Chapter 15 Key Terms

Question 1

Psychiatrist

Answer 1

physicians who specialize in the treatment of psychological disorders

Question 2

Clinical Psychologist/ Counseling Psychologist

Answer 2

specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders and everyday behavioral problems

Question 3

Insight Therapies

Answer 3

involve verbal interactions intended to enhance clients’ self-knowledge and thus promote healthy changes in personality and behavior

Question 4

Psychoanalysis

Answer 4

emphasizes the recovery of unconscious conflicts, motives, and defenses through techniques such as free association, dream analysis and transference

Question 5

Free Association

Answer 5

clients spontaneously express their thoughts and feelings exactly as they occur, with as little censorship as possible

Question 6

Dream Analysis

Answer 6

Therapist interprets the symbolic meaning of the clients dreams

Question 7

Interpretation

Answer 7

Therapists attempts to explain the inner significance of the clients thoughts, feelings, memories, and behaviors

Question 8

Resistance

Answer 8

Involves largely unconscious defensive maneuvers intended to hinder the progress of therapy

Question 9

Transference

Answer 9

Occurs when clients start relating to their therapists in ways that mimic critical relationships in their lives

Question 10

Client Centered therapy

Answer 10

Is an insight therapy that emphasizes providing a supportive emotional climate for clients, who play a major role in determining the pace and direction of their therapy

Question 11

Positive Psychotherapy

Answer 11

Attempts to get clients to recognize their strengths, appreciate their blessings, savor positive experiences, forgive those who have wronged them and find meaning in their lives

Question 12

Group therapy

Answer 12

The simultaneous treatment of several or more clients in a group

Question 13

Behavior therapies

Answer 13

Involve the application of the principles of learning to direct efforts to change clients maladaptive behaviors

Question 14

Systematic desensitization

Answer 14

A behavior therapy used to reduce clients anxiety responses through counterconditioning

Question 15

Aversion therapy

Answer 15

A behavior therapy in which an aversive stimulus is paired with a stimulus that elicits an undesirable response

Question 16

Social skills training

Answer 16

A behavior therapy designed to improve interpersonal skills that emphasizes shaping, modeling, and behavioral rehearsal

Question 17

Cognitive-behavioral treatments

Answer 17

Use varied combinations of verbal interventions and behavior modification techniques to help clients change maladaptive patterns of thinking

Question 18

Cognitive therapy

Answer 18

Uses specific strategies to correct habitual thinking errors that underlie various types of disorders

Question 19

Biomedical therapies

Answer 19

Physiological interventions intended to reduce symptoms associated with psychological disorders

Question 20

Psychopharmacotherapy

Answer 20

Treatment of mental disorders with medication

Question 21

Antianxiety drugs

Answer 21

Relieve tension, apprehension, and nervousness

Question 22

Antipsychotic drugs

Answer 22

Used to gradually reduce psychotic symptoms, including hyperactivity, mental confusion, hallucinations, and delusions

Question 23

Tardive dyskinesia

Answer 23

A neurological disorder marked by chronic tremors and involuntarily spastic movements

Question 24

Antidepressant drugs

Answer 24

Gradually elevate mood and help bring people out of a depression

Question 25

Mood stabilizers

Answer 25

Drugs used to control mood patients with bipolar mood disorders

Question 26

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)

Answer 26

A biomedical treatment in which electric shock is used to produce a cortical seizure accompanied by convulsions

Question 27

clarification

Answer 27

reflecting the clients statements with enhanced clarity