Chapter 1

Question 1

Cognitive processes (psychology)

Answer 1

Thinking
Reasoning
Planning 
memory
forgetting
Daydreaming
 - things that cannot be seen - emotions
(Covert behaviors) in behavior modification CBT

Question 2

Behaviors (psychology)

Answer 2

Yelling
Smoking
Hitting
Walking
Sleeping
 - Observable actions -
(Overt behaviors) in behavior modification CBT

Question 3

BM (behavior modification)

Answer 3

Behavior management
Cognitive therapy
Cognitive behavior therapy CBT

Question 4

Behavior therapy

Answer 4

Used to change overt behavior

Question 5

Psychology specific purposes

Answer 5

5 purposes:

1) change (overt and covert) behavior (unwanted behavior
2) control behavior (anger) or emotionally (UB)
3) describe behavior sad? Depressed? ( What is substance abuse, what is drug addict
4) explain (with theories) behavior (why something started, why how therapies work)

5) predict behavior (prognosis) (yes this person will be helped or not

Question 6

Therapy (definition of professor)

Answer 6

Systematic process of motivating clients to help them.

To help them change and/or control

1) Thoughts, ideas
2) Emotions - (bodily or physiological responses)
3) behaviors (overt behaviors)

That lead to or produce

1) distress
2) disability

Question 7

Psychology perspective or schools

Answer 7

1) Different areas of study
2) each provide different theories (answers why? How? why do kids start to smoke? How does it develop into addiction) - an explanation of several events/ multiple phenomenon (or model or paradigm) also used to predict behavior

Different angles

Question 8

Substance use disorder

Answer 8

Technical term for a person who has a drug addiction

Question 9

Biological perspective

Answer 9

Studying our behaviors from biological medium

1) genes (are there genetic predispositions?)
2) neuroscience, nervous system (how much of emotions is influenced by our brain?)
3) endocrine system, hormones (influence they have on our behaviors)

Our psychology depends on our biology. Our behaviors depend on the nervous system

How does our biologic make up influence our behaviors (cognitive processes)

Question 10

Behavioral perspective (behaviourism)

Answer 10

“Psychology should study observable actions”
Founder:
John B. watson (psychologist) behaviorism

1) observable actions (overt behaviors)
2) most are learned behaviors through environment– (consequence can also be unlearned) skinners terms of reinforcement

Thoughts and emotions are convert so we must study Observable actions

Question 11

Humanistic perspective

Answer 11

Founders:
Carl Rogers (therapist)
Abraham maslow

Study potential for people to become better people

We all have the potential to become the best that we can be.. potential to self actualize.

All of us have free will.
Most of our behavior is caused because we have free will (comes from existential philosophy).
We ultimately decide to engage or not engage in a behavior. Personal decisions is the ultimate cause of our behavior

Question 12

Cognitive perspective schools

Answer 12

Founder:
George miller (University professor)

“Psychology should start studying what goes on in ones mind”areas studied

Question 13

Theory

Answer 13

An explanation to multiple phenomenon/ phenomena

Question 14

Dsn5

Answer 14

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Question 15

Dsn5

Answer 15

Drug abusive disorder, why?

Question 16

Cognitive P.

Answer 16

George Miller
Up to 1950 psychologist were behaviorists.

He said let’s study merry, reason, thinking. Now we can use science things that occur in our mind (1960’s).

Studying cognitive processes

Question 17

Cross-cultural perspective

Answer 17

Likes and dislikes of cultures as well as acceptable norms like heavy drinking

Question 18

Evolutionary perspective

Answer 18

Behavior that enhance reproductive success will be passed on to offspring such as (

Love allows for offering to be protected, this can be inherited to offering to guarantee advantage of survival

Free to natural threats also inherited for advantage of survival

People that inherit genetic predispositions to alcohol

Question 19

Eclectic perspective (eclecticism)

Answer 19

theory of our behavior

Human behavior has multiple causes.

Variables affect behavior

Biopsychosocial model