You Are a Humanistic Therapist

question 16

Multiple Choice

You are a humanistic therapist. A potential client is unfamiliar with your school of therapy and asks you to sum it up for him. You tell him the primary tenet of humanistic therapy is that

• A) individuals possess self-healing capacities.
• B) irrational thought results in negative consequences.
• C) the unconscious mind can affect conscious behavior.
• D) individuals can unlearn abnormal behavior in the course of therapy.

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Valium

A brand name for diazepam, a medication belonging to the benzodiazepine family, used to treat anxiety, muscle spasms, seizures, and other conditions.

Neurotransmitter Receptors

Proteins on the surface of neurons that bind to neurotransmitters, allowing for the transmission of signals across the synaptic gap.

Post-synaptic Neuron

This refers to the neuron that receives a signal (neurotransmitter) across the synaptic gap from a neuron that has fired (pre-synaptic neuron).

Pre-synaptic Neuron

The neuron that sends a signal across the synaptic gap to a receiving neuron during neurotransmission.