Chapter 1 Textbook Questions Flashcards
What is the most important factor in the development and use of evidence-based practice guidelines in health care?
The growing integration of health-care teams
The industrialization of health care
The recognition of psychotherapy as a form of health care
The professionalization of health care
the industrialization of health care
What Paul Meehl called context-dependent stochastologicals
are random events outside the scope of psychotherapy that nevertheless interact with it.
are examples of carelessness on the part of the psychotherapist.
is a fancy way of referring to the therapeutic appointment.
are better known as throw-in
are random events outside the scope of psychotherapy that nevertheless interact with it
The earliest known Western supporter(s) of the idea that the brain was not just the seat of knowledge but also the source of depression, delirium, and madness was/were
the Hellenistic physicians.
Mayan temple priests.
Gottfried Leibniz.
Thomas Mann.
the Hellenistic physicians
Which statement is true about the practice of psychotherapy?
Professional psychotherapy is the domain of psychologists.
Therapists need not demonstrate their competence in treating their patients.
The momentum toward positive psychologies is declining.
No therapist should ever overstep the limits of her or his competence.
No therapist should ever overstep the limits of her or his competence
In the nineteenth century, there were three distinct streams of investigation into the workings of the human mind. One of these was the
epistemological introspectionists.
philosopher researchers.
religious empiricists.
philosophers of nature
philosophers of nature
Which statement about psychotherapy is true?
Spontaneous, unplanned throw-ins are the result of an artistic understanding of psychotherapy.
Nonmanualized psychotherapy has no practical benefit.
We understand the causal links between psychotherapeutic variables and patient outcomes.
If we understand how spontaneous, unplanned throw-ins work, we can use those as the basis of practicing psychotherapy as a science
Spontaneous, unplanned throw-ins are the result of an artistic understanding of psychotherapy
How much more influential is the therapist than her or his theoretical orientation and use of specific techniques?
It really depends on the disorder
More than eight times
At least twice
More than ten times
More than eight times
Which statement about psychotherapy and the brain is true?
Ruminating on a dysfunctional or painful past is useful because such rumination eventually not only desensitizes the patient to the pain but also bores her or him.
Culture and family have little impact on the expression of genes.
According to Klaus Grawe, psychotherapy that produces substantial behavior change seems to change gene expression.
Once skills and ideas are learned, they must be reused and reviewed on a regular basis or they will be unlearned.
According to Klaus Grawe, psychotherapy that produces substantial behavior change seems to change gene expression.
Multicultural counseling is __________ than counseling in a homogeneous culture.
neither more nor less complex
only a little more complex
less complex
far more complex
far more complex
When doing psychotherapy with your clients, you should
remember that manualized therapies really are like recipes: the steps and ingredients are important.
realize that therapies more suitable to manualization are more effective than therapies that are less suited to manualization.
remember that why a technique works will typically be more important than what works.
remember that what works will typically be more important than why it works.
remember that what works will typically be more important than why it works.
