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Define abnormal psychology

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Maladaptive
Dangerous
Unusual
Personally Distressing
Designated abnormal by the culture
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Maladaptive

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Something that interferes with your everyday life

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Dangerous

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Behavior harmful to one’s self or others

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Unusual

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Statistically rare, someone who is out of touch with reality. Delusional

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Designated abnormal by the culture

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unaccepted behavior deemed by society, classification system, always changing, culture made of millions of cultures

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Personally Distressing

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Personality disorders, distressing to those around them. Idiosyncratic= everyone visualizes things differently

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Pros of Diagnosing

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Provides common language among professions
If we know the diagnosis, we can treat them
It is helpful to have a name to a feeling
Insurance reimbursement requires diagnosis

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Cons of Diagnosing

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Can cause a stigma or prejudgment for people
Can be used as an excuse for bad behavior
Generalization can cause simplifying information
Self fulfilling prophecy
May be scary to some
Can follow you through life and not take account
May be applied politically and other ways to discredit

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The Genetic Model

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Genes carry DNA

Polycistronic

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Neuroscience Model

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Mental disorders are often linked to something going wrong with the brain due to specific brain chemicals or other interactions. Faulty brain receptors

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Psychodynamic Model

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Results of neuroscience conflicts- Mental Disorders

Defense Mechanisms - coping mechanisms processes co go through to reduce anxiety

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Defense Mechanisms

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Repression
Regression
Displacement 
Denial
Reaction Formation
Rationalization
Projection
Sublimation
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Repression

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Motivated forgetting. Preventing painful thoughts or memories from entering one’s mind

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Regression

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Returning to early behavior ways while under stress

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Displacement

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When ideas or impulses are transferred from a threatening or unacceptable object to a more acceptable one

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Denial

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Refusal to believe this reality

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Reaction Formation

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When someone takes on exaggerated position opposed to their true feelings

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Rationalization

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Self deception. Finding justification for ideas.

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Projection

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Attributing unacceptable impulses towards others

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Sublimation

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When unacceptable impulses are channeled into something positive

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Treatment Methods for Psychodynamic Model

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Free Association
Interpretation
Resistance
Transference
Counter transference
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Free Association

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Uncensored veralization

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Interpretation

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An explanation of verbalization

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Resistance

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Unwillingness to talk about certain thoughts, motives, or memories

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Tranference
Acting towards the therapists as if they were an important person in therapy in a client's life
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Counter Transference
When the therapist acts against the client
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Dream Analysis
Interpretation to undercover unconscious
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Parts of Dream Analysis
Manifest | Latent
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Manifest
Remembered objects of dreams
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Latent
Hidden meaning of thoughts, desires, drives
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Catharsis
Relieving of emotion or emotion tension
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Timing
2nd Divine. When Will I DIE?
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Learning Perspective
Classical and Operant Conditioning | Modeling
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Classical Conditioning
Learning by association
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Operant Conditioning
Reinforcement of theories
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Modeling
Initiative/Observation
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Behavior Therapy
Systematic application of learning in order to make positive change The outcome should be covert
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Types of Behavior Therapy
``` Systematic Diesen In Vivo/ Gradual Exposure Flooding Aversion Therapy Token Economics Modeling ```
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Systematic Diesen
Reciprocal inhibition - remove old responses and put in new responses. Two competing responses cannot exist simultaneously -set up a hierarchy .least anxiety to producing to most anxiety producing
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Flooding
Put the person full into the fear
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Aversion Therapy
Eliminate behavior by association of some negative association
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Token Economics
Controlled Environment | Learning through reinforcement to increased positive behaviot
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Modeling
Learning of skills by intimidating a person who prefers that behavior
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Humanistic Perspective
3rd Force 1. Believe un-normal behavior is the result of negative self concept and no in the conscious 2. Self actualization 3. Carl Rogers - believes to develop a positive self concept if given a positive regard by parents - Condition of worth = behave in way that to get approval of parents
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Treatment of Humanistic Perspective
Client Centered Therapy
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Client Centered Therapy
Encourage the client's own insight into their problems. | Improve client's self system and self acceptance. Needs to be done in a warm, supportive environment
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Major Concepts
1. Focuses on client's view of the world - empathy and focusing one someone's view of the world 2. Non Directive - reflection and reinstatement - reflecting back the client's feeling and restating them to offer a new perspective 3. Timing - very important 4. Therapists should manifest what the client should - Genuine, Unconditional Positive Regard, Congruence 5. Congruence - a fit between you and your behavior that you can exemplify to your clients
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Cognitive Perspective
``` Faulting Thinking ABC Theory Irrational Belief System Cognitive Therapy Very Directive Assign Homework Assignments ```
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ABC Theory
``` A= Event B= Thoughts about the event C= consequences ```
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Irrational Belief System
Mustabatory Thinking
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Cognitive Therapy
Replaces self defeating thoughts with more rational ones. Thought modification to affect behavior
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RET
Rationally Emotive Therapy
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Gestalt Perspective
The whole - Reintergrates specific/ conflicting parts of a personality with unfinished business. Unfinished conflicts from the past that ate interfering with the present. - empty chair techniques, dialogue, role playing - directive - No why questions - Here and now, present feelings - Why questions avoid things of the past that are used for explaining behavior
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Empty Chair Technique
Placing issue in chair and having a talk with it
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Dialogue
confrontation with certain parts of the body. Bringing things closer together
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Elective Perspective
Incorporation of principles/ techniques from various perspectives or theories
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Socioculture Perspective
Abnormal behavior must take into consideration socio and and culture factors
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Siocal
Poverty itself is the cause of abnormal behavior
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Downward Drift
Turing around, Behavioral problems or mental disorders make it difficult to function which leads to poverty
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Biopsycholsocial
Ab. behavior due to bio, socio, psychological interactions and their factors. Diathesis Stress Model
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Diathesis Stress Model
Focuses on interaction - predisposition
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Predisposition
response to stress
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_______________ = mental disorder or not
diathesis + stress
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Need ________ to say mental disorder
both diathesis and stress

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