SDC Psychology - Topic 10: Therapy and Treatment

The psychodynamic approach focuses on changing problematic behaviors, feelings, and thoughts by discovering their _____ meaning and motivations.

• unconscious

• conscious

• overt

• explicit

The psychodynamic therapeutic approach is also commonly referred to as _____.

• cognitive-behavioral

• psychoanalytic

• humanistic

• psychotherapeutic

Psychoanalysis is most commonly connected to what early theorist?

• Carl Rogers

• Ivan Pavlov

• Sigmund Freud

• Wilhelm Wundt

Systematic desensitization is a technique most often used in ____ therapy.

• cognitive

• humanistic

• behavioral

• psychoanalytic

What form of behavioral learning relies on reinforcement and punishment?

• Classical conditioning

• Operant conditioning

• Modeling

• Mirroring

Behavioral therapy focuses on the role of ____ in developing both normal and abnormal behaviors.

• thought

• understanding

• conscience

• learning

The cognitive therapeutic approach emphasizes what people think rather than what they ____.

• feel

• know

• do

• want

Which of the following is an accurate description of the cognitive approach to therapy?

• antecedent > behavioral response

• antecedent > behavioral response > thinking

• antecedent > thinking

• antecedent > thinking > behavioral response

Which therapeutic approach emphasizes people's capacity to make rational choices and develop their maximum potential?

• cognitive

• humanistic

• behavioral

• psychoanalytic

The Humanistic approach to therapy is also commonly referred to as _____.

• client-centered

• people's choice

• deterministic

• cognitive-behavioral