Clinical Psychology

Question 1

Structual (Drive) Theory

Answer 1

1. Id - Devel at Birth, 1st; Pleasure
2. Ego - Devel. 6 months, 2nd; Reality Principle
3. Superego - Devel. age 4-5; Morality

Sexual or agressive instincts/drives are the primary motivators of behavior

Personality is shaped by unconscious conflict related to these drives that occur in the early years of life

Question 2

Id

Answer 2

• Animal instinct; Devil
• Present at Birth & consists of life/death instinct - the source of all psychic energy
• Operates on basis of pleasure & seeks immediate gratification
• Basic bio. drives

Question 3

Ego

Answer 3

• Mediator
• Devel. 6 Months BC Id unable to gratify all needs
• Operates on Reality principle
• Employes Realistic, ratioonal, logical, ordered, thinking & planning
• Primary task mediate the conflicting demands btwn Id & reality

Question 4

Superego

Answer 4

• Morality, Angel
• Devel. 4-5 yrs
• Conscience
• Internalization of societal values & standard as conveyed by parental punishment & rewards
• Attempts to block Id’s socially unacceptable impulses
• Consequence of successful passage thru Oedipal stage

Question 5

Freud 5 Psychosexual Stages

(Developmental theory)

Answer 5

Id’s libido is focused on diff. parts of the body (Orangutangs Always Play w/Little Gorillas).

1. Oral (birth - 1yr.) Focus on Mouth/Breastfeeding (Erogenous Zone); Primary conflict = Weaning

_2. Anal (1-3 yrs)_ Focus on Bowel/Bladder (Elimination); Primary conflict = Potty Training

3. Phallic (3-6 yrs) Focus on genitals; Primary conflict = Resolution of Oedipal/Electra Complex, success Id w/same sex parent & devel superego
4. Latency (6-12 yrs.) Dormant sexual feelings, libidinal energy diffuse rather than focused; Primary conflict = Devel. social skills vs. achieve sexual gratification (Fixation)
5. Genital (12 yrs. +) Libido center on genitals; Primary conflict - Sexual desire blended w/affection to produce mature sexual relationship

He belived the personality is well-established by 5-6 yrs.

Question 6

Freudian Defense Mechanisms

Answer 6

(Freud) Used when the ego is unable to ward off anxiety (danger) resulting from:

• Conflict btwn Id impulses & demands of superego or reality.
• When unable to ward of anxiety thru rational, realistic means, it may resort to one of its defense mechanisms:
  
  • Repression
  • Displacement
  • Projection
  • ​Reaction Formation - involves transforming an ID impulse into its opposite (Ex: sub love for hate)
  • Sublimation - involves channeling and ID impulse into a more acceptable activity.
  • Rationalization
  • Denial
  • Compensation
  • Regression
• They operate on 2 characterisitics:
  
  • an unconscious level and
  • serve to deny or distort reality and adaptive Fx.
• Lead to maladaptive behavior when they become the habitual way of dealing w/conflict

Question 7

Repression

Answer 7

(Most Basic, underlies other defense mechanisms)

Unconscious blocking of unacceptable thoughts, feelings & impulses (reject conscious painful/shameful experiences)
Aim of psychoanalysis is to bring conflicts out of repression

Question 8

Displacement

Answer 8

Defense Mechanism

Redirecting unacceptable impulses toward an object to a more acceptable safer object. (Transferring emotion from orignial object to a safer one)

Ex: Bad day at work go home and kick dog

Question 9

Projection

Answer 9

Defense Mechanism (Pass on)

Misattribution of a person’s undesired thoughts, feelings or impulses onto another person who does not have those thoughts, feelings or impulses. (placing unacceptable wishes on another)

Ex: you are cheap but claim that your friend is cheap; project onto an external source (includes severe prejudice, hypervigilance to external danger)

Question 10

Reaction Formation

Answer 10

Defense Mechanism

Act in a manner opposite of one’s inclination

involves transforming an undesierable impulse into a desireable one (its opposite)

Ex: Defend against hostility/anger toward a co-worker by being overly kind & nice; Instead of binge drinking go to AA meeting.

Question 11

Sublimation

Answer 11

Defense Mechanism

Involves channeling of unacceptable impulses (Sexual/aggressive) into a more acceptable activity.

Ex: Channel hostility & agression into art; instead of binge drinking go skiing

Question 12

Rationalization

Answer 12

Defense Mechanism

Make excuses for behavior

Ex: I didn’t make the team bc the coach doesn’t like me; excuse for not being good at a sport

Question 13

Denial

Answer 13

Defense Mechanism

Refusal to recognize reality

Ex: My dughter would never use drugs

Question 14

Compensation

Answer 14

Defense Mechanism

Cover a weakness by overgratifying oneself in another area

Ex: Sexual Dysfunction so become a great golfer

Question 15

Regression

Answer 15

Defense Mechanism

Using an immature response or reverting to an earlier stage of devel.

Ex: Baby talk

Question 16

Fantasy

Answer 16

Defense Mechanism

Satifying frustrated desires through imaginary events.

Ppl seek gratification for desires that are prevented in reality thru imaginary scenarios

Ex: daydreamin about getting revenge on someone

Question 17

Projection

Answer 17

Defense Mechanism

Blame others for own problems or attribute own unacceptable impulses to others

Ex:An abusive indiv. often blames victims by saying “You made me hurt you by what you did.”

Question 18

Isolation

(aka Compartmentalization)

Answer 18

Defense Mechanism

Separating conflicting attitudes or emotions from hurtful events into individual mental compartments so that they are not thought about at the same time or in relationship to each other to eliminate inner conflict.

Question 19

Identification

Answer 19

Defense Mechanism

Depositing unwanted aspects of self & boost self-worth by identifying self w/another person, grp, or institution, with exemplary status.

Question 20

Rationalization

Answer 20

Defense Mechanism

Giving a socially-acceptable reason to explain unacceptable behavior/thoughts

Question 21

Freudian Psychoanalysis - View of Maladaptive Behavior

Answer 21

Psychopathology stems from an unconscious unresolved conflict that occured during childhood. Such as:

• Phobias - An externalization of a forbidden impulse that resullts in displacement of anxiety onto an object/event symbolic of the object/event in unresloved conflict. Neurotic anxiety aroused by a perception of danger from instincts
• Depression - Due to an object loss combined w/anger toward object turned inward
• Mania - Represents a defense against libidinal/agressive urges that threaten to overwhelm ego.

Question 22

Freudian Psychoanalysis- Therapy Goals & Techniques

Answer 22

Primary Goal: Reduce maladaptive behaviors (Sx’s) by bringing unconscious material into conscious awareness & integrating that material into the personality.

Pychic Determinism

Analysis consists of 4 processes:

1. clarification,
2. confrontation,
3. interpretation, and
4. working through.

Techniques:

• free associations,
• dreams,
• resistances, and
• transferences

Question 23

Psychic Determinism

Answer 23

Freud

Belief that all behaviors are meaningful & serve a psychological Fx

Question 24

The 4 processes of Freudian Psychoanalysis

Answer 24

Analysis consists of 4 processes:

1. Confrontation: Entails making statements/asking questions that help the client see his/her behavior in a new way thru:
   
   • Free associtions
   • Dreams
   • Resistances
   • Transferences
2. Clarification: Involves clarifying the CT’s feelings & restating the CT’s remarks in clearer terms
3. Interpretation: Used to explicitly connect current behavior to unconscious processes & bring a CT’s unconscious material into conscious awareness. Improvment attributed to:

• ​Catharsis - Emotional release resulting from recall of unconscious material & paves the way for..
• ​Insight - The CT’s insight into the relationship btwn current behavior & unconscious processes

4. Working Through: (Longest) Involves an assimilation of new insights into the personality

Question 25

Freudian Psychoanalysis - Transferences

Answer 25

As defined by Freud:

• Transference - An unconscious process in which the CT projects an earlier relationship onto the therapist
  
  • Contemporary approaches consider it to be not only a repitition of the past but a reflection of the present relationship btwn the therapist & CT
• Countertransference - The therapist’s projections of unconscious feelings onto the CT that reflect the theraists personal Hx & counterproductive in therapy.
  
  • Contemporary approaches consider it to be a joint product of the therapist & CT & a potential source of info. about the CT & how other ppl may respond to the CT.

Question 26

Adler’s IndividuAl Psychology

Answer 26

Alfred Adler (Neo-Freudian)

• Personality theory & approach to therapy stress:
  
  • the unity of the indiv. &
  • the belief that behavior is purposeful & goal-directed.
  • Emphasis on Social Factors (Social Interest)

3 Key concepts are:

1. Inferiority feelings: Devel during childhood as a result or real/percieved biological, psychological or social weakness
2. Striving for Superiority: Inherent tendency toward “perfect completion,” specific ways and idiv. chooses to compensate for inferiority & achieve superiority determines the style of life.
3. Style of Life: Unifies the various aspects of an indiv. personality.

