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Neuron
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A nerve cell
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Fixation
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According to Freud, a condition in which the id, ego, and superego do not mature and are frozen at an early stage of development
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Gene
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Chromsome segments that control the characteristics and traits we inherit
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Psychotropic medication
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Drugs that primarily affect the brain and reduce many symptoms of mental dysfunctioning
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Client-centered therapy
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The humanistic therapy developed by Carl Rogers in which clinicians try to help clients by conveying acceptance, accurate empathy, and genuineness
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Model
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A set of assumptions and concepts that helps scientists explain and interpret observations. Also called a paradigm
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Psychosurgery
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Brain surgery for mental disorders. Also called neurosurgery
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Id
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According to Freud, the psycholoogical force that produces instinctual needs, drives, and impulses
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Ego defense mechanism
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According to psychoanalytic theory, strategies developed by the ego to control unacceptable id impulses and to avoid or reduce the anxiety they arouse
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Free association
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A psychodynamic technique in which the patient describes any thought, feeling, or image that comes to mind, even if it seems unimportant
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Modeling
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A process of learning in which an individual acquires responses by observing others
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Object relations theory
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The psychodynamic theory that views the desire for relationships as the key motivating force in human behavior
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Resistance
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An unconscious refusal to participate fully in therapy
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Dream
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A series of ideas and images that form during sleep
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Neurotransmitter
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A chemical that, released by one neuron, crosses the synaptic space to be received at receptors on the dendrites of neighboring neurons
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