psychology test

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psychosurgery

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surgery that removes or destroys brain tissue in an effort to change behavior

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electroconvulsive therapy

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a biomedical therapy for severely depressed patients in which a brief electric current is sent through the brain of anesthetized patient

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lithium

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a chemical that provides an effective drug therapy for the mood swings of bipolar disorder

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psychopharmacology

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study of the effects of drugs on mind and behavior

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meta-analysis

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a procedure for statistically combining the results of many different research studies

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family therapy

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therapy that treats the family as a system

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cognitive-behavior therapy

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a popular integrated therapy that combines cognitive therapy with behavior therapy

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cognitive therapy

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therapy that teachers people new, more adaptive ways of thinking and acting

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token economy

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an operant conditioning procedure that rewards desires behavior

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aversive conditioning

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a type of counterconditioning that associates an unpleasant state with an unwanted behavior

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systematic desensitization

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a type of counterconditioning that associates a pleasant relaxed state with gradually increasing anxiety triggering stimuli

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exposure therapies

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behavioral techniques that treat anxieties by exposing people to thing they fear and avoid

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counter conditioning

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a behavior therapy procedure that conditions new responses to stimuli that trigger unwanted behaviors

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behavior therapy

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therapy that applies learning principles to the eliminated of unwanted behaviors

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active listening

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empathic listening in which the listener echoes, restates, and clarifies

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client-centered therapy

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a humanistic therapy in which the therapist uses techniques such as active listening within a genuine, accepting, empathic environment to facilitate clients growth

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transference

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the patient’s transfer to the analyst of emotions linked with other relationships

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interpretation

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the analyst’s noting supposed dream meaning, resistances, and other significant behaviors in order to promote insights

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resistance

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the blocking from consciousness of anxiety laden material

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psychoanalysis

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freud’s therapeutic technique

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eclectic approach

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an approach to psychotherapy that depending on the clients problems uses techniques from various forms of therapy

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psychotherapy

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an emotionally charged confiding interaction between a trained therapist and someone who suffers from psychological difficulties

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antisocial personality disorder

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a personality disorder in which the person exhibits a lack or conscience for wrongdoing

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personality disorders

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psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning

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delusions

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false beliefs, often of persuasion or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders

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schizophrenia

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a group of severe disorders characterized by disorders and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptiuons, and inappropriate emotions, and actions

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dissociative identity disorder

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a rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities

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dissociative disorders

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disorders in which conscious awareness becomes separated from previous memories, thoughts, and feelings

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bipolar

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a mood disorder in which the person alternates between depression and mania

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manic episode

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a mood disorder market by a hyperactive, wildly optimistic state

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major depressive disorder

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a mood disorder in which a person for no apparent reason, experiences two or more weeks of depressed moods, feelings of worthlessness, and diminished interest or pleasure in most activities

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mood disorders

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psychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes

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obsessive-compulsive disorder

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an anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts and actions

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phobia

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an anxiety disorder marked by a persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object or situation

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panic disorder

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an anxiety disorder market by a minutes long episode of intense dread in which a person experiences terror and accompanying chest pain, chkoing, or other frightening sensations

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generalized anxiety disorder

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an anxiety disorder in which a person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal

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anxiety disorders

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psychological disorders characterized by distressing persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety

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psychotic disorder

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a psychological disorder in which a person loses contact with reality, experiencing irrational ideas and distorted perceptions

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neurotic disorder

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a psychological disorder that is usually distressing but that allows one to think rationally and function socially

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DSM IV

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the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

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bio-psycho-social perspective

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a contemporary perspective which assumes that biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors combine and interact to produce psychological disorders

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medical model

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the concept that diseases have physical causes that can be diagnosed treated and in most cases cured

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psychological disorder

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a harmful dysfunction in which behavior is judged to be atypical disturbing, maladabtive, and unjustifiable

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lobotom

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a now-rare psychological procedure once used to calm uncontrollably emotional or violent patients

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What is generalized anxiety disorder?

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continually tense, apprehensive in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal

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What is antisocial personality disorder?

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disregard for rights of others

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What is borderline personality disorder?

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instability of mood and chaotic interpersonal relationships

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What is narcissistic personality disorder?

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grandiosity, need for adiration. lack empathy

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What is histrionic personality disorder?

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excessively emotional and attention seeking

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What is paranoid personality disorder?

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pervasive susiciousness

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schizoid

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detachment socially

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schzotypal

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eccentric- social withdrawal

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psychoanalysis

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gaining insight into the unconscious origins of their disorderss

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humanistic

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clients current feelings on their taking responsibility for own growth and self fulfillment

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behavior

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use learning principles to eliminate unwanted behavior replace problem behaviors with constructive one

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cognitive

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teach new, more constructive ways of thinking which will then effect feelings

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biomedical

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using drugs

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ecectic

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using multiple approaches together