Behavioral Therapy
The goal of behavioral therapy is to adjust or replace
negative behaviors with positive or more acceptable behaviors
therapy that teaches people new, more adaptive ways of thinking
Cognitive
Both humanistic and psychoanalytical therapy fail to address _______
the process by which we perceive and respond to environmental threats and challenges.
Stress
Prescribed medicine used to treat schizophrenia and other forms of severe thought disorder.
Antipsychotics
This step by step process associates a pleasant relaxed state with gradually increasing anxiety- triggering stimuli
Systematic Desensitization
This therapy is aimed at challenging people’s illogical, self-defeating attitudes and assumptions
REBT - Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy
Giving the speaker empathetic attention by echoing, restating, and clarifying what the speaker said so they know you were paying attention.
Active Listening
Being in a prolonged state of stress can affect this type biological function
Immune System
If research indicated that phobias result from a chemical imbalance in the central nervous system, and should be diagnosed, treated, and cured in a medical facility, this would most clearly give added credibility to
The Medical Model
This therapy type tries to change people’s reactions by repeatedly exposing them to stimuli that trigger unwanted reactions
Exposure Therapy
Peter is depressed because he thinks his teacher's study suggestions mean he's going to fail her course. Peter would profit the most from
Cognitive
A caring, accepting, nonjudgmental attitude, which Carl Rogers believed would help clients to develop self-awareness and self-acceptance.
Unconditional Positive Regard
This concept is primarily a Western experience where the belief is that we alleviate stress but releasing emotion such as screaming at people in traffic.
Catharsis
Selective-serotonin-reuptake-inhibitors are frequently prescribed for the treatment of
Depression
This form of exposure therapy is used to create a safe and controlled environment in which all variable are able to be controlled.
VR Exposure Therapy
this therapy combines cognitive therapy (changing self-defeating thinking) with behavior therapy (changing behavior)
CBT - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Which therapeutic approach relies most heavily on patients' discovering their own ways of effectively dealing with their difficulties?
Client Centered Therapy
First stage of General Adaptation Syndrome
Alarm
Edith, a 45-year-old journalist, alternates between extreme sadness and lethargy and extreme euphoria and overactivity. The drug most likely to prove beneficial to her is
Lithium
The method of a negative stimulus being added to discourage a behavior.
Aversive Conditioning
REBT does not address _______ while addressing self defeating thoughts.
Behavior
Saves money and great for family conflicts; it also allows people to realize there are people out there with the same problem.
Group Therapy
Last stage of General Adaptation Syndrome
Exhaustion
An approach to psychotherapy that uses techniques from various forms of therapy.
Eclectic approach
Mrs. Laiti is a compulsive gambler. To reduce her attraction to this self-defeating activity, a behavior therapist would most likely use
Aversive Conditioning
This model is at the heart of the Pillars of Positive Psychology which establish goals of discovering and promoting strengths and virtues that help individuals and communities to thrive.
PERMA Model
The mental process by which one word or image may spontaneously suggest another without any apparent connection.
Free Association
Stress can be both good or bad. These varying levels of threat determine that stress impacts us largely based on our ________ of the stressor.
Appraisal
In a study by David Rosenhan (1973), researchers were admitted as patients into various mental hospitals after they falsely claimed to be “hearing voices.” This study best illustrated the negative effects of
Labels in DSM V
Mr. Quinones, a fifth-grade teacher, gives a blue plastic star to each student who achieves a high score on a math or spelling test. At the end of the semester, students can exchange their stars for prizes. Mr. Quinones' classroom strategy illustrates an application of
Operant Conditioning
Our tendency to form judgments relative to a neutral level defined by our prior experience
adaptation-level phenomenon
Psychoanalytic techniques are designed primarily to help patients
become aware of their repressed conflicts and impulses or unconscious
After overcoming the initial shock of having her car stolen, Marlys calls the police for help and begins to question possible witnesses. At this point, Marlys is most likely in the ________ stage of the general adaptation syndrome.
Resistance
Abnormally low levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin are associated with
Depression
Smiling evil gnomes everywhere
What was Mr. Stroud's bizarre recurring childhood nightmare?