Psych D6 Applications of Psychological Science

Question 1

A category of medications used primarily to boost serotonin levels in the brain, such as Prozac

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Antidepressant

Question 2

Ideas on the meaning of dreams, resistances, & other significant behaviors to promote insight

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Interpretation

Question 3

Humanistic technique in which the listener echoes, restates, and clarifies

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Active listening

Question 4

Therapist uses techniques like active listening w/ a genuine, accepting, empathetic environment

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Client-centered therapy

Question 5

Causes of stress

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Stressors

Question 6

The point at which an individual's “Weight thermostat” is supposedly set

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Set point

Question 7

a therapeutic technique exposing & interpreting the underlying unconscious motives & conflicts

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Psychoanalysis

Question 8

A state of optimal experience- challenge, requires skill, has clear goals, & provides feedback

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Flow

Question 9

Interaction between a trained therapist & someone who wants to overcome difficulties

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Psychotherapy

Question 10

In psychoanalysis the blocking from consciousness of anxiety-laden material

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Resistance

Question 11

The body’s adaptive response to stress in three phases- alarm, resistance, and exhaustion

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GAS

Question 12

A category of medications used primarily to treat schizophrenia, such as Abilify

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Antipsychotic

Question 13

Therapy that applies learning principles to the elimination of unwanted behaviors, such as ABA

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Behavior

Question 14

The process by which we perceive & respond to certain events, which is different for everyone

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Stress

Question 15

Depending on the person's problems, uses techniques from various forms of therapy

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Eclectic approach

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Associates a pleasant, relaxed, state with gradually increasing, anxiety-triggering stimuli.

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systematic desensitization

Question 17

Habits we have for thinking about the good or bad cause of events

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Explanatory style

Question 18

The common result of a healthy lifestyle and healthy studies

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Wellness

Question 19

changing the brain's functioning with prescribed drugs, electro-convulsive therapy, or surgery.

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Biomedical

Question 20

Therapy made famous by Sigmund Freud

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Psychoanalysis

Question 21

A subfield of psychology that focuses on how stress affects well being and health

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Health psychology

Question 22

The release of patients from mental hospitals into the community

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Deinstitutionalization

Question 23

A term for competitive, hard driving, impatient, verbally aggressive, and anger prone people

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Type A

Question 24

Attempts to guide the family toward positive relationships and improved communication.

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Family/Group

Question 25

Therapy made famous by Carl Rogers

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Humanistic

Question 26

Attempts to modify behavior be rewarding desired behaviors with some small item

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Token economy

Question 27

a brief electric current is sent through the brain of an anesthetized patient

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ECT

Question 28

the patient’s shift of strong emotions linked with other relationships to the analyst

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Transference

Question 29

used to treat disorders characterized by intense and sustained mood shifts, such as Lithium

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Mood stabilizers

Question 30

Therapy that teaches people new, more adaptive ways of thinking and acting

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Cognitive

Question 31

An individual's weight in kilograms divided by squared height in meters

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BMI

Question 32

A category of medication used to treat people undergoing significant stress; Xanax, Valium, etc

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Antianxiety

Question 33

Associates an unpleasant state with an unwanted behavior

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Aversion conditioning

Question 34

A term for easygoing relaxed people

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Type B

Question 35

Cut the nerves that connect the frontal lobe of the brain to the deeper emotional centers

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Lobotomy

Psych D6 Applications of Psychological Science

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Psych D6 Applications of Psychological Science

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