Clinical Psych Quiz Flashcards
Psychotherapy
treatment involving psychological, rather than biological, techniques, such as psychoanalysis or exposure therapy
biomedical therapy
prescribed medications or procedures that act directly on a patient’s physiology
eclectic approach
an approach to psychotherapy that uses techniques from various forms of therapy
psychoanalysis
Freud’s therapeutic technique that focuses on releasing previously repressed feelings, allowing the patient to gain self-insight
resistance
in psychoanalysis, the blocking from consciousness of anxiety-laden material
interpretation
in psychoanalysis, the analyst’s noting supposed dream meanings, resistances, and other significant behaviors and events in order to promote insight
transference
in psychoanalysis, the patient’s transfer to the analyst of emotions linked with other relationships (such as love or hatred for a parent)
psychodynamic therapy
therapy deriving from the psychoanalytic tradition that views individuals as responding to unconscious forces and childhood experiences, and seeks to enhance self-insight
client-centered therapy
a humanistic therapy, developed by Rogers, involving active listening within a genuine, accepting, empathetic environment to facilitate a client’s growth
active listening
empathetic listening in which the listener echoes, restates, and clarifies. A feature of Rogers’ client-centered therapy
unconditional positive regard
a caring, accepting, nonjudgmental attitude, which Rogers believed would help clients develop self-awareness and self-acceptance
behavior therapy
therapy that applies learning principals (i.e. classical and operant conditioning) to the elimination of unwanted behaviors
counterconditioning
behavior therapy procedures that use classical conditioning to evoke new responses to stimuli that are triggering unwanted behaviors; include exposure therapies and aversive conditioning
exposure therapies
behavioral techniques, such as systematic desensitization, that treat anxieties by exposing people (in imagination or reality) to the things they fear or avoid
systematic desensitization
a type of exposure therapy that associates a pleasant relaxed state with gradually increasing anxiety-triggering stimuli. Commonly used to treat phobias
virtual reality exposure therapy
a counterconditioning technique that treats anxiety through creative electronic simulations in which people can safely face their greatest fears, such as airplane flying, spiders, or public speaking
aversive conditioning
a type of counterconditioning that associates an unpleasant state (such as nausea) with an unwanted behavior (such as drinking alcohol)
token economy
an operant conditioning procedure in which people earn a token for exhibiting a desired behavior and can later exchange tokens for privileges or treats
cognitive therapy
therapy that teaches people new, more adaptive ways of thinking
rational-emotive behavioral therapy (REBT)
a confrontational cognitive therapy that vigorously challenges people’s illogical, self-defeating attitudes and assumptions
group therapy
therapy conducted with groups rather than individuals, permitting therapeutic benefits from group interaction
family therapy
therapy that treats people in the context of their family system. Views an individual’s unwanted behaviors as influenced by, or directed at, other family members
psychopharmacology
the study of the effects of drugs on the mind and behavior
antipsychotic drugs
drugs used to treat schizophrenia and other forms of severe thought disorder
