psychology multiple choices

Question

Instructions: Identify the type of psychotherapy represented by each therapist’s statement.  Each item has only ONE correct response. The same response option can be used for multiple items. 

Use the following response options:

A.    Cognitive                         

B.    Psychodynamic                          

C.   Behavioral                                               

D.   Person-centered

E.    Gestalt

                        

1.    When she started relating to me in the way she related to her mother, it became clear that she perceived her mother as a rival for her father’s affection. ____

2.    My client was saying one thing, but the way he was nervously fidgeting and biting his nails as he said it made me think that there was more to the story and that he wasn’t taking full responsibility for his actions. ____

3.    I had to refer a client to another therapist last week. I just couldn’t seem to identify with the guy, and couldn’t accept the way he acted. Since I could not offer him the unconditional positive regard that is so critical to the therapeutic process, I didn’t think I could help him. ____

4.    The client claims that he and his father had a close and affectionate relationship. However, it is important to recognize that hostility towards authority figures is a theme that occurs over and over again in his dreams. ____ 

5.    I asked my client to list the reasons why she thinks she is unable to get through a job interview. She gave me three typewritten pages listing more fears, apprehensions, self-criticisms, and negative self-evaluations than I would have believed possible for one person to have. Her thinking about herself has really gotten off the track. ____ 

6.    My client will be able to find his own answers if I provide an atmosphere of warmth, trust, and empathy in therapy. ____ 

7.    We have this voluntary therapy program at the state penitentiary for men who have been convicted of child molestation. We are currently trying a method in which we pair electric shock with pictures of attractive children. ____

8.   We think that depression is frequently the result of misinterpretation of environmental events, a tendency to attribute failures to the self and accomplishments to things like luck, fate, or the help of other people. Most of us have a self-serving bias in our attributions; people who are depressed have a self-defeating bias in their attributions. ____

Answer 1

The question is asking you about the therapist's conceptual understanding of each case. For example, one of the five models might focus on childhood, while another will ignore it almost entirely. Many therapists see their own therapists for guidance, or they receive supervision early in their career. The statements in the prompt are just the kind you'd hear in that context.

Familiarize yourself with course materials on each mode. You might highlight key words from the statements in the prompt and see if they line up with the modes.

Consider treatment styles. If a prompt is talking about assigning homework, for example, that might narrow the possibilities. Also, what population is being treated? For example, which treatments are currently preferred for treating sex offenders? You might also explore the therapist-client relationship. Does the prompt address counter-transference? That could be a clue. Does it focus on an empathic response from the therapist? Some modes do more than others.