Module 5.5a Quiz

In the 1950s, Dr. Tanaka conducted a study to determine how being discharged from a mental hospital impacted participants’ subjective well-being. She found that 8 weeks after their discharge, 85 percent of participants reported improved subjective well-being, compared to the 23 percent who reported improved subjective well-being while still hospitalized. Which of the following is a variable in Dr. Tanaka’s study?

• Acceptance

• Psychodynamic therapy

• Deinstitutionalization

• Person-centered therapy

Blacklawn Outpatient Clinic treats clients who have been diagnosed with a bipolar disorder. What is a logical conclusion about the treatment methods used for these clients?

• These clients likely receive psychoanalytic therapy.

• These clients likely receive a combination of psychotherapy and biomedical therapies.

• These clients likely receive biomedical therapy.

• These clients likely receive a combination of psychodynamic therapy and psychoanalytic therapy.

Dr. Carlson works with individuals diagnosed with major depressive disorder. He encourages them to discuss their childhoods, internal conflicts, and present lives, believing that an open and empathic environment will help his clients accept not only past events but also their current selves. His therapeutic style would be best described as

• biomedical.

• psychoanalytic.

• humanistic.

• eclectic.

When Harriet could not consciously remember her difficult childhood, her psychoanalytic therapist said she was experiencing

• resistance.

• interpretation.

• transference.

• free association.

In her application for funding for her treatment center, Verna needs to advocate for humanistic therapies. What should she say?

• Humanistic therapies assert that the past is more important than the present and future.

• Humanistic therapies assert that the best path to growth is found by uncovering hidden determinants.

• Humanistic therapies assert that unconscious thoughts are more important than conscious thoughts.

• Humanistic therapies focus on promoting growth, not curing illness.

Xiaoming uses active listening, acceptance, genuineness, and empathy in her work with therapy clients to promote their growth. Xiaoming uses

• insight therapy.

• humanistic therapy.

• person-centered therapy.

• psychodynamic therapy.