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| affects 19 million people, feeling sad for 2 weeks or longer |
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| high energy, 4 million suffer from an anxiety, fear is difficult to control, chronic fear. 4 types: phobias, OCD, panic disorders, PTSD. |
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| Post Traumatic Stress Disorder |
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| conditions develop after a terrifying event that threatened or caused physical harm. |
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anorexia nervosa - starving
bulimia nervosa - binging and purging
both caused by psychological pressures, genetic factors, and an obsession with body image. Life threatening, most deadly mental disorder. affects 8 million Americans, 95% of which are age 12-25. |
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| children and adolescents act out their impulses toward others in destructive ways. symptoms: lying, theft, aggression, violence, truancy, arson, and vandalism. more common in males. |
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| person loses contact with reality. symptoms: hallucinations, thought disorders. 1% of US population affected. |
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| difficult to get along with others. 4 common types: antisocial (irritability), borderline (high risk behavior), passive-aggressive (lack of cooperation), bipolar (manic depression) |
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| often display verbal and nonverbal signs. should be taken seriously. |
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| multi-faceted response to loss caused by death, divorce, loss of employment, etc. stages: denial, anger, barganing, depression, acceptance. |
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| dreams, interpretation of dreams, ID, EGO, SUPER EGO, discredited for thinking infants were sexual beings. |
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| viewed children as "little philosophers" |
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| Zone of Proximal Development, scaffolding |
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| coined phrase "identity crisis", positive outcomes "virtues", 8 stages of psycho-social development: trust vs. mistrust (infant), autonomy vs. shame and doubt (toddler), initiative vs. guilt (preschool), industry vs. inferiority (school age), identity vs. role confusion (adolescent), intimacy vs. isolation (young adult), generativity vs. stagnation (adulthood). |
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hiearchy of needs:
self-actualization
esteem needs
belongingness and love needs
safety needs
biological and physiological needs |
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