The release of emotions is termed as:

• A) Psychotherapy
• B) Catharsis
• C) Psychophysics
• D) Therapeutic alliance

Which of the following factor refers to a change in clients' beliefs and attitudes?

• A) Supportive
• B) Action
• C) Learning
• D) Behavior

A complex process that must vary with each client is known as:

• A) Person-centered therapy
• B) Gestalt therapy
• C) Logo therapy
• D) Psychotherapy

Which of the following integrates feminist psychotherapy and knowledge of gender into a treatment approach for both women and men?

• A) Gender sensitive therapy
• B) Gender assessment therapy
• C) Gender aware therapy
• D) Gender appraisal therapy

Which of the following is a planned activity of a psychologist in which he/she tries to change the individual’s sick life into potentially happier or more constructive?

• A) Psychosociology
• B) Psychotherapy
• C) Psychopathology
• D) Psychopathy

Eros refers to kind of instincts is known as:

• A) Social instincts
• B) Life instincts
• C) Death instincts
• D) Psychological instincts

Schofield describes the psychotherapist's belief in the ideal patient as:

• A) WAIS syndrome
• B) YAVVI syndrome
• C) FAS syndrome
• D) YAVIS syndrome

Which of the following refers to over interpretation of clinicians?

• A) The over interpretation syndrome
• B) The reading-out syndrome
• C) The exaggeration syndrome
• D) The reading-in syndrome

Data obtained from patients can be viewed in many different ways such as:

• A) Discrimination, Generalization and Stimulation
• B) Situation, Sample and Diagnosis
• C) Samples, Signs and Correlates
• D) Personalization, Relation and Discrimination

The typical length of Interpersonal psychotherapy is:

• A) 14-16 weeks
• B) 15-16 weeks
• C) 13-16 weeks
• D) 12-16 weeks

The range of brief therapy can be from one session to:

• A) 30-40
• B) 40-50
• C) 20-30
• D) 50-60

Psychotherapy particularly aims at which of the following?

• A) Working
• B) Productivity
• C) Medication
• D) Treatment

Which of the following DOES NOT help to improve the reliability and validity of clinical judgment?

• A) Level of confidence influencing prediction
• B) Consideration of all available information
• C) Use of structured interviews and rating scales
• D) Consideration of base rates and regression effects

The initial conceptualization of the client which may be gathered by psychological, environmental, and medical data available, provides guidelines for which of the following?

• A) Diagnosis
• B) Therapeutic interventions to be undertaken
• C) Nature of the client
• D) Nature of patient’s problem

Clients coming for psychotherapy are typically concerned with which of the following?

• A) Change in hormonal level
• B) Change in sense organs
• C) Change in bodily systems
• D) Change in subjective sense of distress

The major aim of a clinical report is particularly to address:

• A) Referral question
• B) Assessment procedures
• C) Interpersonal levels
• D) Identifying question

Assume an intervention has been designed to reduce the amount and frequency of the consumption of alcohol or cigarette smoking. It targets a change in:

• A) Biological Process
• B) Emotions
• C) Thinking
• D) Behavior

Which psychotherapy is economically competitive?

• A) Play therapy
• B) Brief psychotherapy
• C) Interpersonal psychotherapy
• D) Logo therapy

Incipient psychotic episode; poorly planned impulsive actions and explosive acting-out behavior are example problems to attain which goal of the followings?

• A) Corrective emotional experience
• B) Behavior change
• C) Crisis management
• D) Insight and change

Which of the following is the intentional application of psychological techniques for obtaining pre-determined changes?

• A) Psychotherapy
• B) Psycho-dynamism
• C) Psychopathology
• D) Psychopharmacology