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Chapter 1,2,3 study guide Flashcards

1
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How do we determine abnormal versus normal behavior? 

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Deviance, dysfunction, dangerousness , distress

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The basic of bio-psycho-social approach

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Biological =biological regions and causes
Psychological = combination of experience, thoughts, emotions, personality
Social cultural = social, and culture context, in which a person lives

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What’s a stigma?

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It’s label that sets people apart

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What impact (if any) does stigma does to another person?

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People get treated bad, discussed, no interaction with people with mental illness

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What is a spiritual disorder?

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Disorder results of possession by evil, or demonic spirits

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What is a humanitarian disorder?

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Disorder, results of cruelty, stressed, or poor living condition

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What is a scientific disorder?

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Disorder results of causes we can objectively measure (biological alternatives, learning, emotional stressors)

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What is a descriptive research?

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Neutralistic observation, survey, case studies

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What is a correlation research?

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Analyze data, relationships between two variables

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What is an Experimental research?

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Researcher manipulates, one or more variables (IV & DV, experimental, control, placebo group)

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What is a double blind procedure?

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Both people are tested as administrator and “blind”condition ( use for clinical trials)

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What is a quasi experiment?

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It’s an Experiment but not randomly assigned participants to condition

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What is a quasi-experiment do ?

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Used to study things we cannot do true experiments on

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What is a single case study?

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Experimental research design for one single individual

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15
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What is a clinician?

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Healthcare professionalproviding psychological services

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What is a client?

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Person seeking psychological services

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What is a clinical psychologist ?

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Diagnose and treat disorders through therapy (PHD & PSYD)

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What is a psychiatrist?

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Can prescribe medication (MD)

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What is DSM-5?

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Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders

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What is a DSM-5 use for

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Used to diagnose patient before treating them

21
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A diagnosis CONSISTENTLY across individuals

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Reliability

22
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Test, diagnosis, rating ACCURATELY, based on persons, psychological status

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Validity

23
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What is a principal diagnosis?

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Disorder that is considered to be the primary reason the individual seeks professional help

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What is a differential diagnosis?

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The critical process of systematically ruling out alternatives diagnosis

25
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What is comorbid?

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Multiple diagnostic conditions, stimulus within the same person

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What is case foundation

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Condition is analyze of the factors that might have influence the clients current status

27
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What is the case foundation designed for?

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Allows clinician to decide any treatment plans specific for the client

28
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What is an immediate goals?

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Trading clients in a crisis to manage symptoms

29
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What is a short term goal?

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Aimed at alternating symptoms by addressing problematic behavior, thinking or emotions

30
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What is a long-term goal?

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More fundamental and deeply rooted alternations and clients personality, and relationships

31
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What is a treatment site ?

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Psychiatric hospitals, specialized patients treatment centers

32
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What is a outpatient treatment?

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Halfway houses, daytime treatment programs, and other

33
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What is a modality of treatment?

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Form in which the clinician offers psychotherapy
- individual psychotherapy, family therapy group therapy

34
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What is evidence based practice in psychological

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Decisions that make use of the best available research evidence in clinical expertise

35
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Outcome of treatment

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Treatment works. Client remains and therapy and it improves.

36
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What is a psychological assessment?

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Range of measurements techniques which involves having people provides scoreable information about their psychological functioning

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What makes a good assessment

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Provide reproducible and accurate results

38
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What is standardization?

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Specific test, instructions for administration and scoring and score should have a clear meaning

39
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What are the different types of fallacy?

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Sick sick fallacy
Me too fallacy
Barnum effect

40
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What is a clinical unstructured interview?

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Open any question (fam history, personal life)

41
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What is a clinical structure interview

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Standard questions with predetermined wording, and or order (help diagnose)

42
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What is a mental status examination?

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Method of objectively, assessing a client behavior and functioning

43
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What is intelligence testing (IQ)?

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Scores that allows evaluation of client, strength and weaknesses

44
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What are the types of personality testing

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Self reports and projecting testing

45
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What is self-report testing?

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Standard questions with fixed response categories that test takers completed on their own

46
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What is a projecting testing?

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Testtakers has presented with ambiguous items task and is asked to provide the meaning of it

47
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What is a neuropsychological assessment?

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Process of gathering information about a client brain function on biases performance and psychological test

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What is a neural imaging?

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Provide pictures of the brain structure or level of activity

49
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How do clinicians put it all together?

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Clinicians use results from assessments, personal experiences, diagnostic criteria, work with clients to come up with diagnostic

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