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In the technique of (blank), gestault therapists refuse to meet their client's demands or expectations. Meant to help people see how they manipulate others to meet their own needs
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Skillful Frustration
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In the technique of (blank) therapists ask their clients to act out various roles
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Role Playing
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In the early 1900s religion was considered good for mental health; whereas now it is considered taboo
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False
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existensialists believe that humans should take care of what? (2)
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their life and their problems
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The information a therapist gathers about a new patient that is thorough and helps the therapist have the fullest possible understanding of that person
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Idiographic
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The collecting of relevant information in an effort to understand a conclusion
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Assessment
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Is used to determine how and why a person is behaving abnormally and how that person may be helped
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Clinical Assessment
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T OR F Clinical assessment is used to see if a patient is making progress and how that treatment may be changed
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True
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Assessments of personalities and probe for unconsious conflicts that enable therapists to piece together a clinical picture in accordance with their model used by the psychodynamic clinicians
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Personality Assessment
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Assessment methods that reveal specific dysfunctional cognitions used by cognitive clinicians
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Behavioral Assessment
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3 categories clinical assessments fall into are:
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1. clinical interviews
2. tests 3. observations |
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the common steps to be followed whenever a technique is administered
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standardize
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a group that initially takes a test where all future test results will be based
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standardization sample
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refers to the consistency of assessment measures
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Reliability
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The higher a score's correlation is the higher the test's?
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reliability
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different judges independantly agree on how to score and interpet it
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interrater reliability
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an assessment tool must accurately measure what it is supposed to measure
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validity
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A scale that reads 10 lbs everytime a 12 lb bag of sugar is weighed is said to have what?
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reliable but not valid (accurate)
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An assessment tool that may appear to be valid simply because it makes sense or seems reasonable
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face validity
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a tool's ability to predict future characteristics or behavior
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Predicitive validity
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the degree to which the measures gathered from one tool agree with the measures of another tool
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concurrent validity
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before any assessment technique can be fully useful it must meet the requirements of? (3)
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1. standardization
2. reliability 3. validity |
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a face to face meeting where the therapist can see how the patient feels
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clinnical interviews
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a standard set of questions designed for all interviews
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interview schedule
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a set of questions that were prepared for the interview
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structured interview
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a set of questions and observations that systematically evaluate the clients awareness, orientation with regard to time and place, attention span, memory, judgement and insight, thought content and process, mood, and appearence
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mental status exam
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devices for gathering information about a few aspects of a person's psychological functioning, from which broader information about the person can be learned
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tests
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What are the 6 different types of tests used?
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1. projective testss
2. personality inventories 3. response inventories 4. psychophysiological test 5. neurological tests 6. intelligence tests |
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test that requires a client to interpret vague stimuli, such as inkblots, or ambiguous pictures
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projective tests
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projective test that uses inkblots is called
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Rorshach Test
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Projective test using vague black and white pics and are asked to tell a story of what is going on in the pics
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Thematic Apperception Test
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Projective test that is asked to complete a series of phrases...
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sentence completion test
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Projective test that is commonly used to assess the functioning of children
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drawing test
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Tests designed to measure a person's response in a specific area of functioning, such as affect, social skills, or cognitive processes
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response inventories
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measures the severity of such disorders as anxiety, depression, and anger
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Affective Inventories
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Test measures how people respond in a variery of social situations
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social skills inventories
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tests that reveal a person's typical thoughts and assumptions and can uncover unproductive patterns of thinking that may be the root of abnormal functioning
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cognitive inventories
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T OR F Response inventories have strong face validity and have had strong standardization, reliability, and validity
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False, 1st part true but 2nd part they have not been carefully scrutinized
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Type of test that clinicians use that measure physiological responses as possible indicators of psychological problems
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psychophysiological tests
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A test that directly measures brain structure or activity
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neurological test
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A group of tests that take pics of the brain structure or activity (CAT scan, PET scan, or MRI)
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neuroimaging techniques
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A test that detects brain impairment by measuring a person's cognitive, perceptual, and motor performances
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neuropsychological tests
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A test designed to measure a person's intellectual ability
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intelligence test
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a score derived from intelligence test that is considered to represent a person's overall level of intelligence
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IQ Intelligence Quotient
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a test where clinicians observe clients in their everyday environments
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naturalistic observation
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a test where clients are asked to observe themselves
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self-monitoring observation
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clients observe them in an artificial setting like a lab or clinical setting
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analogue observation
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a determination that a person's problems reflect a particular disorder
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diagnosis
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What is a major problem with labeling?
