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161) Research has suggested that certain types of psychotherapies can be harmful for some individuals. Which of the following type of psychotherapy would not be considered potentially harmful? a. Grief counselling b. Scared Straight programs c. Flooding therapy d. Crisis debriefing 162) Which therapeutic technique is associated with the potential for a heightened risk of posttraumatic stress symptoms? a. Crisis debriefing b. Recovered memory techniques c. Rage reduction therapy d. Facilitated communication 163) What is the general message about the effectiveness of psychotherapy in treating one’s behaviour or emotional problems? a. Insight therapies are superior to those which do not address the underlying cause of one’s problems such as behavioural and cognitive therapies. b. Behavioural and cognitive forms of therapy are superior to those that attempt to identify the underlying causes of one’s problems such as insight therapies. c. A large portion of people improve without receiving any formal type of therapy, so psychotherapy is often unnecessary. d. Most therapies discussed in the text are equally effective in reducing one’s problems. 164) A________ is a statistical method that helps researchers to interpret large bodies of psychological literature. a. normal distribution test b. meta-analysis c. interrater reliability d. factor analysis 165) Which of the following is a common factor across the many forms of effective treatments? a. Therapist directives for change b. Critical thinking c. Instilling hope d. Challenging irrational thought patterns 166) Regardless of theoretical orientation, all of the forms of therapy discussed in the text provide a client or patient with a. a resolve to uncover the causes from the past of one’s current troubles. b. direct exposure to troubling events from one’s past. c. a push to completely change everything about oneself. d. a clear rationale for the treatment one receives. 167) Research suggests that there is ________ between one’s race and the outcome of therapy. a. a positive relationship b. little or no relationship c. a curvilinear relationship d. a negative relationship 168) Most psychologists agree that ________ are important to the outcomes of psychotherapy. a. common factors only b. neither common nor specific factors c. specific factors only d. both common and specific factors 169) Empirically supported treatments refer to a. treatments that are effective for all psychological disorders, and this effectiveness has been established through rigorous scientific testing. b. treatments that are effective for specific disorders, and this effectiveness has been established through rigorous scientific testing. c. treatments for which only anecdotal evidence of effectiveness are available. d. a method for differentiating between effective and ineffective forms of psychotherapy treatments. 170) Proponents of empirically supported treatments believe that a. clinicians should make treatment decisions without regard to scientific evidence. b. science should inform a clinician’s decision making about the most appropriate therapeutic practices. c. too little research has been done to appropriately inform clinicians about the best treatments for specific disorders. d. only cognitive-behavioural techniques should be used to treat psychological problems.