Which of the following therapies are mainly intended to eliminate symptoms rather than after personality?

Related Mcqs:

1. Which of the following criticisms of family and couples therapies are valid?
   1: These treatments are not as effective as most individual treatments for problems relating to family or relationship conflict.
   2: The attraction of these therapies may reflect little more than the charisma of those who developed them.
   3: Bona fide treatments only produce beneficial outcomes for a minority of cases in 20 sessions or fewer.
   4: These has been a relative lack of research on many of these therapies.

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

2. Which of the following therapies is more concerned with removing specific trouble symptoms than with providing special insights into the personality of the client?

   A. client – centered therapy B. behavior therapy C. psychoanalysis D. cognitive therapy...

3. 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...

4. When a person has suffered numerous hypomanic and depressive symptoms for over 2 years, but the symptoms are not serious enough in duration to be considered a mood episode, it is called what?

   A. Cyclothymic Disorder B. Bipolar II C. Bipolar I D. Ultra – Rapid Cycling...

5. Which are true of the diathesis-stress model of mental illness?Please identify all correct answers.
   1: When an enduring vulnerability factor in a person is coupled with a recent stressor, it results in psychological disorder.
   2: Only one of the diathesis or stressor needs to be present for symptoms of the psychological disorder to occur.
   3: Both the diathesis and the stressor must be present to lead the symptoms of the psychological disorder.
   4: Diathesis and stressors have specific definitions.

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

6. The emphasis is on detailed information rather than generalizations, but the approach attempts to look at the whole rather than collect specific bits of:

   A. Study B. Information C. Scientific approaches D. Evaluation...

7. Behavior therapies appear to be particularly effective in the treatment of

   A. panic disorder B. phobias C. antisocial personality disorder D. major depression...

8. Used in conjunction with medication and other therapies, ECT remains an option for the treatment of mood disorders. What dose ECT stand for?

   A. Electro – Conclusive Therapy B. Electric – Conclusive Therapy C. Electro – Conductive Therapy D. Electric – Conductive Therapy...

9. The strongest support for the theory that personality is heavily influenced by genetics is provided by strong personality similarity between:

   A. identical twins reared together B. identical twins reared apart C. fraternal twins reared together D. non-twins reared together...

10. According to Mischel and Shoda’s (1995) cognitive-effective units in the personality system, what category refers to how processes such as selective attention, interpretation, and categorization of events affect personality?

    A. Competencies B. Goals and values C. Affects D. Encodings...