Nadine has decided to seek help for some problems she is having. She knows a little about different
therapies and has decided she doesn't want to get involved in anything long term. However, she
does want to gain insight into the roots of her difficulties. If Nadine wants to gain insight into
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Nadine has decided to seek help for some problems she is having. She knows a little about different
therapies and has decided she doesn't want to get involved in anything long term. However, she
does want to gain insight into the roots of her difficulties. If Nadine wants to gain insight into
current issues, rather than delve into the past, she should try to find a therapist who specializes in:
a. token economy.
b. psychoanalysis.
c. interpersonal psychotherapy.
d. systematic desensitization.
Ξ -:- c.
The primary goal of psychoanalysis is to:
a. learn and reinforce more productive behaviors in place of maladaptive behaviors.
b. actively confront irrational thought patterns.
c. provide unconditional positive regard to the person seeking help.
d. bring unconscious conflicts to conscious awareness to help the person gain insight into conflicts
and resolve them.
Ξ -:- d.
Who emphasized the importance of active listening in the process of psychotherapy?
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Ξ -:- b.
To help Jacob overcome his smoking habit, a therapist puts him in a room with a carton of
cigarettes laced with a chemical to induce nausea. He displays images of the dangers of smoking
both on the walls and on a television set. This approach to treatment best illustrates:
a. systematic desensitization.
b. light exposure therapy.
c. aversive conditioning.
d. stress inoculation training.
Ξ -:- c.
In a clinic for eating disorders, the patients receive poker chips for good eating behaviors, such as
finishing their meal and not exercising after their meal, and for appropriate behaviors on the
hospital unit. The patients can then use the poker chips they earned to rent videos, computer
games, or other items they wish. This best illustrates an application of:
a. virtual reality exposure therapy.
b. the token economy.
c. stress inoculation training.
d. systematic desensitization.
Ξ -:- b.
This therapy is empirically supported for treating bed-wetting.
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The goal of stress inoculation training is to reduce incapacitating anxiety by encouraging people to
say positive things to themselves during anxiety-producing situations. This best illustrates a form
of:
a. psychodynamic therapy.
b. cognitive therapy.
c. light exposure therapy.
d. humanistic therapy.
Ξ -:- b.
Several years after his wife's death, Mr. Sanchez remains incapacitated by feelings of guilt and
sadness. To reduce Mr. Sanchez's depression, a therapist is actively encouraging him to stop
blaming himself for having been unable to prevent his wife's death. The therapist's approach is
most representative of:
a. psychoanalysis.
b. systematic desensitization.
c. client-centered therapy.
d. cognitive therapy.
Ξ -:- d.
Therapists' perceptions of the effectiveness of psychotherapy are likely to be misleading because:
a. clients typically emphasize their problems at the start of therapy and their well-being at the end
of therapy.
b. therapists typically overestimate their clients' potential levels of adjustment.
c. therapists typically minimize the seriousness of their clients' symptoms when therapy begins.
d. clients tend to focus on their observable behavioral problems rather than on their mental and
emotional abilities.
Ξ -:- a.
_____ involves clinical decision making that integrates the best available research with clinical
expertise and patient characteristics and preferences.
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