Exam 1 Flashcards
what are the assumptions or foundation to the psychoanalytic thoughts?
Believed in biological things make up the core of your personality and then guides behavior
what is ID? what is the purpose?
ID: self preservation instinct, sexual instinct, and aggression instinct (instinctive component of personality) unconscious part of your psych ex. Newborn child
Id is not affected by logic, its all about that persons needs it operates on the pleasure principle: idea that every impulse needs to be satisfied right then
what is ego? what is the purpose?
satisfaction of instincts with external world, expression of instincts consistent with superego
• Mediate between the id’s demands and external stimulus postpones pleasure but helps with not having negative affects
• Id has very strong influence and ego has to try to keep it in line while being weaker
• The ego has no concept of right and wrong
what is superego? what is the purpose?
social conscience (where knowing right and wrong comes in) and guilt
• Incorporates morals and values of society that were learned from the peers and parents, developed from 3-5 in psychosexual development
• Controls the id when it comes to sex and aggression
• Strive for perfection
• Has two components: Conscience and ideal self
What comes from the interaction between ego, superego, and ID
a balanced personality
what is the relevance of instincts?
It is in your biological make up
what motivates a person?
our instincts
Denial
refusing to experience or accept a painful event
Regression
: movement back in psychological time when one is faced with stress
Sublimation:
channeling of unexceptable thoughts, emotions, and actions into positive acceptable way in society
foundational beliefs of the behavioristic theory
• Believe everyone starts out as a blank slate • They reject the idea of mental illness • Believe all behavior can be unlearned • Changes in behavior are continuous reinforcement
behaviorist theory assume we are born
with a blank slate( tabula rasa)
assumptions about abnormal and “normal behavior in the behavioristic theory
- Abnormal bx is not a disease
- Believe all behavior can be unlearned
- Changes in behavior are continuous
what are some of the techniques of reinforcement
• extinction: getting rid of the behavior
• continuous reinforcement principle
o develop a new behavior that the person hasn’t already exhibited, and get an immediate award
• negative reinforcement principle
o increase the performance in a particular way the person has to escape an aversive situation
o shaping (Aka successive approximation principle)
• relies on reinforcements and punishments so that you get a certain behavior
o modeling
• discourages them to not do undisruptive behavior
• demonstrates new behavior or concept and the patients learn from watching
o token economy
• give fake money and they can buy things for rewards
o prompting and fading
• gradually fading the prompt
what is the opposite of reinforcement
punishment=aversive event that decreases behavior
what is cognitive therapy?
highly instructed, based on thoughts cause our feelings and behaviors
what is ABC or ABCDE within rational emotive therapy?
A- adversity, B-someones irrational beliefs about A, C- consequence, D disputes or argues against the irrational belief, E- new effect, more reasonable thoughts
what does cognitive behavioral approaches emphasize
What people think rather than what they do, learning (they have to be involved)
what are irrational beliefs or thoughts?
absolutes, demandingness, demand for success or achievement, demand for comfort, low frustration tolerance
what are some of the beliefs people may have( if they have irrational thoughts)?
demand love and approval from everyone, demand for comfort, 100% disasterizing beliefs, low frustration tolerance
irrational beliefs stem from what?
dysfunctional thinking
what is the aim of positive psychology
The aim is pre-occupation in only focuses on positive emotions wants to contribute to your resilience
• Focuses on strengths
• Focus on human flourishing
• Involves scientific study
• Prevention focused
• Basic assumption
o People want to lead meaningful and fulfilling lives
what is positive psychology?
Really focuses on peoples strengths and how they relate to the mental health of a person
what are the levels of positive psychology- what are the three pillars?
subjective, Individual, group level
what is the main idea of broad-and-build thoery?
• Broaden range of thoughts and emotions
o Allows people to build their strength
what is the main idea behind human flourishing theory of well being?
flourishing is living. …within an optimal range of human functioning, one that connotes goodness, generativity, growth, and resilience.”
