Personality Disorders and Treatment of Mental Disorders pt 2

Question 1

psychoanalysis

Answer 1

therapeutic orientation developed by Sigmund Freud that employs free association, dream analysis, and transference to uncover repressed feelings

Question 2

behavior therapy

Answer 2

therapeutic orientation that employs principles of learning to help clients change undesirable behaviors

Question 3

counterconditioning

Answer 3

classical conditioning therapeutic technique in which a client learns a new response to a stimulus that has previously elicited an undesirable behavior

Question 4

aversive conditioning

Answer 4

counterconditioning technique that pairs an unpleasant stimulant with an undesirable behavior

Question 5

exposure therapy

Answer 5

counterconditioning technique in which a therapist seeks to treat a client’s fear or anxiety by presenting the feared object or situation with the idea that the person will eventually get used to it

Question 6

systematic desensitization

Answer 6

form of exposure therapy used to treat phobias and anxiety disorders by exposing a person to the feared object or situation through a stimulus hierarchy

Question 7

virtual reality exposure therapy

Answer 7

uses a simulation rather than the actual feared object or situation to help people conquer their fears

Question 8

token economy

Answer 8

controlled setting where individuals are reinforced for desirable behaviors with tokens (e.g., poker chip) that be exchanged for items or privileges

Question 9

cognitive therapy

Answer 9

form of psychotherapy that focuses on how a person’s thoughts lead to feelings of distress, with the aim of helping them change these irrational thoughts

Question 10

rational emotive therapy (RET)

Answer 10

form of cognitive-behavioral therapy