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AP Psych Treatment "types"

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Helping people gain insight into the unconscious origins of their disorder is a central aim

a)

cognitive centered therapy

b)

cognitive therapy

c)

psychoanalysis therapy

d)

behavioral therapy

2.

An important component of psychoanalysis is

a)

active listening

b)

dream analysis

c)

systematic desensitization

d)

unconditional positive regard

3.

Humanistic therapists are most likely to

a)

encourage clients to carefully observe the consequences of their maladaptive behaviors.

b)

focus special attention on clients' positive and negative feelings toward their therapists

c)

emphasize the importance of self-awareness for psychological adjustment

d)

use a wide variety of psychological theories and therapeutic methods

4.

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

a)

cognitive centered therapy

b)

cognitive therapy

c)

psychoanalysis therapy

d)

behavioral therapy

5.

Carl Rogers is known for the development of

a)

token economy

b)

cognitive therapy

c)

client-centered therapy

d)

systematic desensitization

6.

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

a)

transference

b)

fixation

c)

the placebo effect

d)

regression toward the mean

7.

During psychotherapy, Leon would begin to stutter whenever he began discussing personally sensitive thoughts. Sigmund Freud would have been likely to interpret this stuttering

a)

tardive dyskinesia

b)

transference

c)

resistance

d)

neurogenesis

8.

Freud is to ________ as Rogers is to -----

a)

psychoanalysis; counterconditioning

b)

free association; active listening

c)

dream analysis; systematic desensitization

d)

active listening; empathy

9.

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

a)

cognitive centered therapy

b)

cognitive therapy

c)

psychoanalysis therapy

d)

behavioral therapy

10.

Humanistic therapists are likely to teach clients to

a)

focus more on other people's feelings than on their own

b)

adapt more readily to social norms and expectations.

c)

imitate the behavior of others who are happy and successful.

d)

take more responsibility for their own feelings and actions.

11.

Carl Rogers referred to a caring, nonjudgmental attitude as

a)

active listening

b)

free association

c)

unconditional positive regard

d)

resilience

12.

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

a)

EMDR

b)

psychoanalysis

c)

cognitive-behavioral therapy.

d)

client-centered therapy

13.

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

a)

psychodynamic

b)

biomedical

c)

behavior

d)

humanistic

14.

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

a)

psychoanalysis

b)

Behavior

c)

cognitive

d)

cognitive behavioral

15.

The counterconditioning technique developed by Mary Cover Jones was refined by

a)

Freud

b)

Beck

c)

Wolpe

d)

Rogers

16.

Which of the following is considered to be the most nondirective form of therapy

a)

client-centered therapy

b)

cognitive therapy

c)

psychoanalysis

d)

cognitive-behavioral therapies

17.

Carl Rogers encouraged client-centered therapists to ______ during the process of therapy

a)

clearly communicate their diagnosis of a client's disorder

b)

genuinely express their own true feelings

c)

explain the immediate causes of a client's difficulties

d)

confront patients about examples of resistance

18.

Emphatic understanding of the patient's subjective experiences is a major goal of

a)

psychoanalyst

b)

biomedical therapist

c)

client-centered therapist

d)

behavior therapist

19.

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

a)

stress inoculation training.

b)

exposure therapies

c)

aversive conditioning

d)

free association

20.

Which of the following best illustrates a form of behavioral therapy

a)

electroconvulsive therapy

b)

systematic desensitization

c)

psychosurgery

d)

Psychopharmacology

21.

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.

a)

behavior

b)

humanistic

c)

cognitive

d)

psychoanalytic

22.

In classical conditioning therapies, maladaptive symptoms are usually considered to

a)

unconditioned stimuli

b)

conditioned stimuli.

c)

unconditioned responses

d)

conditioned responses

23.

Two counter conditioning techniques for replacing unwanted responses include

a)

systematic desensitization and free association.

b)

spontaneous recovery and stress inoculation training

c)

unconditional positive regard and transference.

d)

aversive conditioning and exposure therapy

24.

Systematic desensitization involves

a)

associating unwanted behaviors with unpleasant experiences.

b)

associating a pleasant relaxed state with anxiety-arousing stimuli.

c)

replacing a positive response to a harmful stimulus with a negative response.

d)

vigorously challenging clients' illogical ways of thinking

25.

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

a)

free association

b)

cognitive therapy

c)

aversive conditioning.

d)

systematic desensitization

26.

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

a)

psychoanalysis

b)

client-centered therapy

c)

aversive conditioning

d)

systematic desensitization.

27.

Aversive conditioning involves

a)

replacing a negative response to a harmless stimulus with a positive response.

b)

identifying a hierarchy of anxiety-arousing experiences.

c)

associating unwanted behaviors with unpleasant experiences.

d)

systematically controlling the consequences of patients' maladaptive behavior

28.

Virtual reality exposure therapy is most likely to prove effective in the of

a)

phobias

b)

depression

c)

obsessions

d)

hallucinations

29.

Replacing a negative response with a positive response is to systematic desensitization as replacing a positive response with a negative response is to

a)

eclectic therapy

b)

transference

c)

electroconvulsive therapy

d)

aversive conditioning

30.

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

a)

studying for a test.

b)

registering for an AP course.

c)

receiving an A on a test.

d)

answering questions on a test

31.

Stress inoculation training focuses on helping people to

a)

associate unwanted behaviors with unpleasant experiences

b)

establish empathic, caring relationships with others.

c)

transfer stresses experienced in childhood without resistance.

d)

replace negative self-talk with more positive comments.

32.

To treat nail biting, one can paint a patient's fingernails with a bitter-tasting nail polish. This procedure best illustrates

a)

light exposure therapy

b)

stress inoculation training.

c)

aversive conditioning.

d)

free association

33.

To help Claire quit smoking, a therapist delivers an electric shock to her arm each time she smokes a cigarette. The therapist is using

a)

aversive conditioning

b)

systematic desensitization

c)

electroconvulsive therapy

d)

EMDR

34.

The practice of ________ is based on the application of operant conditioning principles

a)

unconditional positive regard

b)

free association

c)

Psychoanalysis

d)

behavior modification

35.

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

a)

cognitive-behavioral therapy.

b)

exposure therapy

c)

psychodynamic therapy.

d)

client-centered therapy

36.

The approach that has helped children with autism learn to function successfully in school involves

a)

operant conditioning

b)

systematic desensitization.

c)

aversive conditioning

d)

the double-blind procedure.

37.

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

a)

systematic desensitization.

b)

humanistic therapy.

c)

cognitive-behavior therapy

d)

psychodynamic therapy.