Discuss the aims and methods of psychoanalysis, and explain the critics’ concerns with this form of therapy, noting how psychodynamic therapists have tried to answer the criticisms.
Identify the basic characteristics of the humanistic therapies as well as the specific goals and techniques of client-centered therapy.
Identify the basic
assumptions of behavior therapy, and discuss the classical conditioning
techniques of
systematic desensitization and aversive conditioning.
Describe therapeutic applications of operant conditioning principles, and explain the critics’ concerns with this behavior modification process.
Describe the
assumptions and goals of the cognitive therapies and their application to the
treatment of
depression.
Discuss the findings regarding the effectiveness of the psychotherapies.
Explain why ineffective therapies are often mistakenly perceived to be of value.
Describe the commonalities among the psychotherapies, and discuss the role of values and cultural differences in the therapeutic process.
Identify the common forms of drug therapy.
Describe the use of electroconvulsive therapy and psychosurgery in the treatment of psychological disorders.