NSG 6440 Practice Test
(PsychoTherapeutics) questions with correct
answers
Chapter Overview - Major types of psychotherapy include psychoanalytic,
humanistic, behavior, cognitive, and individual, group, and family
psychotherapy.
Issues in psychotherapy include culture, gender, values, effective factors and
types, and the evaluation of psychotherapy effectiveness.
We'll also look at biomedical therapies such as drugs, brain stimulation,
surgery, and lifestyle change.
-Finally, we'll briefly consider the prevention of psychological disorders.
Therapy - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Therapy refers to how mental disorders
are treated, with the help of the knowledge base of psychology.
Current Forms of Therapy - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Psychotherapy:
an interactive experience with a trained professional, working on
understanding and changing behavior, thinking, relationships, and emotions
Combining Therapies - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Biomedical therapy:
the use of medications and other procedures acting directly on the body to
reduce the symptoms of mental disorders
, Combining Therapies - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-An eclectic approach uses
techniques from various forms of therapy to fit the client's problems, strengths,
and preferences.
Combining Therapies - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Medications and
psychotherapy can be used together, and may help the each other achieve
better reduction in symptoms
Noteworthy Schools of Psychotherapy - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Psychoanalysis, psychodynamic therapy
_ Sigmund Freud's legacy carried on today.
Noteworthy Schools of Psychotherapy - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-
Humanistic, client-centered therapy
Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow
Noteworthy Schools of Psychotherapy - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- Behavior
therapy, using classical operant conditioning
_ B.F. Skinner and Ivan Pavlov applied to people.
Noteworthy Schools of Psychotherapy - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- Cognitive
thereapy, changing thoughts
Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis, reducing errors and distress
(PsychoTherapeutics) questions with correct
answers
Chapter Overview - Major types of psychotherapy include psychoanalytic,
humanistic, behavior, cognitive, and individual, group, and family
psychotherapy.
Issues in psychotherapy include culture, gender, values, effective factors and
types, and the evaluation of psychotherapy effectiveness.
We'll also look at biomedical therapies such as drugs, brain stimulation,
surgery, and lifestyle change.
-Finally, we'll briefly consider the prevention of psychological disorders.
Therapy - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Therapy refers to how mental disorders
are treated, with the help of the knowledge base of psychology.
Current Forms of Therapy - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Psychotherapy:
an interactive experience with a trained professional, working on
understanding and changing behavior, thinking, relationships, and emotions
Combining Therapies - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Biomedical therapy:
the use of medications and other procedures acting directly on the body to
reduce the symptoms of mental disorders
, Combining Therapies - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-An eclectic approach uses
techniques from various forms of therapy to fit the client's problems, strengths,
and preferences.
Combining Therapies - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Medications and
psychotherapy can be used together, and may help the each other achieve
better reduction in symptoms
Noteworthy Schools of Psychotherapy - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Psychoanalysis, psychodynamic therapy
_ Sigmund Freud's legacy carried on today.
Noteworthy Schools of Psychotherapy - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-
Humanistic, client-centered therapy
Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow
Noteworthy Schools of Psychotherapy - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- Behavior
therapy, using classical operant conditioning
_ B.F. Skinner and Ivan Pavlov applied to people.
Noteworthy Schools of Psychotherapy - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- Cognitive
thereapy, changing thoughts
Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis, reducing errors and distress
