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Person-centered therapy is most likely to involve


A) helping clients associate anxiety-arousing stimuli with a pleasant state of relaxation.
B) encouraging clients to carefully observe the consequences of their maladaptive behaviors.
C) restating and clarifying what clients say during the course of therapy.
D) vigorously challenging clients' self-defeating thoughts.

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Though not performed today,lobotomies provide a historical example of


A) psychosurgery.
B) psychopharmacology.
C) electroconvulsive therapy.
D) deep brain stimulation.

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Michael is encouraged by his therapist to accept and tolerate some of his feelings of distress while also learning to regulate and minimize unhelpful emotional reactions.The therapist's approach best illustrates


A) person-centered therapy.
B) dialectical behavior therapy.
C) psychodynamic therapy.
D) exposure therapy.

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Which of the following drugs has been found to be effective in treating the manic episodes associated with bipolar disorder?


A) Thorazine
B) L-dopa
C) Ativan
D) Depakote

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Therapists practice ________ by using positive reinforcers to reward closer and closer approximations of a desired behavior.


A) free association
B) progressive relaxation
C) behavior modification
D) unconditional positive regard

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Which of the following is most clearly a key element shared by all effective psychotherapies?


A) systematic desensitization
B) an eclectic approach
C) transference
D) a new perspective on life

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Jonathan is afraid to ask a girl for a date,so his therapist instructs him to relax and simply imagine he is reaching for his cell phone and then calling a potential date.The therapist's technique best illustrates the process of


A) dialectical behavior therapy.
B) transference.
C) cognitive therapy.
D) systematic desensitization.

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Which of the following individuals is most likely to benefit from repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) ?


A) Jaydon,who suffers from an excessive fear of needles and the sight of blood
B) Anissa,whose depressive episodes have been increasing in both length and frequency
C) Zackory,who engages in aggressive sexual behavior and has been diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder
D) Elena,who experiences auditory hallucinations and delusions of persecution

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Judith has the tendency to take every comment about her job performance as criticism,which leads to feelings of anxiety.Her therapist suggests that she question her assumptions and rank her thoughts and emotions from mildly to extremely upsetting.The goal of these cognitive therapy techniques is to get Judith to


A) test her beliefs.
B) experience unconditional positive regard.
C) reveal her beliefs.
D) change her beliefs.

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Mrs.Laiti is a compulsive gambler.To reduce her attraction to this self-defeating activity,a behavior therapist would most likely use


A) unconditional positive regard.
B) systematic desensitization.
C) a token economy.
D) aversive conditioning.

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Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation is administered to patients who ________,and it produces ________ memory loss than ECT.


A) first receive a general anesthetic;less
B) first receive a general anesthetic;more
C) are wide awake;less
D) are wide awake;more

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Carl Rogers encouraged therapists to foster client growth by exhibiting


A) resistance,transference,and interpretation.
B) insight,progressive relaxation,and adaptive habits.
C) genuineness,acceptance,and empathy.
D) self-awareness,self-acceptance,and self-fulfillment.

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________ therapy is a therapeutic approach derived from the psychoanalytic tradition,which views individuals as responding to unconscious forces and childhood experiences and which seeks to enhance self-insight.


A) Person-centered
B) Cognitive-behavioral
C) Psychodynamic
D) Behavior

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Lithium is often an effective ________ drug.


A) antipsychotic
B) antianxiety
C) antidepressant
D) mood-stabilizing

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