psych Flashcards
psychotherapy
an interactive experience with a trained professional, working on understanding and changing behavior, thinking, relationships and emotions
biomedical therapy
the use of medications and other procedures acting directly on the body to reduce the symptoms of mental disorder
psychoanalysis/ psychodynamic therapy
uses techniques from various forms of therapy to fit the clients needs
classical psychoanalysis and who to know?
based on the theory that thoughts and actions are driven by the unconscious . Sigmund frued.
interpretation
how the client felt about the therapist
free assiciation
patient is mostly talking
analysis of resistance
noticing what the patient doesn’t want to talk about
dreams??
who we really are
humanistic therapies and who to know
based on the theory that individuals have free will, choice and capacity for self actualization. Abraham maslow and carl rogers
humanistic therapies focus on and offer what?
focus is on here and now.
therapist offers unconditional positive regard
active listening involves?
summarize, paraphrase–“so ur father wasn’t around much
invite clarification and elaborate–what does ur anxiety mean to you
reflect feelings– it seems like you are disappointed, am I right
behavior therapy
based on principles of learning to eliminate unwanted behaviors
classical conditioning techniques
counter-conditioning
exposure therapy
counterconditioning
refers to linking new, positive, responses, to previously stimuli
exposure therapy
exposing the person to the feared object , waiting for the anxiety to calm down, then calm them down completely
operate conditioning techniques
token economy- sticker charts
cognitive therapy
helps people alter the negative thinking that worsens depression and anxiety
eye movement desensitization and reprocessing
unlock earlier traumatic memories
electroconvulsive shock therapy
induces a mild seizure that disrupts severe depression for some humans
therapeutic lifestyle changes and resilience
exercise , change negative thoughts , nutrition
a psychological disorder is a pattern of thoughts, feelings, or actions that are?
deviant, distressing, dysfunctional
medical model
psychological disorders can be seen as psychopathology , an illness of the mind
panic attack
shortness of breath, shaking, upset stomach, racing heart
phobias
uncontrollable , irrational , intense desire to avoid the object or situation
obsesssions
are intense, unwanted worries, ideas and images that repeatedly pop in the mind
compulsions
repeatedly strong feeling of “needing” to carry out an action m enough though it doesn’t feel like it makes sense
post traumatic stress disorder
some sort of trauma . repeated recall of it.
major depression disorder
low serotonin
mania
severely “up” mood
depressed people tend to explain bad events in terms that are
stable , global , internal
stable?
-ill never get over this
global
-everything is bad , nothing is working out for me
internal
personalizing every bad thing that happens
schizophrenia
the mind is split from reality, e.g is split from ones own thoughts so that they appear as hallucinations
psychosis
mental split from reality and rationality
what leads to schizophrenia
genetic issues that cause excess dopamine receptors and brain abnormalities, maternal virus, and birth complications
personality
developes from the efforts of our ego , our rational self, to resolve tension between our ID, based in biological drives , and the superego , societys rules and constraints
projective tests including the rorschach
are a structured , systematic exposure to standardized test of ambiguous
self-concept
our sense of our nature and identity
trait
our sense of our nature and identity
big 5 personality dimensions
openness conscientiousness extroversion agreeableness neuroticism
reciprocal; determinism and who to know?
a back and forth influence with no primary cause.. albert bandura
locus of control
our perception of where the seat of power over our lives is located
learned helplessness
declining to help oneself after repeated attempts to do so have failed
psychoanaylic person? explain
and how to help
freud … unresolved sexual and other childhood conflicts and fixations at various developmental stages …
free association , projective tests, dream analysis
psychodynamic person? explain and how to help
adler, horney, jung. the unconscious and conscious minds interact … projective tests , therapy sessions
humanistic person? explain and how to help
rogers , maslow… focus on the ways healthy people strive for self realization . questionare therapy
trait person? explain assumptions and how to help
allport, Eysenck , mccrae, costa….we have certain stable and enduring characteristics influenced by genertic predispostions …. personality inventories
social - cognitive person? exaplain assumptions and how to help
bandura ,,, our traits and the social context interact to produce our behaviors… our behavior in one situation is best predicted by considering our past behavior situations
