Behavioral Science - Psychotherapy I and II Flashcards
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What are three nonspecific characteristics common to all forms of psychotherapy?
- Formation of a therapeutic alliance
- Expectation
- -by seeking help, one will change - Hawthorne effect
- -improvement as a result of receiving attention
What kind of therapy focuses on the idea that unconscious conflicts are repressed and cause difficulty?
Psychoanalytical/Psychodynamic
These techniques define what kind of psychotherapy?
Free association;
Analysis of transference;
Analysis of resistance;
Dream interpretation
Psychoanalytical/Psychodynamic therapy
What are the two main goals of Psychoanalytical/Psychodynamic therapy?
Making the unconscious conscious (insight)
Understanding conflicts and behaviors
Which type of therapy has a longer time course, Psychoanalytical or Psychodynamic?
Psychoanalysis is more long-term therapy and focuses on the past more than psychodynamic therapy.
What are psychoanalysis and psychodynamic therapy used to treat?
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Some personality disorders
What type of therapy is being described?
The idea that problematic attachments early in life predispose one to develop disorders that are expressed through troubled interpersonal relationships in the present.
Interpersonal therapy
Goal is to correct interpersonal relationships
What are the 4 major interpersonal problems mainly addressed in Interpersonal Therapy?
- Loss and grief
- Role disputes
- Role transitions
- Interpersonal deficits (for example role playing as part of the treatment process, used in adolescents)
How long does Interpersonal therapy last?
12-16 sessions, short-term, with a focus on current relationships
What kind of psychotherapy is indicated for depression and eating disorders equally?
Interpersonal therapy
What is the main idea behind Family Systems therapy?
The whole family is the patient
Aim: to help improve the family’s relational health
When id Family Systems therapy indicated?
Children with CD;
Families dealing with conflict;
Children with other behavior problems;
Teenagers with SUDs or eating disorders.
What is the goal of Behavioral therapy?
Relieve symptoms by unlearning maladaptive behaviors
The following techniques define what kind of psychotherapy?
- Systematic desensitization
- Aversive conditioning
- Flooding/implosion
- Token economy
Behavioral therapy
Based on classical conditioning and operant conditioning
Give an example of aversive conditioning technique used in Behavioral therapy.
Alcohol ant-abuse
very much classical conditioning
The token economy technique of behavioral therapy is used to treat what disorders?
ADHD
ODD
Psychotic disorders
Autism Spectrum disorder
Systematic desensitization and Flooding are behavioral therapy techniques used to treat:
Phobias
classical conditioning
What is Applied Behavioral Analysis and in what context is it employed?
ABA is like operant conditioning, helps to push or design or train social interaction in patients with autism spectrum disorder
Provide immediate reinforcement to the patient, ie popcorn for making eye contact etc.
Define classical conditioning.
Phase 1: Unconditioned stimulus –> unconditioned response
Neutral stimulus is introduced with the unconditioned stimulus and elicits an orienting response
Phase 2: Neutral stimulus, followed by unconditioned stimulus –> unconditioned response
Phase 3: The now-conditioned response is all that is needed to elicit the new conditioned response
What is the basic component of Operant Conditioning?
The Reinforcer - the stimulus event that increases the probability that the operant behavior will occur
What is this? A stimulus that strengthens the response if it follows that response.
Positive reinforcer
Used in Operant Conditioning
What is this? An unpleasant stimulus that, if removed, strengthens the response that removes the stimulus
Negative reinforcer
Used in Operant Conditioning
Define this therapy technique:
Fixed number of responses required for reinforcement
Fixed ratio
Operant conditioning - partial reinforcement schedule
Define this therapy technique:
Number of responses required for reinforcement varies.
Variable ratio
Operant conditioning - partial reinforcement schedule
