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Discuss five therapeutic techniques a positive psychotherapist would likely use with clients. Explain how each of the techniques selected facilitates change.

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________________ is a state characterized by positive emotions, a strong sense of personal meaning, good work, and positive relationships.

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Which of the following therapies has been shown to be effective in treating affective and anxiety disorders?


A) Transgenerational family therapy
B) Structural family therapy
C) Strategic family therapy
D) Cognitive behavior therapy

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Which of the following virtues is defined as "interpersonal strengths that involve tending and befriending others"?


A) Justice
B) Wisdom
C) Temperance
D) Humanity

E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

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Which of the following types of clients might NOT find positive psychotherapy effective?


A) Those expecting a linear progression in symptom reduction
B) Individuals with adjustment disorders with depressed mood
C) Clients presenting with borderline personality disorder
D) Clients who are children or adolescents

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Melanie Bay conducted a study in 2012 evaluating the impact of group positive psychotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and medication on depressive symptoms in French patients. Bay found that


A) French clients responded more to positive psychotherapy than American clients.
B) French clients responded less to positive psychotherapy than American clients.
C) clients fared equally with positive psychotherapy and cognitive behavioral therapy.
D) clients receiving positive psychotherapy experienced greater therapeutic benefits.

E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

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A full life is


A) the sum of pleasure, engagement, and meaning.
B) more than the sum of pleasure, engagement, and meaning.
C) the acquisition of all 24 character strengths.
D) the continuous displaying of the six virtues.

E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

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Which of the following theorists felt that negatives were an indispensable element of human existence and assumed defenses were built to repress these conflicts and manage the unbearable anxiety they caused?


A) Albert Ellis
B) Sigmund Freud
C) Marty Seligman
D) Aaron Beck

E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

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When positive psychotherapy is conducted internationally, therapists must be mindful of the fact that character strengths


A) are universal concepts that manifest similarly across cultures.
B) become less relevant in certain cultures.
C) may manifest differently across cultural groups.
D) are Western concepts and rejected by Eastern therapists.

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Attempts to apply positive psychotherapy with children and adolescents have found that


A) the concepts are too challenging for individuals under the age of 25.
B) treatment increases well-being and decreases behavioral problems.
C) positive psychotherapy is effective but less so than family therapy.
D) the exercises are only helpful if delivered directly by the parent(s) .

E) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

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