Extra Credit Chapter 12 Textbook Questions Flashcards
Contemplative practices __________.
are limited to yogic transcendental meditation
are an Eastern tradition
are found worldwide
do not reflect a larger worldview
are found worldwide
When comparing contemplative and other psychotherapies, you should remember that __________.
some therapies really do have blanket superiorities over others
effective therapies have unique mechanisms of effectiveness
good therapists are flexible and use different methods for different patients
any particular system can offer comprehensive understanding and treatmen
good therapists are flexible and use different methods for different patients
The most enduring of all current psychotherapies is __________.
cognitive behavioral therapy
Jungian psychoanalysis
shamanism
Buddhist mindfulness
shamanism
Contemplative technical eclecticism is proceeding rapidly and most often combines ___________ with traditional therapeutic techniques.
mandalas
the arts
mindfulness
yoga
mindfulness
Contemplative psychologies, psychotherapies, and practices __________.
consider normal people with normal consciousness to be self-aware
assume our normal waking state is optimal consciousness
offer a path to heightened states of awareness and self-knowledge
teach that our normal daydreams and fantasies are significant moments of clarity
offer a path to heightened states of awareness and self-knowledge
Contemplative psychologies were and are designed to help deal with __________.
major psychopathologies
prepersonal stages of pathology
normal pathologies
biological mental illnesses such as schizophrenia
normal pathologies
Which statement about contemplative psychotherapy is true?
It views ethical behavior as an essential mental discipline.
It understands that attention cannot be sustained.
It shares the Western psychotherapeutic interest in traditional morality and ethics.
It teaches the patient to purge such negative emotions as fear and anger without relying on the crutch of positive emotions such as joy and love.
It views ethical behavior as an essential mental discipline.
When beginning contemplative psychotherapy, people usually find that __________.
they begin stabilizing their emotions quickly
even the preliminary stages are beneficial and empowering
they have little control over their mental processes
their mental processes are amenable to discipline
they have little control over their mental processes
Preliminary experimental evidence supports the idea that meditation can foster the development of __________, the capacity for maintaining calm and mental equilibrium in the face of provocative stimuli.
transcendence
lucidity
moral maturity
equanimity
equanimity
In the case example, Jan __________.
was struggling with intense feelings of affection for a fellow trainee, affection she later realized was grounded in their similarity rather than in romantic feelings
may have made such rapid progress in therapy because she already had a background in yoga and meditation, which improved her self-awareness
localized her intense affection for her fellow trainee in her chest, which deeply alarmed her
was never able to develop a positive relationship with her fellow trainee, though she did reach a truce with her
may have made such rapid progress in therapy because she already had a background in yoga and meditation, which improved her self-awareness
