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Susan has an anxiety disorder and has sought help from a therapist,Dr.Jones.Dr.Jones believes that Susan's anxiety is related to her unconscious fear of her unmet sexual impulses and that in order for Susan to get over her anxiety problem,she needs to have greater awareness of this unconscious dynamic.Dr.Jones appears to be trying to produce positive changes by fostering more insight and is most likely associated with the ______________ approach to therapy .

A) psychodynamic
B) interpersonal
C) psychoanalytic
D) humanistic

E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

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Which of the following pays the least amount of attention to internal factors such as thoughts,feelings,or unconscious dynamics?

A) behaviour therapies
B) psychodynamic therapies
C) cognitive therapies
D) humanistic therapies

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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In review studies making use of the meta-analysis technique,as a measure of treatment effectiveness,it is common for researchers to calculate the ___________________statistic.

In the research survey conducted by Seligman in cooperation with "Consumer Reports," respondents most frequently sought therapy for which of the following psychological disorders?

Prefrontal lobotomies were originally used to treat people suffering from:

A 1977 meta-analysis by Smith and Glass concluded that the average person receiving psychotherapy showed more positive outcomes than 75 percent of non-treated individuals.Modern meta-analyses of the effectiveness of therapy have generated percentages that are ______________.

One of the problems associated with deinstitutionalization is related to the fact that concerns the majority of hospital admissions involve people who have previously been hospitalized.This is called:

Being knowledgeable about a client's culture and/or ethnicity while at the same time not inappropriately stereotyping a client are both important aspects of being a culturally competent therapist.

All mental health professionals must graduate from psychology graduate school program with either a masters degree or a Ph.D.

This therapy is often conducted in a group format,it sometimes incorporates role-playing,and it can be rather confrontational.This is ______________therapy.

According to the two-factor learning theory,the most direct way to reduce a phobia is through exposure to the feared conditioned stimulus (CS) in the absence of the unconditioned stimulus (UCS) while keeping the operant avoidance response from occurring by using _______________________.

Antipsychotic medications achieve their effects by blocking the activity 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-actualization.

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?

Hans Eysenck analyzed data collected from health insurance companies and concluded that it provided clear empirical support for the validity of psychotherapy.

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 _____________________.

Without treatment,a sizeable percentage of people suffering from depression eventually get better within 5 to 10 months.It is most likely that these improvements are a product of:

Two key therapeutic elements in the treatment of behaviour disorders are the therapy techniques and the ____________________.

Token economies are often used in behaviour modification and attempt to modify behaviour by using _______________.

A therapist tells her client that his current relationships with women appear to very similar to his early relationship with his mother.According to psychoanalysis,this statement would be considered an example of a(n)________________.