Which of the following terms is used to describe a persons instinctual needs, drives, and impulses?

According to Freud, the psychological force that produces instinctual needs, drives, and impulses.

According to Freud, the psychological force that employs reason and operates in accordance with the reality principle.

According to psychoanalytic theory, strategies developed by the ego to control unacceptable id impulses and to avoid or reduce the anxiety they arouse.

According to Freud, the psychological force that represents a person's values and ideals.

According to Freud, a condition in which the id, ego, and superego do not mature properly and are frozen at an early stage of development.

The psychodynamic theory that emphasizes the role of the ego and considers it an independent force.

The psychodynamic theory that emphasizes the role of the self — our unified personality.

The psychodynamic theory that views the desire for relationships as the key motivating force in human behavior.

A psychodynamic technique in which the patient describes any thoughts, feelings, or images that comes to mind, even if it seems unimportant.

An unconscious refusal to participate fully in therapy.

According to psychodynamic theorists, the redirection toward the psychotherapist of feelings associated with important figures in a patient's life, now or in the past.

The reliving of past repressed feelings in order to settle internal conflicts and overcome problems.

The psychoanalytic process of facing conflicts, reinterpreting feelings, and overcoming one's problems.

Relational psychoanalytic therapy

A form of psychodynamic therapy that believes the reactions and beliefs of therapists should be openly included in the therapy process.

A simple form of learning.

A process of learning in which behavior that leads to satisfying consequences is likely to be repeated.

A process of learning in which an individual acquires responses by observing and imitating others.

A process of learning by temporal association in which two events that repeatedly occur close together in time become fused in a person's mind and produce the same response.

The belief that one can master and perform needed behaviors whenever necessary.

Cognitive-behavioral therapies

Therapy approaches that seek to help clients change both counterproductive behaviors and dysfunctional ways of thinking.

A therapy developed by Aaron Beck that helps people recognize and change their faulty thinking processes.

The humanistic process by which people fulfill their potential for goodness and growth.

The humanistic therapy developed by Carl Rogers in which clinicians try to help clients by conveying acceptance, accurate empathy, and genuineness.

The humanistic therapy developed by Fritz Perl in which clinicians actively move clients toward self-recognition and self-acceptance by using techniques such as role playing and self discovery exercises.

A therapy that encourages clients to accept responsibility for their lives and to live with greater meaning and value.

The theory that views the family as a system of interacting parts whose interactions exhibit consistent patterns and unstated rules.

A therapy format in which a group of people with similar problems meet together with therapist to work on those problems.

A group made up of people with similar problems who help and support one another without the direct leadership of a clinician. Also called a mutual help group.

A therapy format in which the therapist meets with all members of the family and helps them to change in therapeutic ways.

A therapy format in which the therapist works with two people who share a long-term relationship. Also called marital therapy.

Community mental health treatment

A treatment approach that emphasizes community care.

Multicultural perspective

The view that each culture within a larger society has a particular set of values and beliefs, as well as special external pressures, that help account for the behavior and functioning of its members. Also called culturally diverse perspective.

Culture-sensitive therapies

Approaches that are designed to help address the unique issues faced by members of cultural minority groups.

Gender-sensitive therapies

Approaches geared to the pressures of being a woman in Western society. Also called feminist therapies.

Explanations that attribute the cause of abnormality to an interaction of genetic, biological, developmental, emotional, behavioral, cognitive, social, and societal influences.

What are drives according to Freud?

What term describes the process by which the id seeks immediate gratification of its impulses?

What is psychodynamic theory of personality?

Which of the following terms means the actor is seeking immediate gratification of his or her desires without regard for any long term consequences?