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| The seat of primitive instincts such as sexual and aggressive drives. This part of the personality wants what it wants, NOW. |
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| Gradually developed to help the child attain gratification in a realistic and socially acceptable manner. Employs reason and logic to survive. |
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| Outgrowth of the taboos and moral values of the society as interpreted by the parents. |
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| What is free association? |
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| When the patient lies on the couch and says whatever comes to mind. |
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| Reactions that imply that the client is generalizing from past experiences. |
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| How has the psychoanalytic therapy adapted to American tastes and needs? |
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| The number of sessions was reduced to one or two a week, an armchair was usually substituted for the cough, and there was relatively greater emphasis on solving present-day problems as opposed to delving into the past. |
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| What are criticisms of psychoanalysis? |
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1. Many critics have noted that analysts often base conclusions on what patients remember about their past experience.
2. Analytic theory lacks predictive values and relies on the after-the-fact explanations.
3. Another type of criticism centers around the general failure of analysts to report on the effects of their therapy. |
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| What are some useful applications of Psychoanalytic concepts? DM |
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| The concept of defense mechanisms is probably the most widely used concept in psychotherapy. |
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| What is the humanistic Perspective? |
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| Emphasizes the unique qualities of humans, especially their capacity for choice and their potential for personal growth. A major assumption is that the individual is free to choose alternatives in life! |
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| Describe the humanistic approach to helping. |
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| Humanists take a holistic perspective toward understanding their clients. this means they want to understand the person as a whole. |
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| What are the criticisms of the humanistic approach? |
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1. Some critics believe that humanists exaggerate the benefits of the therapist's accepting attitude.
2. The humanistic approach does not seem to apply to patients who are not intellectually capable of making their own decisions. |
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| What is the usefulness of the humanistic approach? |
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| It provides human services workers with sophisticated understandings of the helping relationship. |
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| Describe the behavioristic model. |
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| Has roots in experimental studies of animals and human behavior. Believe in conditioning. |
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| How does the behavioristic model view abnormal behavior? |
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| There is no basic difference between abnormal and normal behaviors because all behaviors are acquired by the same processes of learning and conditioning. |
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| What are the recent trends in behavior therapy? (new stuff) |
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| Behavioral therapies have been developed to treat a variety of problems including obesity, smoking, substance abuse, bet-wetting, etc. |
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| Describe the history/growth of behavioral techniques. |
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| Remained in the shadow of analytic approaches until about the mid-1950s. Since then, extraordinary growth! |
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| What are the criticisms of behavioristic approaches? (1) |
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| Civil rights advocates point out that prisoners and mental patients have sometimes be subjected to behavior modification against their will. |
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| What are the positive aspects of behavioristic approaches? (clear-cut) |
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| Certain behavioristic ideas can be usefully applied by human service workers dealing with different kinds of problems. They can establish clear-cut behavioral objectives for the helping process. |
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| What are some alternate paths to personal fulfillment? (2) |
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1. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: effective in treating trauma victims.
2. Somatic Experiencing: Helping someone release, renegotiate, and heal the trauma. |
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| What is the systems theory? |
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| Systems Theory: A system, living or nonliving, can be defined as a group of related parts having some function or purpose in common.Being a sequence of a larger system. |
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