Chapter 8 Flashcards

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What are the principles of gestalt therapy theory?

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Holism
Field theory
The figure formation process
Organismic self regulation

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Who is the founder of Gestalt therapy?

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Frederick S. Perls

Laura Perls

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What is phenomenological inquiry?

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It involves paying attention to what is occurring now.

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What are the five contact boundary phenomena/disturbances?

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Introjection
Projection
Retroflection
Deflection 
Confluence
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What is introjection?

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It is the tendency to uncritically accept others beliefs and standards without assimilating them to make them congruent with who you are.

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What is projection?

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It is the reverse of introjection, when we disown certain aspects of ourselves by assigning them to the environment.

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What is Retroflection?

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It consists of turning back onto ourselves what we would like to do to someone else or doing to ourselves what we would like someone else to do to or for us.

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What is deflection?

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It is the process of distraction or veering off, so that it is difficult to maintain a sustained sense of contact.

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What is confluence?

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It involves blurring the differentiation between the self and the environment.

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