Foundations of Clinical Mental Health
Exam 2 Solved 2025
- Operant conditioning (Skinner): learning that takes place in response to how a
person's behavior elicits consequences from the environment. - ANSWER-▪ Behavior is
followed either by reinforcers or punishers.
• Cognitive Therapy
- Aaron Beck:
Problem - ANSWER-Automatic thoughts stemming from cognitive distortions.
• Cognitive Therapy
- Aaron Beck: - ANSWER-Cognitive Therapy
• Cognitive Therapy
- Albert Ellis: - ANSWER-Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)
• Cognitive Therapy
- Albert Ellis: Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)
Problem: - ANSWER-Irrational internal dialogue related to emotional pain.
• Cognitive Therapy
- Donald Meichenbaum:
Problem: - ANSWER-Faulty behavior which can be changed through modeling,
observation, and verbal mediation.
• Cognitive Therapy
- Donald Meichenbaum: - ANSWER-Cognitive-Behavioral Modification
• Cognitive Therapy
- Goal of Therapy:
▪ CBM: - ANSWER-Similar cognitive and behavioral techniques but also adds self-
instruction, self-reinforcement, graduated in vivo exposure, and personal narrative
repair.
• Cognitive Therapy
- Goal of Therapy:
CT: - ANSWER-Guided discovery through Socratic questioning and personal
experiments.
• Cognitive Therapy
- Goal of Therapy:
REBT: - ANSWER-ABC formula (Activating event, Irrational Belief, Emotional
Consequence.) Intervene by Disputing to experience the positive Effect.
, • Cognitive Therapy
- Goal of Therapy: - ANSWER-Correct the cognitive structures and processes that give
rise to emotional distress. Change styles of thinking.
• Cognitive Therapy - ANSWER-Ellis, Beck, and Meichenbaum
• Psychoanalysis - ANSWER-• Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)
- "Talking out" approach to reduce physical symptoms of hysteria
- Conflict between impulses, societal rules, and reality.
A good theory should: - ANSWER-- Describe - What is the client doing?
- Explain - Why is the client doing that?
- Predict - What will the client do next?
- Guide intervention - What will best help this client?
Action: - ANSWER-the client in this stage is actively implementing a plan for change
Adlerian Therapy (Individual Psychology)
- Goal of Treatment —> Step 1 - ANSWER-▪ Establish a collaborative relationship
Adlerian Therapy (Individual Psychology)
- Goal of Treatment —> Step 2 - ANSWER-▪ Analyze the client's lifestyle through
lifestyle
assessment
Adlerian Therapy (Individual Psychology)
- Goal of Treatment —> Step 3 - ANSWER-▪ Encourage insight into mistaken beliefs
and self- defeating behavior.
Adlerian Therapy (Individual Psychology)
- Goal of Treatment —> Step 4 - ANSWER-▪ Reorient the client to new choices and
actions
Adlerian Therapy (Individual Psychology)
- Goal of Treatment: - ANSWER-Help clients to develop healthy lifestyles that contribute
to personal well-being and the general well-being of others.
Adlerian Therapy (Individual Psychology)
Basic Assumption 1 - ANSWER-▪ Behavior is goal-oriented, purposeful, and socially
motivated.
Adlerian Therapy (Individual Psychology)
Basic Assumption 2 - ANSWER-▪ Behavior is best understood from the client's
subjective reality.
Exam 2 Solved 2025
- Operant conditioning (Skinner): learning that takes place in response to how a
person's behavior elicits consequences from the environment. - ANSWER-▪ Behavior is
followed either by reinforcers or punishers.
• Cognitive Therapy
- Aaron Beck:
Problem - ANSWER-Automatic thoughts stemming from cognitive distortions.
• Cognitive Therapy
- Aaron Beck: - ANSWER-Cognitive Therapy
• Cognitive Therapy
- Albert Ellis: - ANSWER-Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)
• Cognitive Therapy
- Albert Ellis: Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)
Problem: - ANSWER-Irrational internal dialogue related to emotional pain.
• Cognitive Therapy
- Donald Meichenbaum:
Problem: - ANSWER-Faulty behavior which can be changed through modeling,
observation, and verbal mediation.
• Cognitive Therapy
- Donald Meichenbaum: - ANSWER-Cognitive-Behavioral Modification
• Cognitive Therapy
- Goal of Therapy:
▪ CBM: - ANSWER-Similar cognitive and behavioral techniques but also adds self-
instruction, self-reinforcement, graduated in vivo exposure, and personal narrative
repair.
• Cognitive Therapy
- Goal of Therapy:
CT: - ANSWER-Guided discovery through Socratic questioning and personal
experiments.
• Cognitive Therapy
- Goal of Therapy:
REBT: - ANSWER-ABC formula (Activating event, Irrational Belief, Emotional
Consequence.) Intervene by Disputing to experience the positive Effect.
, • Cognitive Therapy
- Goal of Therapy: - ANSWER-Correct the cognitive structures and processes that give
rise to emotional distress. Change styles of thinking.
• Cognitive Therapy - ANSWER-Ellis, Beck, and Meichenbaum
• Psychoanalysis - ANSWER-• Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)
- "Talking out" approach to reduce physical symptoms of hysteria
- Conflict between impulses, societal rules, and reality.
A good theory should: - ANSWER-- Describe - What is the client doing?
- Explain - Why is the client doing that?
- Predict - What will the client do next?
- Guide intervention - What will best help this client?
Action: - ANSWER-the client in this stage is actively implementing a plan for change
Adlerian Therapy (Individual Psychology)
- Goal of Treatment —> Step 1 - ANSWER-▪ Establish a collaborative relationship
Adlerian Therapy (Individual Psychology)
- Goal of Treatment —> Step 2 - ANSWER-▪ Analyze the client's lifestyle through
lifestyle
assessment
Adlerian Therapy (Individual Psychology)
- Goal of Treatment —> Step 3 - ANSWER-▪ Encourage insight into mistaken beliefs
and self- defeating behavior.
Adlerian Therapy (Individual Psychology)
- Goal of Treatment —> Step 4 - ANSWER-▪ Reorient the client to new choices and
actions
Adlerian Therapy (Individual Psychology)
- Goal of Treatment: - ANSWER-Help clients to develop healthy lifestyles that contribute
to personal well-being and the general well-being of others.
Adlerian Therapy (Individual Psychology)
Basic Assumption 1 - ANSWER-▪ Behavior is goal-oriented, purposeful, and socially
motivated.
Adlerian Therapy (Individual Psychology)
Basic Assumption 2 - ANSWER-▪ Behavior is best understood from the client's
subjective reality.
