PSY 560 Clinical Psychology

7. Clinicians and bookstore owners would be well advised to note that
all self-help books are likely to be helpful, if the purchaser believes they will
be helpful (an indicator of the placebo effect.)
it is important to keep up with the recommendations of personalities such
as Oprah and Dr. Phil, as these are the books that will best serve the clients or
purchasers.
many self-help books are not written by experts, may contradict one another,
and may not provide solid, helpful information.
if a book has been published by a major publishing house, it will be guaran-
teed to be helpful.
The theorist who argued that the spontaneous remission rate for individuals
who did not receive therapy was higher than the remission rates for those who
did was
Carl Rogers.
Sigmund Freud.
Martin Seligman.
Hans Eysenck.
More recent research on general therapy outcomes that used methods other
than Box Score Reviews indicates
clients who receive psychotherapy actually fare no better than those who do
not.
individuals who receive psychotherapy fare as well as those who do not.
e. most forms of psychotherapy produce better outcomes than no treatment.
specific types of therapy produced very different effectiveness levels with dif-
ferent clients.
10. .studies combine and compare the results of many
studies.
Combined groups
Box Scores
Meta-analytic
Factor-analytic
11. The Consumer Reports study of client satisfaction indicated that
most clients are satisfied with the therapy they received, but only if it was
behaviorally oriented.
most clients are satisfied with the therapy they received, but only if it was
insight-oriented.
most clients are satisfied with the therapy they received, no matter what type
of therapy it was.
most clients are unsatisfied with the therapy they received.
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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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Written Assignment for UnitTwo
Include your name, student number, course number, course title and unit number on each page
of your written assignment (this is for your protection in case your materials become separated).
Begin each written assignment by identifying the question number you are answering followed by
the actual question itself (in bold type).
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paragraphs and conclusion).
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standard font (i.e. Times New Roman) and 12 point type size.
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students who are successful in earning the maximum number of points tend to submit written assignments
that fall in the following ranges:
Undergraduate courses: 350 – 500 words or 1 – 2 pages.
Graduate courses: 500 – 750 words or 2 – 3 pages.
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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
alliance. Discuss the relationship he posited between the therapeutic alliance and treatment.
What are some reasons why therapists might gravitate away from strict psychoanalytic
approaches toward object relations or ego-analytic approaches?
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