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31 Cards in this Set
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Psychodynamic Theory |
An approach to therapy that focuses on resolving a patient's conflicted and unconscious feelings |
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Psychoanalytic Theory |
Sigmund Freud's theory that all human behaviour is influenced by early childhood and that childhood experiences influence the unconscious mind throughout life |
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Unconscious |
Information processing in our mind that we are not aware of |
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Freud's Theory of Unconscious |
Unconscious holds our unacceptable thoughts, feelings, and memories |
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Jung's Theory on Unconscious |
Unconscious includes paterns of memories, instincts, and experiences to us all |
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Conscious |
Information that we are aware of; performs the thinking when we take in new information |
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Ego |
Rational part of the mind.
Reality Principle |
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Id |
Instinctual part of the mind Pleasure Principle |
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Superego |
Moral centre of the mind |
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Defence Mechanism |
The ego's way of distorting reality to deal with anxiety |
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Repression |
Process in which unacceptable desires or impulses are excluded from consciousness and left to operate in the unconscious |
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Denial |
A defence mechanism whereby a person refuses recognize or acknowledge something that is painful |
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Displacement |
The shift of an emotion from its original focus to another object, person, or situation |
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Free Association |
A method used in psychoanalysis where a patient relaxes and says whatever comes to mind |
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Projection |
Defence mechanism whereby a person attributes their own threatening impulses onto someone else |
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Neo- Freudian |
Psychologists who modified Freud's psychoanalytic theory to include social and cultural aspects |
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Neurotic Disorder |
Mental disorder involving anxiety and fear |
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Analytical Psychology |
A branch of psychology founded by Carl Jung Idea that balancing a person’s psyche would allow the person to reach his or her full potential |
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Collective Unconscious |
The shared, inherited pool of memories from our ancestors |
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Archetypes |
Universal symbols that tend to reappear over time; includes models of people, behaviours, and personalities |
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Personality |
An individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting |
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Classical Conditioning |
A type of learning where a once neutral stimulus comes to produce a particular response after pairings with a conditioned stimulus |
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Operant Conditioning |
A type of learning that uses rewards and punish to achieve a desired behaviour |
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Self Actualization |
Reaching one's full potential Only happens after most basic physical & psychological are met |
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Logotherapy |
Psychotherapy that helps patient find the aim and meaning their own life as a human being No medical aspect involved |
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Client-Centered Therapy |
Humanistic therapy developed by Carl Rogers in which the client plays an active role |
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Cognition |
The mental processes in the brain associated with thinking, knowing, and remembering |
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Fixation |
Continued focus on an earlier stage of psychosocial development due to an unresolved conflict at the oral ana, phallic stage |
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Identity Crisis |
A time in a teenager's life filled with extreme self- consciousness as they attempt to test and integrate various roles |
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Neuroscientist |
A scientist who specializes in the study of the human brain |
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Cerebrum |
Largest and most developed portion of the brain Memory, understanding, and logic |
