unit 8 part 2 (70-73)

Question 1

biomedical therapy

Answer 1

prescribed medications or procedures that act directly on a persons physiology

Question 2

psychotherapy

Answer 2

treatment involving psychological techniques. interactions between a trained therapist and someone seeking to overcome psych difficulties

Question 3

eclectic approach

Answer 3

an approach to psychology that uses techniques from various forms of therapy

Question 4

psychoanalysis

Answer 4

freud therapeutic technique - free associations, dreams, transference, dreams

Question 5

resistance

Answer 5

psychoanalysis - blocking from consciousness of anxiety-laden material

Question 6

interpretation

Answer 6

psychoanalysis - the analysts noting supposed dream meanings, resistances, and other significant behaviors and events in order to promote insight

Question 7

transference

Answer 7

psychoanalysis - the patients transfer of emotions to other relationships

Question 8

psychodynamic therapy

Answer 8

therapy deriving from the psychoanalytic tradition; views individuals as responding to unconscious forces and childhood experiences.

Question 9

insight therapies

Answer 9

therapies that aim to improve psychological functioning by increasing a persons awareness of underlying motives and defenses.

Question 10

client-centered therapy

Answer 10

a humanistic theory - therapist uses techniques such as active listening with an accepting, genuine, empathic environment. Carl Rogers

Question 11

active listening

Answer 11

empathic listening in which the listener echoes, restates, and clarifies. Carl Rogers

Question 12

unconditional positive regard

Answer 12

caring, accepting, nonjudgmental attitude.

Question 13

behavior therapy

Answer 13

therapy that applies learning principles to the elimination of unwanted behaviors

Question 14

counterconditioning

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behavior therapy procedures that use classical conditioning to evoke new responses to stimuli that are triggering unwanted behaviors (exposure therapy, aversive conditioning)

Question 15

exposure therapies

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treat anxieties by exposing people to things they fear and avoid

Question 16

systematic desensitization

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type of exposure therapy that associates a pleasant relaxed state with graduallly increasing anxiety triggering stimuli

Question 17

virtual reality exposure therapy

Answer 17

treats anxiety via VR headseat

Question 18

aversive conditioning

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associates a unpleasant state with an unwanted behavior

Question 19

token economy

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operant conditioning procedure where people earn a token for exhibiting a desired behavior, can later exchange tokens for reward

Question 20

cognitive therapy

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therapy that teaches new, more adaptive ways of thinking

Question 21

rational-emotive behavior therapy REBT

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confrontational cognitive therapy, challenges peoples illogical, self defeating attitudes and assumptions

Question 22

cognitive behavioral therapy CBT

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integrative therapy that combines cognitive therapy w/ behavior changing therapy

Question 23

group therapy

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therapy conducted with groups rather than individuals

Question 24

family therapy

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treats people in the context of their family system. views individuals unwanted behaviors as directed at or influenced by family members

Question 25

meta analysis

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procedure for statistically combining the results of many different research studies

Question 26

evidence based practice

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clinical decision making that integrates the best available research with clinical expertise and patient characteristics and preferences

Question 27

therapeutic alliance

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a bond of trust and mutual understanding between therapist and client

Question 28

psychopharmacology

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the study of the effects of drugs on mind and behavior

Question 29

antipsychotic drugs

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drugs used to treat schizophrenia and other forms of psychotic disorders

Question 30

antianxiety drugs

Answer 30

drugs used to control anxiety and agitation

• xanax, ativan

Question 31

antidepressant drugs

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treat depression, anxiety, ocd, ptsd

• SSRIs

Question 32

electroconvulsive therapy

Answer 32

biomedical therapy where brief electric current is sent through brain of anesthetized patient

Question 33

repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation

Answer 33

application of repeated pulses of magnetic energy to the brain. stimulates or suppresses brain activity

Question 34

psychosurgery

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surgery that removes or destroys brain tissue to change behavior

Question 35

lobotomy

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psychosurgical procedure used to calm emotional or violent patients.

nerves connecting frontal lobes to emotion controlling centers of inner brain severed via icepick in eye socket

Question 36

resilience

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personal strength that helps most ppl cope w/ stress and recover from adversity and even trauma

Question 37

posttraumatic growth

Answer 37

positive psychological changes as a result of struggling with extremely challenging circumstances and life crises