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Counseling Therapy - Test 1


1. Free association is a basic technique in:
  A. psychoanalysis.
  B. action therapy.
  C. logotherapy.
  D. directive therapy.


2. A child who has an intense fear of a dog as a result of some traumatic experience in the dog's presence would be a candidate for:
  A. aversive conditioning.
  B. punishment training.
  C. desensitization.
  D. stimulus control.


3. The drugs used to control hallucinations and other psychotic symptoms are called:
  A. anti-depressants.
  B. energizers.
  C. minor tranquilizers.
  D. antipsychotics.


4. According to __________, each person creates his or her private world by making choices in order to confront and overcome feelings of meaninglessness and isolation.
  A. existential therapists.
  B. Gestalt therapists.
  C. psychoanalysts.
  D. Carl Rogers.


5. Freud's theory of dream analysis is based on the assumption that the true meaning of dreams is found in their:
  A. latent content.
  B. manifest content.
  C. neurotic content.
  D. conscious core.


6. A cognitive therapist is concerned primarily with helping clients change their:
  A. thinking patterns.
  B. behaviors.
  C. life-styles.
  D. habits.


7. Freud's method of psychotherapy stressed:
  A. bringing an end to irrational and self-defeating internal dialogue.
  B. unconditional positive regard and empathy.
  C. free association, dream analysis, and transference.
  D. pharmacology.


8. The therapeutic technique of associating a discomfort with a bad habit is based on which type of conditioning?
  A. instrumental.
  B. classical.
  C. operant.
  D. token.


9. Symbolic rewards used to encourage positive changes in behavior are called:
  A. operants.
  B. tokens.
  C. chips.
  D. strokes.


10. If you get praised by your parents for making A's in your college courses, the grades are:
  A. an example of stimulus control.
  B. an example of time out.
  C. positive reinforcement.
  D. situationally controlled.






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