Psychology- Chapter 13 Flashcards
Psychotherapy
an interaction between therapist & client affects clients thoughts/ feelings/behaviour in an effort to help overcome the psychological disorder
past treatment
believed to be possession, exorcism/execution for treatments
Asylums
institutions for mentally sick, warehousing not treatment
community mental health movement goals
treat psychological disorders individuals, provide community with education & resources
psychoanalytic therapies
Sigmund Freud developed, view psychological problems from early childhood
traditional psychoanalysis aim
provide insight into unconscious conflicts as root of persons problems
interpersonal psychotherapy
clients current relationships rather than childhood, direct alleviation of negative emotions
humanistic therapies
focus on subjective, conscious experiences, deal with what client is currently experiencing
humanistic therapies: client-centered therapy
Karl Rogers developed, warm non-direct therapy to encourage self exploration & expression,,
Gesalt therapy
originated by Fritz Perls, people experience conflict by disowning parts of themselves, aims for the individual to integrate conflicting parts of personality, directive methods so client can perceive whole
Behaviour therapy
directly promote desired behaviour change, conditioning principles
fear-reduction method: systemic desensitization
developed by Jospeh Wolfe, exposed to a series of images organized from least to fear evoking while relaxing
fear-reduction method: virtual therapy
technology to represent a traumatic setting, exposure is provided in gradualy
fear-reduction method: flooding
fear is presented in full intensity until the fear has diminished
fear-reduction: modelling
client observes & imitates a person who approaches & copes with the object or situation feared
aversive conditioning
undesired responses are inhibited by pairing repungent or offensive stimuli with them
Rapid smoking
method in which smokers are forced to inhale rapidly over a prolonged period of time , overexposure leads to an adverse conditioned stimuli
operant conditioning procedures
reinforcement & punishment to teach adaptive behaviours & extinguish problematic behaviours