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1. Which of the following psychotherapeutic techniques is most likely to be used by a client-centered therapist?

interpretation of unconscious resistance

reflection of feelings

probing experiences of early childhood

challenging the client to make courageous life choices

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2. Humanistic therapies generally emphasize

the value of spontaneous remissions.

an in-depth analysis of unconscious forces within the personality.

alteration of long-established habits.

making full use of one's potential.

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3. In client-centered therapy, the troubled individual is

engaged in awareness training through use of the "hot seat," "empty chair," and related techniques.

stripped of ego-defenses and unrealistic beliefs.

encouraged to explore conscious thoughts and feelings.

asked to free associate to bring hidden conflicts into awareness.

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4. The most appropriate use of electroconvulsive therapy is as a

preferred means of treatment for antisocial disorders.

preferred means of treatment for organic psychoses in which brain pathology exists.

last resort after other methods have failed and the likelihood of self-destructive behavior is great.

preferred means of treatment for all cases of depression.

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5. Role reversal and the mirror technique are associated with

logotherapy.

psychoanalysis.

Gestalt therapy.

psychodrama.

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6. Saying whatever comes to mind, even if it seems senseless, painful, or embarrassing, is part of the Freudian technique known as

transactional analysis.

non-directive therapy.

unconditional regard.

free association.

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7. Trepanning, one of the more primitive practices involving boring a hole into the skull, was used to

punish those who had committed crimes.

coerce and control disruptive patients.

shock patients into a remission of symptoms.

release "evil spirits."

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8. Major tranquilizers are also known as

antipsychotics.

psychoactives.

energizers.

stimulants.

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9. According to __________, each person creates his or her private world by making choices in order to confront and overcome feelings of meaninglessness and isolation

Gestalt therapists

psychoanalysts

Carl Rogers

existential therapists

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10. When electric shock is used to make the sight and smell of alcohol conditioned stimuli for an aversion response, the electric shock serves as the

conditioned response.

unconditioned stimulus.

unconditioned response.

conditioned hierarchy.

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11. Regarding rational-emotive therapy, it can be said that

critics suggest that it is really a type of psychoanalysis.

most irrational beliefs occur at the unconscious level and can't be stopped.

having irrational beliefs is related to feelings of unhappiness.

surrendering one's irrational beliefs is best achieved by operant shaping.

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12. Which of the following is the MOST likely outcome for psychotherapy?

a complete personal transformation

learning skills to better cope with stress

a renewal of intellectual and creative abilities

overcoming the effects of early psychologically damaging experiences

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13. Freud's theory of dream analysis is based on the assumption that the true meaning of dreams is found in their

manifest content.

conscious core.

neurotic content.

latent content.

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14. The basic assumption of behavior therapy is that

phobias can be created and dismantled.

past experiences and emotional trauma must be probed before behavior can be changed.

learned response causes problems, therefore, behavior can be changed by relearning.

deep understanding of one's problems leads to behavior change.

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15. A psychoanalyst who believes in the theories of Freud would see psychopathology as caused by

bizarre dreams.

repressed sexuality and aggression.

immature personal relationships.

birth trauma.

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16. Which of the following is the most likely consequence of punishment?

no change in the immediate or long-term frequency of the response

elimination of the punished response

increase in the frequency of the response

suppression of the punished response

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17. Freud considered the distinction between manifest content and latent content essential for a

free association.

transference.

resistance.

dream analysis.

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18. Ergotism refers toa

reactions to chemicals found in a fungus.

a primitive form of drug therapy.

a form of possession or madness.

a treatment designed to expand sensory experience.

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19. If ignoring causes a child's temper-tantrums to cease, a psychologist would call this effect

extinction.

punishment.

time out.

shaping.

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20. If you get praised by your parents for making A's in your college courses, the grades are

positive reinforcers.

situationally controlled.

an example of stimulus control.

an example of time out.

Your score is

The average score is 56%

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