AP Psych U11: Treatment

• deinstitutionalization


  mentally ill less likely to be placed in confining institutions
• Rosenhan Experiment

  questioned diagnostic validity
• what are the four orientations of psychotherapy?

  psychodynamic

  existential-humanistic

  behavioral therapy

  cognitive therapy
• psychotherapy

  treating disorders through non-medical approaches
• psychodynamic


  analysis of unconscious internal forces, relationships, childhood experiences
• psychoanalysis


  psychological problems stem from unresolved unconscious conflicts
• what are the techniques of psychodynamic therapy?

  free association

  dream interpretation

  analyzing resistance

  analyzing transference
• what are some humanistic beliefs?

  • people can make rational choices
  • self acceptance
  • achieve max potential
• what does humanistic therapy focus on as opposed to other forms of therapy?

  promoting growth > "curing"
• what is one technique of humanistic therapies?

  active listening
• active listening

  echoing + clarifying feelings
• what are some existential beliefs?

  individuals perception = individuals reality
• genuine self

  self-derived values trump external values
• behavioral therapy


  change behavior to change emotions + moods using operant conditioning and classical conditioning
• what are some methods of behavior therapy?

  counter conditioning

  exposure therapy

  • flooding
  • systematic desensitization

  aversive conditioning

  • aversion therapy

  token economy
• counter conditioning


  using CC to make stimuli cause new responses
• exposure therapy


  "facing fears"
• what are the two methods of exposure therapy?

  flooding and systematic desensitization
• flooding


  clients are immediately taken to a high anxiety-producing situation
• systematic desensitization

  associates relaxed state w/ anxiety-inducing stimuli
• aversive conditioning


  pairs aversive stimulus w/ undesired behavior
• aversion therapy

  pairing aversive stimulus w/ unwanted behavior causes association
• token economy

  positively reinforcing desired behavior w/ treats
• cognitive therapy

  trains patients to restructure cognitive process
• what are some of the beliefs of cognitive therapy?

  modify thinking to cope w/ anxiety/alter behavior

  analyze + change faulty thought processes, beliefs, negative self-talk
• what are the methods of cognitive therapy?

  Socratic questioning -> reverse damaging thinking

  • reveal issues
  • conceive alternatives
  • examine/evaluate consciousness
• who came up with rational-emotive behavior (REBT)?

  Albert Ellis
• rational-emotive behavior


  believes cognition drives behavioral/emotional issues

  actively changes cognitive patterns
• what does REBT do?

  challenge irrational, illogical, and self-defeating thinking using ABCs
• what does ABC stand for in cognitive therapy?

  activating event, belief, consequence
• what are other therapies?

  integrative approach

  • cognitive behavior approach

  group therapies

  family therapy
• integrative approach


  combine orientations/approaches to use the best approaches
• what is an example of an integrated approach?


  cognitive-behavioral approach
• cognitive behavior approach

  combines CC + OC w/ cognitive restructuring
• group therapies

  therapeutic benefits from group interaction
• family therapy

  treats families as a system
• what is the basis of psychoanalytic therapy?

  unconscious conflicts

  repressed thoughts
• what is the basis of humanistic therapy?

  self-actualization

  client-directed
• what is the basis of cognitive therapy?

  automatic, irrational self-statements + thought processes
• what is the basis of behavior therapy?

  emotional reactions + disruptive behaviors are conditioned