Misc. Flashcards
Denial
Unconscious failure to acknowledge an event, thought, or feeling that is too painful for conscious awareness
Displacement
The transference of feelings to another person or object.
Identification
Attempt to be like someone or emulate the personality, traits, or behaviors of another person
Intellectualization
Using reason to avoid emotional conflicts
Introjection
Incorporation of values or qualities of an admired person or group into one’s own ego structure
Isolation
Separation of an unacceptable feeling, idea, or impulse from one’s thought process
Passive-aggression
Indirectly expressing aggression toward others; a facae of overt compliance masks covert resentment
Projection
Attributing one’s own thoughts or impulses to another person
Rationalization
Offering an acceptable, logical explanation to make unacceptable feelings and behavior acceptable
Reaction formation
Development of conscious attitudes and behaviors that are the opposite of what is really felt.
Regression
Reverting to an earlier level if development when anxious or highly stressed
Repression
The involuntary exclusion of a painful thought or memory from awareness
Sublimation
Substitution of an unacceptable feeling by a socially acceptable one
Suppression
The intentional exclusion of feelings and ideas
Undoing
Communication or behavior done to negate a previously unacceptable act
Milieu therapy
The planned use of people, resources, and activities in the environment to assist in improving interpersonal skills, social functioning, and performing ADL’s
Behavior modification
This process is used to change ineffective behavior patterns; it focuses on the consequences of actions rather than on peer pressure.
Family therapy
This form of group therapy identifies the entire family as the client. It is based on the family as a system of interrelated parts forming a whole. The focus is on the patterns of interactions within the family, not on any individual.
Crisis therapy
This form of therapy is directed at the resolution of an immediate crisis, which the individual is unable to handle alone.
Cognitive therapy
It is directed at replacing a client’s irrational beliefs and distorted thoughts. It is focused on problem solving therapy.
