Chapter 16 Flashcards
(42 cards)
deinstitutionlization
community-based treatments that have led to increased homelessness and incarceration
psychotherapy
therapist uses psychological techniques to overcome difficulties and achieve personal growth
biomedical therapy
medications and other biological treatments
psychoanalysis
freud’s theory that attributes behaviors to unconscious motivation
what influences therapists working from the psychodynamic persepctive
psychoanalysis, but they don’t talk much about id,ego, etc.
in free associations mental blocks indicate ___
resistance, then can offer interpretation
humanistic persepctive
emphasizes people’s innate potential for self-fufillment
therapies that aim to improve pyschological funtioning by increasing a person’s awareness of underlying motives and defenses
insight therapies (psychodynamic and humanistic)
how do humanistic differ from psychodynamic
-boost self- fufillment
-growth over curing illness
-immediate responsibility vs uncovering hidden motivations
-conscious thoughts more important than unsconscious
- present / future more important than past
humanistic technique developed by carl rogers
person-centered therapy (nondirective therapy), the client leads the discussion
behaviour therapists
assume that problem behaviours are the problems (uses conditioning)
jones counterconditiong
now known as exposure therapy (repeatedly exposing to stimulus) , pairs trigger stimulus with a new response that is incompatible with fear
systematic desensitization
basically same as counterconditioning, cannot be anxious and relaxed at the same time, uses anxiety hierarchy
adversive conditioning
associates unwanted behaviour with unpleasant feelings, often combined with other treatments
operant conditioning (behaviour modification)
reinforce desirable behaviours, punish undesirable
token economy
earn tokens and later exchange for prize
two critiques of behaviour modification
how durable are the behaviours
is it right for one human to control another’s behaviour
cognitive therapies assume…
our thinking colors our feelings, changing thinking can change functioning
stress inoculation training
teaching people to restructure their thinking in stressful situations
cognitive therapy techniques
reveal, test and change beliefs
CBT
combined approach to alter the way people think and act
dialectical behaviour therapy
helps change harmful and even suicidal behaviour patterns - acceptance and change
group therapy benefits
-cost
-social laboratory
-enables ppl to see others share their problems
-provides feedback
critiques for therapy
people enter in crisis
clients believe treatment will be effective
clients speak kindly of therapists
clients want to believe therapy was worth the effort (effort justification)
