Psychology Terms Ch. 13
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| an interaction between a therapist and someone suffering from a psychological problem, with the goal of providing support or relief from the problem Ex: lay on the couch and tell me your problems | psychotherapy
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| treatment that draws on techniques from different forms of therapy, depending on the client and the problem | eclectic psychotherapy
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| explore childhood events and help patients develop insight into their psychological problems | psychodynamic psychotherapies
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| _______ assumes that humans are born with urges that are suppressed through defense mechanisms | psychoanalysis
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| a reluctance to cooperate with treatment or fear of confronting unpleasant unconscious material | resistance
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| when the analyst begins to assume a major significance in the clients life and the client reacts to the analyst based on unconscious childhood fantasies | transference
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| therapist transferring his/her issues onto patient | counter transference
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| a form of psychotherapy theta focuses on helping clients improve current relationships | interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT)
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| symptom relief is achieved through changing overt maladaptive behaviors into more constructive behaviors | behavior therapy
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| clients are given tokens for desired behaviors which they can later trade for rewards | token economy
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| involves confronting an emotion-arousing stimulus directly and repeatedly, leading to a decrease in the emotional response (Habituation) | exposure therapy
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| the client realizes all the muscles in the body while imagining being in increasingly frightening situations | systematic desensitization
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| involves helping a client identify and correct any distorted thinking | cognitive therapy
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| teaches clients to question the automatic beliefs that often lead to negative emotions and to replace negative thinking with more realistic and positive beliefs | cognitive restructuring
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| teaches an individual to be aware of his/her thoughts, feelings, and sensations; and to detect symptoms before they become a problem | mindfulness meditation
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| a blend of cognitive and behavioral therapeutic strategies | cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
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| assumes all individuals have a tendency toward growth and that this growth can be facilitated by acceptance and genuine reactions from the therapist | person-centered therapy
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| goal of helping the client become aware of his/her thoughts, behaviors, experiences, and feeling and to "own" or take responsibility for them | gestalt therapy
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| multiple participants work on their individual problems in a group atmosphere | group therapy
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| the study of drug effects on psychological states and symptoms | psychopharmacology
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| medications used to treat schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders | anti-psychotic drugs
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| medications used to reduce a persons experience of fear or anxiety | anti-anxiety drugs
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| medications used to help life peoples mood | anti-depressant drugs
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| inert substance or procedure that has been applied with the expectation that a healing response will be produced | placebo
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| treatment that involves inducing a mild seizure by delivering an electrical shock to the brain | electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
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| treatment that involves placing a powerful pulsed magnet over a persons scalp, which alters neuronal activity in the brain | transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)
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| the surgical destruction of specific brain areas | psychosurgery
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