Part 17: TEST YOURSELF

TEST
YOUR-
SELF THERAPY

Test yourself repeatedly throughout your studies. This will not only help you figure out what you know and don’t know; the testing itself will help you learn and remember the information more effectively thanks to the testing-effect.

Introduction to Therapy and the Psychological Therapies

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1. A therapist who helps patients search for the unconscious roots of their problem and offers interpretations of their behaviors, feelings, and dreams, is drawing from

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2. therapies are designed to help individuals discover the thoughts and feelings that guide their motivation and behavior.

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3. Compared with psychoanalysts, humanistic therapists are more likely to emphasize

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4. A therapist who restates and clarifies the client’s statements is practicing  .

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5. The goal of behavior therapy is to

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6. Behavior therapies often use techniques such as systematic desensitization and aversive conditioning to encourage clients to produce new responses to old stimuli.

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7. The technique of  teaches people to relax in the presence of progressively more anxiety-provoking stimuli.

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8. After a near-fatal car accident, Rico developed such an intense fear of driving on the freeway that he takes lengthy alternative routes to work each day. Which psychological therapy might best help Rico overcome his phobia, and why?
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Behavior therapies are often the best choice for treating phobias. Viewing Rico’s fear of the freeway as a learned response, a behavior therapist might help Rico learn to replace his anxious response to freeway driving with a relaxation response.

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9. At a treatment center, people who display a desired behavior receive coins that they can later exchange for other rewards. This is an example of a(n) .

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10. Cognitive therapy has been especially effective in treating

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11. - therapy helps people to change their self-defeating ways of thinking and to act out those changes in their daily behavior.

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Evaluating Psychotherapies

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14. Studies show that __________ therapy is the most effective treatment for most psychological disorders.

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15. What are the three components of evidence-based practice?
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research evidence, clinical expertise, and knowledge of the patient

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16. How does the placebo effect bias patients’ attitudes about the effectiveness of drug therapies?
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The placebo effect is the healing power of belief in a treatment. When patients expect a treatment to be effective, they may believe it was.

Biomedical Therapies and Preventing Psychological Disorders

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17. Some antipsychotic drugs, used to calm people with schizophrenia, can have unpleasant side effects, most notably

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18. Drugs like Xanax and Ativan, which depress central nervous system activity, can become addictive when used as ongoing treatment. These drugs are referred to as drugs.

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19. A simple salt that often brings relief to patients suffering the highs and lows of bipolar disorder is .

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20. When drug therapies have not been effective, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) may be used as treatment, largely for people with

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21. An approach that seeks to identify and alleviate conditions that put people at high risk for developing psychological disorders is called

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