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2 steps necessary to experience in emotion. State of arousal (sequential idea) and Label the arousal with an emotion based on the source of the arousal |
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| Our emotion occurs after we notice some sort of response to it. Example- crying and then we notice we are crying and that means we interpret that we are sad. |
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| unconscious spillover of emotions into nonverbal behavior. Letting our bodies do the talking. |
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| The study of personal space. Tends to differ in cultures |
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| ability to predict our own and others' happiness |
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| we have a basic drive (hungry or thirsty) and this leads to an unpleasant state and what the motivation is, is what we do to that drive. |
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| looks at how well we performed depending on how strong our state of drive or arousal is. An example is if you have to take a test and your anxiety seems to go past a certain point then you are not going to do well. |
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| Basic decision on whether or not you think the event is negative or harmful in some way |
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| make decision on whether or not you believe you could cope with the event |
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| Selye's General Adaption Syndrome |
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1. Alarm- our autonomic nervous system kicks in gear
2. Resistance- cope with the stressor through various strategies.
3. Exhaustion- bodies resources are exhausted. Stage where physical or emotional problems usually come up.
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| Immune system is impacted by our thoughts and beliefs. An example would be that we are most likely to get a cold from stressing out. |
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| Coping Strategies: Support |
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| Having a social network or close relationship/larger communities… Having relationships can protect you against stress; the network of support can help emotionally, but also practically (like borrowing money from people) |
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| Coping Strategies: Gaining Control |
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1. Behavioral- doing something to reduce the impact of a stressful situation
2. Cognitive- relates to restructuring or thinking differently about the situation or emotions
3. Decisional- weighing pros and cons and getting to a point where you can choose among different courses of action
4. Informational- ability to acquire info about the stressful event
5. Emotional- deal with the emotions directly.
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| Developed really good medications in the 1950s. Put people on medications and allowed them to leave the institutions. |
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| Multiaxial/Biopsychosocial approach |
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| The view that an illness or medical condition is the product of the interplay of biological, psychological, and social factors |
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| Categorical vs. Dimensional |
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| You either have a disorder or you don’t have a disorder vs. Look at a dimension/continuum and see where people fall in the scale. Becomes very difficult to decide who or who doesn’t get the treatment. |
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| individuals with one diagnosis frequently have another diagnosis. |
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| Comes up on television and movies but is used less than 1% of time in trials. Defendents does not know what they are doing at the time of the crime. |
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Someone is a threat to themselves or a threat to others. Cannot care for themselves |
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| Incompetent to Stand Trial |
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| Defendant is not confident to understand the charges against him or her. Cannot assist in their own defense. |
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intense emotional series of events and peaks quickly usually less than 10 minutes. Sweating, Dizzyness, Faintess, pounding heart. Impacts everyday behavior. |
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| Obsessive Compulsive Disorder |
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| Conditions marked by repeated and lengthy immersion in obsessions, compulsions or both. |
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| Major Depressive Disorder |
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| For a two week period you have depressed mood nearly every day for almost all the time in the two weeks. |
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| a mental disorder characterized by episodes of mania (manic episodes) and depression |
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| Schizophrenia (Diathesis-Stress Model) |
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| People have disturbances in thinking, language, emotion, and in relationships with others. |
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Borderline Personality Disorder- occurs in about 2% of the population. 75% of ppl are female. Has unstable mood.
Antisocial Personality Disorder- tends to have no guilt towards hurting other people.
Most common of all disorders. 10% of population has personality disorders
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| Substance Abuse and Dependence |
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Abuse- less severe, recurrent problems, missing classes, and losing jobs
Dependence- add on physical aspects of tolerance and withdrawals. Negative impact on social activities. |
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| A form of psychotherapy in which a person meets with an analyst three to five times a week in a stream-of-consciousness, free-association atmosphere that involves minimal feedback from the therapist. |
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| Client has everything they need to solve their problems. Therapist helps them guide their way into solving their own problems. |
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| Focus is on a specific problematic behavior including the aspects of the situation, and figuring out what is maintaining the behavior. |
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| Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy |
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| Builds on basic therapy by challenging destructive thoughts that a patient might have. Typically in depression people have pessimistic/destructive thoughts |
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| Family Therapy/Child Therapy |
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Ways that all of the ppl in the family interact with one another. Helps teach different ways of communicating with one another. |
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| psychotherapy in which a small group of individuals meet with a therapist; interactions among the members are considered to be therapeutic |
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