Term 1: An Overview of Different Psychotherapies and Techniques, Quizzes of Psychology

Download Term 1: An Overview of Different Psychotherapies and Techniques and more Quizzes Psychology in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Psychotherapy DEFINITION 1 A person with a problem talks with a professional to understand themselves better TERM 2 Insight therapies DEFINITION 2 help people gain insight with respect to their behavior, thoughts, and feelings TERM 3 Action Therapy DEFINITION 3 the main goal is to change behavior TERM 4 Biomedical therapy DEFINITION 4 uses medicine TERM 5 Eclectic DEFINITION 5 combining different elements of various techniques and approaches TERM 6 psychoanalysis DEFINITION 6 reveals the unconscious TERM 7 dream interpretation DEFINITION 7 analysis of the elements within a dream to reveal conflicts TERM 8 free association DEFINITION 8 technique in which a patient is encouraged to talk about anything that comes to mind TERM 9 resistance DEFINITION 9 patient becomes unwilling to talk about certain topics TERM 10 transference DEFINITION 10 therapist becomes a symbol of a parental authority figure from the past TERM 21 What are the therapies based on classical conditioning? DEFINITION 21 systematic desensitization aversion therapy exposure therapy TERM 22 systematic desensitization DEFINITION 22 technique used to treat phobias. A client is asked to relax muscles and make a list of ordered fears and taught to relax while concentrating on those fears (goes from small to big) TERM 23 Aversion therapy DEFINITION 23 undesirable behavior is paired with an aversive stimulus to reduce the behavior TERM 24 exposure therapy DEFINITION 24 technique that exposes individuals to situations related to their fears and anxieties under controlled conditions TERM 25 Flooding DEFINITION 25 rapid, eye movement TERM 26 What are the therapies based on operant conditioning? DEFINITION 26 modeling reinforcement extinction TERM 27 modeling DEFINITION 27 learning thru the observation and limitation of others TERM 28 participant modeling DEFINITION 28 model takes client thru step by step process for desired behavior TERM 29 reinforcement DEFINITION 29 strengthening a response by following it with something pleasurable or taking something pleasurable away TERM 30 token economies DEFINITION 30 use of objects such as tokens to reinforce behavior TERM 31 contingengy contracting DEFINITION 31 formal, written agreement between therapist and client in which goals for behavior change are stated TERM 32 extinction DEFINITION 32 removal of a reenforcer to reduce the frequency of a response TERM 33 cognitive therapy DEFINITION 33 therapy that focuses on helping people recognize distortion in their thinking and change that distortion TERM 34 What is Beck's cognitive therapy? DEFINITION 34 arbitrary interference selective thining overgeneralization magnification and minimization personalization TERM 35 arbitrary inference DEFINITION 35 jumping to conclusions TERM 46 Psychopharmacology DEFINITION 46 use of drugs to control or relieve the symptoms of a psychological disorder TERM 47 antipsychotic drugs DEFINITION 47 used to treat psychotic symptoms (hallucinations, delusions, and bizarre behavior) TERM 48 anxiety drugs DEFINITION 48 used to calm anxiety TERM 49 mood-stabilizing drugs DEFINITION 49 treat bipolar disorder TERM 50 antidepressant drugs DEFINITION 50 used to treat depression and anxiety (monamne oxidase inhibitors and tricycics) TERM 51 electroconvulsive therapy DEFINITION 51 therapy used to treat depression with electric shocks TERM 52 psychosurgery DEFINITION 52 surgery performed on brain tissue to relieve or control severe psychological disorders TERM 53 pre-frontal lobotomy DEFINITION 53 connections of the prefrontal cortex to other areas of the brain are severed TERM 54 Bilateral anterior cingulated DEFINITION 54 mri is used to guide an electrode to a specific area of the brain called the cingulate gyrus TERM 55 What are some emerging techniques? DEFINITION 55 Deep brain stimulation (DBS) for depression and OCD repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)