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Exam 1 Chapters 1-3 Flashcards

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  1. Deviance
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Deviant behaviors differ from prevailing societal standards

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  1. Abnormal
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Away from normal, any deviation from normal

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  1. Role of culture in abnormal psychology
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Culture affects an individuals behavior.

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  1. Etiology
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The study of the cause or origin of a disease

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  1. Diagnosis
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The Identification of an illness

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  1. Differential diagnosis
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A process in which a clinician weighs how likely it is that person has one diagnosis instead of another.

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  1. Global Assessment of Functioning Scale
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A rating designed by clinicians to describe a patients overall well-being. Eating between 0-100 that is intended to capture both symptom severity and level of impairment in social relationships and job or school performance.

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  1. Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI
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175 item true or false inventory that corresponds to eight basic personality styles, three pathological personality syndromes, and nine symptom disorders scales. Concerns that test is culturally biased

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  1. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
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Pencil and paper test. Used empirical keying, statistical analysis to identify items and patterns of scores that differentiated various groups.

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  1. Trephination
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Using a circular instrument to cut away sections of the skull

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  1. Delusion
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Beliefs with no basis in reality

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  1. Hallucination
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Hearing or seeing things not evident to others

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  1. Dimensional vs Catagorical
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Categorical is when you either have a disorder or not. Issues are that symptoms rarely fall into one category, and symptoms are not always of sufficient severity to determine that they represent a psychological disorder.
Dimensional approach allows an understanding of how abnormal behavior varies in severity over time or how it changes from one disorder to another

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  1. Developmental trajectory
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The idea that the common symptoms of a disorder vary according to a persons age.

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  1. Know the basic point of view of prehistoric people, medieval Europe, Greeks
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Abnormal behaviors were explained by demons

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  1. Types of therapy-psychoanalysis,humanism,behaviorism, behavioral genetics & main people
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Psychoanalysis: a comprehensive theory that attempts to explain both normal and abnormal behavior
Humanism:
Behaviorism: based on the principles that consider all behavior (normal or abnormal) to be learned as a result of experiences or interactions with the environment.
Behavioral genetics: explores the role of both genes and environment in the transmission of behavioral traits.

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  1. Cognitive distortion
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Cognitive distortions are negative assumptions that affect mood and behavior.

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  1. Biological predisposition for a disorder
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  1. Research design dependent and independent variables,
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Independent variable: the aspect being manipulated

Dependent variable: manipulation’s affect on another variable

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  1. Correlation coefficents
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21
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  1. Placebo
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Not the same as actual treatment. Meant to make patient think they are being treated.

22
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  1. Statistical significance
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23
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  1. Purpose of a diagnosis
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Critical for planning appropriate treatment

24
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  1. Differential diagnosis
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Clinicians use the term when they attempt to determine which diagnosis most clearly describes the patients symptoms. Different diagnoses used and other sources are used to choose one that fits best

25
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  1. Megan’s description of work being done in her lab
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Research informed clinical work
Self report measures
Psychophysiological assessments (perspiration, heart rate in relation to stress inducing tasks, behavioral measures, emotion regulation therapy)
Behavioral task

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  1. Freud/ psychoanalysis
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Psychoanalysis: a theory of abnormal behavior originated by S. Freud that was based on the belief that many aspects of behavior were controlled by unconscious innate biological urges that existed from infancy.

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  1. Translational research
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  1. Behavioralism
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  1. Behavioral genetics
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  1. Family studies
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31
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  1. Case studies
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Detailed information of an individual, it goes into depth

32
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  1. Types of variables
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Dependent variable
Independent variable
Control group

33
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  1. Diversity in samples
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34
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  1. Humanism
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35
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  1. Axon, dendrite, soma, synapse definitions
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36
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  1. Why a psychologist would repeat a test for a patient
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Test-retest reliability, validity

37
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  1. Types of assessment tools used
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Structured interview
Intelligence tests
Neuropsychological tests
Objective psychological tests
Projective tests
Behavioral assessment
Role playing
Biological assessment
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  1. Longitudinal studies
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Studying a certain group of people over a period of time.

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  1. Structured vs unstructured interviews, the open-ended question
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Structured interview: every patient is asked the same set of questions

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  1. Use of neuropsycological tests
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Measures detailed functioning of people in order to infer something about until functioning of their brains

41
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  1. IQ tests
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Or intelligence test measure of the abilities to think and problem solve

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  1. Rorschach tests, thematic apperception tests (TAT)
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Projective tests: tests people are asked to to respond to vague stimuli

43
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  1. DSM 5 how it has changed
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The DSM has increased in size. It is becoming more conscious of different behaviors/customs because of culture. DSM is now training health professionals to pick up on cultural differences.

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  1. Continuum
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Normal is on a continuum, continuum is a continuous extent, series, or whole.

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  1. Confounding variable
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Muddying up results, helps to know what you are measuring.

46
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  1. Comorbidity
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The term used to describe the presence of at least two mental disorders affecting an individual

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  1. Epidemiological terms discussed in class
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Prevalence: total number of cases of a disorder in a given population at a designated time.
Incidence: refers to the number of new cases that emerge in a given population during a specified period of time.
Lifetime prevalence: total proportion of people in a given population who have been diagnosed in a lifetime (at some point had the condition)
Age of onset: age disorder first appears

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