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Question 1

trephining

Answer 1

drilling holes into the skull to let evil spirits out

Question 2

deinstitutionalization

Answer 2

releasing patients from mental institutions

Question 3

preventive effects

Answer 3

preventing/treating disorders early on

Question 4

primary prevention

Answer 4

preventing diseases/ disorders before they occur

Question 5

secondary prevention

Answer 5

working with people at risk for developing certain disorder

Question 6

tertiary prevention

Answer 6

working to prevent a disorder from getting more severe

Question 7

somatic therapies

Answer 7

drug
(biomedical)

Question 8

psychotherapy

Answer 8

talking to psychologist
(cognitive, humanist, psychoanalytic, behaviorist)

Question 9

symptom substitution

Answer 9

when a patient develops a new psychological problem after getting treated for an old one
(psychoanalytical)

Question 10

hypnosis

Answer 10

altered state of consciousness, makes it so people are less likely to suppress bad thoughts
(psychoanalytical)

Question 11

free associate

Answer 11

to say whatever comes to mind without thinking when given a prompt
(psychoanalytical)

Question 12

resistance (psychoanalytical theory)

Answer 12

when a patient disagrees with a therapists interpretations

Question 13

transference (psychoanalytical theory)

Answer 13

when patients begin having strong feelings (both positive or negative, and may be romantic) towards there therapists

Question 14

insight therapies

Answer 14

psychoanalytic/psychodynamic therapies & humanist therapies
helps clients understand that their past memories is impacting their futures

Question 15

determinism

Answer 15

belief that people have no control over what happens to them

Question 16

client centered therapy/person centered therapy

Answer 16

provides clients with unconditional positive regard

Question 17

non directive form of therapy

Answer 17

does not tell patients what to do, but helps them decide what to do
(humanist)

Question 18

active listening

Answer 18

therapist doesn’t talk much, and instead encourages patient to talk

Question 19

gestalt therapy

Answer 19

therapy that focuses on a person’s present rather than their past.
makes them aware of themselves as one whole being

Question 20

existential therapies

Answer 20

focuses on helping patients find a meaning of life

Question 21

counterconditioning

Answer 21

when an unpleasant conditioned response is replaced with a pleasant one
(behavioral)

Question 22

systematic desensitization

Answer 22

replaces feelings of anxiety with relaxation through desensitization

Question 23

in vivo desensitization

Answer 23

desensitization while confronting actual objects/sitations

Question 24

covert desensitization

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confronting fears in imagination

Question 25

flooding

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systematic desensitization except it starts at the top (most feared object/situation)

Question 26

modeling

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asking a patient to copy someone interacting with a patient's fears

Question 27

aversive conditioning

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pairing a bad habit (smoking, drinking, etc) with unpleasant stimuli

Question 28

operant conditioning

Answer 28

using reinforcement & punishment to modify behavior

Question 29

attributional style

Answer 29

what people blame their failures on. usually internal, permanent, and global aspects of yourself

Question 30

cognitive triad

Answer 30

people's beliefs about themselves, their futures, and their world (cognitive)

Question 31

rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT)

Answer 31

exposes & confronts patient's dysfunctional thoughts/fears. convinces patients fears are not illogical/extreme (cognitive behavioral)

Question 32

self help groups

Answer 32

group therapies that dont require a therapist

Question 33

psychoparmacology/chemotherapy

Answer 33

drug therapy

Question 34

bilateral ECT

Answer 34

electric current is passed through both hemispheres of the brain. causes memory loss

Question 35

unilateral ECT

Answer 35

electric current is passed through one hemisphere of the brain

Question 36

psychosurgery

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purposely destroying part of the brain (lobotomies)

Question 37

psychiatrists

Answer 37

medical doctors, can prescribe medicine

Question 38

clinical psychologists

Answer 38

have doctoral degrees (PhDs). deals with people with more severe problems.

Question 39

counseling therapists

Answer 39

has graduate degree in psychology. deals with less severe problems than clinical psychologists

Question 40

psychoanalysts

Answer 40

people who follow freuds methods