Chapter 15: Psych 101 Exam 4 Review/Practice

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Psychotherapy

treatment involving psychological techniques; consists of interactions between a trained therapist and someone seeking to overcome psychological difficulties or achieve personal growth

<p>treatment involving psychological techniques; consists of interactions between a trained therapist and someone seeking to overcome psychological difficulties or achieve personal growth</p>
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A central therapeutic technique of psychoanalysis is

free association

<p>free association</p>
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Psychodynamic therapy's major goal

helping patients gain perspective on feelings they seem to be defending against/self-insight

<p>helping patients gain perspective on feelings they seem to be defending against/self-insight</p>
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Active Listening

echoing, restating, and seeking clarification of what the person expresses and acknowledging the expressed feelings

<p>echoing, restating, and seeking clarification of what the person expresses and acknowledging the expressed feelings</p>
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exposure therapies

reducing patients' anxiety by having them repeatedly experience in safe settings the things they fear and often avoid

<p>reducing patients' anxiety by having them repeatedly experience in safe settings the things they fear and often avoid</p>
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aversive conditioning

A therapy when unwanted behavior is systematically associated with unpleasant experiences

<p>A therapy when unwanted behavior is systematically associated with unpleasant experiences</p>
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cognitive therapy

treatment centers on the assumption that thoughts intervene between events and our emotional reactions

<p>treatment centers on the assumption that thoughts intervene between events and our emotional reactions</p>
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

An integrative therapy that aims to modify both self-defeating thinking and maladaptive actions

<p>An integrative therapy that aims to modify both self-defeating thinking and maladaptive actions</p>
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Client-centered therapy

developed by Carl Rogers, this humanistic therapy includes unconditional positive regard

<p>developed by Carl Rogers, this humanistic therapy includes unconditional positive regard</p>
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Comorbidity

the co-occurrence/overlapping of two or more disorders in a single individual

<p>the co-occurrence/overlapping of two or more disorders in a single individual</p>
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Light Therapy

sparks activity in a brain region that influences the body's arousal

<p>sparks activity in a brain region that influences the body's arousal</p>
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social work

the profession outside of the field of psychology prepared to offer psychotherapy (in completion of graduate school)

<p>the profession outside of the field of psychology prepared to offer psychotherapy (in completion of graduate school)</p>
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antipsychotic drugs

drugs that appear to produce therapeutic effects by blocking dopamine receptor sites (as in Schizophrenia)

<p>drugs that appear to produce therapeutic effects by blocking dopamine receptor sites (as in Schizophrenia)</p>
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electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)

a biomedical therapy proven effective in the treatment of depression

<p>a biomedical therapy proven effective in the treatment of depression</p>