FINAL EXAM

Question 1

T/F: Postponed mourning in the family of origin impedes one from experiencing emotional loss and separation within the current family

Answer 1

True

Question 2

T/F: Cognitive therapy focuses on changing the clients unrealistic and maladaptive beliefs

Answer 2

True

Question 3

T/F: psychoanalysis was founded by Carl Rogers and is based this theory of personality

Answer 3

False (founded by Freud)

Question 4

T/F: Free Association, transference, and dream interpretation are three techniques that are central to both cognitive therapy and client-centered therapy

Answer 4

False (they are apart of psychoanalysis)

Question 5

T/F: Freud’s technique of transference involves the therapist actively challenging the patient’s irrational beliefs

Answer 5

False (rational emotive therapy)

Question 6

T/F: The central goal for most behavior therapists is to modify specific problem behaviors, not overhaul the entire personality.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

T/F: grief and mourning are often used interchangeably, and are always considered synonymous

Answer 7

False

Question 8

T/F: Rational-emotive therapy is generally effective for the treatment of depression, social phobias, and certain anxiety disorders

Answer 8

True

Question 9

T/F: One key advantage of group therapy is that the therapist can directly observe the way a client interacts with other people, rather than relying upon the clients perceptions of his or her interactions with other people

Answer 9

True

Question 10

T/F: People who receive psychotherapy for their problems improve much more quickly than people with similar psychological problems who do not receive treatment

Answer 10

True

Question 11

T/F: Treating psychological disorders with psychotherapy and biomedical therapy has become increasingly common

Answer 11

True

Question 12

T/F: families that cope most effectively are closed in their discussions about the deceased

Answer 12

False (they are open)

Question 13

T/F: living longer allows persons to experience grief

Answer 13

True

Question 14

T/F: there is interdependence in any marriage

Answer 14

True

Question 15

T/F: when a child experiences death, it is good to have as much touching and holding as possible to make him feel secure and less afraid

Answer 15

True

Question 16

T/F: selecting the burial site for a deceased parent should not be an option for the child

Answer 16

False (they should always have the option)

Question 17

T/F: only licensed physicians are legally allowed to prescribe psychotropic medications

Answer 17

False

Question 18

T/F: there are many types of psychotherapy but they share the assumption that psychological factors play a significant role in a persons troubled feelings, and behaviors or relationships

Answer 18

True

Question 19

T/F: dream interpretation is a psychological technique

Answer 19

True

Question 20

T/F: The uniqueness of the persons grief can be influenced by the nature of their relationship with the person who died

Answer 20

True

Question 21

T/F: families that are closed usually have the freedom and encourage family members to discuss the death

Answer 21

False (families that are open)

Question 22

T/F: Electroconclusive therapy is a biomedical therapy used primarily in the treatment of depression and involves a brief brain seizure

Answer 22

True

Question 23

T/F: an early biomedical treatment for mental illness involved the use of the “tranquilizing chair” during primitive surgery of the brain

Answer 23

False

Question 24

T/F: The American psychological Association recommends that all psychologists become more aware of cultural differences and more sensitive to their clients cultural values

Answer 24

True

Question 25

T/F: biomedical therapy is used alone and is never combined with other forms of therapy

Answer 25

False

Question 26

T/F: Grief is a normal reaction to loss

Answer 26

True

Question 27

"The outcome" is a stage of _________

Answer 27

Mourning

Question 28

T/F: Blame directed at another person is guilt

Answer 28

False (it is anger)

Question 29

A technique where the psychoanalyst offers a carefully times explanation of the patient's dreams is called _________

Answer 29

Interpretation

Question 30

What psychologist says that children can't mourn until they are adolescents?

Answer 30

Wolfenstein

Question 31

A therapy with specific goals

Answer 31

Short term dynamic

Question 32

Technique where patient spontaneously reports all thoughts, mental images and feelings while laying on a couch

Answer 32

Free association

Question 33

This psychologist believes that children can mourn as early as 6 months old

Answer 33

Bowlby

Question 34

This psychologist believes that children can mourn as early as 3 years old

Answer 34

Furman

Question 35

This psychologist believes that children can mourn, but we cannot use an adult model for a child's grief

Answer 35

Bowlby

Question 36

In the death of a child, society expects us to take care of our children is this type of guilt

Answer 36

Cultural

Question 37

In the death of a child, when a family wants to get on with life and move on from the death it is this kind of guilt...

Answer 37

Recovery

Question 38

This age group will repeatedly ask questions about the deceased

Answer 38

2-5

Question 39

The therapist best known for cognitive therapy is

Answer 39

Aaron Beck

Question 40

This age group is frequently concerned about the physical well being of the deceased

Answer 40

2-5 years

Question 41

This age group understands the meaning of death much like adults do

Answer 41

13-18 years

Question 42

Although their vocabulary is advanced enough to express their feelings, this age group may not talk about what is bothering them.

