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Clinical Psychology
- the study, diagnosis, and treatment of psychological and
behavioral disorders
Assumptions of Psychodynamic Therapies
- human behavior is motivated by unconscious processes
- early development has a profound effect on adult functioning
- universal principles explain personality development and behavior
- insight into unconscious processes is a key component of therapy
Freudian Psychoanalysis
- human beings are determined by irrational forces, unconscious
motivations, biological and instinctual needs and drives, and
psychosexual events that occur during the first five years of life
,Freud's Personality Theory
- composed of two theories: structural (drive) theory and
developmental theory
Structural Theory
(Freud)
- the personality is composed of three structures: the id, ego, and
superego
Genital Stage
- Freud's last stage of personality development, from the onset of
puberty
through adulthood, during which the sexual conflicts of childhood
resurface (at puberty) and are often resolved during adolescence).
Defense Mechanisms
- occur when the ego is unable to ward off danger through rational,
realistic means
- these operate on an unconscious level and deny or distort reality
(danger or anxiety helps alert the ego to impending threats, such as
conflict between the id and the superego)
Repression
- defense mechanism in which id's drives are excluded from conscious
awareness by maintaining them in the unconscious
,View of Psychopathology
(Freudian)
- maladaptive behavior results from an unconscious, unresolved
conflict that occurred during childhood
Psychoanalytic Therapy
- goal is to reduce symptoms by bringing the unconscious into
conscious awareness and integrating previously repressed
material into the
personality
- use free associations, dreams, resistances, and transferences to
confront, clarify, interpret, and work through
Free Associations
- a method in psychotherapy where a patient is encouraged to sit
back, relax, free his/her mind, refrain from trying to be logical, and
report every image or idea that enters his/her awareness, usually
in response to some word or picture that the therapist provides as
an initial stimulus
Psychic Determinism
- belief that all behaviors are meaningful and serve some
psychological function
- ex slips of tongue (parapraxes) are expressions of unconscious
motives
, Psychoanalytic Therapy:
Confrontation
- making statements that help the client see her behavior in a new way
Psychoanalytic Therapy:
Clarification
- restating the client's remarks and feelings in clearer terms
Psychoanalytic Therapy:
Interpretation
- more explicitly connecting current behavior to unconscious
processes
- more effective when they address motives and conflicts that are
close to consciousness
Psychoanalytic Therapy:
Working Through
- following cathartic release of recalling unconscious materials that
contribute to behavior, client gradually assimilates new insights into
his personality
- longest stage of therapy
PRACTICE QUESTIONS COMPLETE ACCURATE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(100% CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS) AND A STUDY
GUIDE |GUARNTEED PASS A+ (BRAND NEW!!) EPPP
EXAM
Clinical Psychology
- the study, diagnosis, and treatment of psychological and
behavioral disorders
Assumptions of Psychodynamic Therapies
- human behavior is motivated by unconscious processes
- early development has a profound effect on adult functioning
- universal principles explain personality development and behavior
- insight into unconscious processes is a key component of therapy
Freudian Psychoanalysis
- human beings are determined by irrational forces, unconscious
motivations, biological and instinctual needs and drives, and
psychosexual events that occur during the first five years of life
,Freud's Personality Theory
- composed of two theories: structural (drive) theory and
developmental theory
Structural Theory
(Freud)
- the personality is composed of three structures: the id, ego, and
superego
Genital Stage
- Freud's last stage of personality development, from the onset of
puberty
through adulthood, during which the sexual conflicts of childhood
resurface (at puberty) and are often resolved during adolescence).
Defense Mechanisms
- occur when the ego is unable to ward off danger through rational,
realistic means
- these operate on an unconscious level and deny or distort reality
(danger or anxiety helps alert the ego to impending threats, such as
conflict between the id and the superego)
Repression
- defense mechanism in which id's drives are excluded from conscious
awareness by maintaining them in the unconscious
,View of Psychopathology
(Freudian)
- maladaptive behavior results from an unconscious, unresolved
conflict that occurred during childhood
Psychoanalytic Therapy
- goal is to reduce symptoms by bringing the unconscious into
conscious awareness and integrating previously repressed
material into the
personality
- use free associations, dreams, resistances, and transferences to
confront, clarify, interpret, and work through
Free Associations
- a method in psychotherapy where a patient is encouraged to sit
back, relax, free his/her mind, refrain from trying to be logical, and
report every image or idea that enters his/her awareness, usually
in response to some word or picture that the therapist provides as
an initial stimulus
Psychic Determinism
- belief that all behaviors are meaningful and serve some
psychological function
- ex slips of tongue (parapraxes) are expressions of unconscious
motives
, Psychoanalytic Therapy:
Confrontation
- making statements that help the client see her behavior in a new way
Psychoanalytic Therapy:
Clarification
- restating the client's remarks and feelings in clearer terms
Psychoanalytic Therapy:
Interpretation
- more explicitly connecting current behavior to unconscious
processes
- more effective when they address motives and conflicts that are
close to consciousness
Psychoanalytic Therapy:
Working Through
- following cathartic release of recalling unconscious materials that
contribute to behavior, client gradually assimilates new insights into
his personality
- longest stage of therapy
