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Exam 1 Flashcards

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Deviance

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From behaviors, thoughts and emotions that differ markedly from a society’s ideas about proper functioning

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Distress

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According to many clinical theorists,
behavior, ideas, or emotions usually have
to cause distress before they can be
labeled disordered

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Dysfuction

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Behavior tends to be dysfunctional if it
interferes with daily functioning (Relationships, work, hygiene)

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Danger

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Behavior may become dangerous to
oneself or others

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Szasz (1960) criticism

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-Critiqued the concept of mental
illness
-Emphasized sociopolitical
ramifications

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Rosenhan Criticism

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“On Being Sane in Insane Places”

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Trephination

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in which part of the skull was chipped away to provide an opening through which the evil spirits could escape, in hopes that the person would return to his or her normal state

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Demonology

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Certain symptoms and behaviors, from simple headaches to convulsions, were ascribed to evil spirits residing within a person’s body

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Hippocrates

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-believed that, because the brain was the central organ of intellectual activity, deviant behavior was caused by brain pathology, that is, a dysfunction or disease of the brain.

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Weyer

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-founded study of Psychopathology
-asserted that many people who were tortured, imprisoned, and burned as witches were mentally disturbed, not possessed by demons

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Moral treatment

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a shift to more humane care for people who were mentally disturbed.

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Biological VS Psychological Perspectives

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  • including genetics and other physiological explanations
    -His problems are likely due to a genetic predisposition to depression and related abnormalities in brain functioning.
  • rooted in the invisible complexities of the human mind
    • early childhood experiences that created resentment and loneliness
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Kraepelin

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-proposed that mental disorders could be directly linked to biologically based brain disorders

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Deinstitutionalization

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-the process of replacing long-stay psychiatric hospitals with less isolated community mental health services

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Current trends & problems

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(a) the influence of multicultural psychol-ogy, (b) the focus on resilience and positive psychology, (c) the recovery movement, and (d) changes in the therapeutic landscape such as psychiatric medications, managed health care and health care reform, evidence-based treatments, and the increased use of technology in treatment.

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One-dimensional Model

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Views psychological abnormality as an illness brought about by malfunctioning parts of the organism

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Biopsychosocial Model

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suggests that interactions between biological, psychological, and social factors cause mental disorders

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Multipath Models

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It provides an organizational framework for understanding the numerous circumstances that increase risk for the development of a mental disorder.

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Functions of neurons & neurotransmitters

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A chemical, called a
neurotransmitter (NT), travels
across the synaptic space to
receptors on the dendrites of
neighboring neurons

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Role of genetics

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Abnormalities in brain anatomy or
chemistry are sometimes the result of
genetic inheritance

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Psychopharmacology

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Psychopharmacology is the study of how psychotropic medications affect psychiatric symptoms, including thoughts, emotions, and behavior.

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Electroconvulsive therapy

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is a procedure that can change brain chemistry and reverse symptoms associated with some mental disorders.

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The Psychodynamic Model

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view mental disorders as the result of childhood experiences and unconscious conflicts.

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How Did Freud Explain
Psychological Distress?

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  1. Id – guided by the Pleasure
    Principle
  2. Ego – guided by the Reality
    Principle
  3. Superego – guided by the Morality
    Principle
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Theory of personality and development

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-Activate Event
-Belief
-Emotional Response and Consequence

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Defense mechanisms

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to distance ourselves from uncomfortable feelings associated with unpleasant thoughts or other internal conflicts.

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Psychoanalysis and modern therapies

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-Short-term psychodynamic therapies
-Relational or Interpersonal therapy

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The Behavioral Model

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Bases explanations and treatments on
principles of learning

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Classical Conditioning

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the process in which an automatic, conditioned response is paired with specific stimuli
-dog and bell

30
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Operant conditioning

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is a learning process where voluntary behaviors are modified by association with the addition of reward or aversive stimuli
- if hot, you could simply walk out of the uncomfortably warm room—an operant behavior

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Exposure

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can involve graduated exposure, gradually introducing a person to feared objects or situations, or flooding, which involves rapid exposure to produce high levels of anxiety.

