Psychology Chapter - 16.2 OPTIONAL EXAM

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

structured, goal-oriented counseling directed more at education about the disorder and skills for managing current symptoms that extensive probing into early experience

Systematic Desensitization

treatment for phobias that gradually exposes the person to the feared object or situation so the person can learn there is no real danger

Electroconclusive Shock Therapy (ECT)

the intentional conduction of a large-scale seizure can rapidly reverse severe depression

biomedical therapy

treatment that involves medication and/or medical procedures to treat psychological disorders

humanistic therapy

therapeutic orientation aimed at helping people become more self-aware and accepting of themselves

Rogerian or client-centered therapy

non-directive form of humanistic psychotherapy developed by Carl Rogers that emphasizes unconditional positive regard and self-acceptance

nondirective therapy

therapeutic approach in which the therapist does not give advice or provide interpretations but helps the person identify conflicts and understand feelings

unconditional positive regard

fundamental acceptance of a person regardless of what they say or do; term associated with humanistic psychology

ABC model

Action (sometimes called an activating event), the Belief about the event, and the Consequences of this belief.

rational emotive therapy (RET)

form of cognitive-behavioral therapy

Cognitive therapy

form of psychotherapy that focuses on how a person’s thoughts lead to feelings of distress, with the aim of helping them change these irrational thoughts

Aversive conditioning

counterconditioning technique that pairs an unpleasant stimulant with an undesirable behavior

counterconditioning

classical conditioning therapeutic technique in which a client learns a new response to a stimulus that has previously elicited an undesirable behavior

psychotherapy

psychological treatment that employs various methods to help someone overcome personal problems, or to attain personal growth.

behavior therapy

therapeutic orientation that employs principles of learning to help clients change undesirable behaviors

free association

technique in psychoanalysis in which the patient says whatever comes to mind at the moment