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MC-questions

Question 1

The psychotherapeutic term “dynamic” was first used by:

1. Sigmund Freud

2. Hippocrates

3. Franz Anton Mesmer

4. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Question 2

Herman von Helmholtz described the unconscious reconstruction of what our past taught us about an object as:

1. restructuring objects

2. unconscious inference

3. psychic stimulation

4. cognitive discovery

Question 3

Hellenist physicians believed the organ contributing to mental illness was the:

1. brain

2. heart

3. liver

4. blood

Question 4

Jungian therapy, based on the work of Moritz Benedikt, underscores the importance of:

1. rewarding positive behavior

2. unconditional positive regard

3. cognitive distortions

4. purging pathogenic secrets

Question 5

The idea that nonlinear messages are systematically sent between the unconscious and the conscious in human interactions was developed by:

1. Carl Gustav Carus

2. Franz Anton Mesmer

3. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

4. Hippocrates

Question 6

Due to multicultural differences, segments of the population would likely benefit from:

1. indigenized psychotherapies

2. exporting Euro-American psychotherapists

3. accepting a universal approach to psychotherapy

4. abandoning cultural philosophies

Question 7

The organicist tradition refers to scientists who were:

1. somatic focused

2. integrating music into therapy

3. environmentalists

4. lab-based

Question 8

Corsini illustrates a change in an inmate’s life after learning he had a high IQ. This story demonstrates that psychotherapy can be broadly defined as any:

1. technique which teaches a patient a new skill

2. interaction between a therapist and a patient

3. self-concept-altering experience

4. interpretation provided to a patient

Question 9

The expression of certain genes that result from their activation by specific but common environmental events is referred to as:

1. epigenetics

2. somatiker

3. psychiker

4. neuronal decay

Question 10

Emil Kraepelin’s work focused heavily on:

1. classifications of diseases

2. use of hypnosis

3. surgical approaches to mental illness

4. multicultural variants of illness

Question 11

Neurosciences suggest elective psychotherapy leads to changes at the:

1. cognitive level

2. neuronal level

3. behavioral level

4. interpersonal level

Question 12

The idea that similar ideas attract and strengthen one another’s ability to be conscious is the result of the work of:

1. Hippocrates

2. Johann Friedrich Herbart

3. Thomas Mann

4. Alfred Adler

Question 13

Positive psychology has considerable momentum and is most commonly linked with the work of:

1. Aaron Beck

2. Sigmund Freud

3. Martin Seligman

4. Albert Ellis

Question 14

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz is credited with the:

1. development of systematic psychotherapy

2. first scientific study of the unconscious

3. identification of defence mechanisms

4. creation of the nature versus nurture debate

Question 15

Franz Anton Mesmer is often viewed as the pioneer of:

1. manualized therapy

2. free association

3. hypnotherapy

4. behavioral intervention

Question 16

For the coding of mental illnesses for the purposes of reimbursement, as of October 2014, U.S. clinicians will need to use the:

1. MMPI-2-RF

2. DSM-5

3. ICD-10-CM

4. PAI

Question 17

Pope and Wedding would argue that in deciding to use psychotropic medications:

1. preset clinical objectives need to be determined

2. immediate early genes are irrelevant

3. psychotherapy has occurred if patients suffering has been alleviated

4. psychotherapy’s common factors are undermined

Question 18

Arthur Schopenhauer’s principle argument was that:

1. unconscious material could easily be made conscious

2. we are driven by blind, irrational forces

3. free will prevailed over determinism

4. the unconscious did not exist at all

Answer indication MC-questions

1. D

2. B

3. A

4. D

5. A

6. A

7. D

8. C

9. A

10. A

11. B

12. B

13. D

14. B

15. C

16. C

17. A

18. B