
In the video, psychotherapy is described as    
A.  A. the process used to treat mentally ill people.    
B.  B. more of an art than a science.    
C.   C. techniques used to treat emotional, behavioral, and interpersonal problems.    
D.  D. a field that is being replaced by physicians prescribing drugs.    
E.      
ANSWER: C

A therapist who uses _______________ might integrate insight-oriented techniques with specific behavioral techniques to help someone overcome a psychological problem.    
A.  A. family therapy    
B.  B. psychoanalysis    
C.   C. eclecticism    
D.  D. cognitive therapies    
E.      
ANSWER: C

Which of the following involves the treatment of emotional, behavioral, and interpersonal problems through the use of psychological techniques designed to encourage understanding and elicit change?    
A.  A. biological therapies    
B.  B. surgical therapies    
C.   C. psychotherapy    
D.  D. hypnotism    
E.      
ANSWER: C

According to Freudian psychoanalysis, early unresolved childhood experiences    
A.   A. can influence a person's thoughts and behavior later in life.    
B.  B. are unimportant.    
C.  C. can be easily uncovered using the technique of free association.    
D.  D. can be discovered in the manifest content of dreams.    
E.      
ANSWER: A

When a patient in psychoanalysis unconsciously responds to the therapist as though the therapist is a significant person in the patient's life, this is called    
A.  A. interpretation.    
B.  B. manifest or latent content.    
C.   C. transference.    
D.  D. a Freudian slip.    
E.      
ANSWER: C

Freud's famous technique, in which the patient spontaneously reports all thoughts, mental images, and feelings as they come to mind, is known as    
A.  A. counterconditioning.    
B.  B. biomedical therapy.    
C.  C. rational-emotive therapy.    
D.   D. free association.    
E.      
ANSWER: D

In client-centered therapy, the therapist must accept, value, and care for the client regardless of what his or her problems are. Carl Rogers called this quality    
A.  A. conditional acceptance.    
B.   B. unconditional positive regard.    
C.  C. humanism.    
D.  D. empathic understanding.    
E.      
ANSWER: B

In the video, Lynda explained that one of the main reasons she wanted to see a therapist was that    
A.  A. she suffers from panic attacks.    
B.  B. she has many phobias.    
C.   C. she is going through a difficult time in her life.    
D.  D. she needs medications to help her sleep.    
E.      
ANSWER: C

In the video, you learned that a humanistic approach emphasizes ________________ and each person's unique potential as a human being.    
A.   A. self-awareness    
B.  B. early childhood    
C.  C. reinforcement schedules    
D.  D. belief systems    
E.      
ANSWER: A

In contrast to insight-oriented therapies, behavior therapists focus on    
A.  A. uncovering resistance by using operant and classical conditioning.    
B.   B. current behaviors rather than past experiences.    
C.  C. using learning techniques to resolve conflicts.    
D.  D. problems which can be resolved by nondirective techniques.    
E.      
ANSWER: B

Which of the following refers to the learning of a new response that is incompatible with a previously learned response?    
A.  A. reflexive learning    
B.   B. counterconditioning    
C.  C. observational learning    
D.  D. insight    
E.      
ANSWER: B

In the video, you learned that psychotherapy is the use of psychological techniques to treat emotional, _______________, and interpersonal problems.    
A.  A. spiritual    
B.  B. physical    
C.   C. behavioral    
D.  D. career    
E.      
ANSWER: C

The key premise of rational-emotive therapy is that people's difficulties are caused by    
A.  A. unresolved early childhood experiences.    
B.  B. many reasons, so it is best to concentrate on changing behaviors.    
C.  C. unexpressed emotions and thoughts.    
D.   D. faulty expectations and irrational thinking.    
E.      
ANSWER: D

Which of the following is a therapy developed by psychiatrist Aaron T. Beck that focuses on unrealistic beliefs and distorted thinking?    
A.  A. behavioral therapy    
B.  B. humanistic therapy    
C.  C. family therapy    
D.   D. cognitive therapy    
E.      
ANSWER: D

"People are not disturbed by things but rather by their view of things," is a statement reflected in    
A.  A. humanistic therapy.    
B.  B. behavioristic therapy.    
C.   C. rational-emotive therapy.    
D.  D. psychodynamic therapy.    
E.      
ANSWER: C

While there are many factors that contribute to effective psychotherapy, the most important are the factors associated with the    
A.   A. therapeutic relationship.    
B.  B. therapist characteristics.    
C.  C. client characteristics.    
D.  D. external circumstances.    
E.      
ANSWER: A

In the video, psychologists explained that exploring childhood issues and discussing dreams is a common technique used in the    
A.  A. behavioral approach to therapy.    
B.  B. humanistic approach to therapy.    
C.   C. psychodynamic approach to therapy.    
D.  D. cognitive approach to therapy.    
E.      
ANSWER: C

The therapeutic effect of antipsychotic medications has    
A.   A. dramatically decreased the number of people hospitalized for mental disorders.    
B.  B. reduced the negative and positive symptoms of schizophrenia.    
C.  C. the common side effect of tardive dyskinesia (facial tics and grimaces).    
D.  D. been proven effective in treating the symptoms of both depression and anxiety.    
E.      
ANSWER: A

The best known _______________ are in a class called benzodiazepines, which include the trade name drugs Valium and Xanax.    
A.   A. antianxiety medications    
B.  B. antihistamines    
C.  C. antipsychotics    
D.  D. anticonvulsives    
E.      
ANSWER: A

Electroconvulsive therapy is    
A.  A. a time-consuming and complex treatment for depression.    
B.   B. a very effective treatment for severe depression.    
C.  C. much less effective than antidepressant drugs.    
D.  D. a well-understood treatment for severe depression.    
E.      
ANSWER: B

Most people with psychological symptoms    
A.  A. are helped by a professional therapist.    
B.  B. experience one or more periods of spontaneous remission.    
C.   C. do not seek help from mental health professionals.    
D.  D. do not need to seek help unless they become hospitalized.    
E.      
ANSWER: C

