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Psychology Chapter 14, Quiz 2

1. If a person seeks treatment for shyness, he or she might benefit most from:
a. psychoanalysis.
b. drug therapy.
c. biological therapy.
d. systematic desensitization.

2. The type of therapy based on the assumption that behavior is abnormal because people do not adequately understand the motivation causing their behaviors is:
a. understanding and motivational therapy.
b. behavior therapy.
c. biological therapy.
d. insight therapy.

3. The function of the therapist in _______ therapy is to provide a totally nonthreatening atmosphere, showing warmth and total acceptance of the individual.
a. psychoanalytic
b. physiological
c. person-centered
d. behavior

4. In psychoanalysis, anxieties that the patient experienced early in life and has since forgotten are called:
a. empathies.
b. resistances.
c. repressed conflicts.
d. transferences.

5. A current version of psychoanalysis that is used to help people resolve conflicts is:
a. neo-Freudian psychoanalysis.
b. Gestalt therapy.
c. brief psychodynamic therapy.
d. dream-based analysis.

6. In a therapy session, Henry takes a small drink of alcohol and is then given an electric shock. He is receiving ______ therapy.
a. punishment
b. Gestalt
c. aversion
d. extinction

7. Family therapy is one type of ______ therapy.
a. psychoanalytic
b. marital
c. biological
d. group

8. Each time Tina makes her bed, washes the dishes, or cleans her room, she earns a check on a chart. At the end of the week, she counts the number of checks and gets a treat. She is participating in:
a. a token economy.
b. Gestalt therapy.
c. a cognitive behavior situation.
d. psychoanalysis.

9. Janice is an institutionalized schizophrenic who is receiving drug therapy. The drug being used is probably an:
a. antianxiety drug.
b. antipsychotic drug.
c. antidepressant drug.
d. antischizophrenic drug.

10. Lovaas (1977) taught autistic children to speak by reinforcing responses that approximated the desired response. He used the technique of:
a. token economy.
b. aversion.
c. extinction.
d. shaping.

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