Psychotherapy

Question 1

In which type of therapy is the therapeutic relationship most important? least important?

Answer 1

most-psychoanalytic

least-behaviorism

Question 2

What is the hawthorne effect?

Answer 2

improvement as a result of recieving attention

Question 3

What is the basis of psychoanalysis?

Answer 3

when unconscious conflicts are repressed and cause difficulty
makes the unconscious, conscious

Question 4

What are some of the techniques used in psychoanalysis?

Answer 4

free association
analysis of transferance
analysis of resistance
dream of interpretation

Question 5

What is psychoanalysis used to treat?

Answer 5

depression
anxiety
personality disorders
Long term therapy

Question 6

What is the basis of interpersonal therapy?

Answer 6

problematic attachments early in life predispose to disorders later in life
want to correct interpersonal difficulties

Question 7

What is interpersonal therapy used to treat?

Answer 7

depression, eating disorders-focus on current relationships

12-16 sessions

Question 8

What is the basis of family systems therapy?

Answer 8

the identified patient reflects a dysfunction in the whole family

Question 9

What is the goal of family systems therapy?

Answer 9

improve families relationship by normalizing boundaries and redefining blame

Question 10

What is family systems therapy used to treat?

Answer 10

children with behavioral problems
families with conflict
teenagers with eating disorders or substance abuse

Question 11

What is group therapy used for?

Answer 11

to treat people with common experiences, a certain disorder or interpersonal difficulties

Question 12

What theory is behavioral therapy based on?

Answer 12

learning-relieve symptoms by unlearning maladaptive behaviors

Question 13

What is behavioral therapy used to treat?

Answer 13

phobias, depression, Autism spectrum disorders, psychotic disorders

Question 14

What are the 4 techniques used in behavioral therapy?

Answer 14

systematic desensitization
aversive conditioning
flooding/implosion
token economy

Question 15

Explain the concept of classical conditioning.

Answer 15

pairing of a previously neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus to make it a conditioned stimulus (tone-neutral stim, meat powder-UCS, salivation-CR)

Question 16

Which of the following are classical conditioning? systematic desensitization
aversive conditioning
flooding/implosion
token economy

Answer 16

systematic desensitization

Question 17

Explain the concept of operant conditioning.

Answer 17

increase behavior with reinforcers

Question 18

What is positive reinforcement?

Answer 18

stimulus that strengthens the response if it follows that response

Question 19

What is negative reinforcement?

Answer 19

an unpleasant stimulus that strengthens the response that removes the stimulus

Question 20

What is punishment?

Answer 20

aversive stimulus that results in a decrease in the frequency of a response

Question 21

What are some of the drawbacks of punishment?

Answer 21

just suppresses the undesirable habit
ineffective unless its given immediately after
does not specify correct alternative behavior

Question 22

Which of the following are operant conditioning?
systematic desensitization
aversive conditioning
flooding/implosion
token economy

Answer 22

aversive conditioning
flooding/implosion
token economy

Question 23

What is systematic desensitization?

Answer 23

patient visualizes a series of anxiety provoking stimuli while remaining relaxed

Question 24

What is aversive conditioning?

Answer 24

associating physical or psychological discomfort with undesired behavior

Question 25

What is Flooding/implosion?

Answer 25

direct exposure without the possibility of avoidance

Question 26

What is token economy?

Answer 26

point system