Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 17: Antipsychotic, Random Assignment, Dialectical Behavior Therapy

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

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Insight: in gestalt psychology, the sudden perception of a useful relationship or solution to a problem; the conscious awareness of unconscious dynamics that underlie psychological problems. Free association: in psychoanalysis, the procedure of verbalizing all thoughts that enter consciousness without censorship. Resistance: largely unconscious maneuvers that protect clients from dealing with anxiety-arousing material in therapy. Transference: the psychoanalytic phenomenon in which a client responds to the analyst as if the latter were an important person from the client"s past who plays an important role in the client"s dynamics o. Positive transference: occurs when a client transfers feelings of intense affection, dependency, or love to the analyst. Negative transference: involves irrational expressions of anger, hatred, or disappointment. Interpretation: in psychoanalysis, a statement made by the analyst that is intended to promote insight in the client. Interpersonal therapy: a form of belief therapy that focuses on the client"s interpersonal problems and seeks to develop new interpersonal skills.