Chapter 7 Textbook Questions

Question 1

Cognitive therapy

shares some beliefs with psychoanalysis

typically requires lengthy therapy

discounts the importance of rationality

encourages patient transference

Answer 1

shares some beliefs with psychoanalysis

Question 2

Cognitive therapy

is best used in conjunction with psychoactive drugs

can help some patients who have been prescribed medication learn to function without it

does not translate well in multicultural settings

can be successfully used as the sole treatment for psychoses

Answer 2

can help some patients who have been prescribed medication learn to function without it

Question 3

Cognitive therapy fosters change by

substituting positive beliefs for negative ones

treating patient beliefs as subject to rational inquiry

ignoring patients’ real problems as a distraction from cognitive bias

teaching the patient to adopt the therapist’s beliefs

Answer 3

treating patient beliefs as subject to rational inquiry

Question 4

Beck identified a(n) ____ triad as characterizing depression

affective

serotonin

dopamine

cognitive

Answer 4

cognitive

Question 5

The patient in the cognitive therapy case study

thought himself to be exceptionally attractive and intelligent

grew up in a family that did not value competition at all

eventually learned to stop categorizing people as “winners” and “losers”

never permitted himself to acknowledge that he and his parents were separate

Answer 5

eventually learned to stop categorizing people as “winners” and “losers”

Question 6

Cognitive therapy targets cognitive distortions, or systematic errors in reasoning, including

selective abstraction

undergeneralization

depersonalization

logical deduction

Answer 6

selective abstraction

Question 7

One of the most important theoretical underpinnings of cognitive therapy is

the Adlerian recognition of female powerlessness

the recognition that depression is anger that is turned inward rather than expressed through interpersonal hostility

a phenomenological approach as developed by the Stoic philosophers and Immanuel Kant

the psychoanalytic view that neurosis results from frustrated sexual development

Answer 7

a phenomenological approach as developed by the Stoic philosophers and Immanuel Kant

Question 8

The three fundamental concepts in cognitive therapy are

collaborative empiricism, the stoicism of Epictetus, and guided discovery

guided empiricism, the Socratic dialogue, and collaborative discovery

guided empiricism, the stoicism of Epictetus, and collaborative discovery

collaborative empiricism, the Socratic dialogue, and guided discovery

Answer 8

collaborative empiricism, the Socratic dialogue, and guided discovery

Question 9

Cognitive therapy

is based on the idea that processing information is crucial for survival

tries to suspend cognition in favor of deeper processing of affect

recognizes that cognitive schemas slightly influence how we process information

recognizes that there is a linear relationship between cognitive schemas and patient bias

Answer 9

is based on the idea that processing information is crucial for survival

Question 10

Which statement best represents the current status of cognitive therapy?

research into the efficacy of cognitive therapy is just beginning

cognitive therapy does not integrate well with other psychotherapies

anger is a key issue in anxiety disorders

Beck’s idea of hopelessness is a significant predictor of suicide risk

Answer 10

Beck’s idea of hopelessness is a significant predictor of suicide risk