Nasira is afraid of speaking to a large audience. Her therapist suggests that prior to a speaking engagement she should reassure herself with comments like, “Cheer up, Nasira. You know what you’re talking about and your topic is really interesting!” This approach to reducing Nasira’s most clearly illustrates:

Related Mcqs:

1. 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.

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. 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

4. 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

5. 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:

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

6. 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

7. 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

8. Haley thinks Keith’s silence indicates that he’s angry, so she avoids talking to quietness signifies that she’s angry and wants to be left alone. This situation best illustrates:

   A. superordinate goals
   B. scapegoating
   C. mirror- image perceptions
   D. the reciprocity norm

9. Anika resisted changing her answer to a test after reminding herself that “it is always best to stick with your first answer.” Anika’s decision best illustrates the use of:

   A. an algorithm
   B. trial and error
   C. a heuristic
   D. a prototype

10. Which TWO of 1: Automatic thoughts are spontaneously generated thoughts associated with specific moods.
    2: Automatic thoughts are spontaneously generated thoughts associated with specific situations.
    3: In collaborative empiricism, the therapist formulates a hypothesis and then tests its validity himself.
    4: In collaborative empiricism, the client is asked to formulate a hypothesis and than helps the therapist to
    test its validity.the following definitions key features of Aaron Beck’s cognitive therapy are accurate?

    A. 1 & 2
    B. 2 & 3
    C. 3 & 4
    D. 2 & 4