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The middle ages

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Mental illness was not seen as a illness but rather seen as witches and prophets

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1700’s-1900’s Europe

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Mental illness was recognized as a problem. People were placed in hospitals. However the hospitals were nothing like we have today

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1790’s France

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Treatment was far more civilized and they included using fresh air

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1800’5-1900’s USA

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Fresh air concept lives on. Encouraged relaxation and rest. Spa-like facilities

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Current world view

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Research has been done and there are diagnostic criteria to classify disorders

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T or F: The dsm-5 is a handbook with basic organization of disorders

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False

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T or F: you must have symptoms for over a month in order to be diagnosed with major depressive disorder

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False

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T or F: men are more likely to try suicide, in comparison to women,.

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False

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T or F: when diagnosing disorders, based on the DSM-5, one of the problems is that patients aren’t sure of many symptoms

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True

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What are the symptoms associated with major depression?

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Depressed mood: lack of hope,feeling hopeless, suicidal thoughts
Change in appetite (more or less) 
Chang weight (more or less)
Change in sleep (more or less)
Lack of interest in normal activities
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What are the symptoms of bipolar disorder?

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Racing thoughts
Pressured speech (needs significantly less sleep)
Lack inhibitions (can’t sit still, high energy)
Promiscuity (spending sprees, gambling)

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What are the symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder?

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Obsessions are repetitive disturbing thoughts or images

Compulsions are repetitive to try to alleviate the thought so that the person can try to control it.

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What are the symptoms of schizophrenia?

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Thought disturbance
Withdraw from contact with others
Inappropriate emotions
Delusions/hallucinations (can be auditory or visual)

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What are the symptoms of anorexia?

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Body weight 85% of expected weight
Refusal to eat,gain,or maintain weight
Body distortion
Amenorrhea (3 or more months without a period)

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What are the symptoms of bulimia?

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Binge eating and purging patterns
Distorted body images
Normal to slightly overweight
Purging can consist of vomiting,laxatives,fasting, or excessive exercise

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Define paranoid personality disorder

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Unwarranted suspiciousness, find hidden meanings in things, unforgiving of insults, holds grudges

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Define schizoid personality disorder

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Detached social relationships, solidarity, few friends, lack of care, little emotion

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Define antisocial personality disorder

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Disregard for others, lack conscience, lack remorse, deceitful

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Define borderline personality disorder

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Unstable relationship pattern, attention seeking, self-destructive behavior, manipulative

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Define histrionic personality disorder

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Excessively emotional, attention seeking, shallow and shifting emotions

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Define avoidant personality disorder

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Socially inhibited, avoids interpersonal contact, fears they won’t be liked

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Define obsessive compulsive personality disorder

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Cannot make every day decisions, can not initiate, won’t disagree with others

23
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What is the goal of psychoanalysis?

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Help client gain an understanding of the unconscious , unresolved conflicts, repressed childhood experiences through the therapist’s interpretation and client insight

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What are the common techniques used in psychoanalysis.

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Dream analysis
Free association
Resistance
Insight

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What is the goal of behavioral therapy?

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To change the problem of behavior. No thoughts, no reflection on past just a quick fix.

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Please explain the difference between cognitive therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy.

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Cognitive therapy changes the way in which we think about things (changes thinking from destructive to constructive)
Cognitive behavioral therapy uses the understanding that thoughts affect emotions and emotions affect your behavior and behavior affects your thoughts. This type of therapy combines both cognitive and behavioral therapy together

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Is there one therapy that is considered “the best”?

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No, whatever works best for you is “the best” therapy.

28
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Define what conformity is

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A change in behavior due to the real or imagined influence of others around

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What is the difference between normative influence and informational influence?

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Normative influence is the influence of other people that leads us to conform in order to be liked and accepted by others.
Informational influence is the influence of other people that leads us to conform because we see then as a source of correct information and use it to guide our behavior

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What is the difference between social group and social collective?

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Social collective is people in the same place at the same time but not interacting but can still influence each other
Social group is people interacting and relying on one another

31
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Define social loafing

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The tendency to exhibit less effort when working in a group.

32
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What is the bystander effect?

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People are less likely to help when other bystanders are present

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What are the five steps in deciding to help in an emergency situation?

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  1. Notice the event - time pressure leads to tunnel vision
  2. Interprets the event as an emergency- does this situation need help?
  3. Assuming responsibility- when alone this is an easy decision, when around others this is a difficult decision
  4. Knowing how to help- if you don’t know how to help you are less likely to help
  5. Deciding to implement help - are you going to call for help or not?
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How might fast pace commands increase destructive obedience?

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Not giving people mulch time to think about their actions can lead to destructive obedience because the person has no time to think about what they are doing they aren’t determine if it’s right or wrong.

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How does the authority figure being in a different state (not physically there) increase destructive obedience?

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It diminished the likely hoot of obedience if the authority figure is not present because you feel much less pressure to comply

36
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How does gradual increases in commands increase destructive obedience ?

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Start off with things not that bad and then gradually give tasks that are worst to increase tolerance to the severity of what you are doing. This yields destructive obedience over time

37
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How does a victim you have never met increase destructive obedience?

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No emotional connect to the person which makes you more likely to complete the task asked.

38
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Fill in the blanks
——- naturally arouses the sympathetic nervous system. This arousal leads to a/an ——- in performance on simple, well learned tasks and a/an —— in performance on more difficult tasks.

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The presence of people, increases, decreases

39
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How can arousal of the sympathetic nervous system have opposite effects on task performance based on the difficulty of the task?

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Arousal has to do with the dominant response on task. Easy tasks = success, hard tasks =failure

40
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Are you more likely to see social loafing occur in smaller or larger groups of people?

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Larger groups because more people are around and deindividuation is present so people tend to social loaf

41
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Describe how group size can influence deindividuation

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The bigger the group the less focus is on you as an individual and because of that it takes away the personal responsibility

42
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Describe how anonymity can influence deindividuation

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Being part of a group leads people to feel anonymous and takes away from personal responsibility

43
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How does arousal influence deindividuation

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Being a part of a group naturally causes arousal and less personal responsibility

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