Chapter 16 Psych

Question 1

___________ can be defined as a psychological intervention designed to help people resolve emotional behavioral and interpersonal problems and improve the quality of their lives

Answer 1

Psychotherapy

Question 2

In general (women/men) are more likely to seek psychotherapy

Answer 2

women

Question 3

Hispanics are (less /more) likely than non-hispanics to seek Mental Health Services

Answer 3

less

Question 4

People (can/can’t) be helped by therapists who differ from them in significant ways

Answer 4

can

Question 5

Individuals who experience some anxiety or minor temporary problems are (not likely/ likely) to benefit from therapy

Answer 5

likely

Question 6

A person with no professional training who provides Mental Health Services is called a _________

Answer 6

paraprofessional

Question 7

In most provinces the term therapist (is/isn’t) legally protected

Answer 7

isn’t

Question 8

In the technique of ___________ clients are allowed to express themselves without censorship of any sort

Answer 8

free association

Question 9

Neo freudians placed (more /less) emphasis on the unconscious than freudians did

Answer 9

less

Question 10

According to Jung, ____________ is the integration of opposing aspects of the patient’s personality into a harmonious “whole” namely, the self

Answer 10

individuation

Question 11

Critics of psychodynamic therapy is assert that understanding our emotional history (is/isn’t) required to relieve psychological distress

Answer 11

isn’t

Question 12

In Roger’s _________ therapy the therapist uses reflection to communicate empathy to the client

Answer 12

person-centered

Question 13

It is (rare /common) for self-help groups to form on the internet

Answer 13

common

Question 14

The relapse prevention approach teaches people to not feel ashamed or discouraged when they lapse in an effort to avoid the _____________ effect

Answer 14

Abstinence violation

Question 15

____________ are designed to remove barriers to affective communication

Answer 15

Strategic family interventions

Question 16

In _________ family therapy the therapist is actively involved in the everyday activities of the family in order to change the structure of their interactions

Answer 16

structural

Question 17

A class of procedures that confronts patients with what they fear with the goal of reducing this fear is called _____________

Answer 17

exposure therapy

Question 18

During _______________ clients are taught to relax as they are gradually exposed to what they fear in a stepwise manner

Answer 18

systematic desensitization

Question 19

Patients are exposed right away to images of stimuli that they fear the most for prolonged periods during _____________

Answer 19

flooding

Question 20

A crucial component of flooding is ____________ in which the therapist blocks clients from performing their typical avoidance behaviors

Answer 20

response prevention

Question 21

During ________________the therapist first models a problematic situation and then guides the client through steps to cope with it

Answer 21

participant modeling

Question 22

In ___________ programs desirable behaviors are rewarded through the consistent application of operant conditioning principles

Answer 22

token economy

Question 23

Ellis’s rational emotive behavioral therapy (REBT) emphasizes that our _________ play a key role in how we function psychologically

Answer 23

belief systems

Question 24

In Meichenbaum’s (1985) ______________
therapists teach clients to prepare for and cope with future stressful life events

Answer 24

Stress inoculation training

Question 25

The dodo bird verdict suggests that all types of psychotherapies are equally ___________

Answer 25

effective

Question 26

Among researchers there is (strong consensus/ no consensus) that the dodo bird verdict is correct

Answer 26

no consensus

Question 27

Most studies show that (20% /80%) of people who receive Psychotherapy do better than the average person who does not

Answer 27

80%

Question 28

_________________ are treatments for specific disorders that are supported by high quality scientific evidence

Answer 28

Empirically supported therapies

Question 29

Even when they don’t improve clients who have invested time money and emotional effort in psychotherapy may convince themselves that they’ve been helped, a psychological phenomenon known as the ___________

Answer 29

self-serving bias

Question 30

According to the regression to the mean phenomenon if a client comes into treatment extremely depressed the chances are (high/ low) that she’ll be less depressed in a few weeks

Answer 30

High

Question 31

Canadians spend Millions each year on _____________ that promise self-improvement

Answer 31

self-help books

Question 32

The use of medications to treat psychological problems is called

Answer 32

psychopharmacotherapy

Question 33

The first major drug for a psychological disorder, Thorazine, was used to treat _________________

Answer 33

schizophrenia

Question 34

Prozac and Zoloft are among the best known _________________ inhibitors

Answer 34

selective serotonin reuptake

Question 35

There (is/ is not) scientific evidence for an optimal level of Serotonin or other neurotransmitters in the brain

Answer 35

is not

Question 36

People of different races and cultures (do/ do not) respond equally to the same dose of medication

Answer 36

do not

Question 37

The safety and effectiveness of SSRIs when prescribed to ________ and _________ have been called into question because of increased risk of suicidal thought

Answer 37

children, adolescents

Question 38

The drug Ritalin, used to treat ADHD, is an example of a medication that may many feel has been __________ and may substitute for effective coping strategy is for focusing attention

Answer 38

overprescribed

Question 39

During _____________ patients receive brief electrical pulses to the brain that produces seizure to treat serious psychological problems

Answer 39

electroconvulsive therapy