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What type of therapy is Jay Haley known for?
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Strategic Family Therapy
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What are paradoxical interventions and who are they associated with
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Telling a patient to engage in symptomatic behaviors.
Jay Haley (strategic family therapy) |
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What is the function of ego defense mechanisms?
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They prevent unacceptable impulses from reaching consciousness
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What is psychic excitation?
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The anxiety created when ego defense mechanisms break and unacceptable impulses reach consciousness.
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What is hypnosis?
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A "trance state"
Associated with heightened visual and auditory experiences |
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What is a hypnotic trance
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Heightened state of concentration.
During which a person is at an increased receptivity to the suggestions of another person. |
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What factor is the highest predictor of suicide? And what theorist did research on this?
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Hopelessness
Beck |
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What is introjection? And what theory/theorist is it associated with?
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It is a boundary disturbance when a person incorporates a value without really understanding/investing in it.
i.e. emphasis on work ethic b/c the culture values it w/o understanding it fully. Fritz Perls/Gestalt theory |
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What is empirical criterion keying?
Give an example of a test that uses it |
When the items on a test are designed to distinguish between groups. i.e. an item assessing depression is asked so that depressed individuals would answer one way and non-depressed would answer the opposite way.
MMPI-2 |
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What is a major assumption of feminist theory?
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That the problems that women come to therapy with are based on oppressive social roles and sexism
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What type of therapy is Minuchin known for?
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Structural Family Therapy
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What is congruence and who is it associated with?
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Genuineness between what a therapist says and does.
Rogers (client centered) |
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What is the basis of reality therapy?
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That psychological problems are due to one's inability to responsibly and adequately meet their basic needs (survival, belonging/affiliation, power, fun, freedom).
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What is reaction formation and what theory is it associated with?
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Dealing with unacceptable impulses by substituting their opposite
psychoanalytic |
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What is isolation and what theory is it associated with?
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Separation of thoughts from the feelings associated with them.
psychoanalytic |
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What is Undoing and what theory is it associated with?
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A behavior designed to symbolically negate an unacceptable thought/behavior
psychoanalytic |
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What is primary process thinking?
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Thinking governed by the id.
Functions according to the pleasure principle |
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What is secondary process thinking?
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Governed by the conscious part of the ego
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What is free association? Who came up with this?
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Freud
When clients are asked to share their thoughts without any censoring. |
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What are Carl Jung's theories on extroversion and introversion? When does one become introverted?
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Extroversion = finding pleasure in external things.
Introversion = turning inward of the libido. Extroversion of youth to introversion of adulthood occurs around age 40 |
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What type of therapy is Minuchin known for?
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Structural Family Therapy
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What is congruence and who is it associated with?
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Genuineness between what a therapist says and does.
Rogers (client centered) |
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What is the basis of reality therapy?
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That psychological problems are due to one's inability to responsibly and adequately meet their basic needs (survival, belonging/affiliation, power, fun, freedom).
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What is reaction formation and what theory is it associated with?
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Dealing with unacceptable impulses by substituting their opposite
psychoanalytic |
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What is isolation and what theory is it associated with?
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Separation of thoughts from the feelings associated with them.
psychoanalytic |
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What is Undoing and what theory is it associated with?
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A behavior designed to symbolically negate an unacceptable thought/behavior
psychoanalytic |
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What is primary process thinking?
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Thinking governed by the id.
Functions according to the pleasure principle |
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What is secondary process thinking?
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Governed by the conscious part of the ego
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What is free association? Who came up with this?
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Freud
When clients are asked to share their thoughts without any censoring. |
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What are Carl Jung's theories on extroversion and introversion? When does one become introverted?
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Extroversion = finding pleasure in external things.
Introversion = turning inward of the libido. Extroversion of youth to introversion of adulthood occurs around age 40 |
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Describe Adler's concept of "masculine protest"
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Feelings that every child has of inferiority, which motivate the child to grow, dominate, and be supportive
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What is parataxic distortion? Who is it associated with?
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Stack Sullivan
When one sees an acquaintance on the level of an important person in their life. Leads to neuroticism. |
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What is syntaxic mode? Who is it associated with?
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Stack Sullivan
Symbols that have a shared meaning |
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What is the prototaxic mode? Who is it associated with?
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Stack Sullivan
Discrete, unconnected, momentary states. |
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What is the basis of existential therapy?
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Personality comes from the struggle between the individual and existential concepts of dying, isolation, meaninglessness.
We are all ultimately responsible for our own lives. |
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Describe Fritz Perls theory of personality. What theory is he associated with?
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Gestalt therapy/theory
Perls saw personality as the consistency between the self and the self-image. A person's interaction with the environment determines which part of the personality exerts the most control |
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What are boundary disturbances? Who/what theory are they associated with?
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Fixations that interfere with our healthy functioning.
Perls/Gestalt theory |
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What is the basis of object relations family therapy?
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Insight must be involved
Current relationships between family members are interpreted in terms of the transference between the early mother-child relationships. |
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According to Yalom what is the disadvantage of being in concurrent individual and group therapy?
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Given that you get more attention in individual therapy the person might be more willing to self disclose in that therapy, leaving less self disclosure during group therapy.
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What variable accounts for the most change in therapy?
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Therapeutic alliance/working relationship
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What are Howard's three phases of therapy?
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1) Remoralization - first few sessions.
2) Remediation - symptomatic relief (around 16 sessions) 3) Rehabilitation - gradual improvement in various aspects of functioning |
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What is the difference between ETIC and EMIC
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ETIC - looking at the culture from the outside using universally accepted means of investigation
EMIC - looking at the culture from the inside and trying to see it as its members do. |
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Name 3 characteristics of a culturally competent therapist according to Sue
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1) Aware of own cultural biases
2) Notices and works with cultural variations among clients 3) Able to work effectively with members of different cultural groups. |
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Which age group has seen the greatest suicide rates in recent years?
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15-24
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What is primary prevention?
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Intervention administered before a problem arises as to prevent that problem.
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What are Lenore Walker's 3 stages of domestic violence?
When do DV interventions usually occur? |
1) Tension building
2) Violence 3) Calm/Honeymoon period Interventions usually occur During calm/honeymoon stage right after abuse has occurred. |
