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Psychoanalytic Therapy

To focus on revealing thoughts, emotions, and motivations that are the root of mental confict

Personality has 3 structures:

1. Id

2. Ego

3. S

Id

The pleasure center of the mind, concerned with animal-like impulses or urges.

Responsible for the libido (this drives urges)

Follows the pleasure principle

Ego

Concerned with making decisions and rational thinking.

Follows the reality principle (matches the demands of the id and the superego)

Superego

Concerned with moral principles, and could be thought as conscience

Free Association

Where you give words to thoughts that enter your consciousness

Transference

Transfer of feelings to the therapist

Psychodynamic Therapy

Clients are seen fewer times a week and focus on their current life rather than the roots of behavior

Interpersonal Therapy

Focuses on clients interpersonal relationships

Behavioural Therapy

Therapy where techniques are based on the principles of classical and operant conditioning as well as modeling

Humanists

Believe that we have conscious control of our body and can take responsibility for our actions

Person-Centered Therapy

Focuses on the thoughts and feelings of the client and not as focused on the therapist.

Ex.The therapist would repeat the emotions he hears coming from the client, “I hear you have a lot of anger”

Cognitive Therapy

Views mental distress as being the result of maladaptive thought processes and seeks to change them into something postive

Ex. Changing the perspective a client’s situation from negative to postive

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)

Developed for borderline personality disorder.

Uses concepts from cognitive, behavioural, psychodynamic, and humanistic fields.

The goal is to reduce suicide and destructive behaviours

Person-Situation Debate

The situation that people’s situational factors affect behaviour

Psychometric tests aim for…

1. Reliability - Is it consistent?

2. Validity - actually measures what it is intended to

3. Standardization - controlled procedures

Forewarning

Tells the audience that a persuasive message is coming

Inoculation

Mildly attacking the attitude which builds up defences against persuasion

Sociometer Theory

Suggests that our self-esteem measures our acceptance or inclusion in a group

Social Facilitation

Where an individual performance is improved due to a presence of a group

Ex. Jordan Poole performs better when the baddies are at the game

Social Interference

We perform worse due to the presence of some groups

Ex. You singing in front of 10/10 brunettes

Social Loafing

When in a group, individuals gives less effort because they believe others will pick up the slack

Ex. My design thinking group projects

Group Polarization

Occurs when the presence of a group leads to people developing more extreme opinions than when they first started

Ex. A mildly cautious group becomes even more cautious after talking.

Groupthink

Occurs when a group tends towards the same opinion to observe harmony and unity

Common Knowledge Effect

When groups spend more time discussing shared information than examining information that only few members know