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VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT SOLUTIONS
behaviour therapy - ANSWER-array of therapy methods based
on the principles of behavioural and cognitive science as well
as principles of learning as applied to clinical problems. It
considers specific behaviours rather than inferred conflict as
legitimate targets of change.
behaviour model - ANSWER-explanation of human behaviour,
including dysfunction, based on principles of learning and
adaptation derived from experimental psychology
behaviourism - ANSWER-explanation of human behaviour,
including dysfunction, based on principles of learning and
adaptation derived from experimental psychology
catharsis - ANSWER-rapid or sudden release of emotional
tension thought to be an important factor in psychoanalytic
therapy
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classical conditioning - ANSWER-fundamental learning process
first described by Iva Pavlov. An event that automatically elicits
a response is paired with another stimulus event that does not
(a neutral stimulus). after repeated pairings, the neutral
stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus that by itself can elicit
the desired response.
clinical description - ANSWER-details of the combination of
behaviours, thoughts, and feelings of an individual that make
up a particular disorder
course - ANSWER-pattern of development and change of a
disorder over time.
defence mechanisms - ANSWER-common patterns of
behaviour, often adaptive coping styles when they occur in
moderation, observed in response to particular situations. In
psychoanalysis, these are thought to be unconscious
processes originating in the ego.
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dream analysis - ANSWER-psychoanalytic therapy method in
which dream contents are examined as symbolic of id impulses
and intrapsychic conflicts
ego - ANSWER-in psychoanalysis, the psychical entity
responsible for finding realistic and practical ways of satisfying
id drives
ego psychology - ANSWER-derived from psychoanalysis, this
theory emphasizes the role of the ego in development and
attributes psychological disorders to failure of the ego to
manage impulses and internal conflicts
etiology - ANSWER-cause or source of a disorder
extinction - ANSWER-learning process in which a response
maintained by reinforcement in operant conditioning or pairing
in classical conditioning decreases when that reinforcement or
pairing is removed; also the procedure of removing that
reinforcement or pairing
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free association - ANSWER-psychoanalytic therapy technique
intended to explore threatening material repressed into the
unconscious. the patient is instructed to say whatever comes to
mind without censoring
id - ANSWER-in psychoanalysis, the unconscious psychical
entity present at birth representing basic drives
incidence - ANSWER-number of new cases of a disorder
appearing during a specific time period
intrapsychic conflicts - ANSWER-in psychoanalysis, the
struggles among the id, ego, and superego
introspection - ANSWER-early, nonscientific approach to the
study of psychology involving systematic attempts to report
thoughts and feelings that specific stimuli evoked
lifetime prevalence - ANSWER-number of people in the
population who have ever had the disorder
PSYCH 2030 MIDTERM 1 BRAND
NEW ACTUAL EXAM WITH 100%
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT SOLUTIONS
behaviour therapy - ANSWER-array of therapy methods based
on the principles of behavioural and cognitive science as well
as principles of learning as applied to clinical problems. It
considers specific behaviours rather than inferred conflict as
legitimate targets of change.
behaviour model - ANSWER-explanation of human behaviour,
including dysfunction, based on principles of learning and
adaptation derived from experimental psychology
behaviourism - ANSWER-explanation of human behaviour,
including dysfunction, based on principles of learning and
adaptation derived from experimental psychology
catharsis - ANSWER-rapid or sudden release of emotional
tension thought to be an important factor in psychoanalytic
therapy
,2 | Page
classical conditioning - ANSWER-fundamental learning process
first described by Iva Pavlov. An event that automatically elicits
a response is paired with another stimulus event that does not
(a neutral stimulus). after repeated pairings, the neutral
stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus that by itself can elicit
the desired response.
clinical description - ANSWER-details of the combination of
behaviours, thoughts, and feelings of an individual that make
up a particular disorder
course - ANSWER-pattern of development and change of a
disorder over time.
defence mechanisms - ANSWER-common patterns of
behaviour, often adaptive coping styles when they occur in
moderation, observed in response to particular situations. In
psychoanalysis, these are thought to be unconscious
processes originating in the ego.
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dream analysis - ANSWER-psychoanalytic therapy method in
which dream contents are examined as symbolic of id impulses
and intrapsychic conflicts
ego - ANSWER-in psychoanalysis, the psychical entity
responsible for finding realistic and practical ways of satisfying
id drives
ego psychology - ANSWER-derived from psychoanalysis, this
theory emphasizes the role of the ego in development and
attributes psychological disorders to failure of the ego to
manage impulses and internal conflicts
etiology - ANSWER-cause or source of a disorder
extinction - ANSWER-learning process in which a response
maintained by reinforcement in operant conditioning or pairing
in classical conditioning decreases when that reinforcement or
pairing is removed; also the procedure of removing that
reinforcement or pairing
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free association - ANSWER-psychoanalytic therapy technique
intended to explore threatening material repressed into the
unconscious. the patient is instructed to say whatever comes to
mind without censoring
id - ANSWER-in psychoanalysis, the unconscious psychical
entity present at birth representing basic drives
incidence - ANSWER-number of new cases of a disorder
appearing during a specific time period
intrapsychic conflicts - ANSWER-in psychoanalysis, the
struggles among the id, ego, and superego
introspection - ANSWER-early, nonscientific approach to the
study of psychology involving systematic attempts to report
thoughts and feelings that specific stimuli evoked
lifetime prevalence - ANSWER-number of people in the
population who have ever had the disorder
