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psych 11-1-11 24
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| behavior therapies | involve the application of principles of learning to change client's specific problem behaviors |
| behavior therapy [behavior modification] | uses principles of conditioning to change disruptive behaviors and improve functioning |
| client-centered therapy | therapist shows compassion and positive regard in helping clients reach full potential |
| clinical psychologists | go to graduate school of psychology and earn Ph.D., including one year in clinical setting |
| cognitive therapy | assumes that our automatic negative thoughts distort perception, influence feelings, behavior |
| common factors | supportive and trusting relationship, accepting atmosphere, motivation to work on changing |
| counseling psychologists | go to graduate school of psychology or education and earn Ph.D., with work in a counseling setting |
| deinstitutionalization | release of patients from mental hospitals and their return to community to live fuller lives |
| dream interpretation | search for hidden meanings, symbols providing clues to unconscious thoughts and desires |
| eclectic approach | involves combining several or more techniques from many different approaches |
| free association | technique that encourages clients to talk about any thoughts or images that enter their heads |
| insight therapies | involve therapist and client talking about the client's symptoms and problems to identify cause |
| medical therapies | involve use of psychoactive drugs to treat mental disorders by affecting neurotransmitters |
| moral therapy | belief that mental patients could be helped to function better by providing humane treatment |
| phenothiazines | first group of drugs to reduce schizophrenic symptoms by blocking the effects of dopamine |
| psychiatrists | go to medical school, earn MD, take psychiatric residency and additional training |
| psychoanalysis | core idea is that repressed thoughts in the unconscious cause conflicts and symptoms |
| resistance | reluctance to work through feelings, recognize unconscious conflicts and repressed thoughts |
| systematic desensitization | client is gradually exposed to the feared object while simultaneously practicing relaxation |
| transference | process by which patient expresses strong emotions toward therapist, a substitute figure |
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