Exam 4 Flashcards
Two words to describe psychological disorders
Dysfunctional
Maladaptive
The medical model for mental health
Physical
Symptoms
Diagnosis
therapy
Biopsychosocial approach
Epigenetics informs our understanding and society influences and biochemistry
Bio
psycho
social
Anxiety def
planning ahead to have a sense of control and worry if there is no perceived control over something
Generalized anxiety disorder
continually tense and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal.
Panic disorder
Intense dread and fear
OCD
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Obsessive thoughts
Compulsive behaviors
What are some influences for anxiety disorders
Conditioning, Cognition, Biology
Three types of conditioning
Classical Conditioning - anxiety is related to cues
Stimulus Generalization - something happened once and your brain predicts that the same thing will happen again
Reinforcement - Something happens to confirm a phobia you already have
Eating disorders examples
Anorexia nervosa
Bulimia nervosa
Bing-eating disorder
Intellectual Disability
intelligence test score of less than 70
Autism spectrum disorder
Limitations of communication and social interaction and rigidity fixated interests and repetitive behaviors
ADHD
extreme inattention and or hyperactivity and impulsivity
Psychotherapy def
Psychological techniques from training to assist someone to overcome challenges and achieve personal growth
Biomedical Therapy def
Medical professional who offers medications and biological treatments
Psychoanalysis goals and techniques
Goals: Bring patients’ repressed feelings in conscious awareness
Techniques: Free association
Psychodynamic goals and techniques
Goals: Help people understand current symptoms and explore and gain perspective
Techniques: face-to-face meetings exploration of past troubles to understand origins of current difficulties.
Humanistic Theories
Reduce inner conflicts that interfere with natural development and growth.
Techniques: Person-centered therapy; focus on taking responsibility for feelings and actions and on present and future rather than the past
Exposure Therapy
Systematic desensitization or Virtual reality exposure therapy.
Operant conditioning technique
Behavior modification: Desired behavior is reinforced and undesired behavior is not reinforced and sometimes punished
The token economy: People earn a token based if they do what they should.
Cognitive Therapy
Changing self-defeated thinking and changing behavior
Aims to alter the way people act and the way they think
