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| 9338134170 | Psychotherapy | an interaction between a trained therapist and someone suffering from psychological difficulties | 0 | |
| 9338140828 | Eclectic Approach | the most popular form of therapy; it is basically a smorgasbord where the therapist combines techniques from different different schools of psychology | 1 | |
| 9338176664 | Clinical Psychologist | studies, assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders | 2 | |
| 9338181060 | Psychiatrist | has a medical degree (M.D. or D.O.), and medical doctor who specializes in the treatment of psychological disorders | 3 | |
| 9354917377 | Psychoanalysis (Psychodynamic)- Sigmund Freud | therapist try to understand a patients current symptoms by focusing on themes across important relationships, including childhood experiences and the therapist relationship -> used hypnosis, dream interpretation, and free association | 4 | |
| 9354945607 | Dream Interpretation | therapist uses the "royal road to the unconscious" to bring unconscious material to light | 5 | |
| 9354994176 | Word/Free Association | client reports immediately without censoring any feelings or thoughts | 6 | |
| 9355001161 | Resistance | the blocking from consciousness of anxiety-laden material | 7 | |
| 9355005802 | Transference | the patients transfer to the analyst of emotions linked with other relationships | 8 | |
| 9355015113 | Interpretation | therapist points out, explains, and teaches meanings of whatever is revealed | 9 | |
| 9355023233 | Catharsis | emotional release. In psychology, the _________ hypothesis maintains that "releasing" aggressive energy (through action or fantasy) relieves aggressive urges | 10 | |
| 9355047536 | Hypnosis | social interaction in which one person suggests to another that certain perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behavior will occur | 11 | |
| 9355057524 | Humanistic Therapies | focuses of people's potential for self-fulfillment (self-actualization) | 12 | |
| 9355069248 | Person/Client-Centered Therapy (Carl Rogers) | a humanistic therapy, developed by Carl Rogers, in which the therapist uses techniques such as active listening within a genuine, accepting, empathetic environment to facilitate clients' growth | 13 | |
| 9355090860 | Unconditional Positive Regard | according to Rogers, an attitude of total acceptance toward another person | 14 | |
| 9355098352 | Nondirective Therapy | states that the therapists will not tell their clients what to do, but, rather, would seek to help the clients choose a course of action for themselves | 15 | |
| 9355109227 | Keys to Good CCT | genuineness, acceptance, and empathy | 16 | |
| 9355113469 | Active Listening | central to Roger's client-centered therapy; empathetic listening where listener echoes, restates, and clarifies | 17 | |
| 9355120946 | Group Therapy | saves money and great for family conflicts. It also allows people to realize there are other people out there with same problems | 18 | |
| 9355131978 | Family Therapy | assumes that no person is an island, that we live and grow in relation to others, especially our families | 19 | |
| 9355227184 | Behavior Therapy (learning) | therapy that applies learning principles to the elimination of unwanted behaviors | 20 | |
| 9355231813 | Counterconditioning | a behavioral therapy that conditions new responses to stimuli that trigger unwanted behaviors | 21 | |
| 9355246370 | Exposure Therapy (Mary Cover Jones) | behavioral techniques, such as systematic desensitization, that treat anxieties by exposing people (in imagination or actuality) to the things they fear or avoid | 22 | |
| 9355261961 | Systematic Desensitization (Joesph Wolpe) | a type of counter conditioning that associates a pleasant relaxed state with gradually increasing anxiety- triggering stimuli | 23 | |
| 9355280884 | Flooding | exposes you to an anxiety-provoking situation at the highest level of fear all at once | 24 | |
| 9355287870 | Aversive Conditioning | a type of counter conditioning that associates an unpleasant state with an unwanted behavior | 25 | |
| 9355300298 | Token Economy (B.F. Skinner & Operant Conditioning) | an operant conditioning procedure that rewards a desired behavior | 26 | |