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That once it has been applied; it may stick for a very long time
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proponents of this approach formed task forces that seek to id those therapies that have received clear research support, conduct new therapy research, develop treatment guidelines, and spread such info to clinicians
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empirically supported or evidence based treatments
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What are the problems of effective treatment?
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1. how to define success
2. how to measure improvement 3. the variety and complexity of treatments |
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studies that measure the effects of various treatments?
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therapy outcome studies
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The term that no one form of therapy is generally more effective than any other form
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the dodo bird effect
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type of analysis that find relationships between treatment and improvement
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meta-analysis
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a false belief that all therapies are equivalent despite differences in the therapist's training, experience, theoretical orientations, and personalities
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uniformity myth
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this approach has tried to identify a set of common strategies that may run through the work of all effective therapists no matter their orientation
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reapproachment movement
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A psychiatrist who primarily prescribes medications. AKA a pharmacotherapist
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psychopharmacologist
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therapy that is best for treating phobias?
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behavioral therapy
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therapy that is best for treating schizophrenia
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drug therapy
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what the humanistic-existential model says humans do to fulfill this goodness and growth
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self-actualize
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these theorists agree that human beings must have an accurate awareness of themselves and live meaningful (authentic) lives in order to be psychologically well adjusted
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existenialists
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theorists of this group believe that human beings are born with a natural tendencey to be friendly, cooperative, and constructive
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humanistic
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warm and supportive approach of therapy at the turn of the century that differed than that of psychodynamic therapy
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client-centered therapy
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considered the pioneer of the humanisitic perspective?
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Carl Rogers
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According to Carl Rogers those that receive (blank) early in life are likely to receive (blank) later in life
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unconditional positive regard
unconditional self regard |
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If children do not receive positive regard they aquire
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conditions of worth
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standards that tell children they are lovable and acceptable only when they conform to certain guidelines
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conditions of worth
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when therapists practice (blank) they try to create a supportive climate in which clients feel able to look at themselves honestly and acceptingly
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client-centered therapy
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when a client feels accepted by his therapist and can look honestly at themselves is called
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experiencing
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who paved the way for psychologists to practice psychotherapy
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Carl Rogers
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who developed the gestault approach
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Frederick (Fritz) Perls
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the theory that also guides clients to self recognition; but does so by challenging or frustrating the client
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gestault approach
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processes that are at the center of behaviors, emotions, and thoughts and that we can best understand abnormal functioning by looking at
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the cognitve model
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another source of abnormal functioning, according to cognitive theorists
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illogical thinking processes
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the drawing of broad negative conclusions on the basis of a single event
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overgeneralizations
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therapists help clients recognize the negative thoughts, biased interpretations, and errors in logic that dominate their thinking and cause them to feel depressed
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cognitive therapy
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Who developed the cognitive model
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ellis and beck
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treatment deemed very effective for depression, panic disorder, social phobia, and sexual dysfunctions
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cognitive or cognitive-behavioral therapies
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new approach where therapists get clients to accept their problematic thoughts rather than judge them, act on them, or try to change them
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acceptance-commitment therapy (act)
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teaches individuals to pay attention to the thoughts and feelings flowing through their minds during meditation
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mindfullness meditation
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a cluster of symptoms is called a?
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syndrome
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a list of categories, or disorders, with descriptions of the symptoms and guidelines for assigning individuals to the categories is known as?
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calssification system
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what are the (4) different types of axiety disorders?
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1. generalized anxiety disorder
2. phobia 3. panic disorder 4. OCD |