• Affected by early experiences w/in context of family & well-est. by 4-5 yrs old
• Proposed that social interest is the primary characteristic that differentiates the 2 SOL:
  
  • Healthy - Marked by goals that reflect optimism, confidence & concern about welfare of others
  • Unhealthy (Mistaken) - Marked by goals that reflect self-centerdness, competitivness & striving for personal power.

Question 27

Adler’s Individual Psychology - View of Maladaptive Behavior

Answer 27

Maladaptive behavior represents a mistaken style of life that reflects inadequate social interest.

Ex: Pampered child doesn’t devel. social feelings

Neglected child dominated by need for revenge

Question 28

Adler’s Individual Psychology- Teleological Approach

Answer 28

• Mental D/O’s represent a unhealthy/mistaken SOL, characterized by maladaptive attempts to compensate for feeling of inferiority
• Regards behavior as being largely motivated by a person’s future goals rather than determined by past events

Question 29

Adler’s Individual Psychology - Therapy Goals & Tx

Answer 29

Primary goals: overcoming feelings of inferiority & discouragment

Tx Techniques:

• Est. collaborative rel. w/CT
• Help CT ID & understand SOL & irs consequences. To Id a SOL a:
  
  • “Lifestyle Investigation” - is used to provide info. about:
    
    • CT’s family constellation
    • Fictional (hidden) goals
    • “Basic Mistakes” (Distorted beliefs & attitudes)
• Re-orient Ct’s beliefs & goals to support a more adaptive lifestyle
• Ppl are motivated primarily by an innate social interest & the goal in life is to act in ways that fulfill social responsibilities.
• There are 3 major life tasks:

1. Friendship
2. Occupation
3. Love

• All involve social interactions (Socail factors)

Question 30

Systematic Training for Effective Teaching (STEP) training based on whose theoretical approach?

Answer 30

Alfred Adler

Question 31

Systematic Training for Effective Teaching (STEP) Application

Answer 31

Based on Adler’s approach & assumes all behavior is goal directed & purposeful.

Used w/ Indiv., Grps, famly, parent ED & teacher-student rel.

Ex: Misbehavior of a young child viewed as having 4 goals:

1. Attention
2. Power
3. Revenge
4. To Display deficiency

Each goal reflects a desire to belong & faulty beliefs about what is needed to meet goal (belong).

►Attention seeking behavior stems from mistaken belief that “I belong only when I am being noticed”

Question 32

Jung’s Analytical Psychotherapy

Answer 32

Analytical psychotherapy views behavior as being determined by both:

• Conscious: Orient toward external world, governed by ego & rep. indiv. thoughts, ideas, feelings, sensory perceptions & memories.
• Unconscious (has 2 parts):
  
  • Personal: Stores unique personal exp. & memories not currently avalible to conscious awareness.
  • Collective: (Deeper layer) stores latent memories & tendencies passed from one generation to the next, known as:
    
    • Archetypes (Primordial Images)

Described personality as consisting of 2 attitudes (Extroversion & Introversion) & 4 basic psychological Fx’s:

1. Thinking
2. Feeling
3. Sensing
4. Intuiting

All 4 Fx’s operate in unconscious, but 1 Fx predominates in consciousness

Question 33

Jung’s Analysis Psychotherapy- Archetypes

Answer 33

The Unconscious is made up of 2 compnents:

1. Personal & 2. Collective U**nconscious: stores latent memories & tendencies passed from one generation to the next, known as:

• Archetypes (primordial images): that cause people to experience certain phenomena in universal ways. Includes 3 diff.types important to personality devel.:
  
  • The Self: Rep. striving for a unity of diff. parts of personality
  • The Persona: (Public Mask) PArt of personality shown to the world
  • The Shadow “Dark Side” of personality (Part we hide from others & ourself) 2 parts:
    
    • The Anima - Feminine side of male personality
    • The Animus - Masculine side of a female’s personality

Question 34

Jung’s Analysis Psychotherapy - Personality & Individuation

Answer 34

A key concept in Jung’s theory is personality devel. throughout the lifespan especially in the 2nd half of life.

Mid & late adulthood involves increasing:

• Individuation: which refers to an integration of the conscious & unconscious aspects of the psyche that occurs in the last years and leads to devel. a unique identity (whole) and the development of wisdom.
• The ego becomes more focused on the self vs. the outside world

Question 35

Jung’s Analysis Psychotherapy - Maladaptive Behavior, Therapy Goals & Techniques

Answer 35

Maladaptive behaviors: Sx’s are “uncosncious messages” that something is awry (& presents) the indiv. w/a task that demands to be filled.

Goals: To re-bridge the gap btwn the conscious & personal & collective unconscious factors.

Therapeutic strategies include:

• Interpretation of dreams (dreamwork): To help CT become aware of inner world, since the collective unconscious is expressed symbollically (Dreams rep. symbolic message to indiv. from unconscious)
• Transferences: Which reflects projections of both the personal & collective unconscious & analysis of transferencea crucial part of therapy.

Focus on here & now, w/info. from past only sought when it will help the CT understand the present.

Question 36

Neo-Freudian Therapy Theorists

Answer 36

• Focus more on conscious motivations vs. unconscious ones
• More emphasis/importance on self (ego) vs. Id
• Concerned w/influences of life experiences throughout life
• Place more importance on roles of social needs and interpersonal relationships

Theorists:

• Carl Jung
• Alfred Adler
• Karen Horney
• Anna Freud

Question 37

Object Relations Theory

Answer 37

Share 2 assumptions:

1. Ppl have an innate need for satisfying relationships w/objects (other ppl)
2. Personality & behaavior are largely determined by early internalized representations of the self & objects (introjects)

• “Psychological birth” around age 2-3.
• “Splitting” representations of others: all good or all bad.
• Consider object seeking to be a basic inborn drive

Theorists:

• Klein,
• Fairbairn,
• Mahler,
• Kernberg,
• Kohut,
• Winnicott.

Question 38

Object Relations Separation- Individuation (Mahler)

Answer 38

Mahler’s version of object relations theory focuses on the processes by which an infant assumes his/her own physical & psychological identity,

This model of early devel. involves several phases & sub-phases:

• Normal Infantile Autism (1st few weeks-1 mo.): Infant is self-absorbed & oblivious to external env.
• Normal Symbiotic Phase (1mo.-4/5 mos): The child is aware of mother but unable to differentiate btwn “me” & “not me.”
• Separation-Individuation Phase (4-5 mos., devel. of object rel.) 4 overlapping subphases:
  
  • Differentiation: (6-9mos) Infant able to differentiate self from mom, increased alertness, interest in outside world & use mom as point of orientation.
  • Practicing: (9-16mos) Due to ability to crawl/walk, begin to actively explore & be more distant from mom.
  • Re-Approachment: (15-24mos) Followed by a period of conflict btwn independence & dependence manifested as separation anxiety.
  • Object Constancy: (3yrs) Child devel.a perm. sense of self & object & is able to percieve others as both separate & related.

Adult psychopathology can be traced to problems that occurred during separation-individuation & in infancy a natural tendency toward splitting into good/bad & inadequate resolution causes maladaptive behavior.

Goal: Bring maladaptive unconscious rel. dynamics into consciousness so internalized dysfx object can be replaced w/more approp. ones

Question 39

Feminist Revision of Object Relations

Answer 39

Proposes that gender differences in personality can be traced to differences in mother-son & mother-daughter parenting practices.

• Mothers encourage thier son’s to separate from them & Male ID is defined by separation
• Mothers encourage thier daughters to stay attached & Female ID is defined by relations w/others.
• Mother’s cause differences since they tend to be primary caretakers & determines social gender roles.

Question 40

Key Concepts in Humanistic Psychotherapies

Answer 40

1. Phenomenologial approach - Views each person as unique & to understand and indiv. you must see the world thru his/her eyes.
2. Focus on here-and-now, recognize influence of past.
3. Aswsume ppl have innate capacity for positive growth/self-actualization
4. Stress importance of devel. awareness of one’s own thoughts, feelings & behaviors
5. Rejects traditional techniques & Dx labels.

Question 41

Person-Centered Therapy

Answer 41

Carl Roger’s person-centered therapy (Rogerian Therapy/CTCentered)

Based on the assumptions that all ppl have an inherent ability for:

• Growth (growth potential) released in a caring, non-judgemental rel. w/therapist (egalitarian)
• Self-actualization: Yet to do so the self must remain unified, organized & whole (Reach full potential)
• innate self-actualizing tendency serves as a source of motivation & guides indiv. toward positive healthy growth.

Question 42

Person-Centered Therapy - Personality Theory

Answer 42

Notion of the self-concept or the perception of the rel. btwn “I” or “Me” to others (part of the exp. that s/he percieves as “I” or “Me”). 2 Components:

• Ideal Self: How the person would like to be or thinks s/he ought to be.
• Real Self: Who the person actually is

To continue to grow toward self-actualization the self-concept must remain unified, organized & whole.

