FlashcardsChapter15

Question 1

Term

Answer 1

Description

Question 2

Anti-anxiety drugs

Answer 2

A class of psychotropic medications used for the treatment of anxiety. (page 623)

Question 3

Antidepressants

Answer 3

A class of psychotropic medications used for the treatment of depression. (page 624)

Question 4

Antipsychotics

Answer 4

A class of psychotropic medications used for the treatment of schizophrenia and other disorders that involve psychosis. (page 624)

Question 5

Applied behavioral analysis (ABA)

Answer 5

An intensive treatment for autism, based on operant conditioning. (page 657)

Question 6

Behavior therapy

Answer 6

Treatment based on the premise that behavior is learned and therefore can be unlearned through the use of classical and operant conditioning. (page 618)

Question 7

Biological therapies

Answer 7

Treatment of psychological disorders based on medical approaches to disease (what is wrong with the body) and to illness (what a person feels as a result). (616)

Question 8

Client-centered therapy

Answer 8

An empathic approach to therapy; it encourages people to fulfill their individual potentials for personal growth through greater self-understanding. (page 621)

Question 9

Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)

Answer 9

A therapy that incorporates techniques from cognitive therapy and behavior therapy to correct faulty thinking and change maladaptive behaviors. (page 620)

Question 10

Cognitive restructuring

Answer 10

A therapy that strives to help clients recognize maladaptive thought patterns and replace them with ways of viewing the world that are more in tune with reality. (page 619)

Question 11

Cognitive therapy

Answer 11

Treatment based on the idea that distorted thoughts produce maladaptive behaviors and emotions; treatment strategies attempt to modify these thought patterns. (page 619)

Question 12

Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT)

Answer 12

A form of therapy used to treat borderline personality disorder that combines elements of the behavioral and cognitive treatments with a mindfulness approach based on Eastern meditative practices. (page 651)

Question 13

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)

Answer 13

A procedure that involves administering a strong electrical current to the person’s brain to produce a seizure; it is effective for some cases of severe depression. (page 626)

Question 14

Exposure

Answer 14

A behavioral therapy technique that involves repeated exposure to an anxiety-producing stimulus or situation. (page 619)

Question 15

Expressed emotion

Answer 15

A pattern of negative actions by a client’s family members; the pattern includes critical comments, hostility directed toward the person by family members, and emotional over involvement. (page 622)

Question 16

Insight

Answer 16

The goal of psychoanalysis; a client’s awareness of his own unconscious psychological processes and how these processes affect daily functioning. (page 617)

Question 17

Placebo effect

Answer 17

An improvement in physical or mental health following treatment with a placebo – that is, with a drug or treatment that has no active component on the disorder being treated. (page 628)

Question 18

Psychodynamic therapy

Answer 18

A form of therapy based on Freudian theory; it aims to help clients examine needs, defenses, and motives as a way of understanding distress. (page 618)

Question 19

Psychotherapy

Answer 19

The generic name given to formal psychological treatment. (page 616)

Question 20

Psychotropic medications

Answer 20

Drugs that affect mental processes. (page 623)