unconscious origins of their disorder is a central aim of

Psychoanalysis

Which form of therapy has been criticized for offering interpretations that cannot be proven or disproven?

Psychoanalysis

The study of the effect of drugs on mind and behavior is called

Psychopharmacology

A trained therapist who uses psychological techniques to assist someone to overcome excessive anxiety would generally be best described as a

Psychotherapist

Psychological disorders that researchers believe are learned, such as phobias, are most likely to be treated with

Psychotherapy

Which phenomenon refers to the tendency for extraordinary or unusual events to be followed by more ordinary events?

Regression toward the mean

Antipsychotic drugs have proved helpful in the treatment of

Schizophrenia

The first psychological therapy was introduced by

Sigmund Freud

Prozac, Zoloft, and Paxil are called SSRI because they

Slow the normal reabsorption of excess serotonin from synapses

Cognitive therapist would be most likely to encourage depressed clients to

Stop blaming themselves for negative circumstances beyond their control

Which of the following is a type of exposure therapy?

Systematic desensitization

Humanistic therapists are likely to teach clients to

Take more responsibility for their own feelings and actions

A therapist who takes an eclectic approach is one who

Uses a variety of psychological theories and therapeutic approaches

Which of the following techniques have behavior therapist used to help people overcome a fear of flying?

Virtual reality exposure therapy