Test 5 Exam Flashcards
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Psychologists
A professional who has completed advanced degrees in psychology
PsyD
Doctor of psychology, lack of emphasis on research characteristics, focuses on clinical practice
PhD
Doctor of philosophy, focus on both clinical practice & research
Freudian psychoanalysis
Focused on the WHY
view that emphasized the unconscious mind & its ability to affect people’s behavior
Free association
Encouraging a patient to say whatever comes to mind without censoring their words, paying close attention to words the unconscious brings out
Resistance
A patient shying away from a certain topic that the therapist brings up
A patients reluctance to accept a therapists interpretation as true meaning that the interpretation is true!
Person-centered therapy
Main humanistic theory
Developed by Carl Rogers
Therapist shows no judgement &I plays a passive role when talking to patient
Systematic desensitization
Relaxing & slowly introducing the feared item
Flooding
The feared item is presented by itself until it no longer produced the conditioned response of fear
Aversion therapy
Pairing something unpleasant with a specific unwanted behavior
Behavioral activation therapy
Used to treat depression
Context/environment is the reason for depression
Therefore it targets avoidance behavior, gets people to recognize the things that make them motivated & the things that don’t.
Cognitive therapy focused on
Based on the notion that the way we think is essential to health
Situations do not cause abnormal behavior, our thoughts about those situations do
Always focused on changing behaviors to be rational, logical ways of thinking instead
Rebt
Rational emotive behavioral therapy
Coined by Albert Ellis
Somewhat confrontational
Therapist is very critical of patients thinking
Focused on cognitive restructuring but deemphasized supportive role of therapist
Cognitive-behavioral therapy CBT
Improves many psychological disorders, including depression & insomnia
Electroconvulsive therapy
Biological treatment in which seizures are induced in an anesthetized patient
Primarily used in the treatment of mood disorders that have not responded to other treatments
Last resort
Frontal lobotomy
Terrible psychosurgery that is no longer used.
Chopped up frontal lobe of brain
1930-1960
Barbiturates
Not used often today, overused in the 60’s, very dangerous
Addictive properties & frequently used in suicides
Benzodiazepines
Discovered after WWII
Used to treat panic disorder & generalized anxiety
Also becoming overused today
Selective serotonin Reuptake inhibitors (Ssri’s)
Treat depression & other mood disorders
They block the Reuptake of serotonin, thus increasing the amount of serotonin in the synapse at a given time
Allows for increased binding to receptors
Lithium Bicarbonate
Main drug used for bipolar disorder.
Still poorly understood what lithium does for bipolar disorder
It has an antioxidant effect which promotes growth of new neurons & prevents further loss of neurons
Phenothiazines (Thorazine)
One medication to treat schizophrenia
Discovered by accident, but allowed many people to return to their communities instead of living in institutions
Reduces positive symptoms, but doesn’t reduce negative symptoms such as: tardive dyskinesia difficulty/slow moving
Clozapine
Other medication for schizophrenia
Treats negative symptoms better
Less tardive dyskinesia
Health psychology
A sub field of psychology focusing on the relationship between mind & body as it related to illness & health
Stress
An unpleasant emotional state that results from the perception of danger
