Psychotherapy (7 & 8) Flashcards

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What are the 6 theoretical orientations of psychotherapy?

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1- Psychoanalytic/ psychodynamic

2- Interpersonal

3- Family

4- Behavioral

5- Cognitive

6- Cognitive Behavioral

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What is the basis of psychoanalysis/ psychodynamic therapy?

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Unconscious conflicts are repressed and cause difficulty (insight oriented)

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What is the aim of psychoanalysis/ psychodynamic therapy?

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Making the unconscious, conscious

Understanding conflicts and behaviors

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What techniques are used in psychoanalysis/ psychodynamic therapy? (4)

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Free association

Analysis of trensference

Analysis of resistance

Dream interpretation

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What is psychoanalysis/ psychodynamic therapy used to treat?

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Depression, anxiety, some personality disorders

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6
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What is the basis of interpersonal therapy?

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Problematic attachments early in life predispose one to develop disorders that are expressed through troubled interpersonal relationships are present

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7
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What is the aim of interpersonal therapy?

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Correct interpersonal difficulties

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8
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Name 4 major interpersonal problems:

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Loss and grief

Role disputes

Role transitions

Interpersonal difficulties

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9
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Period of time used for interpersonal therapy?

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Short term–> 12-16 weeks

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10
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What is interpersonal therapy used to treat?

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Depression, eating disorder

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What is the basis of family therapy?

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Identified patient reflects a dysfunction in the whole family system

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What is the aim of family therapy?

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Help improve family’s relational health

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What is family therapy used to treat?

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1- Children identified with behavioral problems

2- families dealing with contact

3- Teenagers with eating disorders or substance abuse

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14
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What is group therapy used to treat?

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People with common experiences, a particular disorder, or interpersonal difficulties

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15
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What is behavioral therapy based on?

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learning theory

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What is the aim of behavioral therapy?

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Relieve symptoms by unlearning maladaptive behaviors

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17
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What techniques are found used in behavioral therapy? (4)

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Systematic desensitization

Aversive condition

Flooding/ implosion

Token economy

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18
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What are the three phases of classical conditioning?

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Phase I: unconditioned stimulus and neutral stimulus are given separately

Phase II: Neutral stimulus followed by unconditioned stimulus

Phase III: Conditioned response

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19
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What is stimulus generalization?

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Person has response to things that are similar to the conditioned stimulus

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20
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What is stimulus discrimination?

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Organism learns to differentiate among similar stimuli

21
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What is the relationship between stimulus generalization and stimulus discrimination?

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They are complementary processes

22
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What methods are used in operant conditioning?

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Reinforders and punishment

23
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What is a reinforcer?

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Stimulus event that increases the probability that the operant behavior will occur again

24
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What is a positive reinforcer?

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Stimulus that strengthens the response if it follows that response

25
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What is a negative reinforcer?

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An unpleasant stimulus that, if removed, strengthens the response that removed the stimulus

26
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What are the effects of delay of reinforcement in operant conditioning?

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Effect of a reinforcer is stronger when it comes soon after a response

27
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Does a small or a large reinforcer have a more vigorous behavioral response?

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Larger

28
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What are the two major types of schedules of reinforcement?

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1- continuous reinforcement schedule

2- partial/ intermittent reinforcement schedule

29
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Describe a continuous reinforcement schedule:

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Delivered every time a particular response occurs

30
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What are the four types of partial reinforcement schedules?

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Fixed ratio: fixed number of responses required for reinforcement

Variable ratio: number of responses required for reinforcement varies

Fixed Interval: fixed set of time must elapse before next opportunity for reinforcement

Variable interval: time interval that must elapse before next opportunity for reinforcement varies

31
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Which type of partial reinforcement schedule is bet for long term behavioral modification?

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Interval schedules (fixed and variable)

32
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What is punishment?

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Presentation of an adverse stimulus or removal of a pleasant one following some behavior

33
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What does punishment result in?

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Results in a decrease in the frequency of a response

34
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What are the drawbacks of punishment? (4)

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1- do not “erase” an undesirable habit, merely suppresses it

2- ineffective unless given immediately after the response and each time the response is made

3-can become aggressive if given in anger

4- signals what is inappropriate behavior but doe not specify correct alternate behavior

35
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What is systematic desensitization?

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Patient visualizes a series of anxiety provoking stimuli while remaining relaxed

36
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What is flooding/ implosion?

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Direct exposure without the possibility of avoidance/ escape

37
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What is another name for positive reinforcement?

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Token economy

38
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What is aversive condition?

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Classical conditioning principles are used to associate physical or psychological discomfort with undesired behaviors

39
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What is stimulus control?

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Modification of environmental cues that maintain or elicit behaviors

40
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What is the aim of cognitive therapy?

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Replace presumed distorted appraisals with more adaptive appraisals

Correct errors in logic

41
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What do therapists help clients to do during cognitive therapy? (5)

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1- monitor thoughts

2- Recognize the relations among cognition, behavior, and affect

3- test the validity of automatic thoughts

4- substitute more realistic cognitions

5- identify and later alter schemas that predispose people to think in negative ways

42
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What techniques are used in cognitive therapy? (2)

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Psychoeducation

cognitive restructuring

43
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What is cognitive therapy used to treat?

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Depression, anxiety disorders and eating disorders

44
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What are the three major classes of cognitive behavioral therapy?

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1- coping skills therapies

2- Cognitive reconstructing methods

4- Problem solving therapies

45
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Explain coping skills therapies:

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Focus on developing repertoire of skills to manage stressors

46
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Explain cognitive reconstructing methods:

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Assume emotional distress in the consequence of maladaptive thoughts

47
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Explain problem solving therapies:

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Combination of cognitive solving therapies and coping skills therapies

48
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What is emphasized in CBT?

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“Homework” and outside of session activity

49
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What are the 4 elements to CBT case formulation?

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Assessment, treatment planning, treatment, continuous monitoring and hypothesis testing