Psychotherapy MCQs Quiz Questions And Answers

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To see how much you know about psychotherapy, check out our MCQs quiz that consists of well-researched questions and answers. A therapist is a person who receives training to help treat mental or physical health problems. In the context of psychology, a therapist is a person who is trained and licensed to practice psychotherapy. Are you ready to be a therapist? Take this quiz and find out today! Good luck.

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1.

Helping people overcome phobias, clients are thaught to associate relaxation techniques with fearful stimuli that replace previous learned harmful responses. This method is referred to as?
- A.
  
  Aversive conditioning
- B.
  
  Free association
- C.
  
  Dream analysis
- D.
  
  Systematic desensitization
- E.
  
  Flooding
2.

An approch that examines the client's problems and then uses a variety of techniques that could help the client are referred to as
- A.
  
  Psychiatry
- B.
  
  Eclecticsm approach
- C.
  
  Resistance approach
- D.
  
  Tranference approach
- E.
  
  Unconscious application
3.

During rehabilation a patient recives a coupon each time he or she performs a desired behavoir. These coupons can later be used to purchase appealing items. This describes the use of a
- A.
  
  Systematic desensitization
- B.
  
  Phobia treatment
- C.
  
  Resistance
- D.
  
  Token economy
- E.
  
  Extinction
4.

Jimmy does not seem to think that he is rude and treats people poorly, which in actually he has become an insenstive person according to his friends. A humanistic therapist would suggest that Jimmy is experiencing , where his self concept does not match his behavoir or reality.
- A.
  
  Congruence
- B.
  
  Transference
- C.
  
  Conditional positive regard
- D.
  
  Resistance
- E.
  
  Incongruence
5.

Lithium has long been used to treat bipolor disorder, but recently , has provided fewer side effects and is not being prescribed for people with bipolor.
- A.
  
  SSRI's
- B.
  
  Prozac
- C.
  
  Depakote
- D.
  
  Thorazine
- E.
  
  Zoloft
6.

A side effect of taking the antipsychotic, drug - thorazine, which is characterized by twitching of the muscles, similar to Parkinston's disease, a disease that is the result of a lack of dopamine is called?
- A.
  
  Tardive dyskinesia
- B.
  
  Drooling
- C.
  
  Memory loss
- D.
  
  Blindness
- E.
  
  Deafness
7.

During Jimmy's psychoanalysis therapy session, he hysterically started yelling at the therapist accusing him of never being there for him as little boy. This demonstrates is an example of
- A.
  
  Resistance
- B.
  
  Freudian slip
- C.
  
  Transference
- D.
  
  Eclectisim
- E.
  
  Free assocation
8.

A person who has been recently diagnosed with the depression was encouraged by her doctor to seek support from others. However, he or she does not have much money to seek certain types of therapy. Which therapy could be suitable for this person's needs
- A.
  
  Group therapy
- B.
  
  Behavoir therapy
- C.
  
  Rational- emotive therapy
- D.
  
  Psychoanalysis
- E.
  
  Client- centered
9.

Seasonal affective disorder, which is depression associated with certain types of weather seasons, seems to be managed or treated with , therapy
- A.
  
  Family
- B.
  
  Psychoanalysis
- C.
  
  Behavoir
- D.
  
  Cognitive
- E.
  
  Light- exposure
10.

A type of psychoanalysis that focuses on current problems and requires a few sessions in comparison to traditional psychoanalysis is called
- A.
  
  Humanistic
- B.
  
  Client- centered
- C.
  
  Psychdynamic
- D.
  
  Behavoiral
- E.
  
  Social- cultured
11.

In Albert Ellis's Rational Emotive Therapy ABC model, Ellis believed that a person's , are responible for depression or other psychological disorders.
- A.
  
  Activating events
- B.
  
  Beliefs
- C.
  
  Consequences
- D.
  
  Dreams
- E.
  
  Unconscious forces
12.

During systamatic desensitization, the first step is to have client list anxiety provoking thoughts assocaiated with a fearful object or situation. The client's list is referred to as a
- A.
  
  Progressive relaxation bill
- B.
  
  Unconscious influence
- C.
  
  Desenitization hierarchy
- D.
  
  Free assocation
- E.
  
  Resistance
13.

In client centered therapy the aim is for the patient to discover the problem and solution on their own. Therapists try to accomplish this through changing the way patient acceptance in terms of what he or she states. This is an example of
- A.
  
  Resistance
- B.
  
  Transference
- C.
  
  Empathy
- D.
  
  Reflection
- E.
  
  Unconditional positive regard
14.

Community psychology is a
- A.
  
  Type of psychology that involves fewer sessions
- B.
  
  Type of phobia treatment through the assocations of new respones
- C.
  
  Movement to minimize psychological disorders through changing the way a patient seeks and are given therapy
- D.
  
  Surgical procedure that destroys tissue in the frontal lobe
- E.
  
  A type of SSRI used to increase neural communication
15.

During aversive conditioning a persons learns to associate an unpleasent state with an unwanted behavoir. If a person was to take a drug that would naturally cause him to vomit each time he drank alcohol, then the drug in this example would be referred to as a
- A.
  
  CS
- B.
  
  CR
- C.
  
  UCS
- D.
  
  UCR
- E.
  
  NS
16.

Which type of therapy actually had clients go out and test certain thoughts or beliefs in real situations.
- A.
  
  Group therapy
- B.
  
  Psychoanalysis
- C.
  
  Client-centered
- D.
  
  Cognitive therapy (CT)
- E.
  
  Biomedical
17.

SSRI's
- A.
  
  Increase the quantity and quality od serotonin
- B.
  
  Decrease the quality and quantity of serotonin
- C.
  
  Keep the neurotransmitter serotonin in the synapse for a longer period of time making it more likely to be used and effective
- D.
  
  Prevent the neurontransmitter serotonin from crossing the synapse making it less effective
- E.
  
  Increase and decrease the quantity of serotonin
18.

Medical doctors who are able to prescribe medication are called
- A.
  
  Group therapist
- B.
  
  Psychiatrists
- C.
  
  School counselors
- D.
  
  Family therapists
- E.
  
  Psychologists
19.

During psychoanalysis, when a patient refuses unconsciously to address to talk about an issue, then this reaction would be referred to as the patient showing
- A.
  
  Transference
- B.
  
  Resistance
- C.
  
  Free association
- D.
  
  Dream interpretation
- E.
  
  Fun time
20.

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is commonly used to treat
- A.
  
  Schizophrenia
- B.
  
  Dpression
- C.
  
  Personality disorders
- D.
  
  Phobias
- E.
  
  Conversion disorder