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Psychology
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Term
psychological disorders
Definition
Deviant, disstressful, and dysfunctional behavior that results in impairment of normal functioning
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psychopathology
Definition
scientific study of psychological disorders.
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etiology
Definition
cause of disorders
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DSM (IV)
Definition
-American Psychiatic Assosciation's Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental Disorders
over 600 disorders*
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Benefits and criticism of DSM
Definition
insurance/ may be mistakes
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amount of people diagnosed with psychological disorders
Definition
1/7 people
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homeless
Definition
more likely to have disorders
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list of psychological disorders
Definition
anxiety disorders
mood disorders
personality disorders
schizophrenia
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list of anxiety disorders
Definition
generalized anxiety disorder
panic disorder
phobias
obssesive compulisive disorder
post traumatic stress disorder
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Definition
etiology- Biology
usually tense and uneasy
-excessive worry
-easily agitated
-sleep deprived
-irritability
-concentration is impacted
-comorbid with depression
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Panic disorder
Definition
etiology- biological with some environmental causes
irritational fear that something bad is going to happen;
-trouble breathing
-heart palpitations
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Phobia
Definition
-persistent excessive fear
-immediately anxious or fearful response to exposure of phobic response to object or situation.
-uncontrollable fear
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Definition
Etiology- Biological
repetitive thought that cause anxiety. intrusive and uncontrollabale
-Compulsions- actions that remove obsessions and provide relief from anxiety(temporary)
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Post traumatic stress disorder
Definition
Etiology- biological with event
- Nightmares
-reexperiencing the event
- sleep disturbance
-startle response
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list of Mood Disorders
Definition
Major depressive disorder
Bipolar disorder
Term
list of Personality disorders
Definition
Antisocial personality disorder
borderline personality disorder
Dissociative identity disorder
Term
major depressive disorder
Definition
(common cold of psychological disorders)
-depressed
-less interest in activities
-loss of energy
-feeling worthless
-thoughts of suicide
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Bipolar Disorder
Definition
Eitology- biology
manic episodes alternate with major depressive episode
mania- over talkative, hyperactive, little need for help, creative
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antisocial personality disorder
Definition
(sociopath or psychopath)must be 15
-lack of conscience and remorse
-intelligent yet amoral
-clever and charming can-artist
-pathological lier
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Borderline personality disorder
Definition
eitology- biological (nature if abandoned as child)
one of the most common personality disorders
-moods and relationships are unstable
-low self-image
-fear of abandonment
-frequently accompanied by self mutilation.
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dissociative identity disorder
Definition
Multiple personality
2 or more distinct identities that alternatively control the persons behavior
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Schizophrenia
Definition
etiology- brain abnormalties, excess dopamine.
(split minds)
positive symptom- hallucination, disorganized thinking, delusion/paranoia, inapporpriate emotions/behaviors, awkward motor skills.
Negative symptoms- catatonic(stare at wall), lack of expression, flat speech.
Term
wilma has a low self esteem, extreme fear of abandonment, and cuts herself.
Definition
borderline personality disorder.
Term
fred has intense fear that something will happen, fears heart attack
Definition
panic disorder
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jerry has a fear of crowded space, and extreme anxiety
Definition
Phobia
Term
Wayne has little sleep, highly creative, talks fast, wothlessness, and depression
Definition
bipolar disorder
Term
ect
Definition
effective for depression
Term
anti anxiety drugs
Definition
slow CNS. patient can begin to tolerate
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antidepressant
Definition
increase level of neropinephrine by preventing reuptake by sending neurons
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mood stabalizer
Definition
many to treat epilepsy, bipolar disorder
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anti-psychotics
Definition
reduce responsiveness to irrelevant stimuli
molecules cimilar to dopamine.
helps schizophrenia
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behavior therapy
Definition
counterconditioning
-exposure therapy
-aversive therapy- conditioning.
Term
operant conditioning
Definition
token economy (reinforcement)
Term
cognitive therapy
Definition
based on ideas that our thoughts influence our feelings
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cognitive behavior therapy
Definition
integrate behavior and cognitive therapy
attempts to alter thoughts and behavior
-OCD
Term
emdr
Definition
help panic attacks
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industrial psychology
Definition
(personal psychology)
focuses on individual
-employee selection, interviews...
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organizational psychology
Definition
focuses on group
Term
intelligent man cheats elderly out of their life savings, he has little feelings for them and the consequences of getting caught.
Definition
antisocial personality disorder
Term
who would benefit from prozac(anti-depressant)
Definition
ocd (Shannon who feels helpless and pathetic and thinks she is meaningless)
Term
which biomedical therapy is effective for idnividuals with OCD
Definition
Antidepressant
Term
psychiatrist prescribe ssris like prozac for drpession.. what does it do
Definition
increase levels of seratonin
Term
KSAOs
Definition
knowledge, skills, abilities, and other..
Term
best interview for job selection
Definition
structured interview
Term
#1 job preformance predictor
Definition
Intelligence
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#1 personality to predict job performance
Definition
conscientiousness
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performance appraisal
Definition
-employee feedback and promote/raises by supervisors...
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360 degree feedback
Definition
customer, supervisor, peer
Term
which type of psychotherapy derived from learning
Definition
behavior therapy
Term
EMDR and reprocessing is and effective therapy for
Definition
panic disorder
Term
purpose of job analysis
Definition
to discover KSAOs
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fundamental attribution error
Definition
tendency to attribute others behavior to internal dispostitions
Term
lead through goals
Definition
task leader
Term
lead through relationship
Definition
social leader
Term
treating psychological disorders emphasizes that people that people are often disturbed because their negative interpretation of events
Definition
cognitive therapy
Term
obsessive thought _______ anxiety and compulsive thoughts _________ anxiety
Definition
increase, decrease
Term
reciprocal determinism
Definition
actions affect attitudes; attitudes affect actions
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cognitive dissonance
Definition
attitude that contradict attitude
Term
zimbardo's study
Definition
assign students to guards.. simulation turns into reality.
Term
solomon
Definition
confromity, someone suggests something, we go with it
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milgram
Definition
participants followed up to electrical shock, authority tells us what to do
Term
Solomon reported that ind conformed to a group's judgement of the "correct answer"
Definition
when the group judgement was incorrect
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social loafing
Definition
when we work in a group, we do less work
Term
when we express more intense prejudice
Definition
scapegoat theory
Term
substandard academic is both a result and cause of his feelings of academic inferiority
Definition
reciprocal determinism
Term
eros
Definition
passionate love(long term)
Term
Ludus
Definition
non-committed
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storge
Definition
compassionate love(friendship into love)
Term
pragma
Definition
practical, satisfactory love
Term
mania
Definition
possessive love (fear abandonment)
Term
Agape
Definition
altruistic love (only care is to please partner)
Term
performance enhance with group
Definition
social facilitation
Term
bystander effect
Definition
more people to see, less people willing to help
Term
foot in the door
Definition
people have be safe, then get drive carfully
Term
Milgram teachers were more likely to give high levels of shock when
Definition
learner was placed in a different room
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Zimbardo explain the destructive behavior
Definition
social control
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