Question 43

Person-Centered Therapy - View of Maladaptive Behaviors

Answer 43

The self-concept becomes disorganized when the person feels incongruence btwn self & experience, which can occur when person experiences conditions of worth (blocked potential).

• Incongruence causes anxiety (neurosis & psychosis) that the indiv. may attempt to alleviate thru distortion/denial of the self or exp., which interferes w/ the indiv. growth & self-actualizing potential.

Ex: Child finds out + regard from parents is conditional (not unconditional) & learns they will only recieve attention & affection when behave in a certain way:

• Child feels incongruence btwn her sense of self (how she acts) & her experience in the world (how her parents want her to act)
  
  • Incongruence feels like anxiety & is a signal the unified self is being threatened. To alleviate anxiety thru defensive manuvers or distortion/denial (temp. fix)is counter to self-actualization.

Question 44

Person-Centered Therapy - Therapy Goals & Techniques (Facilitative Conditions)

Answer 44

Primary Goal: Help the CT achieve:

• congruence btwn self & experience to become more fully functioning, self-actualized person.
• Facilitate CT’s self-awareness & trust

To achieve this goal the therapist’s role is to provide 3 facilitative conditions:

• Unconditional Positive Regard (Respect): Accept the CT w/out evaluation or judgement (judgement = conditions of self-worth, not theraputic)
• Genuineness (Congruence): Therapists genuine, authentic &non-defensive in therapy; if lack genuiness (Incongruence btwn therapist word & behavior) will undermine the CT’s trust.
• Empathy (Understanding): Therapists ability to see world as CT does & convey understanding “reflection of feelings” - MOST IMPORTANT is CT’s PERCEPTION of THERAPISTS EMPATHY

Question 45

Gestalt Therapy - Personality Theory

Answer 45

(Fritz Perls) Assumes that each person is capable of assuming personal responsibility (understanding) for:

• thier own thoughts, feelings, actions in the here-and-now (Awareness) &
• living as an unique, independent integrated “whole.” 2 parts of personality:
  
  • Self: Creative part that promotes inherent tendency for actualization, growth, self-awareness & live as an integrated whole; “wants”
  • Self-image: “darker side” that hinders & imposes external standards on the self and impairs growth & self-actualization; “shoulds”

The part of the personality that dominates depends on the persons early interactions w/the env.

Ex: In early childhood parents must provide support & opportunities to overcome frustration for the self to devel. If a child is only given support in the form of approval &/or shielded from all frustration prevents the devel.of self & facilitates devel of self-image.

Therapists encourage CT’s to exp. current feelings & behaviors when feelings are vague, CT’s are asked to exaggerate them in order to make them clearer since doing so will help them resolve unfinished business & emotional impasses.

Question 46

Gestalt Therapy - View of Maladaptive Behavior

Answer 46

Maladaptive Behavior (neurosis) considered a “Growth D/O” that involves:

• Abandonment of the self for the self-image resulting in a lack of integration.
• This develops when a Boundary Disturbance (Btwn self & external env.) that interferes w/the indiv. ability to satisfy needs & maintain a state of homeostasis (equilibrium).
  
  • ​The primary motivator of human behavior an innate striving for homeostasis. To maintain homeostasis:
    
    • ​ppl interact w/env. by selecting objects, ppl, or events that satisfy thier needs.
    • The point of contact btwn a person & env. is a Contact Boundary.

Types of Boundary Disturbances:

• Introjection: (Swallow whole concepts w/o understanding)
• Projection: (disown parts of self)
• Retroflection: (Doing to oneself what one wants to do to others)
• Confluence: (No Boundary)

Question 47

Gestalt Therapy - Boundary Disturbances

Answer 47

Types of Boundary Disturbances:

• Introjection: (Swallow whole concepts w/o understanding) Person passively accepts values, attitudes & beliefs of others w/out truly understanding them or assimilating them. Prevents person from devel. unique personality; very compliant.
• Projection: (disown parts of self)Involves disowning aspects of the self (thoughts, feelings & attitudes) & assigning them to other ppl; Extreme = paranoia)
• Retroflection: (Doing to oneself what one wants to do to others) Involves directing feelings toward others inward; self-sufficency)
• Confluence: (No Boundary)A complete absence of a boundary btwn self, others & env. that results in an inability to percieve oneself as a separate person & inability to tolerate diff. btwn self & others; underlies feelings of guilt & resentment.​

BD’s become pathological when they exist outside the person’s awareness & are maladaptive.

When layers of maladaptive behaviors removed revel genuine self

Question 48

Gestalt Therapy - Goals & Techniques (Awareness)

Answer 48

Goal: Help CT achieve integration of the various aspects of the self in order to become a unified whole (restore ability to self-regulate).

Multiple strategies used to increase CT’s “awareness” (a full understanding of one’s thoughts, feelings, & actions in the here and now) of how s/he Fx in the env. & help CT integrate & assume responsibility for satisfying own needs.

View Hx events as important only when it impact’s CT’s Fx & sees the CT’s desire to talk about the past as a way to avoid coming to terms w/the present.

Primary Curative Factor (Focus on present reality; here-and-now awareness; Avoid Dx labels):

• Empty chair technique: Used to help CT’s stay in the here-and-now so they can experience & understand thier feelings fully that may have been disowned/denied.
• Games of Dialogue (Same Goal as above)
• Guided Fantasy (Imagery): Help CT visualize an event in here-and-now to exp. & unserstand feelings.
• Dream work: “Royal road to integration” Elements of a dream represent different parts of the self (disowned) & involve having the CT role-play elements as if it was happening to integrate parts of personality they represent.

Question 49

Gestalt Therapy (Transference)

Answer 49

Gestaltians regard a client’s transference to be counterproductive and respond to it by helping the client recognize the difference between his/her “transference fantasy” and reality

Question 50

Existential Therapy

Answer 50

(Frankl, 1959; aka Logotherapy)

The existential therapies are derived from existential philosophy & share an emphasis on:

• Personal choice & responsibility for developing a meaningful life.
• Assume ppl are not static but are constantly evolving

Maladaptive behavior described anxiety as the result of an inability to cope authentically w/the ultimate concern of existence (i.e. death, non-being, freedom, existential isolation, & meaninglessness). Distinguish btwn 2 types of anxiety:

• Normal (existential) anxiety: Considered a normal response to ultimate concerns & can serve as a source of motivation to change & grow.
• Neurotic anxiety: Frequently the result of an attempt to avoid existential anxiety that is out of proportion to the situation that caused it, outside conscious awareness & can be immobilizing.

Goal: Help CT live in more committed, self-aware, authentic & meaningful ways to recognize thier freedom to choose own destinies & accept responsibility for changing own lives.

Tx Techniques: Therapist-client rel. considered the most important theraputic tool w/use of some specific interventions.

Ex: Paradoxical intervention used to reduce a CT’s fear & req. the CT to focus in an exaggerated & humorous way to the feared situation.

Question 51

Reality Therapy

Answer 51

(William Glasser) Based on choice theory, which assumes ppl are responsible for the choices they make & focuses on how ppl make choices that affect the course of their lives.

Personality Theory: Ppl have 5 basic innate needs that serve as primary source of motivation:

1. Survival
2. Love & belonging: Most important need since rel. w/others are necessary to fulfill all other needs.
3. Power
4. Freedom
5. Fun

The person adopts a:

• Success Identity (Indiv. meets needs responsibly) way thru a conscious/realistic way that does not infringe on rights of others.
• Failure Identity (needs met in an irresponsible manner; underlies most forms of mental/emotional disturbances)

Maladaptive Behavior: Key assumption is that mental illness the result of an indiv. choice.

Ex: Indiv. not Dep. bc of unplesant childhood exp. or chemical imbalance in brain but bc chosen to “depress themselves;” do this bc believe it will help them obtain attention from others or avoid unplesant activities.

Goals:

• Reject medical model for mental illness
• Focus on current behavior & beliefs
• View transference as detrimental to Tx progress
• Stress conscious processes,
• Help CT ID responsible, effective & realistic ways to satisfy needs without harming self or others, taking responsibility for actions
• Emphasize value judgements, the CT’s ability to judge right & wrong in daily life & devel. a success ID.

Accomplished thru use of questioning, encouragement & other strategies to help CT explore needs & perceptions, eval. behaviors, devel. & commit to a realistic plan of action.

During Tx pay attention to CT’s total behavior which consists of actions & thoughts (primary emphasis, most easily controlled by CT), emotions & physiology.

Question 52

Personal Construct Therapy

Answer 52

(George Kelly, 1955; aka Constructivist Therapy)

Focuses on how the CT experiences the world & assumes that:

• Ppls psychological processes are determined by the way they “construe” (percieves, interprets & predicts) events
• Construing involves use of personal constructs
  
  • which are bipolar dimensions of meaning (e.g. happy/sad, competent/incompetent, friendly/unfriendly)
  • begins to devel. in infancy & may operate on an unconscious or conscious level.

