clinical psychology part i Flashcards
psychopathology
any pattern of emotions or behaviors inappropriate to the situation and leading to personal distress or the inability to achieve important goals
psychological disorder
persistently harmful thoughts feelings and actions
4D’s of psychological disorders
-deviant
-distressful
-dysfunctional
-dangerous
indicators of abnormality
maladaptiveness, irrationality, unpredictability, undesirable behavior
neurobiological model
when physiological factors influence behavior
neurobiological causes
-genetic or biological defects
-chemical imbalances in the brain
neurobiological treatment
prescribing medications such as antidepressant drugs
behavioral model
behavior is learned by rewards and punishments and associations
behavioral causes
bad behaviors are learned
behavioral treatment
focus on eliminating unwanted behavior
cognitive model
how we think of a situation influences our behavior and the current thoughts we are aware of
cognitive causes
abnormal or irrational thoughts cause abnormal behavior
cognitive treatment
strategies to change abnormal thoughts
humanistic model
problems arise when feelings and perceptions are denied
humanistic causes
person has lost sight of one’s own feelings, goals, perception of the self
humanistic treatment
emphasize the individual’s ability to help himself with some assistance
psychoanalytic model
stresses the influence of the unconscious fears, desires, and motivations on thoughts and behaviors
psychoanalytic causes
unconscious conflicts that have been repressed
treatment
psychoanalysis - probing the unconscious mind to identify unconscious conflicts so that they can be resolved
medical model
view that mental disorders were diseases of the mind that have objective causes and treatment
-biological approach
philippe pinel
had idea that mental illness needed to be diagnosed on basis of symptoms and cured through therapy
general anxiety disorder
a psychological problem where persistent and pervasive feelings of anxiety occur without any eternal cause
panic disorder
a disturbance marked by unpredictable episodes of intense dread where a person my experience terror, chest pains, choking among other symptoms.
Ataque de nervios
disorder than resembles panic disorder but is seen in Latin-Mediterranean and Latin-American cultures
agoraphobia
panic that develops when people find themselves in situations from which they cannot easily escape
phobias
a persistent and irrational fear associated with a specific object, activity, or situation
specific phobia
phobias with specific triggers
-ex: spiders
social phobia
shyness taken to the exterme
taijin kyofusho
japanese version of social phobia but it’s the fear that people are judging their bodies as undesirable and unpleansant
preparedness hypothesis
this theory suggest we carry and innot tendency to respond quickly and autmatica to similar that posed a survial theater tour ancestors
-explaisn why we fear snakes and lightning more than electrical outlets and cars