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91) What type of therapy is associated with the best methods of evaluating treatment effectiveness? a. In psychodynamic therapy, treatment success occurs when the patient stops displaying signs of physical symptoms that are brought on by unconscious psychological impulses. b. In behavioural therapy, success is measurable because treatment goals are defined according to changes in specific behaviours. c. In experiential therapies, success is defined as when a patient recognizes the importance of awareness, acceptance, and expression of their feelings. d. In group therapies (such as Alcoholics Anonymous), success is when participants move from step to step in the 12-step program. 92) A behavioural therapist is most likely to focus on a. the past and specific behaviours. b. the past and broad traits. c. the present and specific behaviours. d. the present and broad traits. 93) What is the core assumption of a functional analysis in behaviour therapy? a. The patient’s problem behaviours have arisen through observation. b. The patient’s problematic behaviours are maintained by reinforcement. c. Problem behaviours serve an adaptive function for the patient that must be uncovered. d. Patient’s need to achieve a healthy proportion of adaptive to maladaptive behaviours. 94) Behavioural therapists use assessment techniques to pinpoint _______________ causes of a person’s problem, establish treatment goals, and then devise therapeutic procedures necessary to reach those goals. a. social b. biological c. environmental d. cultural 95) What do behaviour therapists see as the cause of abnormal or undesirable behaviours? a. Discrepancies between real and ideal selves b. Distortions in thinking c. Learning d. Unconscious processes 96) Techniques used in systematic desensitization are based on which of the following principles? a. Anxiety hierarchies b. Reciprocal inhibition c. Observational learning d. Flooding 97) Phobias are to _______________ as depression is to ______________. a. psychodynamic therapy; existential therapy b. systematic desensitization; cognitive-behavioural therapy c. pharmacotherapy; structural family therapy d. object relations therapy; person-centred therapy 98) Which method of treating phobias involves progressive relaxation and exposure to the feared object? a. Token economy b. Punishment c. Extinction d. Systematic desensitization 99) Julie has a fear of riding in elevators. She is seeing a therapist who asks her to construct a hierarchy of her fears related to riding in elevators. In addition, her therapist is teaching her to relax while imagining each fear in the hierarchy. Julie’s therapist is using a. person-centred therapy. b. rational emotive therapy. c. cognitive consistency. d. systematic desensitization. 100) For which of these problems would systematic desensitization most likely be used? a. Joe has been depressed for two years. b. Ben is sexually attracted to young children. c. As a result of schizophrenia, David does not interact with members of his family. d. A fear of heights restricts Alice’s enrollment to classes that meet on the first floor.