CH.2 Mental Disorders Flashcards
bio-Psychosocial Explanation
working together of mental processes, behavior,
environment,
feeling
Equifinality
most rules have multiple causes
reciprocal relationsip
coffee affects behavior, neurotransmitters w thinking you cannot do it
Neuroplasticity
are we adaptable
-changing the way the brain is functioning, craving, maladaptive> depression, negativity
Genotype
genetic makeup, inherited
Phenotype
what you observe (physical and behavioral)
Diathesis Stress Model
nature/nuture/herditary/environment continuum
“upon stress” situations
alleles
shorter alleles are more prone to being depressed with severe maltreatment
= learn coping skills and manage our environment
hinbrain
regulates sleeping, fine motor, pons/ medulla :HR & breathing
Corpus collosum
L & R hemisphere to communicate
Frontal Lobe
human thinking, manners, abstract planning
Parietal Lobe
touch and hearing
Occipital
vision
Brocaeria
`-reading out loud or voice you hear in your mind while reading
Limibic System
emotion
Hippocampus
memory
Amygala
- fear, anger
- autism could be related
Hypothalamus
-behaviors, sexaul behavior, thirst
Somatic NS
voluntary
Sympathetic NSE
fight or flight,
HPA Axis
Endocrine (hormones); and nervous system
Alzheimer’s
ACh (acetylcholine)
GABA
relaxation
seratonin
gate keeper, imbalance = imbalance of others to be unstable and vice versa
cortisol
stress, help protect against disease
id
pleasure, base of unconscious
superigo
moralistic, learn in environment
ego
reality principle
Defense mechanisms:
Displacement
mad at significant other and you throwing phone
Defense mechanisms: Projection
directing your feelings onto someone else
Defense mechanisms: Rarionalization
“oh you deserve this” bc youre being defensive against being uncomfortable
Behavior Models
classical conditioning
ex: Pavlov’s
uncondition stimulus: food
condition : salvation
extra stimulus uncondition becomes conditioned over time
operant conditioning
reinforcement (increasing or punishment (decrease)
positive (present) &
negative (removed)
-more control
observational learning
Bobo dolls study
-spend time around people who are good at what you want
Exposure Therapy
gradual exposing someone to what they fear
- have to be managed via small changes
- challenged not overwhelmed
Systematic Desensitization
- via imagery
- training someone to be able to think of the fear response and control response and progress to goal oriented
Cognitive Behavior Therapy
cant help but attend to certain things , what it means and excessive worries
ABC Model (Ellis)
An Event Belief - interpretation Consequence Disputing intervention - challenging belief Effective Philosophy Feeling
Humanistic Theory
Maslow
are people going and meeting their full potential
self actualization
esteem needs
-when needs are not met it interferes w ability to accomplish
Carl Rogers
Humanist
Person Centered Therapy : empathy, perspective of the person
Social Relational Model : Systems Model
- equifinality
- its not just biological but also social, culture, etc
