Theories Flashcards
(23 cards)
Who is considered the father of psychoanalysis?
Sigmund Freud
What are the three parts of Freud’s personality structure?
Id, ego, superego
What is Carl Rogers’ core condition of counseling called?
What are the core conditions?
Person-centered therapy (with core conditions: empathy, congruence, unconditional positive regard)
What is the main goal of Gestalt Therapy?
To increase awareness in the present moment and integrate the whole self.
What is the primary focus of Behavior Therapy?
Observable behavior and how it’s learned or unlearned through conditioning.
Which theorist emphasized birth order and social interest?
Alfred Adler
What does CBT stand for, and what does it focus on?
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; focuses on changing faulty thoughts to change behavior.
What theory is the empty chair technique used in?
Gestalt Therapy
What is existential therapy most concerned with?
Meaning, freedom, responsibility, and dealing with existential anxiety.
What is Albert Ellis known for?
REBT (Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy) - identifying and disputing irrational beliefs
John Crites
Career; maturity determines career development
Jesse B Davis
Developed vocational guidance in public schools
Dollard/Miller
Frustration aggression
Rudolph Dreikers
First to discuss use of group therapy in private practice
John Ertl
Use EEG to measure speed and efficiency of electrical activity in the brain to measure intelligence
Erik Erikson
Biopsychosical or psychosocial stages of development
Leonard Festinger
Cognitive Dissonance
Sigmund Freud
Id, ego, superego, maturationist, psychoanalysis, psychosexual development
Francis Galton
Cousin of Charles Darwin; suggested intelligence is genetic
HB Gelatt
Career; decision making theory
Eleanor Gibson
Depth perception in infants
Eli Ginzberg
Career; Fantasy, Tentative, Realistic. Expanded by Super.
Linda Gottfredson
Career; circumspection and compromise theory
