AP PSYCH THERAPY

In treating alcohol dependency, therapists have clients consume alcohol that contains a nausea-producing drug. This technique is known as

• 
  operant conditioning.
• 
  systematic desensitization.
• 
  aversive conditioning.
• transference

Teaching people to stop blaming themselves for failures and negative circumstances beyond their control is of most direct concern to ________ therapists.

• psychoanalytic
• cognitive
• eclectic
• 
  client-centered

Persuading depressed patients to reverse their catastrophizing beliefs about themselves and their futures is most characteristic of

• 
  Rogers' client-centered therapy.
• 
  Beck's cognitive therapy.
• 
  Wolpe's exposure therapy.
• 
  Freud's psychoanalysis.

Which of the following therapies is more concerned with removing specific troubling symptoms than with providing special insights into the personality of the client?

• psychoanalysis
• 
  behavior therapy
• 
  client-centered therapy
• 
  cognitive therapy

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

• 
  stress inoculation training.
• 
  exposure therapies.
• behavior modification
• 
  rTMS.

Instead of focusing on the cure of psychological disorders, ________ therapies seek to promote personal growth and self-fulfillment.

• 
  psychodynamic
• eclectic
• behavior
• humanistic

To encourage Mrs. Coleman, a withdrawn schizophrenia patient, to be more socially active, institutional staff members give her small plastic cards whenever she talks to someone.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

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  active listening.
• 
  systematic desensitization.
• 
  a token economy.
• 
  free association.

Freud is to ________ as Rogers is to ________.

• 
  psychoanalysis; counterconditioning
• 
  free association; active listening
• 
  dream analysis; systematic desensitization
• 
  active listening; empathy

The applied field of psychology that seeks to assess, understand and treat psychological conditions in clinical practice is called ____________.

• Therapeutic Psychology

• Clinical Psychology

• Forensic Psychology

What is the name for the manual that lists 541 diagnoses, most widely used classification system?

• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)

• Diagnostic Encyclopedia for Disorders

• Diagnostic Manual for Psychology