View of Maladaptive behavior: (rejects medical model) Uses descriptions of anxiety, hostility, & other forms of maladaptive behavior as the result of inadequate personal constructs:

• Anxiety: Result of “recognition that the events w/which one is confronted lie outside the range of one’s construct system.”
  
  • ​Ex: Indiv. exp. anxiety after devel. stroke related paralysis bc doesn’t have constructs that help determine how to behave in various situations as a person w/a disability.
• Hostility: Occurs when a person cont. to rely on constructs despit invalidating evidence & tries to force ppl, objects or events to fit those constructs.

Goals: Help the CT ID & revise or replace maladaptive personal constructs so that the CT is better able to “make sense” of his/her experiences. Therapist & CT considered mutual experts & co-experiementers that work together to derive tasks that will help the CT change.

Tx: Therapist uses a variety of assess techniques to ID the content & process of the CT’s construing with:

• Repertory Grid: Involves having the CT ID ppl who have various roles in thier life & the ways those ppl are simmilar & diff.
• Self-Characterization Sketch: The CT describes themselves from the perspective of someone who knows them well.

Tx method:

• Fixed-Role Therapy: Help CT “try on” & adopt alt. personal constructs & involves having the CT experiment w/other ways of experiencing life by acting out in thier daily life the roles of fictional character who is psychologically diff. from CT.

Question 53

Interpersonal Therapy (IPT)

Answer 53

(Klerman & Weisman, 1984) A brief manual-based therapy originally devel. as a Tx for depression but has since been used for a number of other conditions (Bi-polar, bulimia, & sub. abuse).

• Focus on here-and-now
• Based on a medical model & views Depression & other D/O’s as illnesses; in Tx encorages the CT to adopt the sick role.

Focuses on aspects of CT’s interpersonal rel. that have contributed to current Sx’s:

• Sx Reduction: Achieved thru ed. about the D/O, instilation of hope & when needed pharmacotherapy.
• Improved Interpersonal Fx: Resolve 1 + primary areas of interpersonal Fx of 4 prob. areas:
  
  • Unresolved grief,
  • interpersonal role disputes,
  • Role transitions,
  • Interpersonal deficits

View of Maladaptive Behavior: Related to problesm in social roles & interpersonal relationships that are traceable to a lack of strong attachements early in life.

3 Stages of Therapy:

1. Therapist conducts assess. to figure out:

• CT’s Dx,
• interpersonal contexts where Sx’s occur &
• prob. areas to be the focus of Tx.

2. Uses specific strategies to address problem areas which may include:

• Encouragement of Affect
• Communication & Decision Analysis
• Model/Role-play new ways of interacting

3. Last few sessions therapist reviews the CT’s progress & discusses termination & relapse prevention.

Question 54

Solutions-Focused Therapy

Answer 54

(De Shazar, 1985) Based on assumption:

• “you get more of what you talk about” &
• focuses on solutions to CT’s problems, than the probs. themselves.
• Focus on present & future

View of Maladaptive Behavior: Understanding the etiology of the problem (Maladaptive behavior) is irrelevant & focus on solutions to prob.

Goals & Techniques: The CT is viewed as the “expert” while the therapist acts as a consultant/collaborator who poses diff. questions designed to assist the client in recognizing & using his/her strengths & resources to achieve specific goals. These Q’s include:

• Miracle Question: “Suppose when you go to sleep tonight, a miracle happens & your problem is solved. When you wake up in the morning, how will you know that a miracle has occured?” “What will be different?”
• Exception Questions:”Can you think of a time in the past week when you did not have the problem (or the problem was not as troublesome)?”
• Scaling Questions: “On a scale from 1-10, how did you feel last week?” “On a scale from 1-10, how motivated are you?”

Therapy is structured around several strategies:

Inital session:

• The CT ID’s specific therapy goals,
• Responds to miracle Q,
• ID’s exceptions, & instances of success
• Rates his/her current status w/regard to the problem on a scale of 1-10.
• End of Session:* Therapist verbally reinforces CT’s successes & gives CT tasks to complete before next session
• Susequent sessions*: Begin w/the question “What’s better since the last time we met” & the strategies of the inital session ae repeated.

Question 55

Transtheoretical Model

Answer 55

(Prochaska & DiClement’s, 1992) Transtheoretical model of behavior change based on the assumption that the focus of therapy should be on change:

• Proposes that the change process is esentially the same regardless of the target behavior
• To be effective, an intervention must match the CT’s current stage of change
• The goal of any intervention to help the CT move to the next stage of change.

Proposes that the change process involves 6 stages:

1. Precontemplation ^{(No change next 6 mos.)}
2. Contemplation ^{(Plan to change next 6mos./ambivalent)}
3. Preparation ^{(Take action in next month)}
4. Action ^{(Made some changes past 6 mos.)}
5. Maintenance ^{(Working to prevent relapse)}
6. Termination ^{(Maintained change for min 5 yrs)}

Interventions are most effective when they match the person’s stage of change.

The progression thru the stages is not always lineat & ppl may recycle thru some or all of the stages several times ( e.g. consciousness raising, dramatic relief, and environmental reevaluation are useful for helping clients transition from the precontemplation to the contemplation stage).

Question 56

Transtheoretical Model - Stages of Change

Answer 56

Proposes that the change process involves 6 stages:

^{→Model ID’s 3 mediating variables that affect motivation at diff stages:}

1. Precontemplation (No intention of changing in next 6 mos.) - Indiv not planning to change in the foreseeable future. Unaware of effects of behavior & in denial about prob. or demoralized by unsuccesful past attempts at change; little insight into need for change. ^{→High Temptation (Hightest=Precontemplation to Lowest=Maintenance)}
2. Contemplation (Plan to change next 6mos., but ambivalent about change) - Aware of need for change, but not committed to change & can remain stuck in this stage for an extended period of time. ^{→<u>Decisional Balance</u>: Indiv. aware of pros & cons which refers to indiv. strength prob. behaviors; most important determinant of motivation in this stage}
3. Preparation (Plan to take action in next month) - Realistic plan of action to modify behavior. ^{→<u>Self-Efficacy</u>: Indiv. has confidence they will be able to cope w/high risk situations w/out relapsing; important factor to move to next stage.}
4. Action (Made some changes in past 6 mos.) - Started new behavior patterns, committing a significant amount of time to change behavior; public committment to change. ^{→Self-Efficacy Cont.}
5. Maintenance (Working to prevent relapse) - Indiv. has maintained a change in behavior for at least 6 mos., taking steps to prevent relapse, & increasingly confident in changes made. ^{→Low Temptation}
6. Termination (Maintained behavior change for min. 5 yrs.) - Indiv. feels they can resist temptation & confident no risk for relapse.

^{→3 mediating variables that affect motivation at diff stages:}

^{•<u>Decisional Balance</u>: Strength of percieved pros & cons of prob. behavior & plays a role in all stages; most important determinant of motivation in Contemplation stage.}

^{​•<u>Self-Efficacy</u>: Indiv. has confidence they will be able to cope w/high risk situations w/out relapsing; important factor to move to next stage.}

^{•<u> Temptation</u>: The intensity of urges to engage in prob. behaviors & inversely related to self-efficacy; high during inital stages but lower dring later stages.}

Question 57

Motivational Interviewing (OARS)

Answer 57

(Miller & Rollnick) Devel. specifically for CT’s who are ambivalent about changing their behavior & combines the transtheoretical (stages of change) model w/client-centered therapy & the concept of self-efficacy.

Goal: Increase the CT’s intrinsic motivation to change by overcoming his/her resistance & ambivalence.

View of Maladaptive Behavior: Doesn’t focus on Etiology but on factors that impede an indiv. ability to change the behavior.

4 Principal Techniques (OARS):

1. Open-ended questions: Help CT clarify thoughts & feelings; cant be answered with yes/no or brief replies.
2. Affirmations: Provides CT’s w/positive feedback; reinforcement. Express empathy & understanding.
3. Reflective listening: Useful for building trust & rapport. Involves repeating/pharaphrasing what the CT said or reflection of feelings.
4. Summaries: Type of reflexive listening that is useful for facilitating transitions & ending conversations

Question 58

General Systems Theory

Answer 58

Defines a system as an entity that is maintained by the mutual interactions of its components & assumes that the actions of interacting components are best understood by studying them in their context.

• The family is a system consisting of inerrelated components
  
  • A change in 1 component (family member) affects the entire family, the focus of therapy is on the entire family system.

Family therapists view the family as primarily an:

• Open system continuously receives input from & discharges output to the environment & is adaptable to change.

The influence of systems theory on family therapy is evident in the concept of:

• Homeostasis refers to the tendency for a family to act in ways that maintain the family’s equilibrium or status quo.
• As a result of homeostasis, family members may resist change, including a therapists efforts to modify the behavior of one family member.

Question 59

Cybernetics

(Positive and Negative Feedback Loops)

Answer 59

Described by mathmetician (1940) & then applied it to family communication processes.

Cybernetics is concerned w/communication processes & distinguishes btwn 2 types of feedback loops:

• Negative feedback loop reduces deviation & helps a system maintain the status quo; stability.
• Positive feedback loop amplifies deviation or change from a steady state & thereby disrupts the systems current status.

