Therapies for Psychological Disorders

5 Written Questions

1. the form of psychodynamic therapy developed by Freud; an intensive prolonged technique for exploring unconscious motivation and conflicts in neurotic, anxiety-ridden individuals
2. therapy that focuses on ways to unite mind and body to make a person whole
3. a therapeutic approach that combines the cognitive emphasis on thoughts and attitudes with the behavioral emphasis on changing performance
4. a behavioral technique in which clients are exposed to the objects or situation that cause them anxiety
5. a behavioral therapy technique in which a client is taught to prevent the arousal of anxiety by confronting the feared stimulus while relaxed

5 Matching Questions

1. clinical social worker
2. resistance
3. antianxiety drugs
4. biomedical therapy
5. deinstitutionalization

1. a the movement to treat people with psychological disorders in the community rather than in psychiatric hospitals
2. b the inability or unwillingness of a patient in psychoanalysis to discuss certain ideas, desires, or experiences
3. c treatment for a psychological disorder that alters brain functioning with chemical or physical interventions such as drug therapy, surgery, or electroconvulsive therapy
4. d a mental health professional whose specialized training prepares him or her to consider the social content of people's problems
5. e adjusts the levels of neurotransmitter activity in the brain

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. the process by which a person in psychoanalysis attaches to a therapist feeling formerly held toward some significant person who figured into past emotional conflict
   1. countertransference
   2. transference
   3. resistance
   4. catharsis
2. an individual who has earned either a PhD or an MD degree and has completed postgraduate training in the Freudian approach to understanding and treating mental disorders
   1. psychoanalyst
   2. psychoanalysis
   3. psychiatrist
   4. psychosurgery
3. a form of treatment in which clients observe model's desirable behaviors being reinforced
   1. biomedical therapy
   2. gesalt therapy
   3. aversion therapy
   4. social-learning therapy
4. a statistical technique for evaluation hypotheses by providing a formal mechanism for detecting the general conclusions found in data from many different experiments
   1. dream analysis
   2. psychoanalysis
   3. psychoanalyst
   4. meta-analysis
5. the branch of psychology that investigates the effects of drugs on behavior
   1. psychoanalyst
   2. psychosurgery
   3. psychotherapy
   4. psychopharmacology

5 True/False Questions

1. behavior modification → procedures used to establish and strengthen basic skills; such as social-skills training programs, required the client to rehearse a desirable behavior sequence mentally

   True        False

2. countertransference → the process by which a person in psychoanalysis attaches to a therapist feeling formerly held toward some significant person who figured into past emotional conflict

   True        False

3. antipsychotic drugs → alter symptoms of schizophrenia such as delusions, hallucinations, social withdrawal, and occasional agitation

   True        False

4. free association → the therapeutic method in which a patient fives a running account of thoughts, wishes, physical sensations, and mental images as they occur

   True        False

5. counterconditioning → circumstances in which a psychoanalyst develops personal feelings about client because of perceived similarity of the client to significant people in the therapist's life

   True        False