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

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 are mainly intended to eliminate symptoms rather than after personality?

   A. behavior and drug therapies
   B. psychoanalysis and client – centered therapy
   C. Psychoanalysis and drug therapies
   D. cognitive and psychoanalytic therapies

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. In client-centered therapy, the importance of affirming the worth of the client is achieved by the exercise of which THREE therapeutic attitudes?
   1: Unconditional positive regard.
   2: Empathy.
   3: Genuineness.
   4: Confrontation.

   A. 1,2 & 3
   B. 2,3 & 4
   C. 1,3 & 4
   D. None of These

7. In order to understand the unusual behavior of an adult client, a clinical psychologist has carefully investigated the client’s current life situation and his physical, social-cultural, educational history which research method has the psychologist employed?

   A. the case study
   B. the survey
   C. naturalistic observation
   D. correlational research

8. 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

9. Unfortunately, too many children are encouraged to emphasize their rights and to minimize their responsibilities. Recognizing the fact that a growing child has many needs that must be satisfied some parents and teachers become over-concerned about providing healthful conditions for:

   A. Learning
   B. Growth
   C. Research
   D. Mental state

10. Lauren and Curtis spend six hours per week studying for the botany course. Lauren is concerned that if she doesn’t study she will fail the course; Curtis is concerned that if he doesn’t study he won’t earn the highest grade in the class. In this example:

    A. Lauren is motivated by both a fear of failure and a need for achievement, while Curtis is merely motivated by a need for achievement
    B. Lauren is motivated by a fear of failure and Curtis is motivated by a need for achievement
    C. both students are motivated by a need for achievement
    D. both students are motivated by a fear of failure