STUDY GUIDE: UNIT XIII – TREATMENT of ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR
AP Psychology
In addition to the information in this study guide, you are also
responsible for all of the content in textbook (Modules 70-73), all
information from class notes/discussions, videos, handouts and
graphic organizers.
It’s AP – it’s all fair game 
Terms & Concepts
All terms & concepts on page 750
(Terms & concepts are also listed on the back of the APP March calendar)
Module 70
70-1: How do psychotherapy, biomedical therapy, and an eclectic approach to therapy differ?
70-2: What are the goals of psychoanalysis, and how have they been adapted in psychodynamic
therapy?
 Psychoanalysis & Sigmund Freud
70-3: What are the basic themes of humanistic therapy? What are the specific goals and
techniques of Rogers’ client-centered approach?
 Insight therapies
 Active listening, unconditional positive regard
Module 71
71-1: How does the basic assumption of behavior therapy differ from those of psychodynamic
and humanistic therapies? What techniques are used in exposure therapies and aversive
conditioning?
 Counter-conditioning, exposure therapy, systematic desensitization, virtual reality
exposure therapy
 Aversive conditioning
71-2: What is the main premise of therapy based on operant conditioning principles, and what
are the views of its proponents and critics?
 Operant conditioning
 Token economy
71-3: What are the goals and techniques of cognitive therapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy?
 Albert Ellis, rational-emotive behavior therapy (REBT)
 Aaron Beck
 Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)
71-4: What are the aims and benefits of group and family therapy?
Module 72
72-1: Does psychotherapy work? Who decides?
 Client’s perceptions
 Clinician’s perceptions
 Outcome research
72-2: Are some therapies more effective than others for specific disorders?
72-3: How do alternative therapies fare under scientific scrutiny?
 EMDR
 Light-exposure therapy
72-4: What are three elements shared by all forms of psychotherapy?
72-5: How do culture, gender, and values influence the therapist-client relationship?
 Clinical psychologists
 Clinical or Psychiatric Social Worker
 Counselors
 Psychiatrists
72-6: What should a person look for when selecting a therapist?
72-7: What is the rationale for preventative mental health programs?
Module 73
73-1: What are the drug therapies? How do double-blind studies help researchers evaluate a
drug’s effectiveness?
 Anti-psychotic drugs
 Antianxiety drugs
 Antidepressants
 Mood stabilizing medications
73-2: How are brain-stimulation and psychosurgery used in treating specific disorders?
 Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
 Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS)
 Deep-brain stimulation
 Psychosurgery, lobotomy
73-3: How, by caring of themselves with a healthy lifestyle, might people find some relief from
depression, and how does this reflect our being biopsychosocial systems?