Nchc Eppp Clincial Psychology

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Freud's Ego develops at what month of age and is based upon what principle?

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6 months old

The Reality Principle

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Freud's Superego develops at what age?

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4 to 5 years of age

Front 3

How did Freud describe anxiety?

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As an alert to the Ego of an impending conflict between the Id and the Superego.

Front 4

What two characteristics do all psychodynamic defense mechanisms share?

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They are unconscious

They serve to deny or distort reality

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When does Repression occur?

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When the id's drives and needs are excluded from conscious awareness

Front 6

What is Reaction Formation?

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Avoidance of anxiety-evoking instinct by expressing its opposite.

Front 7

What is Psychic Determinism?

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A psychodynamic term that implies all behaviors are meaningful and serve some psychological function.

Front 8

What is another word for "slip of the tongue"

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Parapraxes

Front 9

What are the four stages of psychodynamic psychotherapy?

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Confrontation, Clarification, Interpretation and Working Through

Front 10

What is the fundamental difference between Adlerian and Freudian psychology?

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Adlerian theory regards behavior as being largely motivated by a person's future goals, not past experiences. He emphasized societal factors and de-emphasized sexual factors.

Front 11

What did Adler say is the primary characteristic that differentiates a healthy and an unhealthy style of life?

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Social Interest

Front 12

What are the four key concepts of Alderian theory?

Hint: SSSI

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Inferiority Feelings
Striving for Superiority
Style of Life
Social Interest

Front 13

What was Adler's view of mental disorders?

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They represent:
Maladaptive efforts to control inferiority
Preoccupation with achieving power
Lack of social interest

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Adlerian therapy focuses on what?

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Identifying ones Style of Life, its consequences and reorienting the patient's beliefs and goals towards a more adaptive lifestyle.

Front 15

What four goals are behind misbehavior of young children, according to Adler?

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Attention
Power
Revenge
Display deficiency

Front 16

What is Jung's Individuation and what does it lead to?

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It is the integration of the conscious and unconscious aspects of one's psyche.

It leads to wisdom

Front 17

What are some of the archetypes of the Collective Unconscious that relate to personality development?

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Self
Persona (public mask)
The Shadow (dark side of personality)
Anima (feminine aspects)
Animus (masculine aspects)

Front 18

Who first described the two types of attitudes called introversion and extroversion?

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Jung

Front 19

What is Jung's perspective of symptom?

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An unconscious message that something is awry and hence, there is a task that demands to be fulfilled

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What is the goal of Jungian therapy and through what types of techniques is it achieved?

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To rebridge the gap between the personal and collective unconscious.

- Interpretations to bring awareness to one's inner world
- Dreamwork
- Analysis of transference (projection of p and c unconscious)

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Object relations personality development actually takes place during what phase?

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Separation-Individuation Phase that begins at 4 months of life and ends with Object Constancy, around 3 years of age

Front 22

What is the goal of Object Relations therapy?

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To integration of the positive and negative aspects of oneself and others.

Front 23

According to Rogers, what causes anxiety and other pathology?

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Incongruence between the self and experience

Front 24

What are the three facilitative conditions of Rogerian therapy?

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Unconditional Positive Regard
Genuineness (self-disclosing)
Accurate Empathic Understanding

Front 25

What is the theory of personality according to Gestalt Therapy (Perls)

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Personality consists of the self (actualizing tendency) and the self-image which is limiting and the dark side of personality.

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Perls described pathology as consisting of 4 major Boundary Disturbances. What are they?
Hint: CRIP

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Introjection:swallowing whole concepts without understanding them
Projection:disowning aspects of self and assigning them to others
Retroflection:doing to oneself as one wants to do to others
Confluence:absence of a boundary between oneself and others

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What is the goal of Gestalt Therapy?

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Integration of the various aspects of the self into a unified whole

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What is thought to be the primary curative factor in Gestalt Therapy?

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Awareness
The full understanding of one's thoughts, feelings and actions in the here and now.

