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- 1. The specific field in psychology concerned with psychology’s impact on health, physical well being, and illness.
- 6. A persistent and seemingly uncontrollable thought.
- 12. Treatment involving family members which seeks to change the unhealthy familial patterns and interactions.
- 15. The treatment approach based on the theory that our cognitions or thoughts control a large part of our behaviors and emotions. Therefore, changing the way we think can result in positive changes in the way we act and feel.
- 17. A treatment technique where the client is exposed to gradually increasing anxiety provoking stimuli while relaxing; the goal is for the client to eventually confront a phobia or fear without the previously associated anxiety.
- 18. Causal relationships of diseases; theories regarding how the specific disease or disorder began.
- 19. Psychotherapy conducted with at least three or four non-related individuals who are similar in some are, such as gender, age, mental illness, or presenting problem.
- 20. The physiological and psychological reaction to an expected danger, whether real or imagined.
- 21. Intense feelings directed toward the therapist that many clients experience in the process of therapy
- 22. A type of behavioral treatment where an aversive stimuli is paired with a negative behavior in hopes that the behavior will change in the future to avoid the aversive stimuli.
- 24. A condition in which arousal and/or sexual gratification is attained through inanimate objects (shoes, pantyhose) or non-sexual body parts (feet, hair). Is considered a problem when the object is needed in order to obtain arousal or gratification and the individual can not can not complete a sexual act without this object present.
- 25. The application of behavioral theory to change a specific behavior.
- 26. A modern adaptation of psychoanalytic therapy which has made sometimes minor and sometimes major changes to Freud's original theories.
- 27. The therapeutic technique based on humanistic theory which is non-directive and empathic.
- 29. The physical act resulting from an obsession. Typically a compulsive act is done in an attempt to alleviate the discomfort created by an obsession.
- 30. A behavioral technique used to treat phobias in which the client is presented with the feared stimulus until the associated anxiety disapears.
- 31. A humanistic Psychologist who developed Client-Centered Therapy.
- 32. Changes in thoughts, emotions, and behavior as a result of extended job stress and unrewarded repetition of duties. Burnout is seen as extreme dissatisfaction, pessimism, lowered job satisfaction, and a desire to quit.
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- 2. Treatment focused on increasing awareness of one's self concept.
- 3. Period of extreme anxiety and physical symptoms such as heart palpitations, shakiness, dizziness, and racing thoughts. Initial attacks are often reported to feel like a heart attack due to the heart palpitations. A medical exam should be conducted to rule out any such condition.
- 4. A generic term for the idea that chemical in the brain are either too scarce or too abundant resulting in a mental disorder such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.
- 5. False perception of reality (e.g., hearing voices that aren't there or seeing people who do not exist) [auditory (hearing); visual (sight); olfactory (smell); tactile (touch); and taste]
- 7. A separation from the self, with the most severe resulting in Dissociative Identity Disorder. Most of us experience this in very mild forms such as when we are driving long distance and lose time or find ourselves day dreaming longer than we thought.
- 8. Treatment focusing on the awareness and understanding of one's feelings.
- 9. A humanistic therapy based on Carl Roger's beliefs that an individual has an unlimited capacity for psychological growth and will continue to grow unless barriers are placed in the way.
- 10. The behavioral technique of pairing a naturally occurring stimulus and response chain with a different stimulus in order to produce a response which is not naturally occurring.
- 11. The psychoanalytic technique of allowing a patient to talk without direction or input in order to analyze current issues of the client.
- 13. Treatment involving the combination of behaviorism (based on the theories of learning) and cognitive therapy (based on the theory that our cognitions or thoughts control a large portion of our behaviors).
- 14. The application of behavioral theory (e.g. conditioning, reinforcement) in the treatment of mental illness.
- 16. False belief system (e.g., believing you are Napoleon, have magical powers, or the false belief that others are 'out to get you.').
- 23. An intense fear of a specific object or situation. Most of us consider ourselves to have phobias, but to be diagnosable, the fear must significantly restrict our way of life.
- 28. is often referred to as the father of clinical psychology. His extensive theory of personality development (psychoanalytical theory) is the cornerstone for modern psychological thought, and consists of (1) the psychosexual stages of development, (2) the structural model of personality (id, ego, superego), and (3) levels of consciousness (conscious, subconscious, and unconscious). See Psychoanalysis.