PSYC 1010 Chapter Notes -Virtual Reality, Classical Conditioning, Token Economy

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

Document Summary

Psychotherapy: treatment involving psychological techniques; consists of interactions between trained therapist and someone seeking to overcome psychological difficulties or achieve personal growth. Biomedical therapy: prescribed medications or procedures that act directly on the person"s physiology. Eclectic approach: an approach to psychotherapy that, depending on the client"s problem, uses techniques from various forms of therapy. Psychoanalysis: freud"s therapeutic technique hopes for healthier, less anxious lives with the release of energy that is devoted to id-ego-superego conflicts (deal with repressed feelings and helps the patient gain self-insight) Resistance: in psychoanalysis, the blocking from consciousness of anxiety- laden material. Interpretation: in psychoanalysis, the patient"s transfer to the analyst of emotions linked with other relationships. Psychodynamic therapy: therapy deriving from psychoanalytic tradition that views individuals as responding to unconscious forces and childhood experiences and that seeks to enhance self-insight. Insight therapy: a variety of therapies that aim to improve psychological functioning by increasing a person"s awareness of underlying motives and defenses.