psych

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psychotherapy

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an interactive experience with a trained professional, working on understanding and changing behavior, thinking, relationships and emotions

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biomedical therapy

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the use of medications and other procedures acting directly on the body to reduce the symptoms of mental disorder

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psychoanalysis/ psychodynamic therapy

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uses techniques from various forms of therapy to fit the clients needs

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classical psychoanalysis and who to know?

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based on the theory that thoughts and actions are driven by the unconscious . Sigmund frued.

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interpretation

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how the client felt about the therapist

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free assiciation

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patient is mostly talking

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analysis of resistance

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noticing what the patient doesn’t want to talk about

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dreams??

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who we really are

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humanistic therapies and who to know

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based on the theory that individuals have free will, choice and capacity for self actualization. Abraham maslow and carl rogers

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humanistic therapies focus on and offer what?

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focus is on here and now.

therapist offers unconditional positive regard

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active listening involves?

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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

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behavior therapy

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based on principles of learning to eliminate unwanted behaviors

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classical conditioning techniques

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counter-conditioning

exposure therapy

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counterconditioning

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refers to linking new, positive, responses, to previously stimuli

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exposure therapy

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exposing the person to the feared object , waiting for the anxiety to calm down, then calm them down completely

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operate conditioning techniques

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token economy- sticker charts

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cognitive therapy

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helps people alter the negative thinking that worsens depression and anxiety

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eye movement desensitization and reprocessing

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unlock earlier traumatic memories

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electroconvulsive shock therapy

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induces a mild seizure that disrupts severe depression for some humans

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therapeutic lifestyle changes and resilience

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exercise , change negative thoughts , nutrition

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a psychological disorder is a pattern of thoughts, feelings, or actions that are?

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deviant, distressing, dysfunctional

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medical model

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psychological disorders can be seen as psychopathology , an illness of the mind

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panic attack

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shortness of breath, shaking, upset stomach, racing heart

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phobias

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uncontrollable , irrational , intense desire to avoid the object or situation

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obsesssions

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are intense, unwanted worries, ideas and images that repeatedly pop in the mind

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compulsions

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repeatedly strong feeling of "needing" to carry out an action m enough though it doesn't feel like it makes sense

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post traumatic stress disorder

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some sort of trauma . repeated recall of it.

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major depression disorder

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low serotonin

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mania

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severely "up" mood

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depressed people tend to explain bad events in terms that are

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stable , global , internal

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stable?

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-ill never get over this

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global

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-everything is bad , nothing is working out for me

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internal

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personalizing every bad thing that happens

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schizophrenia

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the mind is split from reality, e.g is split from ones own thoughts so that they appear as hallucinations

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psychosis

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mental split from reality and rationality

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what leads to schizophrenia

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genetic issues that cause excess dopamine receptors and brain abnormalities, maternal virus, and birth complications

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personality

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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

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projective tests including the rorschach

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are a structured , systematic exposure to standardized test of ambiguous

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self-concept

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our sense of our nature and identity

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trait

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our sense of our nature and identity

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big 5 personality dimensions

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``` openness conscientiousness extroversion agreeableness neuroticism ```

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reciprocal; determinism and who to know?

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a back and forth influence with no primary cause.. albert bandura

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locus of control

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our perception of where the seat of power over our lives is located

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learned helplessness

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declining to help oneself after repeated attempts to do so have failed

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psychoanaylic person? explain | and how to help

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freud ... unresolved sexual and other childhood conflicts and fixations at various developmental stages ... free association , projective tests, dream analysis

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psychodynamic person? explain and how to help

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adler, horney, jung. the unconscious and conscious minds interact ... projective tests , therapy sessions

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humanistic person? explain and how to help

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rogers , maslow... focus on the ways healthy people strive for self realization . questionare therapy

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trait person? explain assumptions and how to help

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allport, Eysenck , mccrae, costa....we have certain stable and enduring characteristics influenced by genertic predispostions .... personality inventories

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social - cognitive person? exaplain assumptions and how to help

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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