CCP Intro To Psychology Chapter 13

Question 1

An area of psychology that integrates science and theory to prevent and treat psychological disorders.

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Clinical psychology

Question 2

a trained professional engaging in an interpersonal relationship with someone who is suffering

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Psychotherapy

Question 2

views psychological disorders as akin to diseases requiring specific treatment, specifically medications

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Biological approach to therapy

Question 3

a medical doctor (an M.D. or D.O.) who specializes in mental health, including substance use disorders

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Psychiatrist

Question 3

view the person as part of a system of relationships that are influenced by social and cultural factors.

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Sociocultural approach to therapy

Question 4

Treatments that acknowledge the relationships, roles, and cultural contexts that characterize an individual’s life, often bringing them into the therapeutic context.

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Sociocultural therapy

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aims to maximize the effectiveness of psychological interventions through adherence to principles informed by empirical findings

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Evidence based practice

Question 5

the relationship between a healthcare professional and a client or patient.

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Therapeutic alliance

Question 5

Freud’s therapeutic technique for analyzing an individual’s unconscious thoughts.

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Psychoanalysis

Question 6

A psychoanalytic technique that involves encouraging individuals to say aloud whatever comes to mind, no matter how trivial or embarrassing.

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Free association

Question 7

A psychoanalytic technique for interpreting a person’s dreams.

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Dream analysis

Question 8

A client’s relating to the psychoanalyst in ways that reproduce or relive important relationships in the client’s life.

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Transference

Question 9

A client’s unconscious defense strategies that prevent the person from gaining insight into their psychological problems.

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Resistance

Question 10

Treatments that uniquely emphasize people’s self-healing capacities and that encourage clients to understand themselves and to grow personally.

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Humanistic therapies

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Client-centered therapy

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Client-centered therapy

Question 11

A technique in which the therapist mirrors the client’s own feelings back to the client.

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Reflective speech

Question 12

A feeling of oneness with the emotional state of another person.

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Empathy

Question 12

Rogers’s construct referring to the individual’s need to be accepted, valued, and treated positively regardless of their behavior.

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Unconditional positive regard

Question 13

being open with one’s feelings and dropping all pretenses and facades

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Genuineness

Question 14

Treatments, based on behavioral and social cognitive theories, that use principles of learning to reduce or eliminate maladaptive behavior.

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Behavior therapies

Question 15

A behavior therapy that treats anxiety by teaching the client to associate deep relaxation with increasingly intense anxiety-producing situations.

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Systematic desensitization

Question 15

a general concept for changing a pattern of thought that is presumed to be causing maladaptive behavior or emotions

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Cognitive restructuring

Question 15

A therapy that combines cognitive therapy and behavior therapy with the goal of developing the client’s self-efficacy.

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Cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT)

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a combination of techniques from different therapies based on the therapist’s judgment of which particular methods will provide the greatest benefit for the client.

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Integrative therapy

Question 17

the treatment of a mental disorder with the use of prescription drugs

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Drug therapy

Question 18

Commonly known as tranquilizers, drugs that reduce anxiety by making individuals calmer and less excitable.

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Antianxiety drugs

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The lightest of the solid elements in the periodic table of elements, widely used to treat bipolar disorder.

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Lithium

Question 19

Also called shock therapy, a treatment, sometimes used for depression, that sets off a seizure in the brain.

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Electroconvulsive therapy

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Drugs that regulate mood.

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Antidepressant drugs

Question 20

Powerful drugs that diminish agitated behavior, reduce tension, decrease hallucinations, improve social behavior, and produce better sleep patterns in individuals with a severe psychological disorder, especially schizophrenia.

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Antipsychotic drugs

Question 21

a treatment technique that uses a magnetic field to influence brain activity. It can treat depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder and other brain-related conditions

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Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Question 21

A sociocultural approach to the treatment of psychological disorders that brings together individuals who share a particular psychological disorder in sessions that are typically led by a mental health professional.

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Group therapy

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Group therapy involving married or unmarried couples whose major problem lies within their relationship.

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Couples therapy

Question 22

voluntary organizations of people who get together on a regular basic to discuss common topics of interest

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Self-help support groups

Question 23

A therapist’s assessment of their abilities to manage cultural issues in therapy and the client’s perception of those abilities.

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Cross-cultural competence