Answer 42

9-12 years

Question 43

This age group has the cognitive understanding to comprehend death as a final event

Answer 43

9-12

Question 44

The therapist best known for rational emotive therapy

Answer 44

Albert Ellis

Question 45

The first behavior therapist was

Answer 45

Mary Jones

Question 46

The person known for the 5 stages of dying

Answer 46

Kubler-Ross

Question 47

The therapist best known for operative conditioning

Answer 47

B.F. Skinner

Question 48

The use of psychological techniques to increase understanding and treatment of emotional, behavioral and interpersonal problems

Answer 48

Psychotherapy

Question 49

The definition of grief that is the emotional response to loss with painful affects includes sadness, anger, helplessness, guilt, and despair belongs to...

Answer 49

Raphael

Question 50

Psychoanalysis is a form of psychotherapy that was originally developed by

Answer 50

Sigmund Freud

Question 51

The primary goal of psychoanalysis is to

Answer 51

Bring unconscious conflicts to conscious awareness to help the person gain insight into conflicts and resolve them

Question 52

The humanistic perspective in psychology emphasizes...

Answer 52

Human potential, self awareness and freedom of choice

Question 53

Two of the most influential forms of cognitive psychotherapy are...

Answer 53

Rational emotive and cognitive therapy

Question 54

The most common form of biomedical therapy used to treat symptoms of psychological disorders is...

Answer 54

Psychotropic medications

Question 55

The use of psychological techniques to treat emotional, behavioral and interpersonal problems

Answer 55

Psychotherapy

Question 56

Involves the use of medications or other medical treatment to treat symptoms associated with psychological disorders

Answer 56

Biomedical therapy

Question 57

AKA Person-Centered Therapy

Answer 57

Client-centered therapy

Question 58

Adjust to an environment in which the deceased is missing

Answer 58

Mourning

Question 59

Restitution

Answer 59

Grief

Question 60

T/F: It's important to look at a family systems approach because unresolved grief may not only serve as a key factor in family pathology, but contribute to pathological relationships across the generations

Answer 60

True

Question 61

Lindemanns five characteristics of grief

Answer 61

1) somatic or bodily distress 2) preoccupation with the image of the deceased 3) guilt 4) hostile reactions 5) inability to function as one had before the death

Question 62

Kubler-Ross' five stages of dying

Answer 62

1) denial 2) anger 3) bargaining 4) depression 5) acceptance

Question 63

T/F: there are seven stages of grief for children

Answer 63

True

Question 64

T/F: children should not be told about death until it is absolutely necessary

Answer 64

False (children should be told about death as soon as possible)

Question 65

T/F: denial is a stage of grief for children

Answer 65

False (disbelief is a stage of grief for children)

Question 66

T/F: an adult should express their own feelings that are natural when talking to a child about death

Answer 66

True

Question 67

T/F: family dynamics can hinder adequate grieving

Answer 67

True

Question 68

T/F: functional families are more likely to not process feelings about death, including admitting to and accepting feelings of vulnerability

Answer 68

False (functional families do process feelings about death)

Question 69

T/F: when a parent dies the child may fail to adequately morn and later in life present with symptoms of depression or the inability to form close relationships during their adult years

Answer 69

True

Question 70

T/F: experiencing the loss of a spouse, friends or siblings can dull one's personal death awareness

Answer 70

False (this would heighten one's personal death awareness)

Question 71

T/F: the loss of a spouse may be more disruptive for elderly men than women

Answer 71

True

Question 72

T/F: widowhood affects three out of four women

Answer 72

True

Question 73

T/F: the way you respond when talking to young children about death is determined by your own personal and spiritual views on the topic

Answer 73

True

Question 74

T/F: it is not okay to let children know that you feel sad and even to see you cry

Answer 74

False

Question 75

T/F: if a child is not sad about a death you need to let them know that is okay

Answer 75

True

Question 76

T/F: there is general agreement among mental health experts that going to a funeral can be a negative experience for children

Answer 76

False (it is a positive step in acceptance)

Question 77

T/F: a child should never be allowed to decide whether he or she wants to attend a funeral

Answer 77

False (a child should always have the option)

Question 78

T/F: humanistic therapy is the most influential client centered therapy

Answer 78

True

Question 79

Reflecting the content and personal meaning of feelings being expressed by the client

Answer 79

Empathetic understanding

Question 80

T/F: reinforcing successive approximations of the desired behavior is counterconditioning

Answer 80

False (shaping)

Question 81

T/F: behavior therapy focuses on behavior modification

Answer 81

True

Question 82

T/F: client centered therapy has not evolved or been adapted for changing times

Answer 82

False

Question 83

T/F: a child should be offered the option of seeing the cremains

Answer 83

True

Question 84

T/F: when a child has questions about the death and you do not know the answer you should never tell them you don't know

Answer 84

False ( it is okay to tell the child you don't know)

Question 85

T/F: parents often intended as a kindness when they shield the child from the funeral

Answer 85

True

Question 86

T/F: there has been controversy over the years as to whether children are capable of mourning

Answer 86

True

Question 87

T/F: when a child dies parents may experience four different types of guilt

Answer 87

False (five types of guilt)

Question 88

T/F: when parents die children need clear information about the death

Answer 88

True