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

Related Mcqs:

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

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

2. You make an appointment to see a therapist and, as you are waiting, you notice that a large number of 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 behaviors
   B. help you discover the underlying cause of your aggressive behavior
   C. help you recognize and change negative thoughts and maladaptive beliefs
   D. provide a supportive emotional environment while allowing you to determine the pace and direction of your therapy

3. In treating abnormal behavior, the main concern of a psychoanalyst would be to discover the:

   A. childhood unconscious conflict that led to the behavior
   B. repressed that instigate aggressive behavior
   C. inappropriate thought patterns that underlie the behavior
   D. ways in which the behavior keeps the client from becoming self – actualized

4. After several months of psychoanalysis, Andy begins to feel intensity angry 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

5. Mr. Noor mistakenly believed that a single intake interview in which he simply described his numerous symptoms to a therapist was a treatment for his distress. His immediate relief from many of his symptoms following this session best illustrates:

   A. transference
   B. counterconditioning
   C. unconditional positive regard
   D. the placebo effect

6. Which of the following techniques have behavior therapists used to help people overcome a fear of flying?

   A. the double – blind technique
   B. aversive conditioning
   C. eye movement desensitization and reprocessing
   D. virtual reality exposure therapy

7. Behavior therapists can help people to overcome such unwanted habits as smoking or overeating through _____________________?

   A. operant conditioning
   B. observational learning
   C. place learning
   D. habituation

8. 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.

9. 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

10. Natasha claimed that her failure to get “A’s” in all her college courses meant she was incompetent. Her therapist calmly challenged this 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. eclectic
    B. psychoanalytic
    C. cognitive
    D. behavior