July 18, 2019 Flashcards
Contrast biomedical approach from biopsychosocial models
Biomedical
->focused on biological, physical abnormalities
Biopsychosocial
- > abnormalities
- > includes psychological/cultural/social factors that is useful for the classification of mental disorder
What are depressive disorders
- distress/disability from abnormally negative mood
- >mood is how someone feels sad
What are bipolar and related disorders
- they are abnormal negative mood
- >they also have periods of abnormally positive mood called mania
Contrast obsessions from compulsions
Obsessions
>thoughts that occur involuntarily
->often unwelcome
->occur repeatedly
Compulsions
->activities that one must do and are often related to obsessions
Is schizophrenia rates equal in males and females
-yes it is
What is meant by the term prodrome
- period of time before schizophrenia
- > before symptoms are present
-prodrome leads to schizophrenia
What is halpperidol
-it is a drug used to treat schizophrenia
What is social psychology
-how individuals think, feel and behave in social interactions
Normative influence vs informative influence
Informative
- > look to group for guidance
- > because you don’t know if something is correct
Normative
- > even if you know what’s right
- > do what the group is doing to avoid social rejection
What is confirmation bias
-group members seek out information that supports the majority view
What is meant by conformity
- peer pressure
- >how we adjust our cognition or behavior to match the group
What is meant by the term obedience
-describes how we follow orders or obey authority
What is meant by the term social anomie
- breakdown of social bonds between an individual and community
- to resolve social anomie, social norms must be strengthened and groups must redevelop sets of shared norms
How does social anomie relate to the functionalist theory
- when social norms of social bonds are weak
- >a social anomie results
What is compliance
-situations where we do a behaviour to get a reward or avoid punishment
What is the just world phenomenon
- idea that universe is fair so people must get what they deserve
- > beliefs that good things must happen to good people and vice versa
What are the factors influencing conformity
1) group size
- >more likely to conform with a group size of 3-5
2)Unanimity
3) group status
- >go with the opinion of the more popular individual or the one with higher status
4_Group cohesion
->need to feel connection with group to conform
What is the bystander effect
-individual may feel less inclined to take action because of the presence of others in the group
What theory explains the bystander effect
-the diffusion of responsibility theory explains the bystander effect
What does social facilitation state
- that the presence of others leads to a dominant response
- >dominant response refers to the response that would most likely occur
What is the Yerkes-Dodson Law
- presence of others improves performance on simple tasks and hinders it on difficult tasks or unpracticed tasks
- note increased arousal occurs only when person’s efforts are evaluated
What is meant by the term social loafing
- tendency to put forth less effort in group task if the individual contributions aren’t evaluated
- > less effort when in a group
What is the Hawthorne effect
- type of reactivity in which individuals modify or improve an aspect of their behaviour
- > in response to their awareness of being observed
How are norms reinforced in society
- they are reinforced by sanctions
- >rewards and punishments for behaviours in accord with or against the norms
