AP Psychology Unit 8 Clinical Psych Review

procedure where people earn tokens for desired behavior and can exchange them for other items

Strong, unreasonable fear of being embarrassed in front of strangers.

exposure therapy that associates a relaxed state with increasingly anxiety-inducing stimuli

Symptom of narcissistic personality disorder

study of the effects of drugs on mind and behavior

caring, accepting, nonjudgmental attitude that helps clients develop self-awareness and self-acceptance

empathetic listening in which the listener echoes, restates, and clarifies.

A criticism of the psychodynamic approach

confrontational cognitive therapy that challenges people's illogical, self-defeating attitudes/assumptions

Which type of therapist would work by changing the ways in which the patient interprets events?

Bernadette has lacked enthusiasm for work and other activities for a number of years, poor appetite and feels fatigued.

biomedical therapy for severely depressed patients in which a brief electric current is sent through the brain

Which psych approach would study the genetic anomalies of the brain?

drugs used to control anxiety and agitation

prescribed medications or procedures that act directly on the person's physiology

therapy that teaches people more adaptive ways of thinking

the blocking from consciousness of anxiety-laden material

Freud's therapeutic technique of free association and self-insight

Diminished pleasure in daily activities, significant weight loss, insomnia, fatigue, and feelings of excessive guilt.

Forgetting your identity or a forgetting a major life event.

a patient's transfer to the analyst emotions linked with other relationships

SSRIs are used to treat...

therapy deriving from the psychoanalytic tradition

procedure that cuts the nerves connecting the frontal lobes to the emotion-controlling centers of the inner brain

Skilled at exploiting people for his own gain, impulsive and irresponsible, disregard for others.

surgery that removes or destroys brain tissue in an effort to change behavior

Anxious about potential germs on one's skin results in the patient washing their hands, descreasing the anxiety 100x/day

Annie experiences disorganized thinking and communicates with people who do not exist.

approach to psychotherapy that uses techniques from various forms of therapy

The diathesis-stress approach would say that disorders are a result of...

A technique used in the biological approach

therapy with active listening; genuine, empathetic environment to facilitate client's growth

drugs used to treat depression, anxiety disorders, OCD, PTSD

treatment involving a trained therapist and someone looking to overcome a difficulty

drugs used to treat schizophrenia and other forms of severe thought disorder

therapy that applies learning principles to the elimination of unwanted behaviors