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Psychology 4
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
11/25/2012

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pyschodynamic perspectives
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emphasizes that personality is primarily unconcious
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iceberg analogy
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id all in the unconcious and eo and superego partly concious and partly unconcious. 
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id
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unconcious drive; part of us that always seeks pleasure. (SEX!! NOW!!)
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ego
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helps us test reality, also deals with the demands of reality (only sex in a committed relationship)
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superego
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harsh internal judge of our behavior (SEX? dont even think about it)
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defense mechanisms
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tactics ego uses to reduce anxiety by unconciously distorting reality. (displacement, pationalization projection) (note: always unconcious, they are not necessarily unhealthy) 
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oedipus complex
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intense desires to replace father and enjoy affections of mother
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collective unconscious
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Jung's term for the impersonal, deepest layer of unconcious min, shared by all human beings because of their common ancestral past. 
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archetypes
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Jungs term for emotional ideas and images in the collective unconcious that have meaning for people; like in art, pictures, religion, and dreams.
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individual psychology
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Alders view tht people are motavated by purposes and goals and that perfection, not pleasure is the key motavator in life. 
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humanistic perspectives 
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theoritical views of a persons growth and positive human qualities. 
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self-actualization
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motavation to develop ones full potential. 
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unconditional positive regard
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Rodgers term for being accepted valued and treted postivily. 
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conditions of worth
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standards indiviual must live up to to recieve positive regard from others. 
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trait theories
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theoritical views stressing that personality consists of broad, enduring dispositions that tend to lead to character respnses. (describe people on the way they behave)
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big 5 factors of personality
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O.C.E.A.N.

{Openess,Conscientiousness(organized, disipline), Extraversion (socialable,energetic), Agreeableness, Neuroticism (clam, anxious, self satisfied)}

