PSYC 2280 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Humanistic Psychology, Systematic Desensitization, Moral Treatment
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Group of minor health problems such as weight loss, fever, and night sweats that appears after hiv infection but before development of full- blown aids. (p. 12) behaviour therapy. Array of therapy methods based on the principles of behavioural and cognitive science as well as principles of learning as applied to clinical problems. It considers specific behaviours rather than inferred conflict as legitimate targets for change. (p. 25) behavioural model. Explanation of human behaviour, including dysfunction, based on principles of learning and adaptation derived from experimental psychology. (p. 24) behaviourism. Explanation of human behaviour, including dysfunction, based on principles of learning and adaptation derived from experimental psychology. (p. 17) catharsis. Rapid or sudden release of emotional tension thought to be an important factor in psychoanalytic therapy. (p. 18) classical conditioning. Fundamental learning process first described by ivan pavlov. An event that automatically elicits a response is paired with another stimulus event that does not (a neutral stimulus).