Behavior Therapy

Behavior therapy is associated with all but one of the following:
-empirically supported treatments.
-functional analysis of behavior.
-a philosophical view of human behavior.
-a comprehensive assessment process.

philosophical view of human behavior.

Behavior therapy assumes that:
-behavior is the result of the unconscious forces.
-behavior is the result of free choices.
-behavior is determined by psychic energy.
-behavior is learned.

behavior is learned.

behavior therapy is characterized by all of the following, except:
-focus on overt specific behavior.
-formulation of precise treatment goals.
-the subjective diagnosis of the therapist.
-the design of an appropriate treatment plan

the subjective diagnosis of the therapist.

Behavior therapy is based on:
?an experimental analysis of behavior in the client's own social environment.
? a systematic set of concepts.
? a well-developed theory of personality.
? the principle of self-actualization.

experimental analysis of behavior in the clients own social environment.

? Michael believes that he will be able to improve his public speaking skills after completing a speech course at school. Based on social-cognitive theory, one might observe that Michael is not lacking in:
? arrogance and grandiosity.
?intelligence.
?self

self-efficacy

which of the following interventions is not associated with the third wave of behavior therapy?
dialectical behavior therapy
relaxation training
acceptance and commitment therapy
mindfulness based cognitive therapy

relaxation training

? Which of the following is not true regarding behavior therapy?
? The client must be an active participant.
? The client is merely passive while the therapist uses techniques.
? If clients are not involved or motivated, the chances are slim that therapy

The client is merely passive while the therapist uses techniques.

All of the following are true about social skills training except:
? it is a psychoeducational approach to interpersonal growth.
? it involves modeling and direct instruction and coaching.
? it uses role playing exercises to simulate social situations.
?

it requires clients to engage in catharsis

which anxiety reduction technique involves creating a hierarchy of the client's fearful experiences?

systematic desensitization

? Behavior therapists look to the current environmental events that maintain problem behaviors and help clients produce behavior change by changing environmental
? functional assessment.
? motivational interviewing.
? mindfulness-based stress reduction.
?

functional assessment

? Which statement is not true?
? Because cognitive factors have a place in the practice of behavior therapy, techniques from this approach can be used to attain humanistic ends.
? Contemporary behavior therapy is grounded on a scientific view of human beh

comtemporary behavior therapy is increasingly concerned with the therapists' behavioral control.

Which of the following is not a basic characteristic of behavior therapy?
? Treatment goals are specific and concrete.
? It is grounded in learning theory.
? Many specific techniques are supported by research.
? The therapist is manipulative and controlli

The therapist is manipulative and controlling

Who has done most of the work in the area of modeling?
?Joseph Wolpe
?Hans Eysenck
?E. Jacobson
?Albert Bandura

Albert Bandura

B. F. Skinner is associated with which of the following trends in the behavioral approach?
? Classical conditioning
? Operant conditioning
? Multimodal therapy
? Dialectical behavior therapy

Operant conditioning

Phil has been in behavior therapy to address his fear of heights. The treatment will not be considered complete until:?
? Phil transfers what he learns in therapy to his everyday life and takes actual steps to confront his fear.
? Phil agrees to take up s

Phil transfers what he learns in therapy to his everyday life and takes actual steps to confront his fear.

What is not a part of the steps in a self-directed change program?
? Exploration of one's family constellation
?Selecting goals
?Self-monitoring
?A self-reinforcement system

Exploration of one's family constellations

? __________ is a comprehensive, systematic, holistic approach to behavior therapy developed by the late Arnold Lazarus.
? Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing
? Social skills training
? Self-management
? Multimodal therapy

multimodal therapy

Which of the following behavior therapists is credited with developing the social cognitive learning model, doing much work on observational learning and modeling, and writing about self-efficacy?
?Bandura
?Linehan
?Wolpe
?Jacobson

bandura

? Multimodal therapy is a therapeutic approach that is grounded on:
? cognitive behavior therapy.
? social cognitive learning theory.
? applied behavior analysis.
? operant conditioning.

social cognitive learning theory

? Behavior therapy has been criticized for a variety of reasons. Which of the following is one listed in the book?
? Behavior therapy has an overemphasis on feeling and the neglect of cognition.
? Behavior therapy has an overemphasis upon insight.
? Behav

behavior therapy may change behaviors, but it does not change feelings.

During the 1980s, behavior therapy:?
? continued without growing.
? was characterized by a search for new horizons in concepts and methods that went beyond traditional learning theory.
? adopted a stronger medical perspective.
? realized applying behavior

was characterized by a search for new horizons

Mindfulness is:
? the awareness that emerges through having attention on purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally, to the unfolding or experience moment by moment.
? the assessment process in multimodal therapy.
? under the idea that change can

awareness that emerges through having attention on purpose, in the present moment, and judgmentally, to the unfolding or experience moment by moment.

Wolpe's systematic desensitization is based on the principles of:
? classical conditioning.
? operant conditioning.
? modeling.
? motivational interviewing.

classical conditioning

The situation in which behaviors are influenced mainly by the consequences that follow them is:
?classical conditioning.
?operant conditioning.
?modeling.
?flooding.

operant conditionin

_____________ involves the escape from or the avoidance of unpleasant stimuli.
?Negative reinforcement
?Positive reinforcement
?Punishment
?Systematic desensitization

negative reinforcemenet

? In dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), skills are taught in four modules. Which among the following is not one of the modules listed in the text?
? Mindfulness
? Interpersonal effectiveness
? Emotional regulation
? Relapse prevention

relapse prevention

_________ is a key pioneer of clinical behavior therapy because of his broadening of its conceptual bases and development of multimodal therapy.
?Albert Bandura
?Joseph Wolpe
?B.F. Skinner
?Arnold Lazarus

Arnold Lazarus

? All of the following are characteristics of the behavioral approaches except:
? behavior therapy relies on the principles and procedures of the scientific method.
? behavior therapy specifies treatment goals in concrete and objective terms.
? behavior t

behavior therapy employs the same procedures to every client with a particular dysfunctional behavior

All of the following are steps in the use of systematic desensitization except for:
? hypnosis.
? relaxation training.
? the development of an anxiety hierarchy.
? psychoeducation.

hypnosis

Techniques used in mindfulness-based stress reduction therapy include all but:
?yoga.
?flooding.
? body scan meditation.
? formal and informal meditation.

flooding

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) integrates techniques from:
? multimodal therapy and mindfulness.
? mindfulness-based stress reduction and cognitive behavior therapy.
? motivational interviewing and mindfulness.
? yoga, systematic desensitizati

mindfullnes-based sterss reduction and cognitive behavior therapy

? In vivo flooding consists of:
? brief and graduated series of exposures to feared events.
? exposure to actual anxiety-evoking events rather than simply imagining these situations.
? imagined exposure to fearful experiences paired with muscle relaxation

exposure to actual anxiety-evoking events rather than simply imagining these situations