Chapters 4 / 16

Question 0

4 types of parenting styles

Answer 0

• authoritative (warm, explain, best)
• authoritarian (because I said so)
• permissive (no boundaries, kids are narcissistic/ selfish)
• neglectful (not around, kids get violent/ drug involved)

Question 1

What is the DSM

Answer 1

Diagnostic statistical manual

• diagnostic criteria
• effects and approaches of treatment

Doesn’t site sources
Doesn’t differentiate between cognitive malfunctions and psychological adaptions

Question 2

Axis for diagnosing mental disorders

Answer 2

Axis 1: disorder
Axis 2: personality / mental retardation
Axis 3: medical conditions
Axis 4: psychosocial/environ stressors/ factors 
Axis 5: assessment of function (0-100)

Question 3

What is an assessment?

Answer 3

When you analyze a person using objective measures (comp tests/ T,F) and or subjective measures (rorshock; must be interpreted)

Question 4

Psychosocial assessment

Answer 4

• assessment interviews (structured, face to face, unstructured, comp)
• clinical observation (direct self report, rating scale)
• intelligence test
• projective personality test (MMPI)
• beyond clinic or interview

Question 5

Neurological exams

Answer 5

• EEG
• CAT (sees anomalies)
• PET (see organs in brain function)
• MRI (visualisation of internal organs)
• fMRI (how much oxygen to brain)

Question 6

Neuropsychological exams

Answer 6

Assessment (finger tapping oscillation)

Test batteries utilized

Question 7

MMPI

Answer 7

Most widely known personality assessment
Minnesota multi phasic personality inventory
500 questions

Question 8

How do we know therapy works?

Answer 8

Based off seen improvement
Teaches coping mechanisms
Change in behavior

Question 9

Biologically based therapy:

Biological intervention

Answer 9

ECT- electric shock to brain to reset

Neurosurgery- lobotomy

Question 10

Biologically based therapy:

Pharmacological treatment

Answer 10

Antipsychotics: block dopamine, help with hallucinations

Antidepressants: decrease depression, eating disorders

Antianxiety: highly addictive

Lithium/ mood stabilizers: severe mood disorders

Question 11

Psychologically based therapy:

Psychodynamic therapy

Answer 11

Classical psychoanalysis: mental problems arise from unacceptable repressed desires from childhood

Question 12

Psychologically based therapy:

Behavior therapy

Answer 12

Guided exposure

Adversion therapy

Modelling

Systematic use of reinforcement

Biofeedback and relation training

Question 13

Psychologically based therapy:

Cognitive therapy and CBT

Answer 13

Rational emotive therapy

Stress inoculation therapy

Becks cognitive therapy

Question 14

Psychologically based therapy:

Humanistic experimental therapies

Answer 14

Client centered therapy

Existential therapy

Gestalt therapy

Question 15

Psychologically based therapy:

Therapy for interpersonal relationships

Answer 15

Couples counselling

Family systems therapy (each individually then all together)