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21. Ivan is very depressed, and the danger of suicide is eminent. He is not responding to the drugs normally employed to treat depression. Which of the following treatments is most likely to prove helpful in reducing Ivan’s depression and suicidal behavior?
A. A self-help group
B. Electroconvulsive therapy
C. Encounter groups
D. Minor tranquilizers
22. Which of the following is a biological intervention that involves the removal or destruction of brain tissue?
A. Electroconvulsive therapy
B. Psychotherapy
C. Psychoanalysis
D. Psychosurgery
23. Which of the following statements about psychosurgery is false?
A. Psychosurgery is a biological therapy that involves the removal or destruction of brain tissue to improve the individual’s adjustment.
B. A prefrontal lobotomy is a type of psychosurgery that involves severing fibers that connect the frontal lobe and the thalamus.
C. The effects of psychosurgery can be reversed with intensive therapy.
D. Present-day psychosurgery involves making just a small lesion in the amygdala or another part of the limbic system.
24. Which of the following forms of treatment would be used only as a last resort to help patients with severely debilitating conditions?
A. Drug therapy
B. Cognitive therapy
C. Psychosurgery
D. Psychoanalysis
25. Which of the following perspectives views abnormal behavior as the result of unconscious conflicts?
A. Psychodynamic therapy
B. Humanistic therapy
C. Social learning therapy
D. Biological therapy
26. The main goal of psychoanalysis is to _____.
A. persuade clients to abandon their irrational, misery-inducing beliefs
B. provide clients with insight into their unconscious conflicts
C. train clients to avoid maladaptive patterns of behavior through modeling of appropriate behaviors
D. demonstrate unconditional positive regard toward the client
27. Which of the following is true of psychoanalytic techniques?
A. Freud believed that transference was an avoidable aspect of the analyst-patient relationship.
B. Transference is the psychoanalytic term for the client’s unconscious defense strategies that prevent the analyst from understanding the person’s problems.
C. Resistance is the psychoanalytic term for the client’s relating to the analyst in ways that reproduce or relive important relationships in the client’s life.
D. Freud believed that a person’s current problems could be traced to childhood experiences.
28. Dr. Billings is a therapist who specializes in psychoanalysis. The types of techniques that she is likely to use would include _____.
A. free association, dream interpretation, transference, and interpreting the client’s resistance to discussing painful memories
B. teaching clients to replace their fears systematically with more relaxed responses
C. systematic desensitization and token economies
D. prescribing strong medication that will reduce the client’s anxiety so that the client can learn to relax and gain insight
29. Your psychotherapist asks you to “free associate.” What are you being asked to do?
A. You are being asked to concentrate on relaxing as your therapist presents you with anxiety-provoking stimuli.
B. You are being asked to completely empty your mind of all thoughts.
C. You are being asked to just “talk” in an undirected manner without reflecting on what you are about to say.
D. You are being asked to recall everything you can about traumatic childhood events.
30. The release of emotional tension a person experiences when reliving an emotionally charged and conflicting experience is known as _____.
A. tardive dyskinesia
B. catharsis
C. resistance
D. transference
