1.

_____ is treatment in which a trained professional a therapistuses psychological

techniques to help someone overcome psychological difficulties and disorders, resolve
problems in living, or bring about personal growth.
Psychotherapy
2. Dr. Andersen attempts to bring about personal growth by using psychological
techniques; Dr. Bradley attempts to improve psychological functioning through the use of
psychotropic medication. Dr. Andersen practices _____; Dr. Bradley, _____.
psychotherapy; biomedical therapy
3.Today therapists use a(n) _____ approach to therapy, which means they use a variety of
methods with an individual patient.
eclectic
4. _____ are professionals with a Ph.D. or Psy.D. who have also completed a
postgraduate internship. They specialize in assessment and treatment of psychological
difficulties, providing psychotherapy and, in some U.S. states, can prescribe drugs.
Clinical psychologists
5. _____ are professionals with a Ph.D. or Ed.D. who typically treat day-to-day
adjustment problems, often in a university mental health clinic.
Counseling psychologists
6. Which of the following mental health professionals is CORRECTLY matched with a
brief description?
Counseling psychologist - treats everyday adjustment problems, often in a university
mental health clinic
7. _____ therapy seeks to bring unresolved past conflicts and unacceptable impulses from
the unconscious into the conscious, where patients may deal with the problems more
effectively.
psychodynamic
8. The surface description of a dream is called the _____ content.
manifest
9. Noah dreams that he suddenly becomes paralyzed as he tries to cross a busy
intersection. In Freudian terms, this is the _____ content of Noah's dream. The underlying
meaning of the dream is the _____ content.
manifest; latent
10. _____ is an inability or unwillingness to discuss or reveal particular memories,
thoughts, or motivations.
resistance

11. _____ is the transmission of feelings to a psychoanalyst of love or anger that had been
originally directed to a patient's parents or other authority figures.
Transference
12. Which of the following is a suitable way of handling transference?
The therapist can take advantage of transference to help the patient "redo" difficult
relationships.
13. How does contemporary psychodynamic therapy differ from classic psychoanalysis?
Contemporary therapist puts less emphasis on a patient's past history and childhood than
classic psychoanalysts.
14. Why has psychodynamic therapy remained a viable approach to psychological
treatment, despite criticism of it?
It facilitates the development of deep insight into one's life.
15. Which of the following approaches to psychotherapy is CORRECTLY matched with
its description?
Behavioral approachClassical and operant conditioning principles are used to change
people's behavior.
16. According to a behavior therapist, how might psychological disorders be treated
MOST EFFECTIVELY?
The client should learn new behaviors to replace the faulty skills.
17. _____ is a form of therapy that reduces the frequency of undesired behavior by
pairing an unpleasant stimulus with undesired behavior.
Aversive conditioning
18. Giovanni abuses cocaine; Hans has a dog phobia. Which alternative below correctly
identifies the behavioral treatment most appropriate for each of these individuals?
Giovanniaversive conditioning; Hanssystematic desensitization
19. A hierarchy of fears may be used in:
Systematic desensitization
20. _____ is a behavioral treatment for anxiety in which people are confronted either
suddenly or gradually with a stimulus that they fear.
Exposure
21. Which of the following operant conditioning techniques is INCORRECTLY paired
with its description?
Token systemThe therapist reduces the frequency of undesired behavior by pairing an
aversive, unpleasant stimulus with undesired behavior.

22. _____ rewards a person for desired behavior with a poker chip or some kind of play
money.
The token system
23. A client with social anxiety watches a film in which an individual greets strangers in a
crowded room, makes small talk, and smiles pleasantly. The individual in the film
appears to gain pleasure from these activities. The behavior therapy technique used in this
scenario is:
Observational learning
24. How might one best respond to the charge that behavior therapy produces only a
superficial change in external behavior?
Neuroscientific evidence shows that behavioral treatments produce actual changes in the
functioning of the brain.
25. _____ treatment approaches teach people to think in more adaptive ways by changing
their dysfunctional notions about the world and themselves.
cognitive
26. _____ is a form of therapy that attempts to restructure a person's belief system into a
more realistic, rational, and logical set of views by challenging dysfunctional beliefs that
maintain irrational behavior.
Rational-emotive behavior therapy
27. Which of the following therapies emphasizes the challenging of irrational, unrealistic
beliefs?
Rational-emotive behavior therapy
28. In _____ appraisal, clients are asked to evaluate situations, themselves, and others in
terms of their memories, values, beliefs, thoughts, and expectations.
Cognitive
29. _____ therapy is therapy in which the underlying rationale is that people have control
of their behavior, can make choices about their lives, and are essentially responsible for
solving their own problems.
Humanistic
30. Therapy in which the goal is to reach one's potential for self-actualization is known as
_____ therapy.
Person-centered
31. How is contemporary person-centered therapy different than it was in Rogers's day?
Therapists are more likely to nudge clients towards insights rather than merely reflecting
back their statements.

32. Therapy in which people meet collectively with a therapist to discuss problems is
specifically known as _____ therapy.
group
33. Regarding group therapy, which of the following statements is TRUE?
Group therapy is generally more economical than individual therapy.
34. Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is an example of _____ therapy.
self-help
35. In 1952, noted psychologist _____ published a study challenging the effectiveness of
_____ therapy.
Eysenck; psychodynamic
36. A research technique in which in which data from a large number of studies are
statistically combined is known as:
Meta-analysis
37. According to the text, the effectiveness of various approaches to therapy found that
although success rates vary somewhat by treatment form, most treatments show that
success rates range from about _____% greater success for treated compared with
untreated individuals.
75-80
38. According to the text, research shows that behavioral therapy is roughly _____%
more effective than no treatment at all.
80
39. Which of the following statements is most TRUE?
Different forms of therapy work best in different situations.
41. The newest antipsychotics are called _____ antipsychotics.
atypical
42. Atypical antipsychotics affect both _____ and _____ levels in certain parts of the
brain.
serotonin; dopamine
43. Prozac is an example of a(n) _____.
antipsychotic drug
44. _____ are a class of medications used in cases of severe depression to improve a
patient's mood and feeling of well-being.
Antidepressant drugs

45. Drugs that reduce the level of worry or tension a person experiences essentially by
reducing excitability and increasing feelings of well-being are known as _____.
antianxiety drugs
46. Approximately what percentage of U.S. families includes a member who has taken an
antianxiety drug?
50%
47. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) was introduced in the _____; it is used to treat
severe _____.
1930s; depression
48. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is used to treat:
Depression
49. In the _____, surgeons performed prefrontal lobotomy on thousands of patients often
with little precision.
1930s and 40s
50. According to the text, which of the following best represents the percentage of
homeless adults who have a major psychological disorder?
15-35%