Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best
completes the statement or answers the question.
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Which type of psychotherapy is based on the belief that emotional problems arise
when an individual's assumptions are unrealistic?
a. | client-centered | c. | contingency management | b. | psychoanalysis | d. | rational-emotive |
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Which of the following statements concerning psychotherapy is NOT true?
a. | The primary goal is to strengthen the patient's control over his or her
life. | b. | A major task is to help the patient find alternatives to his or her present
unsatisfactory ways of behaving. | c. | Success is dependent on the skill of the
therapist, not on the patient's attitude. | d. | In order to change, the patient must develop an
understanding of his or her troubles. |
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Which of the following is used in the treatment of bipolar disorder?
a. | antianxiety drugs | c. | antipsychotic drugs | b. | lithium carbonate | d. | antidepressants |
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A therapist who follows the theories of Sigmund Freud is likely to encourage
patients to talk about everything that comes to mind. This method is called
a. | free association. | c. | transference. | b. | insight. | d. | displacement. |
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Which of the following is NOT true of client-centered therapists?
a. | assume people are basically good | b. | believe people can handle their own
problems | c. | offer their own opinions to clients | d. | provide emotional
support |
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For a long time, the only kind of psychotherapy practiced in Western society
was
a. | behaviorism. | c. | client-centered therapy. | b. | psychoanalysis. | d. | existential therapy. |
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Which of the following is NOT necessarily a characteristic of a good
therapist?
a. | psychologically healthy | b. | capacity for warmth and
understanding | c. | interested in conducting research | d. | experienced in dealing with
people |
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Which of the following is NOT part of Albert Ellis's explanation of
behavior?
a. | activating event | c. | consequent emotion | b. | belief | d. | developmental
thinking |
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An elementary schoolteacher who allows students who do well in their studies to
play on the playground is employing the technique of
a. | flooding. | c. | systematic desensitization. | b. | modeling. | d. | contingency management. |
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In Freudian analysis, a patient who impedes the course of therapy by refusing to
reveal the details of a family battle that occurred during his childhood is displaying
a. | suppression. | c. | transference. | b. | resistance. | d. | reaction
formation. |
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A token economy is a system of rewards used in __________ therapy.
a. | cognitive | c. | behavior | b. | person-centered | d. | group |
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A treatment method involving verbal interactions between a therapist and a
client is __________.
a. | psychotherapy | c. | active listening | b. | person-centerd therapy | d. | humanistic
therapy |
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A thrapy that involves identifying and challenging false assumptions is
__________.
a. | person centered | c. | Becks cognitive | b. | rational emotive | d. | biological |
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Antipsychotic drugs are used to treat people that suffer from __________.
a. | anxiety | c. | scizophrenia | b. | depression | d. | bipolar
disorder |
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A therapist using __________ teqnique repeats, rephrases, and ask for
clarification of the statements made by a patient.
a. | nondirective therapy | c. | transference | b. | active listening | d. | free
association |
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Psychoanalyst use __________ to reveal the unconsious thoughts and feelings
expressed in dreams.
a. | succesive approximates | c. | selective abstraction | b. | antianxiety
drugs | d. | dream
analysis |
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Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is an example of an __________.
a. | encounter group | c. | self help group | b. | token economy | d. | succesive
approximate |
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When an unwanted stimulus is paired with a more desierable one you have
experienced __________.
a. | operant conditioning | c. | rational emotive therapy | b. | succesive
approximates | d. | counerconditioning |
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In __________ therapy, clients are encouraged to take the lead and talk openly
about whatever is troubling them.
a. | rational emotive | c. | group | b. | person centered | d. | cognitive |
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The therapy that assumes that most people are basically good and have the
natural tendancy to strive for self-actualization is __________.
a. | humanistic | c. | behavioral | b. | cognitive | d. | biological |
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An analyst using the technique of __________ ask the patient to relax and say
whatever comes to mind.
a. | succesive approximates | c. | transference | b. | free assocation | d. | dream analysis |
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A drug used to treat bipolar disorder is __________.
a. | A drug used to treat bipolar disorder is __________.
as.
buspar | b. | loratab | c. | lithium | d. | claritan |
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The __________ of dreams is their hidden meaning.
a. | manifest content | c. | free assocation | b. | latent content | d. | active
listening |
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Active listening and unconditioned positive reguard are key components of
__________ therapy.
a. | rational emotive | c. | Becks cognitive | b. | person centered | d. | biological |
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The assumption that behavior that is reinforced tends to be repeated is
__________.
a. | operant conditioning | c. | rational emotive therapy | b. | aversive
conditioning | d. | transference |
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The assumption that if the client associates freely __________ thoughts and
feelings will break through.
a. | conscious | c. | unconscious | b. | nonconscious | d. | subconscious |
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Many psychologist believe that __________ placed too much emphasis on sexual
and aggresive urges.