This can lead to brakdowns (Runaways) & in some situations has benefical effects. Promotes approp. change in dysfx family system.

Question 60

Double-Bind Communications

Answer 60

As originally defined by Bateson, Jackson, Haley, & Weakland (1956)

Double bind communication is an etiological factor for schizophrenia & involves conflicting negative injunctions

• Ex: “do that and you’ll be punished” and
• “don’t do that and you’ll be punished”

w/one injunction often being expressed verbally & the other nonverbally.

2 contradictory messages w/the condition that the recipient is in not allowed to comment on the inconsistency or seek help from someone else.

Question 61

Communication/Interaction Family Therapy (Symmetrical/Complementary Communication)

Answer 61

Grew from Research at Mental Research Institute (MRI) in Palo Alto in 1960’s by Jackson, Satir, Haley, Riskin & others

Focuses on the impact of communication & other interactions on family and individual functioning.

Describes Double-Bind Communication: as involoving 2 contradictory messages w/the condition that the recipient cannot comment on the inconsistency.

Distinguishes btwn 2 communication patterns:

• Symmetrical Interaction: communication occurs btwn 2ppl that mirror each other’s behaviors; reflect equality btwn communicators. Can become competitive & escalate into one-upsmanship game.
• Complementary Interaction: communication occurs btwn 1 person’s behavior that complements the other person’s behavior. Reflects inequality & emphasizes their differences.

Goal: Modify dysfx interactions that are maintaining the families current problems (Sx’s)

Tx Techniques include:

• Focusing on the present
• Adopting a prob. solving approach
• Using a combo of techniques including:
  
  • Direct: Point out pob. interactions when occur in Tx
  • Paradoxical: such as perscribing the Sx’s & reframing

Question 62

Extended Family Systems Therapy

Answer 62

(Murray Bowen) Extends General Systems Theory beyonf the nuclear family & describes Family Fx in terms of several inter-related concepts:

• Differentiation of Self: Indiv. ability to separate intelectual & emotional Fx. Allows family members to stay emotionally seprate from one another & from becoming “fused” w/emotions that dominate the family.
  
  • High degree of differentiation is optimal
  • Low degree are at mercy of emotions & fuse w/other family members.
• Emotional Triangle: develops when a 2-person system attempts to reduce stability or stress by recruiting a 3rd person into the system.
• Multigenerational Transmission Process (Family Projection Process) Parental conflict & emotional maturity transmitted to child & causes child to be less differentiated than parents.

Question 63

Extended Family Systems Therapy - Therapy Goals & Techniques

Answer 63

View of Maladaptive Behavior: Behavioral D/o’s are the result of a multigenerational transmission process in which progressively lower levels of differentiation are transmitted from one generation to the next.

Goal: Increase the differentiation of all family members.

Tx:

• The therapist often sees 2 members of the family (Ex: spouses) & forms a therapeutic triangle in which the therapist comes into emotional contact with the family members but avoids becoming emotionally triangled.
• Involves staying uninvolved in couples conflict & having each member talk to the therapist instead of each other.
  
  • Alt. they see the most differentiated family member, the person most likely to change & will have a benefical effect on other family members.
  • In either case the therapist adopts the role of active coach/trainer & rely on rational processes to help a family member achieve a higher level of differentiation.

Therapy often begins with the construction of a:

• Genogram which depicts the relationships btwn family members & is used as an assess tool to obtain info about family Fx, the dates of significant life events, and other important information across generations.

Question 64

Structural Family Therapy

Answer 64

Minuchin’s emphasizes altering the family’s structure in order to change the behavior patterns of family members.

Family Structure Elements are:

• Power Hierarchies (How members join forces during conflict)
• Family Subsystems (Parents, sibs, parent-child)
• Boundaries: The rules that determine the amt. of contact allowed btwn family members.
  
  • Overly Rigid/Inflexible - Family members are disengaged/isolated from one another.
  • Overly Diffuse/Permeable - Family members are enmeshed/overly dependent/close.

Question 65

Structural Family Therapy (Rigid Triads)

Answer 65

Minuchin distinguished between 3 chronic boundary problems (rigid triads):

1. Detouring: Occurs when parents focus on a child by overprotecting them or blaming them for the family problems (scapegoating)
2. Triangulation: Occurs when each parent demands that the child side w/him or her against other.
3. Stable Coalition: Occurs when a parent & child consistently “gang up” against the other parent (cross generational)

Question 66

Structural Family Therapy - Therapy Goals & Techniques

Answer 66

(Minuchin) Primary Goal: Emphasizes altering the family’s structure in order to change the behavior patterns of family members:

• Restructure the family so it’s better avle to adapt to stress caused by factors insode or outside the family such as illness, job loss, disaster.
• Based on premise that action precedes understanding & uses techniques designed to deliberatley unbalance the family & alter structure.

View of Maladaptive Behaviors: Family Dysfx is the result of an inflexible family structure that prohibits the family from adapting to maturational & situational stressors in a healthy way.

3 Tx Techniques:

• Joining: Therapist’s 1st task is to devel. a therapeutic system by joining the family in a position of leadership which involves:
  
  • “blending” w/the family & includes:
    
    • Tracking (identifying & using the family’s values, life themes, & significant life events in conversation)
    • Mimesis (adopting the family’s affective & communication style).
  • ​​​This is done to understand the family structure & communicate w/family members.
• Enactment: Involves having family members role-play a problematic interaction vs. talk about it & therapist can make changes.
• A Family Map: Used to clarify the family structure so that approp. interventions can be ID.

Question 67

Strategic Family Therapy

Answer 67

(Jay Haley; Communication patterns) Focuses on transactional patterns & views Sx’s as interpersonal events that serve to control relationships.

• Communication is a source of power, which refers to the ability to control a rel. w/another person.
• In families, power is often determined by hierarchies; Effecitve family Fx req. a clear generational hierarchy where parents have more power.

View of Maladaptive Behavior: Struggles for control are considered inherent in any rel., but they become pathological when 1 or both parties denies the intent to control the other person thru communication. It becomes problematic when the purpose is unacknowledged/denied, & prod. symptomatic behavior.

Goal: Resolve the family’s presenting probs. (Sx’s) by altering faulty communication patterns.

• Specific goals related to the presenting probs. are ID at the outset of therapy & a variety of strategies used to achieve goals, such as:
  
  • Direct Directives: Straightforward instructions to family members.
• Paradoxical interventions (Directives): designed to alter the behavior of family members by helping them see Sx’s in an alternative way
  
  • Ordeals
  • Restraining
  • Positioning
  • Re-Framing
  • Perscribing the Sx’s:

Question 68

Strategic Family Therapy - Therapy Goals & Techniques

(Paradoxical Directives)

Answer 68

Tx:

• Focuses on Sx relief (vs. insight),
• Therapist assumes an active, take charge role
• Assumes that change does not req. understanding but occurs when family members carry out the therapist’s directives.
• Direct Directives: Straightforward instructions to family members & involves the use of specific strategies, especially:
  
  • Paradoxical interventions (Directives): designed to help family members alter thier behavior & see Sx’s in an alt. way, recognize they have control over their behaviors or using resistance in a constructive way.
    
    • Ordeals: Unplesant tasks a CT must perform when Sx’s occur (Ex: Give mom-in-law gift when fight w/her).
    • Restraining: Creates resistance & encourage family to “go slow” bc are not ready for change or to avoid negative consequences of changing too quickly (not to change).
    • Positioning: Exaggerate severity of a Sx.
    • Re-Framing: Re-label Sx’s to help family members see it in an alt. way, as reasonable & understandable & give a more positive meaning.
    • Perscribing the Sx’s: Instructing a family member to deliberately engage in Sx’s (Ex: tell to fight for 2 hrs. a night).

Question 69

Milan Systemic Family Therapy

Answer 69

In family systems there are circular patterns of action & reaction. Maladaptive behavior results when family patterns become fixed that family members can’t act creatively or make new choices about thier lives.

Goal: Help family members see choices & assist them in exercising thier perogative in choosing.

The therapist helps family members understand thier rel. & probs. in an alt. way which paves way to see new solutions & choices.

Tx:

• Use a theraputic team 1-2 members in session & rest of team behind a 1-way mirror (AFS).
• Circular Q’s: Asked of each family member to help them recognize diff & similarities in perception. Help define & clarify confused ideas, behaviors & intro. new info. to family members.

Question 70

Behavioral Family Therapy

Answer 70

Based on the principles of operant conditioning & social learning.

Emphasizes the impact of parents & other behaviors on internal, vicarious &/or external consequences of behavior.

View of Maladaptive Behavior: Family interactions are influenced by the external events that precede & follow a family members behavior (that are learned & maintained by it’s antecedents & consequences) but

• also focuses on contributions of maladaptive cognitions (dysfx schemas, negative automatic thoughts, cognitive distortions) to problematic interactions.

