chap 17

Question 1

Psychotherapy

Answer 1

any treatment used by therapists to help troubled individuals overcome their problems

Question 2

eclectic approach

Answer 2

method that combines various kinds of therapy or combinations of therapies

Question 3

Group therapy

Answer 3

patients work together with the aid of a leader to resolve interpersonal problems

Question 4

Free association

Answer 4

patient instructed to say whatever comes into their mind

Question 5

Resistance

Answer 5

relunctance of patient to reveal painful feelings or examine long stanfing behavior patterns

Question 6

Dream analysis

Answer 6

a technique used to interperet the content of patients dreams

Question 7

Transference

Answer 7

patient feelings wtowards therapist the way they feel or felt towards other figure in their life

Question 8

Client-centered therapy

Answer 8

reflects the belief that client and therapist are partners in therapy

Question 9

Nondirective therapy

Answer 9

free flow of images and ideas, with no particular direction

Question 10

Active listening

Answer 10

empathetic listening, restates and clarifies the speakers thoughts and concerns

Question 11

Cognitive therapies

Answer 11

using thoughts to control emotions and behavior

Question 12

Rational-Emotive Therapy

Answer 12

a form of psychological help that is aimed at changing unrealistic assumptions about oneself and other people (Albert Ellis)

Question 13

Behavior Therapy

Answer 13

changing undesirable behavior through conditioning techniques

Question 14

behavior modification

Answer 14

a systematic method of changing the way a person acts and feels

Question 15

systematic desensitization

Answer 15

a technique to help a patient overcome irrational fears and anxieties

Question 16

aversive conditioning

Answer 16

links an unpleasant state with an unwanted behavior in an attempt to eliminate the behavior

Question 17

contingency management

Answer 17

undesirable behavior is not reinforced, while desirable behavior is reinforced

Question 18

Cognitive-Behavior Therapy

Answer 18

based on a combination of substituting healthy thoughts for negative thoughts and beliefs and changing disruptive behaviors in favor of healthy behaviors

Question 19

Antipsychotic drugs

Answer 19

medication to reduce agitation, delusions, and hallucinations by blocking the activity of dopamine in the brain - tranquilizers

Question 20

Antidepressants

Answer 20

medication to treat major depression by increasing the amt of one or both of the neurotransmitters noradrenaline and serotonin

Question 21

Lithium carbonate

Answer 21

a natural chemical used to counteract mood swings of bipolar disorder

Question 22

Electroconvulsive Therapy

Answer 22

therapeutic method in which an electrical shock is sent through the brain to try to reduce symptoms of mental disturbance

Question 23

Psychosurgery

Answer 23

a medical operation that destroys part of the brain to make a patient calmer and freer of symptoms

Question 24

prefrontal lobotomy

Answer 24

a radical form of psychosurgery in which a section of the frontal lobe of the brain is destroyed

Question 25

Psychoanalysis

Answer 25

therapy aimed at making patients aware of their unconscious motives so that they can gain control over their behavior