psyc345 ch 11 rev

Question 1

A control group whose members meet regularly with a clinician but receive no active treatment.

Answer 1

attention only control group

Question 2

The release of emotions.

Answer 2

catharsis

Question 3

A set of features that characterize many therapy orientations and that may be the source of the positive changes effected by psychological treatment.

Answer 3

common factors

Question 4

In psychotherapy research the group that does not receive the treatment under investigation.

Answer 4

control group

Question 5

The changeability of a condition or behavior. The deeper the condition the less changeable it is perceived to be.

Answer 5

depth of a problem

Question 6

The size of the treatment effect determined statistically.

Answer 6

effect size

Question 7

Studies that emphasize external validity and the representativeness of the treatment that is administered. A treatment is considered effective to the extent that clients report clinically significant benefit from the treatment.

Answer 7

effectiveness studies

Question 8

Studies that place a premium on internal validity by controlling the types of clients in the study by standardizing the treatments and by randomly assigning patients to treatment or notreatment groups. A treatment is considered efficacious to the extent that the average person receiving the treatment in clinical trials is demonstrated to be significantly less dysfunctional than the average person not receiving any treatment e.g. those on a waiting list for treatment.

Answer 8

efficacy studies

Question 9

Treatments for various psychological conditions that have been shown through careful empirical study to be either well established or probably efficacious. A list of ESTs is updated and published periodically by the APAs Division of Clinical Psychology.

Answer 9

empirically supported treatments ESTs

Question 10

Treatments informed by a number of sources including scientific evidence about the intervention clinical expertise and patient needs and preferences.

Answer 10

evidencebased practice EBP

Question 11

Those interventions or techniques that have produced significant change in clients and patients in controlled trials.

Answer 11

evidencebased treatments EBTs

Question 12

The therapists demonstration of competence i.e. knowledge and experience.

Answer 12

expert role

Question 13

In the context of psychotherapy the achievement of understanding the nature and origins of ones problems.

Answer 13

insight

Question 14

In the context of psychotherapy the therapists conceptualization of the meaning behind the patients experiences or behaviors.

Answer 14

interpretation

Question 15

Psychotherapeutic treatment that is presented and described in a standardized manual format i.e. outlining the rationales goals and techniques that correspond to each phase of the treatment.

Answer 15

manualized treatment

Question 16

The acquisition of a high level of knowledge or skill. One goal of psychotherapy may be for the patient to develop competence/mastery in a particular area.

Answer 16

mastery

Question 17

A method of research in which one compiles all studies relevant to a topic or question and combines the results statistically.

Answer 17

metaanalysis

Question 18

Factors that are not specific to any particular therapy orientation yet contribute to a positive treatment outcome e.g. the expectation that one will improve.

Answer 18

nonspecific factors

Question 19

In psychotherapy research indicators of patient functioning following treatment used to gauge the treatment effectiveness.

Answer 19

outcome measures

Question 20

Individuals without advanced education in psychology who have been trained to assist professional mental health workers.

Answer 20

paraprofessionals

Question 21

How well a patient is getting along across a number of domains e.g. psychological social/interpersonal occupational.

Answer 21

patient functioning

Question 22

Research that investigates the specific events that occur in the course of the interaction between therapist and patient. Some therapy processes have been shown to relate to treatment outcome.

Answer 22

process research

Question 23

A method of inducing changes in a persons behavior thoughts or feelings.

Answer 23

psychological intervention

Question 24

A series of stages that represent a given clients readiness for change in psychotherapy. These include precontemplation contemplation preparation action maintenance and termination.

Answer 24

stages of change

Question 25

The relationship between therapist and patient. The forging of a strong therapeutic alliance is believed to be of primary importance for therapeutic change.

Answer 25

therapeutic alliance

Question 26

In psychotherapy research the group that receives the treatment under investigation.

Answer 26

treatment group

Question 27

A control group whose members receive treatment only after the study is completed.

Answer 27

waiting list control group