What a psychodynamic therapist might call -‘ a cognitive therapist would call _ unconscious material; automatic thoughts repressed ideation; unconscious material defensiveness; repressed urges cognitions; schemas

PSY 560 Clinical Psychology

Organized knowledge structures that influence how we process information
are called
cognitions.
schemas.
constellations of belief.
attributions.

What a psychodynamic therapist might call -‘ a cognitive
therapist would call _
unconscious material; automatic thoughts
repressed ideation; unconscious material
defensiveness; repressed urges
cognitions; schemas
Which of the following would NOT support the cognitive specificity hypoth-
esis?
Persons who share certain disorders seem inclined to employ similar cognitive
distortions.
Persons with depression often have a negative attributional style.
Persons prone to depression often interpret negative events as occurring be-
cause of internal, global and stable factors.
normal and abnormal behavior is triggered by cognitive interpretation of
events rather than by the events themselves.
According to Aaron Beck, depressed individuals show a characteristic pattern
of negative perceptions about themselves, their world, and their future. He
called this
a maladaptive schema.
the cognitive triad.
an underdeveloped ego.
all of the above.
25. Albert Ellis developed an influential pioneering cognitive therapy called
systematic desensitization.
rational-emotive behavior therapy.
symptom substitution.
cognitive-behavioral therapy.
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Please answer ONE of the following:
What are some reasons that projective personality tests are still used, even though their
psychometric properties are fairly poor?
Identify the three conditions Carl Roger’s considered essential to developing a therapeutic
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What are some reasons why therapists might gravitate away from strict psychoanalytic
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