Ch 16 Flashcards
(7 cards)
1
Q
What are the different types of therapy?
A
- Psychoanalytic
- Cognitive
- behavioral
- humanistic
2
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Psychoanalysis
A
- takes years
- related to Freud
- free associations and dream analyzes
- believed in transference : the patient transfers all the positive or negative emotions associated with the patient’s other relationships to the psychoanalyst.
- help ppl look into their past due to repressed feelings
3
Q
Behavior
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- therapist employs principles of learning to help clients change undesirable behaviors
- uses both counter-conditioning and aversive conditioning
4
Q
what is counterconditioning
A
Classical conditioning therapeutic technique in which a client learns a new response to a stimulus that has previously elicited an undesirable behavior
5
Q
What is aversive conditioning
A
Counterconditioning technique that pairs an unpleasant stimulant with an undesirable behavior
6
Q
Cognitive therapy
A
form of psychotherapy that focuses on how a person’s thoughts lead to feelings of distress.
7
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Humanistic Therapy
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- help people become more self-aware and accepting of themselves.
- therapist uses techniques like active listening
- Carl Rogers believed in unconditional positive regard
