License Exam Study Cards

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Altruism

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Handling your own pain by helping others.

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sublimation

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redirecting unacceptable, instinctual drives into personally and socially acceptable channels

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displacement

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discharging pent up feelings, hostility on others less dangerous than those that originally aroused the emotion

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reaction formation

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transforming anxiety-producing thoughts into their opposites in consciousness

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projection

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putting your own beliefs or behavior unto someone else

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hypochondriasis

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shifting your anger or resentment into physical complaints

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introjection

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identifying with another so strongly that one absorbs that aspect into his/her own personality

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distortion

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grossly reshaping external reality to suit inner needs and/or beliefs

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idealization

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copying people you look up to

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regresssion

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returning to more primitive levels of behavior

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repression

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blocking a threatening memory from consciousness

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denial

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refusing to admit that something unpleasant is happening

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dissociation

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a temporary but drastic modification of character or sense of personal identity to avoid emotionally distress

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compensation

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making up for weaknesses by doing good in others

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transference

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feelings for one person are transferred to another.

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kohlbergs stages of moral development (3 stages)

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1. Premoral- 0-7 yrs - punishment; obedience (level 1)
2. Conventional morality- 7-13 yrs- knowledge of right and wrong (level 2)
3. Post Conventional Morality- 13 + years - more logic thinking (level 3)

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Piagets Cognitive Development

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1. Sensorimotor Period - 0-18 mths (INFANTS)
2. Preoperational Period - 2-7 yrs Preconceptual Phase and Intuitive Stage - they learn everything and anything they see
3. Concrete Operational Period - 7-11 yrs - Elementary kids - increased reasoning
4. Formal Operational Period - Adolescence - Middle School - sense of logic

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undoing

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the attempt to take back an unconscious behavior or thought that is unacceptable or hurtful

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splitting

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everything in the world is seen as all good or all bad with nothing in between

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passive-aggressive

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indirectly getting back at someone. Expressing aggression toward others indirectly through passivity behavior and turning against the self.

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externalization

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the individual projects his own internal characteristics onto the outside world

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intellectualization

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focusing on facts rather than experiencing unpleasant emotions or feelings

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isolation

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separation of feelings from ideas & events

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repression

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burying a painful thought or feeling from your awareness

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panic attack

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come out of the blue and not triggered by a specific fear or memory

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maliingering

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refers to the practice of creating symptoms for personal gain

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conversion disorder

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a mental health condition in which a person has physical symptoms that cannot be explained by medical evaluation

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delusion

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a belief in something false

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tangenital speech

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a person's inability to answer a question without straying from the topic

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judgment

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people's ability to recognize the consequences of their behavior

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abstract thinking

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a person's ability to deal with intangible issues

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facilitator

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organize groups of people for various purposes, such as creating policy change

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educator

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assists clients in developing specific skills, such as parenting skills

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organizer

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rally communities to take action to help a problem such as homelessness

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case manager

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assists in linking clients to services that are needed such as food, shelter and basic needs

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exposure therapy

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Therapy using rewards. This is the best known treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder.

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paradoxical approach intervention

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prescribes the symptoms that clients are seeking help with

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client centered approach

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focuses on unconditional positive regard and empathy

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bystander effect

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what can happen in a group of people when no one intervenes in the case of an emergency

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naturalistic observation

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occurs when researchers choose to study subjects in their natural environment without intervention

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hawthorne effect

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refers to the tendency of some people to work harder and perform better when they are participants in an experiment

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mere exposure effect

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refers to the tendency for people to develop a preference for people or things that are familiar

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dependent personality disorder

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people with this disorder tend to base their self-worth on what they think other people think of them

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expressive language disorder

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occurs when people have difficulty with verbal expression but can understand what is being told to them

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auditory processing disorder

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difficulty interpreting what is being said

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receptive language disorder

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difficulty understanding what others say

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acute stress disorder

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similar to PTSD; diagnosed when symptoms occur within four weeks of a traumatic event

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conduct disorder

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lack of empathy combined with vandalism, fighting and stealing

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rationalization

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explaining away thoughts or memories

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regression

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reverting back to a childlike state

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bipolar I

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must include 1 manic episode with depression

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bipolar II

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must hypomanic episodes with severe depression. (NO MANIC EPISODE SHOULD BE PRESENT)

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motivational thinking

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this will help the client's readiness to make changes and may motivate them to do something different

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operant conditioning

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uses rewards & punishments to change behavior

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flooding

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a method of treating phobias that exposes the client to a feared stimuli until the client is able to relax

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amphetamines

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stimulants used to treat ADHD

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benzodiazepines

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tranquilizers used to treat anxiety (valium, xanax)

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antidepressants

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used to treat depression (Prozac, Elavil)

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opiods

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painkillers

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complicated grief

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sudden, violent death of a loved one ~ especially a child (NO NIGHTMARES)

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reaction formation

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to reduce anxiety by taking up the opposite feeling or behavior

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cultural pluralism

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a condition in which minority groups participate fully in the dominant society

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assimilation

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the merging of cultural traits from distinct cultural groups

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ethnocentrism

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believe your culture is better than others

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socialization

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an individual acquires a personal identity and learns the norms, behavior and social skills to his/her social position

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white privilege

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A special advantage or benefit of white persons; with reference to divine dispensations, natural advantages, gifts of fortune, genetic endowments, social relations, etc.

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primary group

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meets face to face

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reference group

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a cultural group

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natural group

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meets for informal support