Introduction To Psychotherapy

1. Factors to take into account when selecting a therapist include:

All of the above

Personality

Location

Cost

2. T or F: Clients and therapist must match on ethnicity and other key variables for succesddul treatment to take place

True

False

3. The number one factor predicting successful psychotherapy has been found to be

Cost of therapy

Orientation of the therapist

Quality of the therapeutic alliance

None of the above

4. Outcome research deals with....

Specific processes within psychotherapy

The effectiveness of psychotherapy

Changes in a client's behavior

The removal of symtpoms

5. The "Dodo Bird Verdict" refers to the finding that...

All major therapy types have approximately equal success

Using "alice in wonderland" in therapy is beneficial

A therapist is no better than a dodo bird

All of the above

6. Efficacy studies in therapy do which of the following?

Allow for studying co-morbid problems

Allow for a more naturalistic treatment setting

Contrast therapy to a comparison group under well-controlled conditions

None of the above

All of the following

7. The term "Empirically Validated Treatments" has been replaced with the term

"Empirically Validated Therapies" because some people feel that "treatment" makes it sound like the person is sick

"clinically valid treatments" because some of the treatments have not undergone formal empirical research

"American empirically validated treatments" because America had different standards from some other countries.

"Empirically Supported Treatments" because a therapy can never be completely validated, it can only be supported by research

8. "Harm to self others" is a

Circumstance that always calls for legal consultation

Circumstance that calls for no special action from a therapist

Circumstance calling for exception to confidentiality

None of the above

9. Which of the following is an example of process research on psychotherapy?

A study that compares the number of reflections given by a behaviorist and by a client-centered therapist

A study on self-reports of anxiety before and after therapy

A comprehensive case study of the childhood of schizophrenic patient

A study of the number of cigarettes smoke before and after therapy

10. After Eysenck's study, more research into psychotherapy effectiveness demonstrated that

Certain therapists are more effective than others

Psychotherapy is not more effective than no treatment

All psychotherapy is ineffective

Psychotherapy is more effective than no treatment

Only psychoanalysis and behaviorism are effective

11. Eysenck's (1952) famous early study on the effectiveness of psychotherapy appeared to prove that...

Psychotherapy is more effective than no treatment

Psychotherapy is not more effective than no treatment

Certain therapists are more effective than others

Only psychoanalysis and behaviorism are effective

Introduction To Psychotherapy

1. Factors to take into account when selecting a therapist include:

2.

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2. T or F: Clients and therapist must match on ethnicity and other key variables for succesddul treatment to take place

3. The number one factor predicting successful psychotherapy has been found to be

4. Outcome research deals with....

5. The "Dodo Bird Verdict" refers to the finding that...

6. Efficacy studies in therapy do which of the following?

7. The term "Empirically Validated Treatments" has been replaced with the term

8. "Harm to self others" is a

9. Which of the following is an example of process research on psychotherapy?

10. After Eysenck's study, more research into psychotherapy effectiveness demonstrated that

11. Eysenck's (1952) famous early study on the effectiveness of psychotherapy appeared to prove that...