Introduction to Psychology

Quiz for April 21, 2009 (Psychotherapy)

Your Name:_______________________________

Please WRITE IN your answer to each question.

1. All psychotherapies have a number of common features. These include treatment procedures based on an underlying theory; a special relationship; a therapist; and a _______________.

2. Carl Rogers developed client-centered or person-centered therapy. Such therapy relies on three intertwined therapist attitudes: unconditional positive regard, congruence (or genuineness) and _________________.

3. Systematic desensitization is a behavior therapy that is especially efficacious (effective) for a certain anxiety disorder known as ___________.

4. What sort of therapist (psychodynamic, humanistic, etc.) is most likely to use a token economy? ______________________

5. The APA’s Ethical Principles forbids a sexual relationship between client and therapist during therapy and for at least how many years? _________

6. Claudia’s therapist asks for her to talk about whatever thoughts, memories, or ideas come into her mind. He asks her not to “edit” any of her thoughts. This technique is called ___________ and is part of __________ therapy.

7. A primary aim of classical psychoanalysis is to help clients gain _________ into their unconscious conflicts.

8. Brandon complains that he has an intense need to touch all four walls of any room he enters for the first time. His therapist suggests that Brandon might have learned this compulsive behavior because it helped him avoid anxiety. The therapist appears to favor the ________ approach to treatment.

9. Juanita is trying to influence lawmakers to pass laws that will help prevent psychological problems caused by malnutrition, overcrowding, and homelessness. She is most likely a _____________ psychologist.

10. The “Dodo Bird Verdict” about psychotherapy states that all therapies are: ________________________.