Goals: Alter the environmental factors (antecedents &consequences) that are maintaining problem behaviors.

Tx: Focus on observable behaviors & assess to ID target behaviors, then increase/decrease target behaviros thru contingent reinforcement & improving communication & prob.solving skills.

Question 71

Object Relations Family Therapy (Projective Identification)

Answer 71

Maladaptive behavior is the result of both intrapsychic & interpersonal factors.

A primary source of dysfunction is:

Projective Identification: occurs when a family member projects old introjects onto another family member & then reacts to that person as though he/she actually has the projected characteristics or provokes the person to act in ways consistent with those characteristics.

Question 72

Object Relations Family Therapy (Multiple Transferences)

Answer 72

Primary goal: Resolve each family member’s attachment to family introjects & involves addressing Multiple Transferences:

• Transferences of one family member to another
• Transferences of each member to the therapist
• Transferences of the family as a whole to the therapist.

Question 73

Group Therapy (Formative Stages)

Answer 73

According to Yalom, therapy groups typically pass through 3 formative stages-

1. Inital Stage (orientation, participation, search for meaning, & dependency) - Grp members engage in limited communication that’s restricted primarily to seeking & giving advice. ^{→Tend to talk directly to therapist & look to therapist for direction & approval}
2. Transition Stage (conflict, dominance, & rebellion) - Advice giving is replaced by criticism & other negative comments. ^{→Express hostility toward therapist due to resisteance & sharing attention}
3. Working Stage (development of cohesiveness=Theraputic alliance, curative factor) - Characterized by a high degree of trust & cohesion among grp members, increasing self-disclosure & concern when grp members absent.

Therapist acts as a technical expert & participant model & viewed the grp as an opportunity for the therapist to model behaviors diff. from grp members behaviors.

Concurrent grp & indiv. therapies should be provided only in cirtain circumstance (Ex when a grp member is experiencing a crisis) & be avoided in most cases to ensure dont drop out of grp prematurley.

Question 74

Group Therapy (Cohesiveness)

Answer 74

Yalom describes cohesiveness as the most important curative factor provided by group therapy & the group therapy analog for the therapist-client relationship in individual therapy.

Res. on curative factors showed that grp members rate these as most important:

• Interpersonal input
• Catharsis
• Self-understanding
• Cohesivness

Cohessivness creates conditions for other facilitative conditions.

Yalom views grp therapy as a social microcosm that provides opportunities to work thru probs. in a new more adaptive way.

Question 75

Group Therapy (Premature Termination)

Answer 75

Yalom proposes that prescreening of potential group members & post-selection preparation can reduce premature termination from group therapy & enhance therapy outcomes when it covers goals &processes.

Attribute early termination to unrealistic expectations

Res shows 10-35% of grp members drop out of therapy during 1st 12-20 sessions.

Contraindications for grp therapy include certain Sx’s/Dx’s:

• Severe Depression
• Withdrawl
• Paranoia
• Acute Psychosis
• Brain Damage
• Sociopathy
• Inability to tolerate grp setting

Question 76

Feminist Therapy

Answer 76

Based on the premise that “the personal is political.”

It focuses on:

• ID & integrate Male & female aspects of woman’s personality
• Avoid label aspects of personality as male & female
• empowerment & social change &
• Acknowledges & minimizes the power differential inherent in the client-therapist relationship.

Goal: ID & alter the oppresive forces in society that have affected the CT’s life.

Question 77

Non-sexist Therapy (Feminist Therapy)

Answer 77

Help the CT understand & appropriately respond to env. forces that impact the CT’s life. Recognized the impact of sexism & avoid the use of gender based techniques.

Feminist therapy must be distinguished from nonsexist therapy, which focuses more on the personal causes of behavior and personal change.

Question 78

Self-in-Relation Theory - (Feminist Therapy)

Answer 78

Applies feminism to object relations theory & proposes that many gender differences can be traced to differences in the early mother-daughter & mother-son relationship.

Proposes that gender differences in personality can be traced to differences in mother-son & mother-daughter parenting practices.

• Mothers encourage thier son’s to separate from them & Male ID is defined by separation
• Mothers encourage thier daughters to stay attached & Female ID is defined by relations w/others.

Mother’s cause differences since they tend to be primary caretakers & determines social gender roles.

Question 79

Hypnosis (Repressed Memories)

Answer 79

(Orne & Dinges) Propose that hypnosis involves experiencing alterations of memory, perception, & mood in response to suggestions and characterize its essential features as a “subjective experiential change”.

Although hypnosis has been used to help ppl recover repressed memories, the research suggests that it does not seem to enhance the accuracy of memories & may produce more:

• Pseudomemories (inaccurate or confabulated memories) than accurate memories, and
• may exaggerate a person’s confidence in the validity of uncertain memories, especially for those that are inaccurate.

Question 80

Acupuncture

Answer 80

Acupuncture is a traditional Asian method for restoring health & involves stimulating specific anatomical points on the body, usually with a thin metallic needle.

The traditional explanation for its effects is that illness is due to a blockage of qi (vital life energy) & that acupuncture unblocks the flow of qi along the pathways through which it circulates in the body.

Research suggests that its benefits may be due to the release of pain-suppressing substances or to an alteration in blood flow in areas around the needle or in certain regions of the brain.

Question 81

Types of Prevention

Answer 81

Methods of prevention are classified as:

1. Primary Preventions: Designed to prevent the devel. of MH probs by making an intervention available to all members of a target group/population in order to keep them from developing a disorder.
2. Secondary Prevention: Designed to reduce the prevalence of MH probs. & are aimed at identifing at-risk individuals who are showing early signs of a disorder & offer them appropriate interventions.
3. Tertiary Preventions: Aimed at ppl who already have a MH prob. & is designed to reduce the duration & consequences of an illness that has already occurred to reduce risk of relapse or chronicity

Question 82

Health Belief Model (HBM)

Answer 82

(Becker, 1974) Proposes that health behaviors are influenced by:

1. Indiv. Knowledge: The person’s readiness to take a particular action, which is related to his/her perceived susceptibility to the illness & perceived severity of its consequences;
2. Motivation: The person’s evaluation of the benefits & costs of making a particular response; consequences of illness.
3. Self-Efficacy Beliefs: The internal & external “cues to action” that trigger the response; benefits of & barriers to taking appropriate action.

Question 83

Health Locus of Control Model

Answer 83

(Lau & Ware, 1982) Alternative theory to HBM proposes that health-related behaviors reflect locus of control beliefs:

• Ppl may believe they have the ability to control thier health or health depends on luck or other uncontrollable factors.
  
  • Implications are that practitioners can enhance a CT’s healthy behaviors by promoting the CT’s sense of:
    
    • Personal Responsibility &
    • Control

Question 84

Mental Health Consultation (Caplan)

Answer 84

Caplan distinguished between 4 types of mental health consultation:

In the first 2 of the 4 types, the 3 enteties are the consultant, consultee, & particular CT/Type of CT:

1. Client-centered case consultation: Focuses on behavior change in a particular client whom the consultee is having trouble working with. (Helping the consultee work more effectively with a particular client).
2. Consultee-centered case consultation: Focuses on enhancing the consultee’s knowledge, skills,or objectivity so they can work more effectively w/a paarticular type of CT in the future. (Devel. the ability to deliver services to a particular group or population of CT’s); Theme Interference.

For the last 2 types, the 3 entities are the consultant, 1+ program administrators/managers, & a particular program/type of program.

3. Program-centered administrative consultation: Help Administrators improve the effectivness of a program they are having trouble with. Involves working with 1+ administrators (consultees) to resolve probs. related to a particular program.
4. Consultee-centered administrative consultation: Improve the knowledge or skills of administrators so they’re better able to devel., run, or eval. programs in the future. involves enhancing the ability of administrators to develop, implement, and evaluate programs.

Question 85

Theme Interference - Mental Health Consultation

Answer 85

A type of transference that occurs when a consultee’s unresolved conflict related to a particular type of CT/situation interferes w/his/her objectivity when working w/similar CT’s or in similar situations.

• Limit’s a consultee’s objectivity.

Question 86

Parallel Process

Answer 86

Occurs in clinical supervision when the therapist (supervisee) behaves toward his/her supervisor in ways that mirror how the client is behaving toward the therapist.

Question 87

Eysenck’s Review

Answer 87

A British psychologist known for his factor analysis of personality traits, contributions to behavior therapy, &

• 1952 review of psychotherapy outcome studies in which he found that 72% of untreated neurotic indiv. improved w/out therapy.
  
  • Found ppl who recieved no therapy are “better off” than those w/similar probs. who recieved eclectic (66%) or psychoanalytic psychotherapy (44%).
• He concluded that ny apparent benefit of therapy is due to spontaneous remission.
• Hid research was cirticized on methodological grounds.

Question 88

Smith, Glass, & Miller’s Meta-Analyses

Answer 88

They used meta-analysis to combine the results of the psychotherapy outcome studies & found, contrary to Eysenck, that psychotherapy does have substantial benefits.

