Therapy

Transference refers to a client’s:

• conversion of psychological conflicts into physical and behavioral disorders.

• expression toward a therapist of feelings linked with earlier life relationships.

• replacement of self-centeredness with a genuine concern for others.

• translation of threatening dream content into non-threatening manifest symbols.

An important feature of client-centered therapy is:

• interpretation.

• systematic desensitization.

• transference.

• active listening.

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 is a form of:

• biomedical therapy.

• cognitive therapy.

• behavior therapy.

• humanistic therapy.

A central therapeutic technique of psychoanalysis is: 

• free association.

• stress inoculation training.

• systematic desensitization.

• observational learning.

Systematic desensitization is based on the idea that ___ facilitates the elimination of fear.

• the placebo effect.

• movement of the eyes.

• therapeutic touch.

• relaxation.

In programs to treat alcoholism, clients consume alcohol that contains a nausea-producing drug.  The therapist is using a technique known as:

• operant conditioning.

• aversive conditioning.

• systematic desensitization.

• free association.

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

• psychoanalyst.

• biomedical therapist.

• client-centered therapist.

• behavior therapist.

Which therapeutic approach emphasizes that people are often disturbed because of their irrational interpretations of events?

• cognitive therapy

• client-centered therapy

• virtual reality exposure therapy

• systematic desensitization

The approach that has helped autistic children learn to function successfully in school involves:

• systematic desensitization.

• the double-blind technique.

• operant conditioning.

• family therapy.

In order to help Mr. Everson overcome his alcoholism, Dr. Schulte wanted to discover whether the client’s chemical dependency was somehow encouraged by his wife’s behavior.  Dr. Schulte’s concern is most likely characteristic of a: 

• psychoanalyst.

• family therapist.

• client-centered therapist.

• cognitive therapist.