PSYCHOANALYSIS
According to Freud, this structure of personality operates entirely on the "pleasure principle," demanding immediate gratification of basic drives. Creating the whole of the person.
What is the "Id"?
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The founder of Person-Centered Therapy who emphasized the therapist's role in providing unconditional positive regard and genuine empathy.
Answer: Who is Carl Rogers?
The founder of Cognitive Therapy who identified automatic thoughts and cognitive errors in individuals suffering from depression.
Answer: Who is Aaron Beck?
Personality disorders in the DSM-5 are divided into this many distinct clusters based on shared descriptive features.
Answer: What are 3 clusters (Cluster A, B, and C)?
In systemic therapy, the person who is brought to therapy because they show the symptoms (often a child), even though the whole family system has the issue.
Answer: Who is the Identified Patient (IP)?
The primary therapeutic technique in psychoanalysis where the patient is encouraged to speak freely about whatever comes to mind without censorship.
Answer: What is free association?
The core humanistic principle suggesting that every individual has an inherent drive toward fulfilling their potential and personal growth.
Answer: What is self-actualization?
In CBT, this term refers to irrational, exaggerated, or distorted thought patterns that cause psychological distress.
Answer: What are cognitive distortions?
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The Cluster B disorder characterized by a pervasive pattern of instability in interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, along with marked impulsivity.
Answer: What is Borderline Personality Disorder?
A graphic, family-tree drawing used by systemic therapists to map out family relationships, health history, and emotional patterns across generations.
Answer: What is a Genogram?
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An unconscious defense mechanism in which a person attributes their own unacceptable feelings, impulses, or motives onto another person.
Answer: What is projection?
A classic Gestalt therapy technique where a client interacts with an imagined person or a conflicting part of themselves seated opposite them.
Answer: What is the Empty Chair technique?
The cognitive distortion where an individual views situations in all-or-nothing terms, leaving no room for middle ground (e.g., "If I'm not perfect, I'm a failure").
Answer: What is dichotomous thinking (or black-and-white thinking)?
This Cluster A disorder is characterized by extreme social detachment, emotional coldness, and a preference for solitary activities without a desire for close relationships.
Answer: What is Schizoid Personality Disorder?
The systemic concept that invisible rules, limits, and roles keep family members separated or connected (e.g., clear, rigid, or diffuse).
Answer: What are family Boundaries?
The psychoanalytic phenomenon that occurs when a patient redirects feelings and expectations from past significant relationships onto the therapist.
Answer: What is transference?
The famous humanistic attitude where the therapist accepts, respects, and values the client completely without any judgment or conditions.
Answer: What is Unconditional Positive Regard?
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The cognitive distortion where someone assumes the worst-case scenario will happen (e.g., "If I fail this quiz, my life is completely ruined").
Answer: What is Catastrophizing (or jumping to conclusions)?
The Cluster C disorder characterized by an excessive need to be taken care of, leading to submissive and clinging behavior and fear of separation.
Answer: What is Dependent Personality Disorder?
A pattern where two family members in conflict pull in a third member (like a child) to reduce tension between themselves.
Answer: What is Triangulation?
What is Anna Freud and Austria.
The core goal of Gestalt therapy developed by Fritz Perls, which emphasizes staying connected to the immediate experience rather than dwelling on the past or future.
Answer: What is Here-and-Now awareness?
The famous ABC model in CBT stands for Activating Event, Belief, and Consequence. What does the B represent?
Answer: What is the person's Belief (or thought about the event)?
The key diagnostic difference between Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD).
Answer: What is ego-dystonic symptoms in OCD (perceived as unwanted) versus ego-syntonic symptoms in OCPD (perceived as correct/acceptable)?
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The tendency of a family system to seek balance and stability by resisting major changes, even when the current pattern is unhealthy.
Answer: What is Homeostasis?