Founder of the psychoanalytic school of thought, which focuses on the role of the unconscious on behavior.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
100
Humanist psychologist who focused on the role of the self-concept and positive regard on personality development.
Who is Carl Rogers?
100
The use of learning techniques to modify or change undesirable behavior and increase desirable behavior.
What is Behavior Modification or Applied Behavior Analysis?
100
Distortion of thinking in which a person focuses on only one aspect of a situation while ignoring all other relevant aspects.
What is Arbitrary Inference?
100
The use of objects to reinforce behavior in which the objects can be accumulated and exchanged for desired items or privileges.
What is Token Economy?
200
The analysis of the elements within a patient's reported dream as a means of revealing unconscious conflicts and desires.
What is Dream Interpretation?
200
DAILY DOUBLE: Therapy in which the therapist remains relatively neutral and does not interpret or take direct actions with regard to the client, instead reamining a calm, non-judging listener while the client talks.
What is Nondirective?
200
Behavior technique used to treat phobias, in which a client is asked to make a list of ordered fears and taught to relax while concentrating on those fears.
What is Systematic Desensitization?
200
Distortion of thinking in which a person focuses on only one aspect of a situation while ignoring all other relevant aspects.
What is Selective Thinking?
200
Type of therapy in which a gorup of clients meet together with a therapist.
What is Group Therapy?
300
The actual content of one's dream.
What is Manifest Content?
300
Therapy technique in which the therapist restates what the client says rather than interpreting those statements.
What is Reflection?
300
Replacing an old conditioned response with a new one by changing the unconditioned stimulus.
What is Counter-Conditioning?
300
Distortion of thinking in which a person draws sweeping conclusions conclusions based on only one incident or event and applies those conclusions to events that are unrelated to the original.
What is Overgeneralization?
300
Therapy in which the focus is on helping clients recognize distortions in their thinking and replace distorted, unrealistic beliefs with more realistic, helpful thoughts.
What is Cognitive Therapy?
400
Occurs when a patient becomes reluctant to talk about a certain topic, either changing the subject or becoming silent.
What is Resistance?
400
Refers to the warmth, respect, and accepting atmosphere created by the teherapist for the client in client-centered therapy.
What is Unconditional Positive Regard?
400
Form of behavioral therapy in which an undesirable behavior is paired with an aversive stimulus to reduce the frequency of the behavior.
What is Aversion Therapy?
400
Distortions of thinking in which a person blows a negative event out of proportion to its importance while ignoring relevant positive events.
What is Magnification and Minimization?
400
Psychotherapy that is offered on the Internet. Also called online, Internet, or Web therapy or counseling.
What is Cybertherapy?
500
The tendency for a patient or client to project positive or negative feelings for important people from the past onto the therapist.
What is Transference?
500
The ability of the therapist to understand the feelings of the client.
What is Empathy?
500
Technique for treating phobias and other stress disorders in which the person is rapidly and intensely exposed to the fear-provoking situation or object and prevented from aking the usual avoidance or escape response.
What is Flooding?
500
Distortion of thinking in which a person takes responsibility or blame for events that are unconnected to the person.
What is Personalization?
500
Surgery performed on brain tissue to relieve or control severe psychological disorders.