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1. Which example illustrates behavior therapy? Select one: a. A therapist focuse

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Question

1. Which example illustrates behavior therapy?

Select one:

a. A therapist focuses on changing specific psychological traits in order to improve the client's behavior

b. A therapist tries to show the person how her emotional reactions lead to ineffective behaviors.

c. A therapist tries to alter a client's broad psychological traits to make the client behave more positively

d. A therapist works with a person to identify and behaviors that support or lead to emotional distress.

2. Someone who is conducting strategic family therapy would be most likely to attempt to understand

Select one:

a. an individual's thoughts and feelings about their family.

b. why family history makes some people more or less vulnerable to psychological problems.

d. family communication patterns.

3. A structural family therapist would be most likely to attempt to help the family change

Select one:

a. how they express emotions

b. their thoughts about each other.

d. their organization

4. Which of the following advantages is true for group therapy?

Select one:

a. allow members to give support to each other

b. members can model more effective behavior to each other

c. members can learn new information

e. All of the above

f. B and C only

5. Research suggests that the Big Five personality traits are

Select one:

a. fairly consistent across many cultures.

c. identical in every culture.

d. useless for cultural evaluation.

Explanation / Answer

1.Option A)

A therapist focuses on changing specific psychological traits in order to improve the client's behavior.

Behavioral Therapies aim at showing the individual how their thoughts effect their behaviours and how an unhealthy pattern can be broken.

2.Option D)

strategic family therapy aims to solve the problems that occur in a family as a system and help them achieve their goals by helping them end a chain of dysfunctional behaviors.

3.Option D)

A structural family therapist would be most likely to attempt to help the family change their organisation.

Some times the existing powe dynamics and role conflicts contribute to the maladaptive behaviour, restructuring the organisation helps the individuals in a family try a new approach to a situation.

4.OptionA)

Group therapy helps the person get support and encouragement to cope with a problem and also act as a support for another.

5.Option A)

Research suggests that the traits of the Big-Five are stable over time and consistent across cultures.