1. The elements involved in _____ are a helping relationship between 1) a professional trained in psychological therapy, and 2) a person in need of help.

clinical couseling
psychotherapy
co-counseling
rehabilitation

2. Talk therapies are conducted to help solve personal problems by gaining insight into the causes of those problems. However, ______ therapies are more concerned with modifying the abnormal behavior than with gaining insight into motivation.

insight
drug
behavior
psychotherapy

3. The therapy developed by Carl Rogers in which the therapist provides a nonthreatening atmosphere of warmth and acceptance is called:

client-centered (or person centered)
psychoanalysis
gestalt
behavior modification

4. In client-centered therapy, the therapist must develop an understanding of the client's world from the client's point of view; a technique called:

genuineness
sympathy
unconditional positive regard
empathy

5. In ________ , a patient overcomes their anxieties (i.e., fear of heights, agoraphobia, etc.) by learning to relax in the presence of stimuli that once made him/her unbearably nervous and afraid. For example, someone who is afraid of snakes might learn to use a relaxation technique while looking at a picture of a snake, then while being in the presence of a rubber hose, then a phony snake, and so on until they can relax while in the presence of a real snake.

gestalt therapy
drug therapy
systematic desensitization
psychoanalysis

6. In Psychoanalysis, a therapist might make use of all of the following techniques EXCEPT:

dream analysis
repression
free association
dream interpretation

7. Heather does not like her father. During psychoanalysis, Heather projects the negative feelings she has toward her father onto the therapist. Heather does this because it is easier to express anger she feels toward her father at her therapist, and easier to work through her hostile feelings toward her father by way of the therapist. This is known as:

associations
repression
insight
transference

8. Dr. Seymour Butts is a psychiatrist who often prescribes drugs such as Valium and Xanax to relieve his patient's stress, tensions, apprehensions, and nervousness. These drugs belong to a class of drugs called:

antipsychotic drugs
antianxiety drugs
lithium
serotonins

9. Before an appropriate therapy can be chosen and started for any client in need of help, the therapist must first diagnose the problem(s) at hand. The tool that is used to define and identify psychological problems is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV). The DSM uses a multiaxial system in which axes I and II are used for:

supplemental information
diagnosis of anxiety disorders only
diagnosis of major disorders, and personality and developmental disorders
personality disorders only

10. Which type of insight therapy emphasizes the recovery of unconscious conflicts, motives, and defenses?

psychoanalysis
gestalt
Rogerian
client-centered

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