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WorksheetsAP Psych Treatment "types"
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 27mins
Helping people gain insight into the unconscious origins of their disorder is a central aim
cognitive centered therapy
cognitive therapy
psychoanalysis therapy
behavioral therapy
An important component of psychoanalysis is
active listening
dream analysis
systematic desensitization
unconditional positive regard
Humanistic therapists are most likely to
encourage clients to carefully observe the consequences of their maladaptive behaviors.
focus special attention on clients' positive and negative feelings toward their therapists
emphasize the importance of self-awareness for psychological adjustment
use a wide variety of psychological theories and therapeutic methods
Mr. C's therapist wants to help him become aware of his conflicting childhood feelings of love and hate for his parents. The therapist's goal best reflects a primary aim of
cognitive centered therapy
cognitive therapy
psychoanalysis therapy
behavioral therapy
Carl Rogers is known for the development of
token economy
cognitive therapy
client-centered therapy
systematic desensitization
Mr. Phillips has recently begun to express feelings of hostility and resentment toward his therapist, who is consistently friendly, caring, and helpful. A psychoanalyst would most likely consider Mr. Phillips's hostility to be an example of
transference
fixation
the placebo effect
regression toward the mean
During psychotherapy, Leon would begin to stutter whenever he began discussing personally sensitive thoughts. Sigmund Freud would have been likely to interpret this stuttering
tardive dyskinesia
transference
resistance
neurogenesis
Freud is to ________ as Rogers is to -----
psychoanalysis; counterconditioning
free association; active listening
dream analysis; systematic desensitization
active listening; empathy
Sheena's therapist tells her to relax, close her eyes, and state aloud whatever comes to mind no matter how trivial or absurd. The therapist is using a technique that is central
cognitive centered therapy
cognitive therapy
psychoanalysis therapy
behavioral therapy
Humanistic therapists are likely to teach clients to
focus more on other people's feelings than on their own
adapt more readily to social norms and expectations.
imitate the behavior of others who are happy and successful.
take more responsibility for their own feelings and actions.
Carl Rogers referred to a caring, nonjudgmental attitude as
active listening
free association
unconditional positive regard
resilience
During a marriage counseling session, the therapist suggests to Mr. and Mrs. Gallo that they each restate their spouse's comments before making their own. The therapist was applying a technique most closely associated with
EMDR
psychoanalysis
cognitive-behavioral therapy.
client-centered therapy
Instead of focusing on the cure of psychological disorders, ________ therapies seek to promote personal growth and self-fulfillment
psychodynamic
biomedical
behavior
humanistic
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
cognitive
cognitive behavioral
The counterconditioning technique developed by Mary Cover Jones was refined by
Freud
Beck
Wolpe
Rogers
Which of the following is considered to be the most nondirective form of therapy
client-centered therapy
cognitive therapy
psychoanalysis
cognitive-behavioral therapies
Carl Rogers encouraged client-centered therapists to ______ during the process of therapy
clearly communicate their diagnosis of a client's disorder
genuinely express their own true feelings
explain the immediate causes of a client's difficulties
confront patients about examples of resistance
Emphatic understanding of the patient's subjective experiences is a major goal of
psychoanalyst
biomedical therapist
client-centered therapist
behavior therapist
Mary Cover Jones reported that 3-year-old Peter lost his fear of rabbits when a rabbit was repeatedly presented while Peter was eating a tasty snack. This episode best illustrated the potential usefulness
stress inoculation training.
exposure therapies
aversive conditioning
free association
Which of the following best illustrates a form of behavioral therapy
electroconvulsive therapy
systematic desensitization
psychosurgery
Psychopharmacology
Melea suggested that her nail biting might be a symptom of unconscious resentment toward her parents. Her therapist chuckled and said, “No, Melea, your problem isn't unconscious hostility; your problem is nail biting.” Melea's therapist sounds most like a --- therapist.
behavior
humanistic
cognitive
psychoanalytic
In classical conditioning therapies, maladaptive symptoms are usually considered to
unconditioned stimuli
conditioned stimuli.
unconditioned responses
conditioned responses
Two counter conditioning techniques for replacing unwanted responses include
systematic desensitization and free association.
spontaneous recovery and stress inoculation training
unconditional positive regard and transference.
aversive conditioning and exposure therapy
Systematic desensitization involves
associating unwanted behaviors with unpleasant experiences.
associating a pleasant relaxed state with anxiety-arousing stimuli.
replacing a positive response to a harmful stimulus with a negative response.
vigorously challenging clients' illogical ways of thinking
Jonathan is afraid to ask a girl for a date, so his therapist instructs him to relax and simply imagine he is reaching for a telephone and then calling a potential date. The therapist's technique best illustrates the process
free association
cognitive therapy
aversive conditioning.
systematic desensitization
To help Thor overcome his fear of giving public speeches, his therapist instructs him to relax and then to imagine speaking to a small audience. The therapist is using
psychoanalysis
client-centered therapy
aversive conditioning
systematic desensitization.
Aversive conditioning involves
replacing a negative response to a harmless stimulus with a positive response.
identifying a hierarchy of anxiety-arousing experiences.
associating unwanted behaviors with unpleasant experiences.
systematically controlling the consequences of patients' maladaptive behavior
Virtual reality exposure therapy is most likely to prove effective in the of
phobias
depression
obsessions
hallucinations
Replacing a negative response with a positive response is to systematic desensitization as replacing a positive response with a negative response is to
eclectic therapy
transference
electroconvulsive therapy
aversive conditioning
Alice is so fearful of taking tests for her AP courses that she experiences mild anxiety when registering for an AP course, intense anxiety when studying for a test, and extreme anxiety when answering actual test questions. Her greatest fear, however, is experienced while waiting for a teacher to hand out tests. During the process of systematically desensitizing her test anxiety, the therapist is likely to ask Alice first to imagine
studying for a test.
registering for an AP course.
receiving an A on a test.
answering questions on a test
Stress inoculation training focuses on helping people to
associate unwanted behaviors with unpleasant experiences
establish empathic, caring relationships with others.
transfer stresses experienced in childhood without resistance.
replace negative self-talk with more positive comments.
To treat nail biting, one can paint a patient's fingernails with a bitter-tasting nail polish. This procedure best illustrates
light exposure therapy
stress inoculation training.
aversive conditioning.
free association
To help Claire quit smoking, a therapist delivers an electric shock to her arm each time she smokes a cigarette. The therapist is using
aversive conditioning
systematic desensitization
electroconvulsive therapy
EMDR
The practice of ________ is based on the application of operant conditioning principles
unconditional positive regard
free association
Psychoanalysis
behavior modification
Dr. Jackson reinforces depressed patients for their participation in pleasant activities and trains them to take increasingly more credit for the rewards they gain from engaging in those activities. Dr. Jackson's treatment approach best illustrates
cognitive-behavioral therapy.
exposure therapy
psychodynamic therapy.
client-centered therapy
The approach that has helped children with autism learn to function successfully in school involves
operant conditioning
systematic desensitization.
aversive conditioning
the double-blind procedure.
In one study, people were taught to attribute their compulsive urges to abnormal brain functioning. Instead of giving in to an urge, they participated in an alternative activity that engaged other parts of the brain. This strategy for dealing with their difficulty best illustrates
systematic desensitization.
humanistic therapy.
cognitive-behavior therapy
psychodynamic therapy.
