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| properties of abnormality |
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-maladaptiveness
-suffering
-irratoinality and incomprehensibility
-unpredictability and loss of control
-vividness and unconventionality
-observer discomfort
-violation of moral and ideal standards |
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| Aspects of Human Function |
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-thoughts
-memory
-consciousness
-feelings
-behaviors
-physiology |
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| evolving views of mental illness |
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-animisn
- salem witch trials
early insane asylums |
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| a spirit was posessing a person and they had to torture the person to get it out |
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| freuds theory of unconscious |
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-strong unconcscious drives
-pleasure |
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| rational place where you mesh id and superego |
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-driven by culture and what you learn
-there is right and wrong |
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- regression
-denial
-repression
-projection
-rationalization
-displacement
-reaction formation
-sublimation
-identification
-intellectualization |
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| arguing against an anxiety provoking stimuli by stating it doesn't exist |
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| taking out impulses on a less threatening target |
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| avoiding unacceptable emotions by focusing on the intellectual aspects |
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| placing unacceptable impulses in yourself onto someone else |
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| supplying a logical or rational reason as opposed to the real reason |
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| taking the opposite belief because the true belief causes anxiety |
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| returning to a previous stage of development |
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| pulling into the unconscious |
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| acting out unacceptable impulses in a socially acceptable way |
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| pushing into the unconscious |
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| just listen to ppl talk and things that subconcious level concerned |
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| transfer of emotions from one person or situation to another |
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| therapist transferring emotions to client |
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-more mystical than freud
- collective unconscious archetypes |
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| had things that were universal in the unconscious of a human |
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| Eriksons psychosocial stages of development |
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1. trust v. mistrust
2. Autonomy v. shame, doubt
3. initiative v. guilt
4.industry v. inferiority
5.identity v. role confusion
6. intimacy v. isolation
7. generativity v. stagnation
8. ego-integrity v. despair |
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unconditional positive regard
- many ppl grow up in families where behavior determines if ppl like you or not |
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-operant conditioning
- emphasis on reinforcement
-beleived you could increase or decrease behavior |
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| systematic desensitization |
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| a way of changing classically conditioned behavior |
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-needs that have to be met
- physiological needs
- security needs
- social needs
- esteem needs
- self actualizing needs |
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-automatic or irrational thoughts
- link between thought and feeling
- believed negative thoughts could set you up for negative feelings |
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| cognitive behavioral therapy |
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| is a form of psychotherapy that emphasizes the important role of thinking in how we feel and what we do |
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| an electrically excitable cell that processes and transmits information by electrical and chemical signaling. |
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| a structure that permits a neuron to pass an electrical or chemical signal to another |
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| a dielectric (electrically insulating) material that forms a layer, the myelin sheath, usually around only the axon of a neuron |
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| endogenous chemicals that transmit signals from a neuron to a target cell across a synapse |
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| is comprised of the brain and spinal cord. The CNS receives sensory information from the nervous system and controls the body's responses. |
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| has two components: the somatic nervous system and the autonomic nervous system. The PNS consists of all of the nerves that lie outside the brain and spinal cord. |
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| outer layer with four lobes |
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| ascending and descending fibers |
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| is the posterior part of the brain, adjoining and structurally continuous with the spinal cord. |
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| is the posterior part of the brain, adjoining and structurally continuous with the spinal cord. |
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| comprised of four main structures: the amygdala, the hippocampus, regions of the limbic cortex and the septal area. |
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| an almond shaped mass of nuclei located deep within the temporal lobe of the brain. |
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| the part of the brain that is involved in memory forming, organizing, and storing. |
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| It is involved in sensory perception and regulation of motor functions. |
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| right and left side of brain are different |
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| is the part of the peripheral nervous system that acts as a control system functioning largely below the level of consciousness, and controls visceral functions |
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| sympathetic nervous system |
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| Its general action is to mobilize the body's resources under stress; to induce the fight-or-flight response |
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| parasympathetic nervous system |
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| is responsible for stimulation of "rest-and-digest" activities that occur when the body is at rest, including sexual arousal, salivation, lacrimation (tears), urination, digestion and defecation |
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| vicarious learning- learning by watching what others do |
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| fight-or- flight response |
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| Our brains have a built-in system for cranking up the body when threatened, readying it for fighting or running away. |
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| chemical substances that affect the brain functioning, causing changes in behavior, mood and consciousness. |
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| after a neurotransmitter is released, it is quickly drawn back from the synaptic cleft into the same neuron |
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| substances that effectively increase the activity of a neurotransmitter by mimicking its effects |
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| substances that decrease, or block, a neurotransmitter |
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| substances that produce effects opposite to those produced by the neurotransmitter |
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inhibiting transmitter
- best known effect is to reduce anxiety |
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believed to influence a great deal of our behavior, particularly the way we process information
- associated with inhibition and constraint |
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-part of endocrine system
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-implicated in psychological disorders such as schizophrenia
- a switch that turns on various brain circuits possibly associated with certain types of behavior
-associated with exploratory, outgoing, pleasure-seeking behaviors |
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| memory for how to do things. |
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| It refers to memories which can be consciously recalled such as facts and knowledge |
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| the memory of autobiographical events |
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| telling two disorders apart |
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| having more than one disorder |
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| the process by which a certain set of standards or norms is determined for a technique to make its use consistent across different measurements |
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systematic observation of somebodys behavior when any one person interacts with another
-appearance and behavior
-thought processes
-mood and affect
-intellectual functioning
-sensorium |
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| semistructured interviews |
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| made up of questions that have been carefully phrased and tested to elicit useful information in a consistent manner |
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| uses direct observation to assess an individuals thoughts, feelings and behavior in specific situations |
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| recognize patterns of mental ilness and then compare to larger groups |
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pictures of people or things are presented to people who are asked to describe what they see
- theory is ppl project their own personality and unconscious fears onto other ppl and things |
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-projective test
-found patterns that ppl with diff. illnesses would have
- rare answers to pictures get rated |
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| surveys with set of questions |
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| just go with the conversation |
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| global assessment of functioning |
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-fifth diagnosis
- how they are functioning with disorder |
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| -looks at cognitive function |
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-looks at cognitive function
- used w/ elderly and ppl who have had head injuries |
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| TAT (Thematic Apperception Test) |
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-ask ppl to look at picture and make up a story
-theory is, if you give ppl enough of these, themes will come out |
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| -takes pics of brain and uses computers to reconstruct them |
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| uses magnetic activity to measure where in the brain activity is occurring |
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| uses dye to see area of brain with activity |
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-messes up study
-interferes with results
-things that confuse outcomes of study |
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| when you watch ppl, they act differently |
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one time survey
- mostly done |
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follow same ppl over time
- very hard to do |
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| ask someone about what has happened before |
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follow someone and get info for present
- also harder to do |
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