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Which of the following was mentioned as a difference between traditional and brief psychodynamic therapy?

A) Brief psychodynamic therapy pays significantly less attention to the importance of insight than traditional psychoanalysis does.
B) Brief psychodynamic therapy tends to focus on current life problems while traditional psychoanalysis attempts to rebuild the client's personality.
C) In brief psychodynamic therapy, the therapist is considerably less active than in traditional psychoanalysis.
D) Brief psychodynamic therapy relies more heavily on free association than traditional psychoanalysis does.

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Nadine wants to ask Ramon out on a date but is afraid he will say "no." According to Ellis's theory, Nadine is not really afraid of Ramon saying "no," but rather _.

A) that she will feel foolish
B) she is reminded of past boys, those that have turned her down
C) she has an irrational belief that she is worthless and will never get a date
D) she has a fear of going out alone

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The fact that certain forms of psychotherapy are better suited than others for treating specific types of psychological disorders is most relevant to which of the following important client characteristics?

Melanie is being taught mediation techniques to develop a tranquil state and to focus on her sensations, thoughts, and feelings, allowing them to come and go without a struggle. Melanie's therapist is using what type of approach to therapy?

A drug is used to treat a psychological disorder that slows down the synaptic activity in the nervous system by enhancing the postsynaptic activity of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) , a major inhibitory transmitter. It is most likely that this drug is a(n) :

Janice has a phobia of dogs and decides to consult with a behaviour therapist in order to get some help. The therapist first teaches her a muscle relaxation technique. After she has learned this, they create a list of increasingly fearful situations involving dogs. Starting with the least feared situation, the therapist has Janice imagine it and then use her relaxation training to eliminate any anxiety that arises. This therapist is using the General technique called systematic desensitization, and the list that they have created is an example of _.

The rational-emotive therapy is concerned with _.

Tardive dyskinesia is one of the side effects of which of the following drugs?

Lennon was diagnosed with depression. Following an fMRI, the doctor suggested that Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) would not likely be the best treatment option. It is likely that when Lennon rated words with negative emotional meaning he showed low levels of activity in his:

After conducting several neurological tests, a researcher evaluating the impact of a drug on the nervous system concludes that the drug is increasing the activity of the neurotransmitter serotonin. Given this information, one thing we can be sure of is that this drug is not:

Great flexibility and an increased sense of what is called "presence" are characteristics of ________.

The decrease in popularity of Gestalt therapy may have been due to:

In this therapy, a previously positive conditioned stimulus (CS) is paired with a noxious unconditioned stimulus in an attempt to eliminate the undesirable behaviour evoked by the CS. This is:

Cognitive therapy is currently considered to be the psychological treatment of choice for which of the following disorders?

According Ellis's rational-emotive ABCD model, what does the "C" stand for?

Let's say that you have a strong fear of flying. To treat this fear, your therapist asks you to enter a plane and fly until you are no longer showing anxiety. Your therapist has just used the technique of

Carl Rogers and Fritz Perls were similar in that both are considered to be humanistic theorists who believed that people have an inherent tendency towards self-healing.

Dr. Sherman is working in a clinic with children with developmental delays and decides to implement a new program to encourage more positive behaviour. Whenever children engage in specific behaviour (such as saying, "Thank you," taking turns with a friend, and cooperating with another child on a project) , they are rewarded with stickers that can later be turned in for various prizes that they enjoy. Dr. Sherman is using which of the following therapeutic techniques?

When working with a psychotherapy client who is from a different culture, Dr. Johnson uses her knowledge of the person's culture and ethnicity to work with the client, but is careful not to overgeneralize and blindly follow her stereotypes. Which of the following labels best describes Dr. Johnson?

A drug used to treat a psychological disorder achieves its effect by increasing the activity of both norepinephrine and serotonin in the nervous system. This drug is most likely a(n) :