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4 D’s

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  1. deviance
  2. distress
  3. dysfunction
  4. danger
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deviance

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different, extreme, unusual - away from baseline

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distress

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unpleasant and upsetting to the person (anxiety)

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dysfunction

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interferring with the persons ability to conduct daily activities in a constuctive way

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danger

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posing risk or harm

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limitations for deviance

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  1. cultural differences
  2. cut off points- whats considered norml
  3. reason - disorder (mental) or disease
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limitations for distress

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  1. grief
  2. school stress
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limitations of dysfunction

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  1. disability/ physical impairment
  2. hangover
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limitations for danger

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most disorders arent dangerous
speeding, smoking

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demonological model

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anything super natural
-mental disorders is witch craft or being prossessed

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medical model

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backed by medicine

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asylums (15-20th centuries)

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psychiatric hospitals how vs how their were
-basic needs were neglected

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moral therapy movement

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if you treat people and them happy, they will get better

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deinstitutionalizations

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start to get medications that people can take to help- outside insitutions
-push to get out of hosptials

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1960 community health act

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local low cost options for people to get treatment within their communties
-cost a lot of money

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challenges of research

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ethical and validity

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ethical issues

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rights of participants
-informed consent
-condidentiality
-experimental research

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internal validity

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cause and effect

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external validity

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generalizability - do they look like real world results
- how well do they apply to real people

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qualitative method

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interview and case studies

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quantitative method

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statistics

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sample

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small group taken from population
the participant use for study
-random assigment

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variable

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the particular attribute that is being researched

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population

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entire group that is interested in learning the experience tested

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random selection

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everyone has an equal chance at being selected
-increases external validity

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correlational mehod

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measures degree to which events or characterisitics vary with each other

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benefits of correlation

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-replicable
-generalizability
-gives equal ideas for future
-allows for studying things that cannot be manipulated

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correlation does not have good ____ validity

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internal validity

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problems with correlations

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directionality
third variable problem

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experimental method

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supports causation when well done
- one variable is manipulated and the effect on another variable is observed

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manipulated variable

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independent variable

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variable being observed

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dependent variable

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3 ways to guard against confounds

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  1. control group - no treatment
  2. random assignment = equal chance be in either group
  3. blind design
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hypothesis

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statement about the cause of event or about the relationship between 2 events

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analogue experiement

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involves stimulating a real life situation under controlled conditions

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attrition

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some people drop out over time

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cross sectional study

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involves examining different groups of people at one point of time

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cohort effects

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children in different ages are raised at different eras

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goal of random assignment

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elimate pre existing group differences

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matched groups

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use variables and match based on variables w equal number of people in each variable

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prevalance

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total number of cases in a given period

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incidence

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number of new cases that emerge in a given period

43
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kinship studies

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used to determine genetic factors in disorders

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concordance rates

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% likelihood that you will be diagnosed with a disorder if a family member has it

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family studies

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look at people over time (family tree)

46
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adoptee studies

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the strongest kineship study
-compare pairs of persons, e.g., adopted child and adoptive mother or adopted child and b

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model of abnormality

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set of assumptions about where mental health disorders, why they exist

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biological perspective

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medical model
- look at anatomy and chemistry
-genetic causes

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strength of biological perspective

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  1. lots of research
  2. treatments actually work
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weakness of biological perspective

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side effects of treatment
over relied upon

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psychodynamic model

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oldest model
-development stages
-persons personality behvavior is based on dynamic forces
- structures of identity (id, ego, superego)
- defense mechanisms

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therapies for psychodynamic model

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insight oriented
traditional pyschoanalysis
-fee asscociation

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defense mechanism

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1.denial
2. rationalzing
3. displacement
4. reaction formation
5. sublimation

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denial

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refusing to acceptance something threatening

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rationalization

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justifying unacceptable behavior

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displacement

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directing impulses toward threatening objects into less threatening objects

57
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reaction formation

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taking opposite position of threatening impulses

58
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sublimation

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channeling impulse into more acceptable behaviors
(art - putting emotions into painting)

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strengths of cognitive model

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make sense to clients
-recognizable and portable and can research
- effective

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weaknesses to cognitive model

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we dont know exactly what role cognitive plays into our mental health
-sometimes therapy doesnt help everyone
-not the right thing to change cognitive thoughts

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ABC approuch

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A= activiting event
b= belief
c= consequences

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cognitive behavioral model

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combines the cognitive model and the behavioral model to be how thoughtd and behaviors interact

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rogers humanistic approach

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belief about self acceptance
-focus on drive to self actualization through honest and non judgment

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unconditional positive regard leads to

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unconditional self regard

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conditional positive regard leads to

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conditional of worth

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strength of humanistic approach

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  1. taps into positive domain = first theory on the person and what promotes instead of elimanting distress
  2. big impact on clinical practice
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weakness of humanistic approach

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  1. focus on abstracting issues
  2. rejected theory at first - way to simplistic
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sociocultural model

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argue that abnormal belief is best understood in light of social and cultural forces that influence on individual

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sociocultural model is comprised as 2 major perspectives

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  1. family social perspective
  2. cultural perspective
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social explantion and family explanation

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social explanations and social labels and roles - being labeled can make symptoms worses
-social connections and supports

and family structures and roles

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culture

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set of values, attitudes, beliefs, history, and behaviors shared by a group of people

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psychodynamic therapies strengths

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emphasize negative consquences of child maltreatment and parenting
-focus on providing better enviroment for children
-defense mechanisms

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psychodynamic therapies weakness

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little date exists
difficult to measure

74
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behavioral model

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focuesd on nuture
-concentrations on behaviors nd enviroment factors
includes classical conditioning, operate conditioning, modeling

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classical conditioning

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unconditional stimulus = uncondition response
turns to conditional stimulus = conditioned response

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operant conditioning

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different behaviors are reinforced which shapes on going behaviors

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positive reinforcement

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addition of something present upon competing desired behavior

78
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negative reinforcement

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removal of something unpleasant upon completed desired behavior
-do something to prevent consequence

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positive punishment

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addition of something unpleasant upon completing undesired behavior
-putting a child into time out for hitting

80
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negative punishment

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removal of something pleasant upon completing undesired behavior
-taking away a phone for lying

81
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behavioral therapies

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aim to identify the behaviors that are causing problems

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id

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portion of the personality that is present at birth
seek immediate gratification
-pleasure principle

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ego

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organized, rational system that uses higher order thinking processes to obtain gratification
-reality principle - thinking it through

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