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Carl Rogers encouraged therapists to genuinely express their own true feelings during their interactions with clients.He also encouraged therapists to refrain from directing clients toward certain insights.Explain how a therapist might be genuine and nondirective and still be able to help a client who feels ashamed of his or her physical appearance and intensely anxious about developing close friendships.

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Dr.Judd is convinced that psychological disorders result largely from stressful social situations rather than from disturbances within the individual personality.Dr.Judd's belief is most consistent with the assumptions that underlie the work of


A) psychoanalysts.
B) cognitive psychologists.
C) psychiatrists.
D) community psychologists.

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Praising socially withdrawn children when they make eye contact with others and ignoring them after a temper tantrum best illustrates an application of


A) cognitive therapy.
B) psychodynamic therapy.
C) operant conditioning.
D) unconditional positive regard.

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To help an adult client overcome fears of venturing out of his home,Dr.Ricci plans to use behavior therapy in combination with drug therapy.Which of the following drugs would Dr.Ricci be most likely to prescribe?


A) lithium
B) Depakote
C) Ativan
D) Thorazine

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Light exposure therapy sparks activity in a brain region that influences


A) the body's arousal.
B) self-awareness.
C) animal magnetism.
D) meta-analysis.

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Critics of ________ have expressed a concern that appropriate patient behaviors will disappear following the discontinuation of a token economy.


A) cognitive therapy
B) transference
C) behavior modification
D) unconditional positive regard

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Most self-help and support groups focus on ________ illnesses.


A) childhood
B) terminal
C) stress-induced
D) stigmatized

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Compared with ECT,rTMS is ________ likely to produce seizures and ________ likely to produce memory loss.


A) more;more
B) less;less
C) more;less
D) less;more

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Repeatedly introducing people to things they fear and avoid is most characteristic of


A) stress inoculation training.
B) exposure therapies.
C) behavior modification.
D) transference.

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Electroconvulsive therapy has proven to be effective in the treatment of


A) phobias.
B) dissociative disorders.
C) schizophrenia.
D) depression.

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Melanie's therapist suggests that when she feels anxious,she should attribute her arousal to her highly reactive nervous system and shift her attention to playing a game with her 5-year-old son.This suggestion best illustrates


A) systematic desensitization.
B) cognitive-behavioral therapy.
C) client-centered therapy.
D) psychodynamic therapy.

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Humanistic therapies aim to boost people's self-fulfillment by helping them to grow in


A) progressive relaxation.
B) systematic desensitization.
C) a token economy.
D) self-acceptance.

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A brief variation of psychodynamic therapy that has been effective in treating depression is known as


A) stress inoculation training.
B) exposure therapy.
C) behavior modification.
D) interpersonal psychotherapy.

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According to psychoanalysts,resistance refers to the


A) expression toward a therapist of feelings linked with earlier relationships.
B) blocking from consciousness of anxiety-laden material during therapy.
C) replacement of a genuine concern for others with self-centeredness.
D) conversion of psychological conflicts into physical and behavioral disorders.

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Prozac,Zoloft,and Paxil are called


A) antipsychotic drugs.
B) mood-stabilizing drugs.
C) antianxiety drugs.
D) SSRIs.

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Clients often stay in touch with their psychotherapists only if satisfied with the treatment they received.This helps us understand why therapists


A) avoid developing a therapeutic alliance.
B) prefer client-centered therapy over other forms of treatment.
C) avoid diagnosing clients' disorders during the course of therapy.
D) often overestimate the effectiveness of psychotherapy.

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Virtual reality exposure therapy is most likely to prove effective in the treatment of


A) hallucinations.
B) obsessions.
C) depression.
D) phobias.

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


A) biopsychosocial
B) classical conditioning
C) psychoanalytic
D) client-centered

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An important feature of client-centered therapy is


A) systematic desensitization.
B) transference.
C) free association.
D) active listening.

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The exposure therapies used today were refined by


A) Sigmund Freud.
B) Joseph Wolpe.
C) Egas Moniz.
D) Carl Rogers.

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