Chapter 1 Flashcards
Stigma 4 Characteristics
- Distinguishing label
- Label refers to undesirable attitudes
- People with label are seen differently
- People with label are discriminated against
Fighting stigma’s 5 strategies
- Adequate housing for mentally ill
- Education and training strategies
- Personal contact
- Preventative efforts for children and adolescents
- Support groups
Disability and Dysfunction difference
Dis: important area in life impaired
Dys: Something not working as it should
Characteristics of Psychological Disorder
- Personal Distress
- Disability and Dysfunction
- Violation of Social Norms
Early causes and treatments of mental disorders
Supernatural explanations, exorcism, lunacy trials
Historical forces that shaped current view of disorders
Bio: syphilis connected to general paresis
Genetics: Galton, Nature/Nurture
Psych: Mesmer/Charcot, hypnosis
Cathartic method
Breuer, using hypnosis and urging patient to express forgotten thoughts and feelings.
Id, Ego, Superego
Id: immediate gratification from urges
Ego: reality
Superego: Conscience
Defense mechanisms
Repression, Denial, Projection, Displacement, Reaction formation, Regression, Rationalization, Sublimation
Psychoanalysis 3 techniques
Free association: Saying whatever comes to mind
Interpretation: Pointing out meaning of patients behaviour
Analysis of transference: Behaviour towards analyst comes from behaviour to someone in the past
3 assumptions Freuds therapy
- Childhood experience shapes adulthood
- Unconscious processes influence behaviour
- Causes and purpose of behaviour not always obvious
Law of effect
Behaviour followed by consequences satisfying to organism are repeated and consequences unpleasant are discouraged.
Modelling
Witnessing behaviour can increase or decrease behaviour in observer
Behaviour therapy
Systematic Desensitization, Exposure Therapy
Clinical Psychologist
- Ph.D
- Heavy emphasis on research
- Assessment and diagnosis of psychopathology
- Practice Psychotherapy
- Psy.D