• 1980 meta-analysis found an average effect size of .85 for a variety of therapies & D/O’s, which indicates that the typical CT is better off than 80% of indivs. who need therapy but are untreated.

Question 89

Howard et. al.’s Research

Answer 89

Howard et. al (1996) results identified:

• Dose-Dependent Effect: Found that 75% of therapy CT’s show measurable improvements in Sx’s after 26 therapy sessions; & at 52 sessions this number only increases to about 85%
• Phase Model: which predicts that the benefits of therapy vary, depending on the number of sessions & can be described in 3 phases related to Tx length:

1. Remoralization: (1st few sessions) Improvment due ti increased hopefulness.
2. Remediation: (1st few to 16th session) Improvments due to Sx relief.
3. Rehabilitation: (Remaining sessions) Improvments in overall Fx & long lasting behavior changes occur.

Question 90

Efficacy vs. Effectiveness Research

Answer 90

An ongoing debate on psychotherapy outcome research is over the best way to evaluate the effects of psychotherapy.

1. Efficacy Studies: (clinical trials) More useful for est. whether or not Tx has an effect.
2. Effectivness Studies: (correlational/quasi-experiements in nature) Best for assess clinical utility - determin a Tx’s generalizability, feasability & cost effectivness.

Question 91

Therapist-Client Matching

Answer 91

Research in terms of race, ethnicity, or culture has produced inconsistent results.

• Sue et. al (‘91) found that ethnic matching may reduce premature termination rates for members of some grps (Asian & hispanic/lation)

Question 92

Treatment Manuals

Answer 92

Originally devel. to standardize psychotheraputic Tx so their efects could be empirically evaluated & to provide guidelines for training therapists.

They specify the theoretical underpinnings of the Tx along w/Tx goals & specific theraputic guidelines & strategies.

A potential limitation of Tx manuals is that they may oversimplify the theraputic process.

Question 93

Diagnostic Overshadowing

Answer 93

Originally used to describe the tendency of health professionals to attribute all behavioral, social & emotional probs. to mental retardation in indiv. w/this Dx.

Subsequent research found that diagnostic overshadowing also applies to other Dx’s & Situations.

Question 94

Alloplastic vs. Autoplastic Interventions

Answer 94

Refers to the focus of an intervention w/regard to the env.:

• Alloplastic Intervention: Goal is to make changes in the env. to better accomodate the the indiv.
• Autoplastic Intervention: Goal is to change the indiv. so that he/she is better able to Fx effectively in his/her env.

Question 95

Psychiatric Inpatients

Answer 95

Research on the utilization rates of Mental HEalth services provided the following info. about the demographic charateristics of psychiatric inpatients:

1. Marital Status: For both men & women admission rates are:

• lowest for widowed,
• intermediate for married or divorced/separated &
• highest for never married.

2. Race/Ethnicity: Whites rep. the largest number of inpatients, when population proportions are taken into account other races are overrepresented.
3. Age: For both men & women largest proportion of admissions is in the 25-44 age range.

Question 96

Multisystems Model

Answer 96

(Boyd-Franklin) An ecostructural approach for African American families that addresses multiple systems, intervenes at multiple levels, and empowers the family by utilizing its strengths.

Systems that may be incorporated into Tx include:

• Extended family & non-blood kin
• The church & other community resources
• Social service agencies.

Question 97

Network Therapy

Answer 97

Identified as an effective intervention for American Indian CT’s & is often used as a Tx fro alcohol & drug abuse.

Multimodal Tx that incorporates family & community members into the Tx process & situates an indivs. probs. w/in the context of his/her family, workplace, community, & other social systems

Question 98

Sexual Minorities

Answer 98

(Martin & Hetrick, 1988) Found social & emotional isolation was the primary presenting problem for a sample of gay & lesbian adolescents seeking assistance.

LGBT individuals face issues including:

• Internalized Homophobia: Occurs when LGBT indiv. accept negative sterotypes about sexual minorities & incorporate them into thier self-conccept.
  
  • Consequences include:
    
    • Low self-esteem
    • Self Doubt
    • Self-destructive behaviors
• Coming Out: to family members, friends & others is assoc. w/rejection & other negative consequences as well as higher levels of self-esteem & positive affectivity, lower levels of anxiety & other positive consequences
• Research suggests that the age of coming out is about the same for gay males & lesbians

Question 99

Cultural Comptetence (Sue & Sue)

Answer 99

Sue & Sue (2003) describe cultural competence as involving 3 competencies:

1. Awareness: (Therapits awareness & acceptance of cultural differences) Refers to the therapists understanding of how his/her own cultural values & biases affect the theraputic process.
2. Knowledge: (Knowledge about the worldviews of culturally diverse CT’s)Refers to the therapists familiarity w/HX, experiences, & worldviews of members of different cultural grps & how it might affect CT’s mental health & course of Tx.
3. Skill: Refers to the therapists ability to ID & effectively use modalities & strategies that are approp. for CT’s cultural background; don’t automatically use same approach & modify for diff. CT’s.

Question 100

Cultural Competence (Sue & Zane)

Answer 100

Sue & Zane proposed that credibility & giving are especially critical when working w/culturally diverse CT’s at higher risk for premature termination.

• Credibility: Refers to the CT’s perception that the therapist is effective & trustworthy & is affected by the therapist’s status:
  
  • Ascribed Status: The therapist’s position or role, credentials, age, gender, racte, etc.
  • Achieved Status: Determined by the CT’s perception of the therapists skill, which is enhanced when the therapist demonstrates accurate knowledge of the CT’s cultural background.
• Giving: Refers to the CT’s perception that he/she has recieved some benefit from therapy.

Question 101

EmIC

Answer 101

Refers to an orientation of understanding & describing cultures:

Emic = Culture Specific approach when they recognize that the same behavior may have different meanings in different cultures & some strategies might not be approp. for some cultures.

EmIC = (Culture Specific) Cultural psychology, view from Inside Culture

Question 102

ETic

Answer 102

Refers to an orientation of understanding & describing cultures:

Etic: Universalistic approach when they believe that the same behavioral principles apply equally to all cultures.

ETic = Traditional psychology, view from outside (view ppl from diff. cultures as the same)

Question 103

Cultural Encapsulation

Answer 103

(Wrenn) Culturally encapsulated counselors interpret everyone’s reality through their own cultural assumptions & stereotypes & disregard cultural differences & their own cultural biases. (Sterotyped, rigid beliefs & inflexible beliefs & may see cultural behaviors as pathological)

• See everything thru the filter of thier own cultural perspective & are unable/unwilling to recognize cultural differences.

Question 104

Acculturation

Answer 104

(Berry) Refers to behavioral & psychological changes that occur as the result of contact btwn a person & ppl from a different cultural grp.

Acculturation can be described in terms of 4 categories that reflect the person’s adoption of his/her own culture & the culture of the dominant grp:

1. *Integration*: Ppl are integrated when they ID w/both the majority & own minority culture.
2. *Assimilation*: Ppl are assimilated when they ID w/the majority but reject their own minority culture.
3. *Separation*: Ppl are separate when they reject the majority & ID w/their own minority culture.
4. *Marginalization*: Ppl are marginalized when they reject both the majority & their own minority culture.

Important to determine the CT’s level of acculturation to determine the CT’s Sx’s & response to therapist & interventions

Question 105

Worldview

Answer 105

(Sue, 1978) Refers to how ppl percieve their relationship w/other ppl, institiutions, etc. & this view is affected by his/her cultural background & can affect the theraputic process.

Determined by 2 factors:

1. Locus of Control: Refers to the beliefs about the causes of persnal outcomes & can be:

• Internal - Believes outcomes depend on own actions
• External - Outcomes determined by external focuses

2. Locus of Responsibility: Refers to who a person believes is to credit or blame for outcomes & can be:

• Internal - Assign credit/blam to internal factors such as motivation, ability & effort.
• External - Assign Credit/blame to external factors

_{Ex: White middle-class therapists typically have an internal locus of control & responsibility (IC-IR) & are likely to have probs. working w/an black CT that has an internal locus of control & external locus of responsibility (IC-ER) who may challenge the therapists authority & trustworthiness & be reluctant to self disclose.}

_{→Members of minority grps are likely to exhibit internal locus of control (IC) & external locus of responsibility (ER) as they become more aware of own racial/cultural ID, & impact of oppresion on their lives.}

Question 106

High-Context Communication

Answer 106

(Hall) Members of many culturally diverse grps in America exhibit high-context communication which relies on shared cultural understanding & nonverbal cues.

Culturally diverse = unifying

• Greater use of non-verbal cues
• Grounded in situation
• Depends on grp understanding
• Slow to change
• Relies heavily on body language

Differences in communication styles can lead to misunderstandings in cross-cultural therapy.

Question 107

Low-Context Communication

Answer 107

(Hall) Caucasians are more likely to exhibit low-context communication which relies primarily on the verbal messages, is less unifying (than high context comm), & can change rapidly & easily.

