ch. 15 psych test
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- BELL AND PAD TREATMENT
- A behavior therapy technique to treat nighttime bedwetting by conditioning arousal from sleep in response to body signals of a full bladder.
- TRANSFERENCE
- In psychoanalysis, the process by which emotions and desires originally associated with a significant person in the patient's life, such as a parent, are unconsciously transferred to the psychoanalyst.
- FREE ASSOCIATION
- A technique used in psychoanalysis in which the patient spontaneously reports all thoughts, feelings, and mental images as they come to mind, as a way of revealing unconscious thoughts and emotions.
- PSYCHOANALYSIS
- A type of psychotherapy originated by Freud in which free association, dream interpretation, and analysis of resistance nad transference are used to explore repressed or unconcious impulses, anxieties, and internal conflicts.
- ANTIANXIETY MEDICATIONS
- benzodiazepines
- FAMILY THERAPY
- A form of psychotherapy that is based on the assumption that the family is a system and that treats the family as a unit.
- ANTIPSYCHOTIC MEDICATIONS
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SCHIZOPHRENIA
alters dopamine levels - reserpine, chlorpromazine - DREAM INTERPRETATION
- A technique used in psychoanalysis in which the content of dreams is analyzed for disguised or symbollic wishes, meanings, and motivations.
- BIPOLAR DISORDER (MEDICATIONS)
- lithium, depakote
- Why does the value of psychotherapy decrease when the client and psychotherapist hold different cultural beliefs?
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values of Western psychotherapy:
*focus on individual
*emphasis on the importance of insight
*assumption that clients are willing to seek professional help for their problems
*empasis on emotional openness and disclosure
**The APA has established guidelines for psychotherapists who work with culturally diverse populations. - ANTIDEPRESSANTS
- triculics, MAO inhibitors, second-generation antidepressants
- ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY (ECT)
- A biomedical therapy used primarily in the treatment of depression that involves electically inducing a brief brain seizure; also called SHOCK THERAPY and ELECTRIC SHOCK THERAPY.
- HUMANISTIC PERSPECTIVE
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*emphasizes human potential, self-awareness, and freedom of choice
*most important factor in personality is the individual's conscious, subjective perception of himself
*people are innately good and motivated by the need to grow psychologically - BIOMEDICAL THERAPIES
- The use of medications, electroconvulsive therapy, or other medical treatments to treat the symptoms associated with psychological disorders.
- PSYCHOTHERAPY
- The treatment of emotional, behavioral, and interpersonal problems through the use of psychological techniques designed to encourage understanding of problems and modify troubling feelings, behaviors, or relationships.
- COGNITIVE THEARPY (CT)
- A type of cognitive therapy, developed by Aaron T. Beck, that focuses on changing the client's unrealistic beliefs.
- RATIONAL-EMOTIVE THERAPY
- A type of cognitive therapy, developed by psychologist Albert Ellis, that focuses on changing the client's irrational beliefs.
- AVERSIVE CONDITIONING
- A relatively ineffective type of behavior therapy that involves repeatedly pairing an aversive stimulus with the occurance of undesirable behaviors or thoughts.
- SYSTEMATIC DESENSITIZATION
- A type of behavior therapy in which phobic responses are reduced by pairing relaxation with a series of mental images or real-life situations that the person finds progressively more fear-provoking; based on the principle of counterconditioning.
- COGNITIVE THERAPIES
- A group of psychotherapies that are based on the assumption that psychological problems are due to maladaptive patterns of thinking; treatment techniques focus on recognizing and altering these unhealthy thinking patterns.
- CLIENT-CENTERED THERAPY
- A type of psychotherapy developed by humanistic psychologist Carl Rogers in which the therapist is nondirective and reflective, and the client directs the focus of each therapy session; also called PERSON-CENTERED THERAPY
- BEHAVIOR THERAPY
- A type of psychotherapy that focuses on directly changing maladaptive behavior patterns by using basic learning principles and techniques; also called BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION.