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 Coleman is a withdrawn schizophrenia patient..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