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Test Bank For Current PsychotherapiesChapter 1: Potential Test Items
Multiple Choice Test Bank
1. In Chapter 1, Corsini illustrates a change in an inmate’s life after learning he had a high IQ.
This story demonstrates that psychotherapy can be broadly defined as any:
a. interaction between a therapist and a patient.
b. technique which teaches a patient a new skill.
c. self-concept-altering experience.
d. interpretation provided to a patient.
REF: Negotiating Fault Lines in the EBT Terrain (p. 11-12)
ANS: C
2. Hellenist physicians believed the organ contributing to mental illness was the:
a. heart.
b. liver.
c. brain.
d. blood.
REF: Evolution of This Science and Profession (p. 2)
ANS: C
3. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz is credited with the:
a. first scientific study of the unconscious.
b. development of systematic psychotherapy.
c. creation of the nature versus nurture debate.
d. identification of defense mechanisms.
REF: Evolution of This Science and Profession (p. 2)
ANS: A
4. The psychotherapeutic term “dynamic” was first used by:
a. Sigmund Freud.
b. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.
c. Hippocrates.
d. Franz Anton Mesmer.
REF: Evolution of This Science and Profession (p. 3)
ANS: B
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5. The idea that similar ideas attract and strengthen one another’s ability to be conscious is
the result of the work of:
a. Alfred Adler.
b. Hippocrates.
c. Thomas Mann.
d. Johann Friedrich Herbart.
REF: Evolution of This Science and Profession (p. 3)
ANS: D
6. Franz Anton Mesmer is often viewed as the pioneer of:
a. manualized therapy.
b. free association.
c. hypnotherapy.
d. behavioral intervention.
REF: Evolution of This Science and Profession (p. 3)
ANS: C
7. Herman von Helmholtz described the unconscious reconstruction of what our past taught
us about an object as:
a. restructuring objects.
b. psychic stimulation.
c. cognitive discovery.
d. unconscious inference.
REF: Psychotherapy-Related Science in the 19th Century (p. 4)
ANS: D
8. The organicist tradition refers to scientists who were:
a. environmentalists.
b. somatic focused.
c. integrating music into therapy.
d. lab-based.
REF: Psychotherapy-Related Science in the 19th Century (p. 4)
ANS: D
9. Emil Kraepelin’s work focused heavily on:
a. multicultural variants of illness.
b. classifications of diseases.
c. surgical approaches to mental illness.
d. use of hypnosis.
REF: Psychotherapy-Related Science in the 19th Century (p. 4)
ANS: B
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10. The idea that nonlinear messages are systematically sent between the unconscious and the
conscious in human interactions was developed by:
a. Hippocrates.
b. Carl Gustav Carus.
c. Franz Anton Mesmer.
d. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.
REF: Psychotherapy-Related Science in the 19th Century (p. 5)
ANS: B
11. Arthur Schopenhauer’s principle argument was that:
a. unconscious material could easily be made conscious.
b. the unconscious did not exist at all.
c. free will prevailed over determinism.
d. we are driven by blind, irrational forces.
REF: Psychotherapy-Related Science in the 19th Century (p. 4)
ANS: D
12. Jungian therapy, based on the work of Moritz Benedikt, underscores the importance of:
a. rewarding positive behavior.
b. unconditional positive regard.
c. purging pathogenic secrets.
d. cognitive distortions.
REF: Psychotherapy-Related Science in the 19th Century (p. 5)
ANS: C
13. Neurosciences suggest elective psychotherapy leads to changes at the:
a. cognitive level.
b. behavioral level.
c. neuronal level.
d. interpersonal level.
REF: The Impact of the Biological Sciences on Psychotherapy (p. 6)
ANS: C
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14. The expression of certain genes that result from their activation by specific but common
environmental events is referred to as:
a. neuronal decay.
b. somatiker.
c. psychiker.
d. epigenetics.
REF: The Impact of the Biological Sciences on Psychotherapy (p. 6)
ANS: D
15. Pope and Wedding would argue that in deciding to use psychotropic medications:
a. preset clinical objectives need to be determined.
b. immediate early genes are irrelevant.
c. psychotherapy’s common factors are undermined.
d. psychotherapy has occurred if patients suffering has been alleviated.
REF: The Impact of the Biological Sciences on Psychotherapy (p. 7)
ANS: A
16. Due to multicultural differences, segments of the population would likely benefit from:
a. indigenized psychotherapies.
b. exporting Euro-American psychotherapists.
c. abandoning cultural philosophies.
d. accepting a universal approach to psychotherapy.
REF: Cultural Factors and Psychotherapy (p. 10)
ANS: A
17. Positive psychology has considerable momentum and is most commonly linked with the
work of:
a. Aaron Beck.
b. Sigmund Freud.
c. Martin Seligman.
d. Albert Ellis.
REF: Who Can Do Psychotherapy? (p. 14)
ANS: D
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