32
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systematic desensitization

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involves having the extinction process occur while the client is in a competing physiological state, such as relaxation

33
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The Cognitive Model

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This model proposes that we can best understand psychological distress by looking to cognition – particularly rigid thinking

34
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The humanist view

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Emphasis on capacity for self actualization

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The existentialist view

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Emphasis on self-determination and choice

36
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Rogers’ Client-Centered
Therapy

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  • Unconditional positive regard
  • Accurate empathy
  • Genuineness
    therapeutic focus on developing a strong therapist–client relationship is increasingly incorporated into contemporary psychological therapies
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Sociocultural
Factors

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Emphasizes the importance of multicultural and intersectional factors in relation to disorder (Race, Gender, Religious Preference)

38
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Multicultural approach

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· Multicultural psychologists seek to
understand how culture, race, ethnicity,
gender, and similar factors affect behavior
and mental processes
Emphasis on:
· Cultural context
· Prejudice & discrimination

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Process of Psychological
Assessment

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  • Referral Question
  • Data Collection
  • Interpretation
40
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Projective tests

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Require that clients interpret vague or
ambiguous

41
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Personality inventories

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Designed to measure broad personality
characteristics
* Most widely used:
* Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

42
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Response inventories

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Focus on one specific area of functioning:
* Affective inventories (example: Beck
Depression Inventory)
* Social skills inventories
* Cognitive inventories

43
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Intelligence tests

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  • Assesses both verbal and nonverbal skills
  • General score is an intelligence quotient (IQ)
44
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Psychophysiological tests

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Measure physiological response as an indication of psychological problems

45
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Neurological and neuropsychological tests

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  • Neurological tests directly assess brain function by assessing brain structure and activity
46
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Standardization

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-requires professionals administering a test to follow common rules or procedures.
-If an examiner creates a tense or hostile environment for some individuals who are taking a test, for example, the test scores may vary simply due to differences in the testing situation.

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Reliability

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The degree to which a procedure, test, or classification system yields the same results repeatedly under the same circumstances
* Test-retest
* Inter-rater
* Internal consistency

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Validity

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he extent to which a test or procedure actually performs the function it was designed to perform.
* Predicative
* Concurrent
* Construct

49
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Clinical Interviews

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Used to collect detailed information, especially
personal history, about a client

50
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Unstructured or structured

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-Unstructured interviews involve open-ended questions and queries
- structured, the formal standardized interview, which often includes a standard series of questions or the use of standardized rating scales

51
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Categorical DSM-5

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it provides a category or label for each disorder.
-is problematic because individuals with a specific diagnosis often display a range of symptoms.

52
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Dimensional DSM-5

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disorders are seen to occur on a con-tinuum with “normality” appearing at one end of the continuum and severe forms of a disorder at the opposite end
- approach would allow characteristics that occur across different disorders to be identified and specifically studied

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder Symptoms

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  • Persistent, high levels of anxiety
    and excessive, hard-to-control
    worry over life circumstances
  • Symptoms must last at least six
    months
54
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder Causes

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  • Biological factors
  • GABA inactivity
  • Malfunctions in the feedback system
55
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Phobias

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Persistent and unreasonable
fears of particular objects,
activities, or situations plus
avoidance

56
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Agoraphobia

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Fear of being in situations where
escape might be difficult
· Panic Attacks

57
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Compulsions

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Repetitive and rigid behaviors or mental acts that people feel they must perform to prevent or reduce anxiety

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Modeling

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The process of learning by observing models (and later imitating them)

59
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Social-relational model

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consider a variety of interpersonal relationships, including those involving intimate partners, nuclear or extended family, and connections within the community.

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Panic Disorder

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An extreme anxiety reaction, when a real threat suddenly emerges

61
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Phobia Treatment

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Exposure
-Systematic desensitization
-Flooding
-Modeling

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Causes of Panic Disorder

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-Irregular norepinephrine
-Misinterpretation of psychological events
-High anxiety sensitivity

63
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Treatment of Panic Disorder

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-Antidepressants
-Cognitive therapy
-Biological challenge tests

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