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| During a session ith his psychoanalyst, Jamal hesitates while describng a highly embarrsing thought. In the psychoanalytic framework, this is an example of: |
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| During psychoanalysis, jane has developed strong feelings of hatred for her therapist. The analyst interprets Jane's behavior in terms of a ____ of her feelings toward her father. |
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Given that Jim's therapist attempts to help him by offering genuiness, acceptance, and empathy, she is probably practicing: |
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To help Sam quit smoking, his therapist blew a blast of smoke into his face each time Sam inhaled. Which technique is the therapist using? |
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| After Darnel, dropped a pass in an important football game, he became depressed and vowed to quit the team because of his athletic incompeience. The campus psychologist used gentle questioning to reveal to Darnel that his thinking was irrational: his "incompetence" had earned him an athletic scholarship. The psychologist's response was most typical of a ____therapist. |
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| Seth enters theapy to talk about some issues that have been upsetting him. The therapist prescribes some medication to help him. The therapist is most likely a: |
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| In an experiment testing the effects of a new antipsychotic drug, neither Dr. Cunningham nor her patients know whether the patients are in the experimental or the control group. This is an example of: |
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| the double blind technique |
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| A close friend who for years has suffered from wintertime depression is seeking your advice regarding the effectiveness of light-exposure therapy. What should you tell your friend? |
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| It might be worth a try. There is some evidence that morning light exposure produces relief. |
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| A relative wants to know which type of therapy works best. You should tell them that: |
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| no one type of therapy is consistently the most successful |
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| Leota is startled when her therapist says that she needs to focus on eliminating her problem behavior rather than gaining insight into its underlying cause. Most likely, has talked to a _____ therapist. |
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| In order to help him overcome his fear of flying Duanes therapist has him construct a hierarchy of anxiety-triggering stimuli and then learn to associate each with a state of deep relaxation. Duane's therapist is using the technique called: |
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| systematic desensitization |
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| A patient in a hospital receives poker chips for making her bed, being punctual at meal times, and maintaining her physical appearance. The poker chips can be exchanged for tv watching, snacks and magazines. This is an example of: |
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| behavior therapy technique called token economy |
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| Ben is a cognitive-behavior therapist. Compared to Rachel, who is a behavior therapist, Ben is more likely to: |
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| address clients attitudes as well as behaviors |
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| A psychotherapist who believes that the best way to treat psychological disorders is to prevent the from developing would be most likely to view disordered behavior as: |
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| a understandable response to stressful social conditions |
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| Lindas doctor prescribes medication that blocks the activity of dopamine in her nevous system. Linda is being treated with an____drug. |
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| Abrahams doctor prescribes medication that increases the availability of norepineohrine or serotonin in his nervous system. Abraham is being treated with an___drug. |
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| In concluding her talk entitled "psychosurgery Today" Ashley states that: |
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| With advances in psychosugery it has largely been abandoned |
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| A psychiatrist has diagnosed a patient as having bipolar disorder. It is likely that she will prescribe: |
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| Which type(s) of psychotherapy would be most likely to use the interpretation of dreams as a technique for bringing unconscious feelings into awareness? |
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| Both psychoanalysis and psychodynamic therapy |
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| Of the following therapists, who would be most likely to interpret a persons psychological problems in terms of repressed impulses? |
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