Question 1

Which of the following is NOT a common criticism of behavior therapy?

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A)   Clients may rely too much on extrinsic rewards for their new behaviors.
B)   Behavior control is unethical.
C)   Outside the therapeutic setting, the new behavior may disappear.
D)   All of these are criticisms of behavior therapy.

Question 2

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

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A)   psychoanalyst.
B)   biomedical therapist.
C)   client-centered therapist.
D)   behavior therapist.

Question 3

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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Question 4

Cognitive therapists would be most likely to encourage depressed clients to

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A)   carefully observe the negative consequences of their depression.
B)   take more personal responsibility for their own negative feelings and actions.
C)   stop blaming themselves for negative circumstances beyond their control.
D)   identify a hierarchy of anxiety-arousing experiences.

Question 5

A token economy is to operant conditioning as ________ is to classical conditioning.

Accepted Answer

A)   systematic desensitization
B)   electroconvulsive therapy
C)   free association
D)   drug therapy

Question 6

Using techniques of classical conditioning to develop an association between unwanted behavior and an unpleasant experience is known as

Accepted Answer

A)   aversive conditioning.
B)   systematic desensitization.
C)   transference.
D)   electroconvulsive therapy.

Question 7

The technique of systematic desensitization is based on the premise that maladaptive symptoms are

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A)   a reflection of irrational thinking.
B)   conditioned responses.
C)   expressions of unfulfilled wishes.
D)   all of these things.

Question 8

Which form of therapy is most likely to emphasize the importance of examining a person's role within a social system?

Accepted Answer

A)   cognitive therapy
B)   psychoanalysis
C)   family therapy
D)   client-centered therapy C

Question 9

A therapist helps Rebecca overcome her fear of water by getting her to swim in the family's backyard pool three times a day for two consecutive weeks. The therapist's approach to helping Rebecca best illustrates

Accepted Answer

A)   stress inoculation training.
B)   aversive conditioning.
C)   exposure therapy.
D)   EMDR.

Question 10

One reason that aversive conditioning may only be temporarily effective is that

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A)   for ethical reasons, therapists cannot use sufficiently intense unconditioned stimuli to sustain classical conditioning.
B)   patients are often unable to become sufficiently relaxed for conditioning to take place.
C)   patients know that outside the therapist's office they can engage in the undesirable behavior without fear of aversive consequences.
D)   most conditioned responses are elicited by many nonspecific stimuli and it is impossible to countercondition them all.

Question 11

Insight therapies aim to improve psychological functioning by

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A)   discouraging people from using antidepressant drugs.
B)   using progressive relaxation to reduce anxiety.
C)   increasing a person's awareness of underlying motives and defenses.
D)   using personality tests to accurately diagnose the person's difficulties.

Question 12

"For you to think you are worthless because your boyfriend sometimes criticizes you is absurd! I know a lot of highly worthy people who often receive criticisms." This statement would most likely be made to a patient by a

Accepted Answer

A)   rational-emotive behavior therapist.
B)   psychodynamic therapist.
C)   client-centered therapist.
D)   behavior therapist.

Question 13

Stress inoculation training focuses on helping people to

Accepted Answer

A)   associate unwanted behaviors with unpleasant experiences.
B)   replace negative self-talk with more positive comments.
C)   associate a pleasant relaxed state with anxiety-arousing stimuli.
D)   establish empathic, caring relationships with others.

Question 14

The healing power of insight and self-awareness is LEAST likely to be emphasized by ________ therapists.

Accepted Answer

A)   cognitive
B)   psychoanalytic
C)   behavior
D)   humanistic

Question 15

Which form of psychotherapy is LEAST likely to occur in therapist-led small groups?

Accepted Answer

A)   client-centered therapy
B)   psychoanalysis
C)   systematic desensitization
D)   cognitive therapy B

Question 16

Which of the following is NOT a common criticism of psychoanalysis?

Accepted Answer

A)   It emphasizes the existence of repressed memories.
B)   It provides interpretations that are hard to disprove.
C)   It is generally a very expensive process.
D)   It gives therapists too much control over patients.

Question 17

Who emphasized the importance of transference in the therapeutic process?

Accepted Answer

A)   Hans Eysenck
B)   Egaz Moniz
C)   Carl Rogers
D)   Sigmund Freud

Question 18

Which type of psychotherapy emphasizes the individual's inherent potential for self-fulfillment?

Accepted Answer

A)   behavior therapy
B)   psychoanalysis
C)   humanistic therapy
D)   biomedical therapy

Question 19

The approach that has helped children with autism spectrum disorder learn to function successfully in school involves

Accepted Answer

A)   operant conditioning.
B)   stress inoculation training.
C)   the double-blind procedure.
D)   aversive conditioning. A

Question 20

Carl Rogers encouraged client-centered therapists to ______ during the process of therapy.

Accepted Answer

A)   clearly communicate their diagnosis of a client's disorder
B)   genuinely express their own true feelings
C)   explain the immediate causes of a client's difficulties
D)   identify a hierarchy of the client's anxiety-arousing experiences

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