PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Rorschach Test, Electroconvulsive Therapy, Thematic Apperception Test

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Rebecca Jubis

Document Summary

Psychotherapy a catchall term for therapies; treatment of psychological disorders. One of his colleagues happened to be treating a woman who had paralysis of her arm. He noticed that once this woman started talking about her emotional experiences, her physical symptoms started disappearing. Three main categories of psychotherapy: insight therapies ( talking therapies ) Looks as though patient and therapist are just talking back and forth. Therapist trained to know what questions to ask, allows them to gain insight into patient problems. Main goal: have the patient come to a realization themselves with the guidance of the therapist as to what their problem is, and trying to help them come up with a solution. Examples: psychoanalysis, marriage therapy, family therapy, client-centered therapy: behaviour therapies (based on learning principles) Classical conditioning and operant conditioning used to help patients unlearn a maladaptive behaviour o concentrate on getting rid of maladaptive symptom: biomedical therapies.