Linda’s therapist has her practice active listening skills in structured role-playing exercises.Later,Linda is gradually asked to practice these skills with family members, friends, and finally, her boss. Linda is undergoing:

Related Mcqs:

1. You make an appointment to see a therapist and, as you are waiting, you notice that a large number of the books on the therapist’s shelves deal with the work of Aaron Beck. You might expect that this therapist will.

   A. use counterconditioning to reverse maladaptive behaviours
   B. help you discover the underlying cause of your aggressive behaviour
   C. help you recognize and change negative thoughts and maladaptive beliefs
   D. provide a supportive emotional environment while allowing you to determine the peace and direction of your therapy

2. Natasha claimed that her failure to get “A’s in all her college courses meant she was incompetent.Her therapist calmly challenged his assertion commenting. “By your strange calculations, well over 90 percent of all college students are incompetent!” The therapist’s response was most typical of a(n)______therapist.

   A. electic
   B. psychoanalytic
   C. cognitive
   D. behavior

3. In order to help Mr. Masood overcome his addiction to alcohol, his therapist first attempt to discover whether the substance dependency was somehow a reaction to his wife’s behavior. The therapist’s concern is most likely to be characteristic of a:

   A. biomedical therapist.
   B. psychoanalyst.
   C. family therapist.
   D. cognitive therapist.

4. During a marriage counselling session, the therapist suggests to Mr.and Mrs. Gallo that they each restate their spouse’s comments before making their own. The therapist was applying a technique most closely associated with:

   A. client-centered therapy
   B. psychoanalysis.
   C. systematic desensitization.
   D. cognitive-behavior therapy

5. Kammy vividly imagines being abused by her own mother while her therapist triggers eye movements by waving a finger in front of Kammy’s eyes. The therapist is apparently using a technique known as:

   A. EMDR
   B. virtual reality exposure therapy.
   C. meta-analysis.
   D. transference.

6. After several months of psychoanalysis, Andy begins to feel intensely with his therapist,although the therapist has been consistently warm and supportive.Andy’s feelings are probably

   A. a result of sudden insight about some childhood experience
   B. a sign of an impending psychosis
   C. a result of free association
   D. a result of transference

7. Noha’s therapist suggests that Noah developed a dissociative identity disorder in order to misbehave without feeling a strong sense of personal shame. The therapist’s suggestion most directly reflects a_____perspective.

   A. social-cognitive
   B. biological
   C. humanistic
   D. psychoanalytic

8. Luke suffers from acrophobia, a fear of high places.Luke’s therapist suggests that his reaction to heights is a generalization of the fear triggered by a childhood playground accident in which he fell of a sliding board. The therapist’s suggestion reflects a _______ perspective.

   A. cognitive
   B. biological
   C. learning
   D. psychoanalytic

9. Mr.Choi’s therapist wants to help him become aware of his conflicting childhood feelings of love and hate for parents. The therapist’s goal best reflects a primary aim of:

   A. operant conditioning techniques.
   B. psychoanalysis.
   C. cognitive therapy.
   D. client-centered therapy.

10. Hiding information or things from your therapist can be evidence for

    A. transference
    B. resistance to therapy
    C. free association
    D. displacement