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social cognitive perspectives
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theoritical view emphasizing concious awarness, beliefs, expectations, and goals. 
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Bandura social cognitive theory
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Behavior, enviorment, and person and cognitive factors all relate to eachother
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self-efficacy
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the belief tha one can master a situation and produce positive change. 
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CAPS(cognitive affective processing systems)
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mischels model for describing that our thoughts and emotions about ourselves and the world affect our behavior and become linked in ways that matter to behavior. (take new assignment from boss and works hard and get another one from someone else and he doesn't try)
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behavioral genetics
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study of inherited underpinnings of behavioral charteristics. 
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projective test
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patient asked to look at image and tell their own story about it. 
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Rorschach inkblot test
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projective test that uses inkblots to determine personality
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TAT thematic apperception test
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projective test that is designed to reveal something about their personality
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type A behavior
Definition
characteristics such as; competetive, impatient, hostile. related to heart disease.
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Type B behavior
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characteristics such as; relaxed, easygoing. related to good health
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abnormal behavior
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behavior that is deviant(shower 7 timees a day), maladaptive(no breathing because it might harm them), or personally distressful(girl makes herself vomit after a meal) over a long period of time. 
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Biological approach (disorder)
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focuses on brain genetic factors
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psychological approach (disorder
Definition
focuses on experience thoughts emotions
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sociocultural approach (disorder)
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focuses on gender, ethnicity, family relationships, and culture
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biopsycosocial model
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Act in combination with biological,pschological, and sociocultural to create abnormal behavior
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anxiety disorders
Definition
psychological disorders involving fears that are uncontrolable, not related to actual danger of life, or disruptive of orinary life
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generalized anxiety disorder
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marked by persistant anxiety for 6 months without reason
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panic disorder
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recurrent onsets of intense terror often without warning
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OCD
Definition
thoughts that make you perform repetitive behaviors  to prevent future situation
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mood disorders
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disturbance of mood, prolonged emotion that colors individuals emotional state
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depressive disorders
Definition
suffer from depression, lack of pleasure in life
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major depressive disorder MDD
Definition
significant dpressive state for at least 2 weeks; such as lethargy, and helplessness
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DD dusthymic disorder
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more chronic but less symptoms than MDD but happens most days for at least 2 years (Poor apetite, sleep problems, low energy, low self esteem, pooor concentration)
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dissociative disorders
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involve sudden loss in memory or change in identity due to the seeration of concious awarness from previous memories
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dissociative amnesia
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extreme losss of memory caused by extensive pdychological stress
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dissociative fugue
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unexpectedly runs away from home and picks up a brand new identity
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dissociative identity disorder DID
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2 or more distinct personalities or identities each with its own memories, behaviors etc. 
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schizophrenia
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higly disordered thought process; so far removed from reality
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referential thinking
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personal meaning of completely random events; lke believing the light truns red because you are in a hurry
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catatonia
Definition
state of immobilty for long periods of time
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flat affect
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display of little or no emotion
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antisocial personality disorder ASPD
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guiltlessness,lawbreaking,exploitation of others, irresponibility and deceit. 
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borderline personality disorder BPD
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pattern of insatbility in relationships, self-image, and emotions
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biological therapies
Definition
tratments that reduce or eliminate psychological disorders by altering body functioning.
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antianxiety drugs
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reduce anxiety by making patient calmer
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antidepressent drugs
Definition
regulate mood 
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lithium
Definition
lightest of solid elements, widely used to treat bipolar disorder 
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antipsychotic drugs 
Definition
powerful drugs hat reduce tension, decrese hallucinations, improve social behavior and better slepp patterns. 
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electroconvulsive therep ECT
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"shock therapy" commonly used for depressio that causes a brain seizure
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deep brain stimulation
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involves implataion of electrodes in brain that alter brains electrical circuitry
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psychosurgury
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biological therapy; removal or destruction of briain tissue to improve individual
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psychodynamic therapies
Definition
treatments of the unconscious mind that focus on early childhood experiences.
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psychoanalysis
Definition
freuds technique for analyzing an individuals uncoscious thoughts
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free association
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psychoanalytical technique encouraging individuals to say what comes to mind. 
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interpretation
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pschoanalyist search for symbolic meanings in what is said
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transference
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relates to therapist to relive or reproduce important relationships in an individuals life. 
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humanistic therapies
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therapy encourages self healing and understand themselves and grow personally
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client centered therapy
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povides warm supporitive atmosphere to support to improve clients self-concept and insight to problems
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reflective speech
Definition
technique where you repeat feelings to them
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behavior therapies
Definition
based on behavior and social cognitive theories of learning to reduce behavior
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systematic desentiziation
Definition
behavior therapy that teaches to replace high anxiety situations with deep relaxaton 
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cognitive therapies
Definition
treatments that point to thoughts of the main source of problems; attempt to change behaviors by changing thoughts
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REBT- rational-emotive behavior therapy
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based on people get disorders from irrational and self defeating beliefs and therapists try to eliminate those beliefs
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becks therapy
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help people recognize and elliminate illogical and self defeating thinking
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cognitive-behavior therapy
Definition
combines cognitive and behavior therapy with a goal of self efficacy
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integrative therapy
Definition
combination of all of the methods for the greatest benefit
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Benjamin Rush
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1st phychiatrist; one of the founding fathers
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lightner whitner
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1st clinical psychologist
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hypochondrisis 
Definition
normal baily sensations are misinterpreted as symptoms of disease
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conversion disorder
Definition
involving paralysis, loss of sensory funcions or pain (onset after extreme psychosocial stress
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munchausen
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Eminem; purposly make child sick for attention
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DSM-IV
Definition
book of diagnosis and statsical manual of mental disorders
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repression
Definition
put memories in unconcious
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displacement
Definition
place threatening objectto non threatening substitute
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sublimation
Definition
conversion of a sexual goal into non sexual goal
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projection
Definition
attribution of personal anxiety to other people or situations
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identification
Definition
avoid anxiety by relating to significant role models
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narcissism
Definition
excessive self love
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