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What is the psychological approach that emphasizes classical conditioning with regard to anxiety?
What is the behavioral approach?
100
Spencer is completely dysfunctional. One morning, he wakes up and becomes excessively nervous about eating breakfast. Because everyday activities cause him excessive anxiety, he most likely has...
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder?
100
What is a hospital for the mentally ill referred to as?
What is an assylum?
100
This technique allows the patient to say whatever comes to mind and the therapist evaluates the information accordingly.
What is free association?
100
Geah Lrene experimented with crack cocaine as a young child. She now has frequent hallucinations and is delusional, thinking that absolute facts are untrue. She has...
What is Schizophrenia?
200
Which approach emphasizes distorted thinking as the primary cause of mental disorders?
What is the cognitive approach?
200
Bitty had a traumatic experience when he was young. He experiences extreme stress when the event is reenacted in his mind much later. He has...
What is post-traumatic stress disorder?
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This method of treatment involves putting the patient in a situation that would make them very anxious. They would learn that there is no harm to be done. Theoretically their anxiety should go away.
What is flooding?
200
This style of interrogation involves the therapist asking a specific set of questions.
What is a structured interview?
200
When a person forgets their old life and begins a new one suddenly, they probably have...
What is dissociative fugue?
300
A dysfunctional nervous system or chemical imbalance in the brain is explained by this theory. It also emphasizes how people interact.
What is the biopsychosocial theory?
300
Lexi's parents think she is a typical high school girl. However, they begin to realize that her dramatic lifestyle is abnormal. She frequently becomes a maniac, and then goes into depression for no apparent reason. She has...
What is bipolar disorder?
300
This type of therapy focuses on patients' thoughts and mental intervention in problematic situations.
What is cognitive therapy?
300
This theory suggests that different people are genetically predisposed to certain disorders.
What is the diathesis stress theory?
300
These are extreme fears of certain things.
What are phobias?
400
This theory would classify obsessive compulsive disorder as an individual acting in a repetitive and ritualistic manner.
What is the behavioral approach?
400
What is the difference between an obsession and a compulsion?
What are obsessive *thoughts* and compulsive *actions*?
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This type of conditioning associates negative thoughts and feelings with a maladaptive habit.
What is aversion therapy?
400
This theory asserts that people have an internal dialogue of thoughts that affect their mood.
What is the rational emotive theory?
400
Good old Geah Lreene reacts to certain situations with extreme stress and anxiety. One day, Ven Big raised his hand and politely asked a question. Geah couldn't handle the stress of responding in front of the class, and broke down with a panic attack. She has...
What is panic disorder?
500
Anxiety is caused by excessive sensitivity according to this.
What is the humanistic approach?
500
Jensen is all about Jensen. Everyday, she wants to be the center of attention. While some just think she is a drama queen, she actually has...
What is Histrionic Personality Disorder?
500
This system is often used for autistic children who have trouble understanding delayed gratification.
What is a token economy?
500
This theory/method encourages a patient to discuss a problem in depth in the hope that they purge it.
What is the Cathartic method?
500
An individual experiences long term sadness, discouragement, and hopelessness. They have...
What is major depression?