a. | Skinner | c. | Piaget | b. | Wundt | d. | Freud |
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Person-Centered Therapy was developed in the early 1950s by psychologist
__________.
a. | B.F. Skinner | c. | Alfred Binet | b. | Carl Rogers | d. | John Dewey |
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The aim of __________ therapy is to help people learn more productive ways to
think of their problems.
a. | behavior | c. | humanistic | b. | cognitive | d. | drug |
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The most widely used biological treatment for psychological disorders is
__________ therapy.
a. | rational emotive | c. | drug | b. | person centered | d. | nondirective |
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Scizophrenia is associated with high levels of __________ activity.
a. | seratonin | c. | adrenaline | b. | dopamine | d. | cortical
steroids |
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Phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder, and compulsions are best treated by
__________ therapy.
a. | Humanistic | c. | Behavioral | b. | Cognitive | d. | Drug |
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Behavioral therapy techniques are often called __________.
a. | behavior modification | c. | black box therapy | b. | cultural conditioning | d. | Maslowian
Therapy |
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Which of the following is Not associated with Carl Rogers?
a. | client centered therapy | c. | person centered
therapy | b. | non directive therapy | d. | rational emotive therapy |
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Which of the following is an advantage of individual therapy over group
therapy?
a. | It is less expensive than group therapy. | b. | It is more
confidential than group therapy. | c. | It is easier to practice the insights learned
in a private setting. | d. | It is easier to set goals in a private
setting. |
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Which of the following practitioners usually treat people with less serious
conditions?
a. | counseling psychologists | c. | psychometrists | b. | psychiatrists | d. | clinical psychologists |
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Using therapeutic techniques to improve psychological functioning and promote
adjustment to life is known as _____.
a. | eclectic therapy | c. | psychotherapy | b. | psychoanalysis/psychodynamic
therapy | d. | counseling |
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Which of the following is TRUE about psychotherapy?
a. | Many problems can be treated with any of several approaches. | b. | Therapists can read
your mind. | c. | People who go to therapy are crazy or weak. | d. | Only the rich can
afford therapy. |
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This is an approach to psychotherapy in which the therapist combines techniques
from
various theories to find the most appropriate treatment for the client.
a. | multimodal | c. | biopsychosocial | b. | multidimensional | d. | eclectic |
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This is the BEST description of what an eclectic therapist might do.
a. | avoid interpretation because it doesn't work | b. | use electroshock
therapy on clients with moderate depression | c. | use a variety of treatment approaches based on
the needs of the client | d. | avoid medications because they interfere with a
patient's level of consciousness in
therapy |
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The effectiveness of antipsychotic drugs is thought to result primarily from
blockage of
_____ receptors.
a. | serotonin | c. | acetylcholine | b. | dopamine | d. | epinephrine |
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Which of the following drugs require close monitoring of dosage levels to
prevent fatal
side effects?
a. | lithium | c. | MAO inhibitors | b. | the tricyclics | d. | SSRIs |
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Which of the following is TRUE regarding psychosurgery?
a. | It requires general anesthesia. | b. | It is risky, can be fatal, and is
irreversible. | c. | It is ineffective, outdated, unethical, and illegal to perform. | d. | It is preferred over
ECT or EST. |
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The system of psychotherapy developed by Freud that seeks to bring unconscious
conflicts into conscious awareness is known as _____.
a. | transference | c. | psychoanalysis | b. | cognitive restructuring | d. | the “hot seat”
technique |
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Which of the following is a requirement of psychoanalysis?
a. | a couch | c. | lying in the prone position | b. | a bearded male
therapist | d. | none of these
options |
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Free association, dream analysis, resistance, transference, and interpretation
are all
associated with _____.
a. | psychoanalysis | c. | humanistic therapy | b. | pseudo-therapies | d. | gestalt therapy |
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In psychoanalysis, free association refers to _____.
a. | unproductive sessions for which the client is not charged | b. | a thought process
which has no underlying cause or motivation | c. | reporting whatever comes to mind without
monitoring its contents | d. | purposefully bizarre and disconnected
associations |
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This form of modern psychotherapy emphasizes internal conflicts, motives, and
unconscious forces.
a. | humanistic | c. | eclectic | b. | psychodynamic | d. | psycholosis |
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This form of therapy focuses on faulty thought processes and beliefs to treat
problem
behaviors.
a. | self-talk therapy | c. | cognitive therapy | b. | belief-behavior therapy | d. | thought
analysis |
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Ellis's approach to cognitive therapy attempts to eliminate self-defeating
beliefs through
rational examination. He named his approach RET, or _____ therapy.
a. | rational-emotive | c. | recognition-exchange | b. | rational event-related | d. | recovering
effectiveness |
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