| 9355304594 | Cognitive Therapy | therapists try to teach people new, more constructive ways of thinking | 27 | |
| 9355315839 | Albert Ellis: Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) | focuses on uncovering irrational beliefs which may lead to unhealthy negative emotions and replacing them with more productive rational alternatives | 28 | |
| 9355331934 | ABC Aspect of REBT |  | 29 | |
| 9355351224 | Aaron Beck's Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) | a popular integrated therapy that combines cognitive therapy (changing self-defeating thinkings) with behavior therapy (changing behavior) | 30 | |
| 9355359463 | Depressive Triad | thoughts create feelings, feelings create behavior, behaviors reinforces thought | 31 | |
| 9355379391 | Stress Inoculation Therapy | teaches people to restructure their thinking in stressful situations, plus changing your self-talk | 32 | |
| 9355465301 | Biomedical Model (biological) | physically changing the brains' functioning by altering its chemistry with drugs or affecting its circuitry with electrocompulsive shock, magnetic impulses, or psychosurgery | 33 | |
| 9357308498 | Placebo Effect | experimental results caused by the administration of an inert substance or condition, which is assumed to be an active agent | 34 | |
| 9357320037 | Psychopharmacology | the study of the effects of drugs on mind and behavior | 35 | |
| 9357329778 | Examples of Antipsychotic Drugs (drug names) | chlorpromazine (thorazine) | 36 | |
| 9357340692 | Neurotransmitter affected by Antipsychotic Drugs | dopamine | 37 | |
| 9357347906 | Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs | dampens responsiveness to irrelevant stimuli. It helps positive symptoms of stimuli. The molecules are similar to dopamine to occupy its receptor sites and block its occupy its receptor sites and block its activity. Suggested that overabundance of dopamine contributes to schizophrenia. These medications are strong and can also produce tardive dyskinesia | 38 | |
| 9357413296 | Tardive Dyskinesia | involuntary movements of the facial muscles | 39 | |
| 9357425975 | Examples of Anti-Anxiety Drugs (drug names) | xanax, valium, or ativan | 40 | |
| 9357433535 | Neurotransmitter affected by Anti-Anxiety Drugs | GABA | 41 | |
| 9357437776 | Effects of Anti-Anxiety Drugs | depresses the central nervous system; doesn't help the CAUSE of the problem | 42 | |
| 9357445690 | Examples of Anti-Depressant Drugs (drug names) | prozac, paxil, and zoloft are known as SSRI's. They block serotonin reuptake. | 43 | |
| 9357466564 | Neurotransmitters affected by Anti-Depressant Drugs | norepinephrine and serotonin | 44 | |
| 9357471968 | Effects of Anti-Depressant Drugs | ability to lift people up from a state of depression. They work by increasing the availability of norepinephrine or serotonin, neurotransmitters that elevate around arousal and mood | 45 | |
| 9357488274 | Most Common Bi-Polar Disorder Drug | mood-stabilizing medications, such as the simple salt lithium | 46 | |
| 9357497446 | Effects of Bi-Polar Disorder Drugs | can be an effective mood stabilizer for those suffering emotional highs and lows of bipolar disorder | 47 | |
| 9357505533 | ECT | (electroconvulsive therapy) shock treatment for severe depression. Produces seizures. It is like restarting your computer, which solves many problems even if you don't know why | 48 | |
| 9357526096 | Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) | pulses surge through magnetic coil | 49 | |
| 9357528763 | Psychosurgery | surgery that removes or destroys brain tissue | 50 | |
| 9357536877 | Lobotomy | used to calm uncontrollably emotional or violent patients | 51 | |
| 9357555160 | Prefrontal Lobotomy | psychosurgery where parts of the frontal lobes are cut off from the rest of the brain; popular treatment for violent patients in 1930-50s, left patients in zombie-like states | 52 | |
| 9357576164 | Transorbital Lobotomy | lobotomy in which ice picks are driven through the eye sockets | 53 | |
| 9357585241 | Resilience | elasticity; adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, etc. | 54 |
