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21 Cards in this Set
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Client- Centered Therapy |
-Humanistic Therapy developed by Carl Rogers -Accepting, empathizing accurately & conveying genuineness -Also known as person-centered therapy |
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Basic Irrational Assumptions |
-According to Albert Ellis -Inaccurate & Inappropriate beliefs held by those w/various psychological problems |
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Rational-Emotive Therapy |
-Cognitive Therapy developed by Albert Ellis -Helps clients identify & change the irrational assumptions & thinking that adds to their psychological disorder |
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Family Pedigree Study |
-Research Design -Investigators determine how many & which relatives of a person w/a disorder have the same disorder |
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Benzodiazepines |
-Common group of anti-anxiety drugs -Ex. Valium & Xanax |
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Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA) |
When this neurotransmitter has low activity - - Leads to generalized anxiety disorder |
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Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs |
- Drug that calms people at lower doses - - Help them fall asleep at higher doses - |
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Relaxation Training |
-Treatment procedure -Teaches clients to relax at-will so they can calm themselves in stressful situations |
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Biofeedback |
-Client is given information about psychological reactions as they occur -Learns to control the reactions volunarily |
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Electromyograph (EMG) |
-Device that provides feedback about the level of muscular tension in the body |
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Phobia |
-Persistent & Unreasonable fear of particular object, activity, or situation |
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Specific Phobia |
-Severe & Persistent fear of specific object or situation |
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Agoraphobia |
-Anxiety Disorder -Person is afraid to be in public situations from which escape might be difficult or help unavailable IF panic-like symptoms occured |
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Classic Conditioning |
-Process of learning -Two events that occur close together become strongly associated in a persons mind -Person then reacts similarly to both events |
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Modeling |
-Process of learning -Person observes & imitates others -Therapy approach based on same principle |
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Stimulus Generalization |
-Considered 'phenomenon' -Responses to one stimulus are produced by similar stimuli |
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Preparedness |
-Predisposition to develop certain fears |
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Exposure Treatments |
-Behavioral Treatment -Persons are exposed to the objects or situations they dread |
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Systematic Desensitization |
-Developed by Joseph Wolpe -Learn to relax while gradually facing the objects or situations they fear -New relaxation response is thought to substitute for fear response |
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Flooding |
-Treatment for phobias -Clients are exposed repeatedly & intensively to feared object -Made to see that IT IS actually harmless |
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Social Anxiety Disorder |
- Severe & Persistent fear... - - Social or Performance situations in which embarrassment may occur - |
