Psy Quiz 8

uses a variety of pschological theories and therapeutic approaches

A therapist who takes an eclectic approach is one who ______________

Psychotherapist

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

Therapeutic life-style change

Aerobic exercise, adequate sleep, light exposure and social engagement are important components of ________________

Empathy

An important feature of client - centered therapy is _______________

Cognitive behavioral therapy

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

Schizoprenia

Antipsychotic drugs have proved helpful in the treatment of ___________

Stop blaming themselves for negative circumstances beyond their control

Cognitive therapists would be most likely to encourage depressed clients to _________________

Surgical procedure

Deep Brain stimulation is a form of _______________.

Take more responsibility for their own feelings and actions

Humanistic therapists are likely to teach clients to ___________

increasing the client's awareness of underlying motives and defenses

Insight therapies aim to improve psychological functioning by ___________.

Bipolar Disorder

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

Behavior therapy

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

A lobotomy

Surgically cutting the nerves connecting the frontal lobes to the emotion - controlling centers of the inner brain is called ________________

Pairing a feared stimulus with a state of deep relaxation by being exposed to feared situations in a gradual hierarchical fashion

Systematic desensitization involves ____________________.

control

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

Drug therapy

The biomedical treatment most widely used today is ______________.

Both the researchers and the participants in a memory study are ignorant about which participants have actually received a potentially memory-enhancing drug and which have received a placebo

The double blind procedure involves __________________

behavior modification

Therapists practice ___________by using positive reinforcers to reward closer and closer approximations of a desired behavior

Hope for demoralized people, new perspective, and a healthy relationship

Three benefits attributed to all psychotherapies are ? __________,___________ and _________.

Deep brain stimulation

Using implanted electrodes to inhibit activity in an area of the brain that triggers negative emotions is called ______________

behavior therapy

Virtual reality expo sure therapy is a form of ______________

Anti-Anciety

Which drugs are designed to depress central nervous system activity? __________

Light exposure therapy

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

A psychoanalyst

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

Walter Cooper

the first psychological therapy was introduced by _____________