Psychology 2301 Chapter 15 – Flashcards
Flashcard maker : Roman Peck
The three essential components of client-centered therapy are:
genuineness, unconditional positive regard, and empathic understanding.
The term eclecticism refers to:
the integrated use of techniques from different psychotherapy approaches.
One advantage that group therapy has over individual therapy is that:
group members receive helpful feedback and support from one another.
What general conclusion can be drawn about the effectiveness of psychotherapy?
Psychotherapy is significantly more effective than no treatment.
Electroconvulsive therapy is to _____ as lithium treatment as is to _____.
major depression; bipolar disorder
All forms of psychotherapy share the assumption that _____ play(s) a significant role in problematic emotions, behaviors, and thoughts.
psychological factors
Freud’s theory of personality stressed the idea that:
early childhood experiences provide the foundation for later personality development.
The primary goal of psychoanalysis is to:
bring unconscious conflicts to conscious awareness to help the person gain insight into conflicts and resolve them.
n psychoanalysis, transference refers to the:
patient unconsciously responding to the therapist as though the therapist were a significant person in the patient’s life.
The humanistic perspective in psychology emphasizes:
an individual’s conscious, subjective perception of his or her self.
According to Carl Rogers, psychological problems develop when:
a person consistently experiences conditional acceptance from other significant people in his or her life.
The basic assumption of behavior therapy is that:
adaptive and maladaptive behaviors are learned.
Systematic desensitization is based on the same premise as
counterconditioning.
An anxiety hierarchy is:
a list of specific anxiety-producing scenes, arranged from least to most anxiety-provoking, that are related to the person’s fear or phobia.
Contingency management interventions involve the use of:
conditioned reinforcers.
According to Albert Ellis, psychological problems are due to:
irrational expectations and beliefs.
According to the ABC model:
your beliefs (B) about activating events (A), and not the events themselves, cause emotional consequences (C).
According to Beck’s cognitive therapy, psychological problems are caused by:
negative cognitive biases, distorted thinking, and unrealistic beliefs.
_____ is a therapy that uses a pragmatic approach and involves a treatment plan that integrates behavior modification techniques and cognitive therapy techniques.
Cognitive-behavioral therapy
The basic premise of family therapy is that:
the family is a dynamic, interdependent system in which each member plays a distinct role.
