Learning Objectives

These are the concepts and the learning objectives for Chapter 17. Read them carefully as part of your preliminary survey of the chapter.

Psychotherapy: Psychological Approaches to Treatment

1. Define psychotherapy and identify the main approaches/types. (pp. 504-505)

2. Describe the psychodynamic approach to the treatment of abnormal behavior, including the major techniques and concepts employed by psychodynamic therapists. (pp. 505-507)

3. Describe the behavioral approaches to the treatment of abnormal behavior, including aversive conditioning, systematic desensitization, observational learning, and the use of operant conditioning principles. (pp. 507-510)

4. Discuss the cognitive therapy approaches of rational-emotive and cognitive therapy. (pp. 510-512)

5. Describe the application of humanistic theory in the approaches of Rogers's client-centered therapy as well as gestalt therapy. (pp. 512-514)

6. Describe group therapy, including family therapy. (pp. 514-515)

7. Discuss the methods used to evaluate psychotherapy and the arguments proposed to support and dispute the effectiveness of psychotherapies, and explain the eclectic approach to psychotherapy. (pp. 515-517)

Biomedical Therapy: Biological Approaches to Treatment

8. Name and describe drugs used in the treatment of abnormal behavior, and discuss the problems and controversies surrounding their use. (pp. 519-522)

9. Describe electroconvulsive therapy and psychosurgery, and discuss the effectiveness of biomedical therapies. (pp. 522-524)

10. Explain the concepts of community psychology and deinstitutionalization, and identify recommended guidelines for selecting a psychotherapist. (p. 524)