Question 1

A blockage in the flow of insight and ideas during analysis, such as when a client avoids thinking or talking about certain topics, is referred to as​

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A)   ​transference.
B)   ​resistance.
C)   ​reciprocal inhibition.
D)   ​spontaneous remission.

Question 2

When Freud referred to the "royal road to the unconscious," he was talking about one's__________.

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Question 3

Regarding community mental health centers, which of the following statements is FALSE?

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A)   These centers try to minimize hospitalization and find answers to mental health problems.
B)   These centers provide short-term in-patient care.
C)   These centers have succeeded in making psychological services more accessible to the general public.
D)   These centers provide special crisis and emergency services.

Question 4

Regarding group therapy, which of the following statements is FALSE?

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A)   Group therapy has been shown to be significantly less cost-effective than individual therapy for all types of problems.
B)   In group therapy, support and useful input are provided by other group members.
C)   Group therapy is especially good for helping people understand their personal relationships.
D)   A person can act out or directly experience problems in group therapy.

Question 5

A therapist helps her clients by giving instructions, interpretations, or solutions, and by making decisions.This therapist's approach can be described as __________ therapy.

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A)   directive
B)   supportive
C)   nondirective
D)   time-limited

Question 6

According to your text, which of the following factors would be considered the most important in being an effective therapist?

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A)   extensive training in counseling and/or psychotherapy
B)   thorough knowledge of the individual involved
C)   the personal characteristics of warmth, integrity, sincerity, and empathy
D)   a network of professional contacts in the helping professions

Question 7

If your friend is talking to you about a problem and seems to be at a loss for words, you should give feedback by restating or paraphrasing your friend's last sentence.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

In order to help Roger see how his words and gestures appear threatening, the therapist in this psychodrama group has Roger join the audience and two other members of the group play Roger and the person he is talking with.This technique is known as

Accepted Answer

A)   reciprocal inhibition.
B)   role reversal.
C)   transference.
D)   the mirror technique.

Question 9

Jan is a college student who is coping with an alcoholic parent by attending a group in which other members of the group also have family members with alcohol and drug problems.The members in this group provide each other with mutual support and a chance to discuss problems.Jan is most likely attending a(n) __________ group.

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A)   peer counseling
B)   self-help
C)   sensitivity
D)   encounter

Question 10

Explain how operant conditioning is used to modify human behavior by listing and describing the six operant principles most often used by behavior therapists.

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Question 11

Jamie is a child who is afraid of the high diving board.Jamie's fear is treated through systematic desensitization using a rank ordered series of steps.This series of steps is known as

Accepted Answer

A)   the adaptation sequence.
B)   a fear hierarchy.
C)   reciprocal inhibition.
D)   aversion therapy.

Question 12

Productive use of conflict is the strength of existential therapy, while observable changes in behavior is the strength of Gestalt therapy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Your friend, Kiki, comes to you with a personal problem.The first thing you should do to counsel her is to

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A)   give her advice on what she should do.
B)   ask a lot of questions to get her talking.
C)   tell her what you would do in her situation.
D)   actively listen to try to clarify the problem.

Question 14

The obvious part of a dream that is visible and remembered by the dreamer is referred to as the __________ content.

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A)   manifest
B)   lucid
C)   conscious core
D)   latent

Question 15

Dr.Francine Shapiro's technique for treating traumatic memories and posttraumatic stress is called

Accepted Answer

A)   vicarious desensitization.
B)   eye movement desensitization and reprocessing.
C)   reciprocal inhibition.
D)   shaping.

Question 16

Marge and Aaron are attending Marriage Encounter meetings.These sessions

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A)   do not fit the guidelines to be considered a group therapy.
B)   will most likely create a false sense of well-being through a therapy placebo effect.
C)   will have group members with similar problems who can offer support and useful input.
D)   will not be effective since other members of the family are not involved.

Question 17

A verbal interaction between a trained mental health professional and several clients at the same time is called

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A)   meta-analysis.
B)   individual therapy.
C)   insight therapy.
D)   group therapy.

Question 18

A cognitive therapist would try to reduce a client's compulsive hand-washing by

Accepted Answer

A)   prescribing anti-depressant medications.
B)   changing the client's thoughts and beliefs about dirt and contamination.
C)   using systematic desensitization to directly change the client's behavior.
D)   helping the client to gain insight into the reasons why he or she uses compulsive hand-washing to control anxiety.

Question 19

Which of the followingbelieved that dreams disguise consciously unacceptable feelings and forbidden desires in dream form?

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A)   Abraham Maslow
B)   Carl Rogers
C)   Albert Ellis
D)   Sigmund Freud

Question 20

Which of the following is a technique for reducing fear or anxiety that is based on holding upsetting thoughts in mind while rapidly moving the eyes from side to side?

Accepted Answer

A)   the tension-release method
B)   REBT
C)   EMDR
D)   covert sensitization

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When Freud referred to the "royal road to the unconscious," he was talking about one's__________.

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Dr.Francine Shapiro's technique for treating traumatic memories and posttraumatic stress is called

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Regarding community mental health centers, which of the following statements is FALSE?

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In order to help Roger see how his words and gestures appear threatening, the therapist in this psychodrama group has Roger join the audience and two other members of the group play Roger and the person he is talking with.This technique is known as

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Productive use of conflict is the strength of existential therapy, while observable changes in behavior is the strength of Gestalt therapy.

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A blockage in the flow of insight and ideas during analysis, such as when a client avoids thinking or talking about certain topics, is referred to as

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Regarding group therapy, which of the following statements is FALSE?

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A verbal interaction between a trained mental health professional and several clients at the same time is called

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A therapist helps her clients by giving instructions, interpretations, or solutions, and by making decisions.This therapist's approach can be described as __________ therapy.

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Which of the followingbelieved that dreams disguise consciously unacceptable feelings and forbidden desires in dream form?

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If your friend is talking to you about a problem and seems to be at a loss for words, you should give feedback by restating or paraphrasing your friend's last sentence.

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Your friend, Kiki, comes to you with a personal problem.The first thing you should do to counsel her is to

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The obvious part of a dream that is visible and remembered by the dreamer is referred to as the __________ content.

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Jamie is a child who is afraid of the high diving board.Jamie's fear is treated through systematic desensitization using a rank ordered series of steps.This series of steps is known as

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Marge and Aaron are attending Marriage Encounter meetings.These sessions

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Dr.Francine Shapiro's technique for treating traumatic memories and posttraumatic stress is called

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Productive use of conflict is the strength of existential therapy, while observable changes in behavior is the strength of Gestalt therapy.

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The obvious part of a dream that is visible and remembered by the dreamer is referred to as the __________ content.

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