NSG 6440 Practice Test / PsychoTherapeutics
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QUIZ :Chapter Overview - ANSWER :- 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.
QUIZ :Therapy - ANSWER :Therapy refers to how mental disorders are
treated, with the help of the knowledge base of psychology.
QUIZ :Current Forms of Therapy - ANSWER :Psychotherapy:
an interactive experience with a trained professional, working on
understanding and changing behavior, thinking, relationships, and emotions
QUIZ :Combining Therapies - ANSWER :Biomedical therapy:
the use of medications and other procedures acting directly on the body to
reduce the symptoms of mental disorders
QUIZ :Combining Therapies - ANSWER :-An eclectic approach uses techniques
from various forms of therapy to fit the client's problems, strengths, and
preferences.
QUIZ :Combining Therapies - ANSWER :Medications and psychotherapy can
be used together, and may help the each other achieve better reduction in
symptoms
QUIZ :Noteworthy Schools of Psychotherapy - ANSWER :Psychoanalysis,
psychodynamic therapy
_ Sigmund Freud's legacy carried on today.
QUIZ :Noteworthy Schools of Psychotherapy - ANSWER :- Humanistic, client-
centered therapy
Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow
, QUIZ :Noteworthy Schools of Psychotherapy - ANSWER :- Behavior therapy,
using classical operant conditioning
_ B.F. Skinner and Ivan Pavlov applied to people.
QUIZ :Noteworthy Schools of Psychotherapy - ANSWER :- Cognitive thereapy,
changing thoughts
Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis, reducing errors and distress
QUIZ :Psychoanalysis - ANSWER :- The first formal psychotherapy to emerge
was psychoanalysis, developed by Sigmund Freud.
- Sigmund Freud's famous couch
QUIZ :Psychoanalysis: Aims - ANSWER :- Since psychological problems
originate from childhood repressed impulses and conflicts, the aim of
psychoanalysis is to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness where
the patient can deal with them.
- When energy devoted to id-ego-superego conflicts is released, the patient's
anxiety lessens
QUIZ :Psychoanalysis - ANSWER :Resistance:
the therapist notices times when the patient seems blocked in speaking about
certain subjects
QUIZ :Psychoanalysis - ANSWER :Dreams:
there may be themes or "latent content" behind the plot of a patient's dream
QUIZ :Psychoanalysis - ANSWER :Transference:
the patient may have reactions toward the therapist that are actually based on
feelings toward someone from the past
QUIZ :Psychoanalysis: Criticisms - ANSWER :1. Psychoanalysis is hard to refute
because it cannot be proven or disproven.
2.Psychoanalysis takes a long time and is very expensive.
QUIZ :Psychodynamic Therapy - ANSWER :- Influenced by Freud, in a face-to-
face setting, psychodynamic therapists understand symptoms and themes
across important relationships in a patient's life.
Download to pass!!!
QUIZ :Chapter Overview - ANSWER :- 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.
QUIZ :Therapy - ANSWER :Therapy refers to how mental disorders are
treated, with the help of the knowledge base of psychology.
QUIZ :Current Forms of Therapy - ANSWER :Psychotherapy:
an interactive experience with a trained professional, working on
understanding and changing behavior, thinking, relationships, and emotions
QUIZ :Combining Therapies - ANSWER :Biomedical therapy:
the use of medications and other procedures acting directly on the body to
reduce the symptoms of mental disorders
QUIZ :Combining Therapies - ANSWER :-An eclectic approach uses techniques
from various forms of therapy to fit the client's problems, strengths, and
preferences.
QUIZ :Combining Therapies - ANSWER :Medications and psychotherapy can
be used together, and may help the each other achieve better reduction in
symptoms
QUIZ :Noteworthy Schools of Psychotherapy - ANSWER :Psychoanalysis,
psychodynamic therapy
_ Sigmund Freud's legacy carried on today.
QUIZ :Noteworthy Schools of Psychotherapy - ANSWER :- Humanistic, client-
centered therapy
Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow
, QUIZ :Noteworthy Schools of Psychotherapy - ANSWER :- Behavior therapy,
using classical operant conditioning
_ B.F. Skinner and Ivan Pavlov applied to people.
QUIZ :Noteworthy Schools of Psychotherapy - ANSWER :- Cognitive thereapy,
changing thoughts
Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis, reducing errors and distress
QUIZ :Psychoanalysis - ANSWER :- The first formal psychotherapy to emerge
was psychoanalysis, developed by Sigmund Freud.
- Sigmund Freud's famous couch
QUIZ :Psychoanalysis: Aims - ANSWER :- Since psychological problems
originate from childhood repressed impulses and conflicts, the aim of
psychoanalysis is to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness where
the patient can deal with them.
- When energy devoted to id-ego-superego conflicts is released, the patient's
anxiety lessens
QUIZ :Psychoanalysis - ANSWER :Resistance:
the therapist notices times when the patient seems blocked in speaking about
certain subjects
QUIZ :Psychoanalysis - ANSWER :Dreams:
there may be themes or "latent content" behind the plot of a patient's dream
QUIZ :Psychoanalysis - ANSWER :Transference:
the patient may have reactions toward the therapist that are actually based on
feelings toward someone from the past
QUIZ :Psychoanalysis: Criticisms - ANSWER :1. Psychoanalysis is hard to refute
because it cannot be proven or disproven.
2.Psychoanalysis takes a long time and is very expensive.
QUIZ :Psychodynamic Therapy - ANSWER :- Influenced by Freud, in a face-to-
face setting, psychodynamic therapists understand symptoms and themes
across important relationships in a patient's life.
