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What is the medical model when discussing psychological disorders?

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Set of procedures that all doctors are trained in.

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what tool do psychologist use to classify psychological disorders.

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what problems can arise when classifying people with psychological disorders

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ADHD

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ADHD is a problem with inattentiveness, over-activity, impulsivity, or a combination. For these problems to be diagnosed as ADHD, they must be out of the normal range for a child’s age and development.

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Panic Attacks

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Panic attacks are periods of intense fear or apprehension that are of sudden onset

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Phobias

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Strong persistent unwarranted fear

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OCD

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anxiety disorder made up of obsessions and compulsions

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PTSD

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develops in response to a specific stressor

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Bipolar disorder

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have emotions up and down

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GAD

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pattern of constant worry and anxiety over many different activities and events.

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Agoraphobia

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person has attacks of intense fear and anxiety

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Social Phobia

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irrational fear of situations that may involve scrutiny or judgment by others, such as parties and other social events.

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Explain causes and symptoms of schizophrenia

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Symptoms: Paranoid, Disorganized, problems with motor skill.
Causes: Heredity, Dopamine, brain issues, Environment.

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when is suicide greatest in people with depression

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when they are active and not depressed to the point of not moving all day

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Eclectic approach

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Eclectic therapy is a style of therapy that uses techniques drawn from several different schools of thought

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Humanistic Approach

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to work with client to get them to reach there potential

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psychoanalysis

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free association resistance blocks flow of free association

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systematic desensitization

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exposure and relaxation. showing the patient little by little and ease them in

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Aversive conditioning

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associate unpleasant feeling with unwanted behaviors

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Token economy

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rewards desired behavior

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Lithium

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used for bipolar manic episodes

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SSRI

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selective serotonin repudiate inhibitions seems to have least amount of side effects

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difference between type A and B personality

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the high-strung Type A and the easy-going Type B

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general adaptation syndrome

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body sends out an alert signal and preps for attack

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what is flight or fight and what chemical is released

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adrenaline and noradrenaline are released when we are backed into a corner and only options are run away or stay and fight

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social psychology

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explore connections between how people think about, influence, and relate to one another

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foot in the door

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tendency for people who agree to a small request to comply later with a later one

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cognitive dissonance

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feeling of discomfort when simultaneously holding two or more conflicting cognitions: ideas, beliefs, values or emotional reactions

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social loafing

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people in a group exert less effort when pooling their efforts

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deindividuation

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losing self awareness

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group think

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desire for harmony in a group in decision making overrides realistic appraisal of alternatives

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prejudice

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mixture of beliefs, emotions, and predisposition to action

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sterotype

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A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing

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scapegoat theory

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people may be prejudice toward a group in order to vent their anger

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just-world phenomenon

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human actions eventually yield morally fair and fitting consequences, so that, ultimately, noble actions are duly rewarded and evil actions are duly punished

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Altruism

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unselfish regard for others welfare

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attraction

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nearness and repeated exposure increase liking. we are attracted to common interest, race, and religion

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bystandard effect

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is when we help only if it doesnt affect our chance of survival or we diffuse the responsibility to another person. the murder people

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Fritz Heider’s attribution theory

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people attribute others behaviors either to there own

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obedience theory

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social power legitimate or expert social power.

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legitimate social power

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assume someone is right even when they know there wrong. you think they have a right to tell you

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expert social power

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ability ti influence people because they assume the person in power is knowledgable and responsible.

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