PSYCH- CH. 13

Who undertook one of the earliest studies into the question of whether psychotherapy really works?

A warm and caring relationship between client and therapist, characterized by empathy and understanding, is called:

______ can be useful to treat disorders such as phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and anxiety disorders by pairing a stimulus that normally causes an unwanted response with a neutral one, eventually creating desirable involuntary reactions.

Rather than focusing on the behavior itself, _______ therapies focus on the distorted thinking and unrealistic beliefs that lead to maladaptive behavior.

One of the goals of ______ is to use action-based therapies to change the way clients think from irrational, self-defeating thoughts to more rational, self-helping, positive thoughts.

____ group therapy can be effective for social anxiety disorder.

In ______, no one person is seen as the problem.

_______ is an insight therapy that emphasizes revealing the unconscious conflicts, urges, and desires that are assumed to cause disordered emotions and behavior.

Who founded Gestalt therapy?

Individuals who are extremely withdrawn or who suffer from psychotic symptoms are generally not good candidates for ________ treatment.

Which of the following therapists would use leading questions and planned experiences, often confronting clients about their own statements, in therapy sessions?

Early treatments such as bloodletting, beatings, ice baths, and induced vomiting were all methods used to:

The main goal of _____ therapy is to change disordered or inappropriate behavior directly.

Dr. Phillipe Pinel is known for:

The goal of most psychotherapy is:

the first organized effort to do something with mentally ill persons began in:

____ drugs are used to treat symptoms such as delusions, hallucinations, and other bizarre behavior.

Electroconvulsive therapy is still used to treat:

Therapies that directly affect the biological functioning of the body and brain are known as:

In behavior therapy, the reduction of the undesired behavior is:

Which of the following is an advantage of group therapy?

One of the criticisms of cognitive and cognitive-behavioral therapies is that:

Dr. JoAnn Difede, director of the Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Studies Program at Weill Cornell Medical College, adapted virtual reality therapy to:

Unlike psychodynamic and humanistic therapies, behavior therapies are:

Joy earns a gumball sticker for every chore she completes. She puts the stickers on her gumball chart. When the gumball chart is filled, Joy gets to choose a prize out of the prize box. Joy's parents are using:

A therapy technique in which the therapist restates what the client says rather than interpreting the statements is known as:

When the therapist becomes a symbol of a parental authority figure from the past, the patient is experiencing:

_______ therapies are action based rather than insight based.

An estimated _______ of people feel that psychotherapy has helped them.

______ involves cutting into the brain to remove or destroy brain tissue for the purpose of relieving symptoms of mental disorders.

The first efforts to treat the mentally ill with kindness and guidance are known as:

The word _____ means "a place of safety."

Anthony often gets angry and stomps off when things don't go his way. To help him learn to deal with his anger, his parents engage him in a game of Candy Land. They respond the way they would like to see Anthony respond when he loses a turn or is forced to move backward on the board. Anthony's parents are using a behavior modification technique called:

While treating a child with a fear of swimming, the therapist first approaches the water, then touches the water, then stands in the water waist-deep, and finally floats in the water. The therapist then repeats the steps with the child. This is an example of:

The use of drugs to control or relieve the symptoms of psychological disorders is called:

Meredith tells her therapist, Dr. Shepherd, that her mother recently died and she's been experiencing suicidal thoughts. Dr. Shepherd responds by explaining that he can imagine that she must be feeling angry and abandoned. Dr. Shepherd is displaying ______, a key element in person-centered therapy.

Daniel failed a math test. Upon receiving his grade, Daniel believed that he must be bad at math and therefore would fail the class, be unable to get into college, and would have to work in a fast food restaurant for the rest of his life. Daniel is exhibiting:

Pam has a dream that she's in the grocery store and can't find her children. Her therapist uses this actual dream imagery, or ______ content to learn about issues that might be important to Pam. He will first have to take this actual dream scenario and interpret it for its underlying symbols.

______ seem(s) to work better in group settings than psychoanalysis and cognitive-behavioral therapies.

What problem can occur when the cultural or ethnic backgrounds of therapist and client are mismatched?

Dr. Stevens is treating a client with depression. During their sessions together, Dr. Stevens focuses on the client's relationships with friends, family, and coworkers, as well as how the everyday events of the client's life affect his mood. Dr. Stevens is using ______ to treat his client.

Joshua's sister had a bad day at school. As a result, she doesn't want to play with him. Joshua assumes she is angry with him. Joshua is experiencing:

According to humanistic therapists, the ideal self and the real self should match as closely as possible. This is achieved through:

The method of free association was developed by:

A therapy style in which the therapist acts primarily as a sounding board is called ______ therapy.