White = less unifying

• Rely on verbal communication
• Can change rapidly & easily

Differences in communication styles can lead to misunderstandings in cross-cultural therapy.

Question 108

Healthy Cultural Paranoia

Answer 108

(Ridley) This explains why African American ST’s may be reluctant to self-disclose to a white therapist.

2 Types:

1. Cultural Paranoia (Healthy reaction to racism): When s/he does not disclose to a white therapist due to a fear of being hurt or misunderstood. (Combo of low functional & high cultural paranois)
2. Functional Paranoia (due to pathology): When s/he is unwilling to disclose to any therapist, regardless of race or ethnicity, as a result of mistrust & suspicion.

This person w/healthy cultural paranoia may be willing to self-disclose to a white therapist when the meaning of the paranoia is discussed & the CT is encouraged to distinguish btwn when it is & is not desirable to self-disclose.

Question 109

Racial/Cultural Identity Development Model

Answer 109

(Atkinson, Morten & Sue) Distinguishes btwn 5 stages that ppl exp. as they attempt to understand themselves in terms of their own minority culture, the dominant culture, & the oppressive relationship btwn the two.

5 Stages reflect a diff. combo of attitudes toward dominant & minority grp:

1. *Conformity* (Positive attitudes for the dominant grp) Have favorable attitudes toward the dominant grp & negative attitudes toward their own minority grp. ^{→Prefer therapist from <u>dominant</u> grp.}
2. *Dissonance* (Confusion & conflict over contradictory attitudes) toward own minority grp & dominant grp. ^{→Prefer therapist from <u>minority</u> grp}
3. *Resistence & Immersion* (Active rejection of the dominant grp) & positive attitudes toward own minority grp. ^{→Prefer therapist from <u>minority</u> grp}
4. *Introspection* (Uncertainty about the rigidity of stage 3 beliefs) Concerned about their inflexible attitudes toward dominant grp & own minority grp. ^{→Prefer therapist from <u>minority</u> grp}
5. *Integrative Awareness* (Adoption of a multicultural perspective) & Recognize both grps have positive qualities that involves actively examine the values & beliefs of diff.grps before accept/reject them. ^{→Prefer a therapist w/same worldview, attitudes & beliefs}

Question 110

White Racial Identity Development Model

Answer 110

(Helms) Racism is a central part of being white in america & proposes 2 phases & 6 statuses (stages) _{[Characterized by a diff. info. processing strategy (IPS), the method the indiv. uses to reduce discomfort related to racial issues]}

• Phase 1: Abandoning Racism (1-3 stages)*
  1. *Contact:_ Lack of racial awareness & exhibit racist attitudes & beliefs, min. contact w/diverse grps ^{→IPS Obliviousness & Denial}
  2. _Disintegration_: Greater awareness of racial differences, which lead to moral conflicts & anxiety, increased contact w/minority grps. ^{→IPS Suppression of info. & Ambivalence}
  3. _Reintegration*: Attempt to resolve conflict by adopting racist views of minority grps & white superiority; deny racism exists. ^{→IPS Selective Perception & Negative Outgrp Distortion}
• Phase 2: Devel. non-racist White ID (4-6 stages)*
  4. *Pseudo-Independence_: Questioning of racist views & acknowledges white roles in racism. ^{→IPS Selective Perceptions & Re-shape Reality}
  5. _Immersion & Emersion_: Confrontation of own biases & understand how benefit from white privilege; focus on changing self. ^{→IPS Hypervigilance & Re-Shaping}
  6. _Autonomy*: Adopt a non-racist white ID, value diversity & appreciation/respect for racial/cultural diff. & similarities. ^{→IPS Flexibility & Complexity}

Question 111

Cross’s Black Racial (Nigrescence) Identity Development Model

Answer 111

(Cross) Based on the assumption that ID devel. is directly related to racial oppression. Emphasizes the role of race salience * distinguises btwn 4 stages:

1. _Pre-Encounter_: Race & racial ID have low salience: • Assimilation: Adopt mainstream ID • Anti-Black: Accept negative beliefs about black & low self-esteem. ^{→Prefer a <u>white therapist</u>}
2. *Encounter*: Indiv. has greater cultural awareness (racism) & interested in devel. a black ID ^{→Prefer <u>therapist of same race</u>}
3. _Immersion-Emersion_: Race & racial ID have high salience & indiv moves from: • Immersion: Intense black involvement • Emersion: Strong anti-white attitudes ^{→Prefer <u>therapist from same race</u>}
4. _Internalization_: Race continues to have high salience & person adopts 1 of 3 ID’s: • Afrocentric: Pro-black ID; non-racist • Biculturist: Integrate black ID w/white or other salient cultural ID. • Multiculturist: Integrate black ID w/2 or more salient cultural ID’s

Question 112

Homosexual Identity Development Model

Answer 112

(Troiden’s, 1988) Model of homosexual (gay/lesbian) ID devel. distinguishes btwn 4 stages:

1. Sensitization (Feeling Different; Middle Childhood) - Indiv. feels diff. from same-sex peers & begins to have homosexual feelings w/out understanding the implications of those feelings for self-identity. ^{• Ex: Realize interests differ from same gender classmates}
2. Self-Recognition (Identity Confusion; Onset of Puberty) - Indiv. realizes they are attracted to ppl of same sex & attribute feelings to homosexuality, which leads to turmoil & confusion.
3. *Identity Assumption*: Indiv. becomes more certain of their homosexuality & deal w/realization by: ^{• Try to pass as hetero or align w/homosexual community or act in ways consistent w/societies stereotypes of homosexuality.}
4. _Commitment (_Identity Integration): Indiv. adopts a homosexual way of life & publicly disclose homosexuality.

Question 113

Sexual Stigma

Answer 113

(Herek, 2004) Argues that the term homophobia is ambiguous & imprecise & proposes that it be replaced w/sexual stigma, heterosexism & sexual Prejudice.

Sexual Stigma refers to “the shared knowledge of society’s negative regard for any nonheterosexual behavior, identity, relationship or community.”

Question 114

Heterosexism

Answer 114

(Herek, 2004) In his discussion of violence against gays & lesbians he attributes it to be due to a combo of psychological (Indiv.) & cultural Heterosexism.

“An ideological system that denies, denigrates & stigmatizes among nonheterosexual forms of behavior, identity, relationships or community.”

Includes beliefs about gender, morality & sexuality that defines sexual minorities as deviant/threatening & is inherent in languages, laws & other cultural institutions.

Question 115

Sexual Prejudice

Answer 115

(Herek, 2004) Refers to negative attitudes that are based on sexual orientation, wheter the target is homosexual, bisexual or heterosexual.

Found higher levles of sexual prejudice among heterosexual men (vs. heterosexual women) & among indiv. who are older, have lower levels od education, live in southern/Midwestern states or rural areas, or have limited personal contact w/homosexuals.

Question 116

A family therapist working from a social learning theory is likely to describe spous abuse as?

Answer 116

An acquires response that has been maintained by its ability to reduce stress & addresses the impact of learning & consequences on behavior.

Social learning theory emphasizes the impact of parents & others on behavior as well as the internal, vicarious, &/or external consequences of a behavior.

Question 117

Karen Horney

Answer 117

(Neo-Freudian) Holistic Model:

• Basic anxiety (if mother’s bond is unsuccessful, can develop basic anxiety)
• A feeling of helpless & isolation in hostile world
• Caused by parental behaviors & focus on early relationships
• Parental Behaviors - cause children to experience basic anxiety (helplessness & isolation in hostile world)
• Defend against anxiety, child adopts mode of relating to others
• Move towards others/against others/away from others
• Healthy indiv. integrates all 3 types of behaviors, neurotic rely upon one

Question 118

Harry Stack Sullivan

Answer 118

Role of cognitive experience in personality development.
Prototaxic, parataxic, and syntaxic modes.
Neurotic behavior often caused by parataxic distortions.

Question 119

Erich Fromm

Answer 119

Role of societal factors in personality development.
Five character styles: receptive, exploitative, hoarding, marketing, productive.

Question 120

Heinz Kohut

Answer 120

Developer of Self-Psychology
Work on Narcissism

Question 121

Anna Freud

Answer 121

Viewed childrens play during play therapy as a form of acting out

Question 122

When calculating an “effect size,” you would:

Answer 122

Divide the difference btwn the means of the experimental & control grps by the standard deviation of the control grp.

The most commonly used effect size is a type of standard score, which means that it reports the effect od an intervention in terms od SD units.

Question 123

The primary Target of Advocacy Consultation” is best described as:

Answer 123

Social change

Advocacy Consultation, unlike other consultation modes, focuses on social systems rather than individual or small groups.

(Conoley) A distinctive characteristic is that it is based on an “explicit value orientation that targets social change in the direction of power equalization.”

Question 124

Multifinality

Answer 124

Predicts the same inital circumstances/conditions may lead to different outcomes.

Multiple outcomes

Question 125

Equifinality

Answer 125

Predicts that different circumstances/conditions may lead to the same outcomes.

Equal outcomes