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Which of the following feature of therapy is culturally universal?


A) The patient becomes dependent on the therapist for a period of time.
B) Treatment can take place anytime or in any place.
C) Therapists must be caring, competent, and approachable.
D) The patient is considered to be a passive recipient of the therapist's interventions.

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While she was asleep last night, Evelyn dreamt of driving down the road in a car with no steering wheel. This actual story that she experienced represents the ________ content of her dream.

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Melissa states to her therapist that she feels a great fear and hate towards her ex-husband. Her therapist then states, "So you dislike your husband and are afraid of him." This is an example of ________.


A) active listening
B) unconditional positive regard
C) genuineness
D) empathy

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A biomedical therapy that involves alteration of the brain to bring about desirable behavioral, cognitive, or emotional changes is called ________.


A) a cortical operation
B) vagus nerve stimulation
C) psychosurgery
D) transcranial operative stimulation

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Stanley and Marcia are both very upset that their adult sons, Andres and Urie, are fighting and no longer speak to each other. "We must have been very bad parents if our sons don't communicate with each other," they say. Beck would say that Stanley and Marcia are engaging in the cognitive error called ________.

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Rogerian therapists create a therapeutic relationship by focusing on the following important qualities of communication:


A) sympathy, conditional positive regard, genuineness, and active listening.
B) sympathy, conditional positive regard, genuineness, and passive listening.
C) empathy, unconditional positive regard, analysis, and active listening.
D) empathy, unconditional positive regard, genuineness, and active listening.

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Describe four concerns that impact the mental health of women, stating why each increases a woman's potential need for psychiatric treatment.

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According to your text, negative self-talk can have which of the following outcomes?


A) increased depression
B) increased motivation
C) manic episodes
D) hallucinations

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Define cognitive therapy and contrast Ellis's rational-emotive behavior therapy with Beck's cognitive-behavior therapy.

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Cognitive therapy is a type of psychothe...

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Describe criticisms and successes for each of the following types of therapies: psychoanalytic, cognitive, humanistic, and behavioral. State the overall effectiveness of therapy. If you were to want or need therapy, discuss why you would choose one type over other types of therapy.

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Psychoanalytic therapy has been criticiz...

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Which approach to psychotherapy emphasizes conscious processes and current problems?


A) humanistic
B) psychodynamic
C) eclectic
D) hypnosis

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"It is inappropriate for one person to control the behavior of another." This criticism of behavioral therapy addresses the issue of ________.

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The most commonly prescribed class of antidepressant drugs are ________.


A) tricyclics
B) MAO inhibitors
C) SSRIs
D) atypical antidepressants

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According to your text, behavior therapy has been found to be quite effective in dealing with ________.


A) delusions
B) overconfidence
C) depression
D) eating disorders

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State the basic assumption underlying humanistic therapies. Briefly describe the four qualities of client-therapist communication advocated by Rogers.

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One early meta-analytic review combined studies of almost ________ people and found that the average person who received treatment was better off than ________ percent of those who did not.


A) 10,000; 25
B) 15,000; 45
C) 25,000; 75
D) 25,000; 85

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According to a psychodynamic therapist, the attaching of unresolved emotions and attitudes from past relationships onto the therapist is called ________.


A) transference
B) countertransference
C) projection
D) displacement

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In psychoanalysis, interpretation ________.


A) is when the analyst finds patterns in the information provided by the patient
B) is the analyst's judgment of the patient's failure to find a cathartic breakthrough
C) can occur at any time that the patient thinks it will be effective or useful
D) is the patient's presentation of the analyst's problems in a new light or manner

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In Aaron Beck's proposed cognitive triad, a person may develop symptoms of depression due to ________.


A) ongoing negative thoughts about themselves
B) conflicts in close personal relationships
C) a genetic predisposition to depression
D) anxieties related to their ultimate fate

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A Japanese therapy designed to help clients develop personal guilt for having been ungrateful and troublesome to others, and to develop gratitude toward those who have helped them is known as ________.


A) Kyoto therapy
B) Okado therapy
C) Naikan therapy
D) Nissan therapy

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