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What is Paradoxical Intention in Gestalt Therapy?

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A technique involving focusing in an exaggerated and humorous way on the feared stimulus.

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What is the goal of Reality Therapy?

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To help a person reach their goals of survival, power, freedom, fun and belonging, without infringing upon the rights of others.

Front 31

Existential therapists believe what is the most important therapeutic tool?

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The client-patient relationship

Front 32

According to ITP, depression is caused by what?

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A lack of strong attachments in early life that have led to problems in social roles and interpersonal relationships

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What are the two primary goals of ITP?

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Symptom reduction
Improved interpersonal functioning

Front 34

In ITP, interpersonal functioning is improved through fixing problems in four major areas. What are they?
Hint: GIRI

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Grief
Interpersonal Role Disputes
Role Transitions
Interpersonal Deficits

Front 35

What are three common questions asked in Solution Focused Therapy?

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Miracle question
Exception question
Scaling question

Front 36

What are three types of Brief Therapies?

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Interpersonal (ITP)
Solution Focused
Transtheoretical Model
Motivational Interviewing

Front 37

How is the patient treated in Solution Focused therapy and how does the psychologist act?

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Patient is treated as the expert and the psychologist acts as a collaborator.

Front 38

Briefly describe the six stages of change from the Transtheoretical Model?
PCPAMT

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Precontimplation: denial/uninformed
Contemplation:aware need to change
Preparation: plan to take action soon
Action: taking concrete steps
Maintenance: six months of success
Termination: no risk of relapse

Front 39

A basic premise of the success of change in the Transtheoretical Model suggests what?

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Intervention is most effective when it matches the person's stage of change.

Front 40

Motivational Interviewing combines what with what?

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Self-efficacy from the Transtheoretical Model
and
Client-Centered Therapy

Front 41

The Open System belongs to what theory of family therapy?

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General Systems Theory

Front 42

According to Cybernetics family communication, what is a Negative and Positive Feedback Loop?

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Negative: reduces deviation and helps a system maintain a status quo.

Positive: amplifies deviation or change and thereby disrupts the system.

Front 43

Double-bind communication belongs to what theory of family therapy?

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Communication/Interaction therapy

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What is meant by Symmetrical Communication?

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Equality between communicators, but this can sometimes lead to "one-upsmanship"

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What is meant by Complementary Communication?

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Inequality between communicators that involves a dominant and submissive role

Front 46

What are common circular dysfunctional communication patterns in families?
Hint: C MOB

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Blaming
Criticizing
Mindreading
Overgeneralizing

Front 47

Prescribing the symptom and reframing belong to what family therapy theory?

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Communication/Interaction Family Therapy

Front 48

Differentiation, Emotional Triangle and Family Projection Processes belong to what school of family therapy?

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Extended Family Systems Theory

Front 49

What is an emotional triangle?

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When two people in conflict recruit a third person to reduce tension

Front 50

If a person within a family is not differentiated, what happens?

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They become emotionally fused to the emotions that dominate the family

Front 51

What is Bowen's view of maladaptive behavior in families?

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Bowen's view of maladaptive behavior

Multigenerational Transgression Process in which progressively lower levels of differentiation are transmitted from one generation to the next.

Front 52

Bowenian family therapy usually only takes place with the parents or the most ____________ family member.

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Differentiated

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What theorist was behind Structural Family Therapy?

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Salvador Minuchin

Front 54

Boundaries (disengagement or enmeshment) are part of what type of family therapy?

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Structural Family Therapy

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What are the three Rigid Triads of Structural Family Therapy?

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Detouring: overly protecting or blaming the child for the families problems
Stable Coalition: Parent-child team that gangs up on other parent
Triangulation: Both parents demands the child to side with them

Front 56

What are the three overlapping steps of Structural Family Therapy?

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Joining: psychologist assumes a position of leadership in the family.
Evaluating the Family Structure: diagnose boundary problems
Restructuring:disturbing homeostasis through techniques such as enactment and reframing.