FINAL EXAM Flashcards
T/F: Postponed mourning in the family of origin impedes one from experiencing emotional loss and separation within the current family
True
T/F: Cognitive therapy focuses on changing the clients unrealistic and maladaptive beliefs
True
T/F: psychoanalysis was founded by Carl Rogers and is based this theory of personality
False (founded by Freud)
T/F: Free Association, transference, and dream interpretation are three techniques that are central to both cognitive therapy and client-centered therapy
False (they are apart of psychoanalysis)
T/F: Freud’s technique of transference involves the therapist actively challenging the patient’s irrational beliefs
False (rational emotive therapy)
T/F: The central goal for most behavior therapists is to modify specific problem behaviors, not overhaul the entire personality.
True
T/F: grief and mourning are often used interchangeably, and are always considered synonymous
False
T/F: Rational-emotive therapy is generally effective for the treatment of depression, social phobias, and certain anxiety disorders
True
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
True
T/F: People who receive psychotherapy for their problems improve much more quickly than people with similar psychological problems who do not receive treatment
True
T/F: Treating psychological disorders with psychotherapy and biomedical therapy has become increasingly common
True
T/F: families that cope most effectively are closed in their discussions about the deceased
False (they are open)
T/F: living longer allows persons to experience grief
True
T/F: there is interdependence in any marriage
True
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
True
T/F: selecting the burial site for a deceased parent should not be an option for the child
False (they should always have the option)
T/F: only licensed physicians are legally allowed to prescribe psychotropic medications
False
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
True
T/F: dream interpretation is a psychological technique
True
T/F: The uniqueness of the persons grief can be influenced by the nature of their relationship with the person who died
True
T/F: families that are closed usually have the freedom and encourage family members to discuss the death
False (families that are open)
T/F: Electroconclusive therapy is a biomedical therapy used primarily in the treatment of depression and involves a brief brain seizure
True
T/F: an early biomedical treatment for mental illness involved the use of the “tranquilizing chair” during primitive surgery of the brain
False
T/F: The American psychological Association recommends that all psychologists become more aware of cultural differences and more sensitive to their clients cultural values
True
T/F: biomedical therapy is used alone and is never combined with other forms of therapy
False
T/F: Grief is a normal reaction to loss
True
“The outcome” is a stage of _________
Mourning
T/F: Blame directed at another person is guilt
False (it is anger)
A technique where the psychoanalyst offers a carefully times explanation of the patient’s dreams is called _________
Interpretation
What psychologist says that children can’t mourn until they are adolescents?
Wolfenstein
A therapy with specific goals
Short term dynamic
Technique where patient spontaneously reports all thoughts, mental images and feelings while laying on a couch
Free association
This psychologist believes that children can mourn as early as 6 months old
Bowlby
This psychologist believes that children can mourn as early as 3 years old
Furman
This psychologist believes that children can mourn, but we cannot use an adult model for a child’s grief
Bowlby
In the death of a child, society expects us to take care of our children is this type of guilt
Cultural
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…
Recovery
This age group will repeatedly ask questions about the deceased
2-5
The therapist best known for cognitive therapy is
Aaron Beck
This age group is frequently concerned about the physical well being of the deceased
2-5 years
This age group understands the meaning of death much like adults do
13-18 years
Although their vocabulary is advanced enough to express their feelings, this age group may not talk about what is bothering them.
9-12 years
This age group has the cognitive understanding to comprehend death as a final event
9-12
The therapist best known for rational emotive therapy
Albert Ellis
The first behavior therapist was
Mary Jones
The person known for the 5 stages of dying
Kubler-Ross
The therapist best known for operative conditioning
B.F. Skinner
The use of psychological techniques to increase understanding and treatment of emotional, behavioral and interpersonal problems
Psychotherapy
The definition of grief that is the emotional response to loss with painful affects includes sadness, anger, helplessness, guilt, and despair belongs to…
Raphael
Psychoanalysis is a form of psychotherapy that was originally developed by
Sigmund Freud
The primary goal of psychoanalysis is to
Bring unconscious conflicts to conscious awareness to help the person gain insight into conflicts and resolve them
The humanistic perspective in psychology emphasizes…
Human potential, self awareness and freedom of choice
Two of the most influential forms of cognitive psychotherapy are…
Rational emotive and cognitive therapy
The most common form of biomedical therapy used to treat symptoms of psychological disorders is…
Psychotropic medications
The use of psychological techniques to treat emotional, behavioral and interpersonal problems
Psychotherapy
Involves the use of medications or other medical treatment to treat symptoms associated with psychological disorders
Biomedical therapy
AKA Person-Centered Therapy
Client-centered therapy
Adjust to an environment in which the deceased is missing
Mourning
Restitution
Grief
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
True
Lindemanns five characteristics of grief
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
Kubler-Ross’ five stages of dying
1) denial
2) anger
3) bargaining
4) depression
5) acceptance
T/F: there are seven stages of grief for children
True
T/F: children should not be told about death until it is absolutely necessary
False (children should be told about death as soon as possible)
T/F: denial is a stage of grief for children
False (disbelief is a stage of grief for children)
T/F: an adult should express their own feelings that are natural when talking to a child about death
True
T/F: family dynamics can hinder adequate grieving
True
T/F: functional families are more likely to not process feelings about death, including admitting to and accepting feelings of vulnerability
False (functional families do process feelings about death)
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
True
T/F: experiencing the loss of a spouse, friends or siblings can dull one’s personal death awareness
False (this would heighten one’s personal death awareness)
T/F: the loss of a spouse may be more disruptive for elderly men than women
True
T/F: widowhood affects three out of four women
True
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
True
T/F: it is not okay to let children know that you feel sad and even to see you cry
False
T/F: if a child is not sad about a death you need to let them know that is okay
True
T/F: there is general agreement among mental health experts that going to a funeral can be a negative experience for children
False (it is a positive step in acceptance)
T/F: a child should never be allowed to decide whether he or she wants to attend a funeral
False (a child should always have the option)
T/F: humanistic therapy is the most influential client centered therapy
True
Reflecting the content and personal meaning of feelings being expressed by the client
Empathetic understanding
T/F: reinforcing successive approximations of the desired behavior is counterconditioning
False (shaping)
T/F: behavior therapy focuses on behavior modification
True
T/F: client centered therapy has not evolved or been adapted for changing times
False
T/F: a child should be offered the option of seeing the cremains
True
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
False ( it is okay to tell the child you don’t know)
T/F: parents often intended as a kindness when they shield the child from the funeral
True
T/F: there has been controversy over the years as to whether children are capable of mourning
True
T/F: when a child dies parents may experience four different types of guilt
False (five types of guilt)
T/F: when parents die children need clear information about the death
True
