In an effort to help a child overcome a fear of dogs, a ______ therapist might pair a trigger stimulus (something associated with dogs) with a new stimulus that causes a response that is incompatible with dear (for example, an appealing snack or toy).
B. behavior
Which of the following is a similarity between humanistic and psychoanalytic therapies?
a. Both approaches focus on the present more than the past.
b. Both approaches are more concerned with conscious than unconscious feelings.
c. Both approaches focus on
E. both approaches are generally considered insight therapies.
A psychotherapist professing to use a blend of therapies is practicing what kind of approach?
A. eclecic
Some patients whose depression has resisted drugs have bemefites from an experimental treatment called
D. deep-brain stimulation
What kind of drugg is most closely associated with increasing the availability of norepinephrine or serotonin?
A. anitdepressant
Which of the following is seen as an effective treatment for severe depression?
C. ECT
Echoing, restating, and seeking clarification of what a person expresses (verbally or nonverbally) in therapy session is called
A active listening
Most psychodynamic therapists would contend that experiencing strong positive or negative feelings for your analyst is a sign of
C transference
Which kind of therapist would be most likely to note the following during a session: "Blockd in yhr flow of free associations indicate resistance"?
B. psychodynamic
Which kind of therapy is most closely associated with the goal of altering actions and thought?
E. cognitive-behavioral
Allowing people to discover, in a social context, that others have problems similar to their own is a unique benefit of what kind of therapy?
C group
Which of the following theraputic approaches is scientifically supported?
C. cognitive therapy
MOst conventional anstipsuchotic drugs are similar enough to molecules of the neurotransmitter _____ to occupy its receptor sites and block its activity.
D dopomine
Which of the following is not recommended by therapists as a way to help prevent or get over depression?
a. adrenaline
b. epinephrine
c. serotonin
d. dopamine
e. acetylcholine
D dopamine
A psychotherapist states, "Getting people to change what they say to themselves is an effective way to change their thinking." This statment best exemplifies which kind of theraputic approach?
D cognitive