Midterm Flashcards
Recommended Change in the DSM 5 on Narcissistic Personality Disorder
It should explicitly Mention the inability or lack of disinclination to take other people’s perspectives (Empathy) in the DSM
Patient Client Confidentiality rules
Psychologists are required to protect patients from Self-Harm, Harming others, and Potential/suspected child abuse
Mischel (1968) Personality and Behaviour
Variations across situations seemed to be more important than personality measures in accounting for behavioural variability. Situational influences and personality can both enhance the prediction of human behaviour
Psychological Orientations and different case formulations
Interpersonal Oriented Psychodynamic case formulations are likely to focus on dysfunctional relationship styles (Cyclical maladaptive patterns)
Process-experiential formulations are likely to use info about the clients emotional processing
Information Processing Theories
Focuses on the identification of the processes and operations that reflect how information is processed by the brain
Major Models of Intelligence
Factor Models: Two or more factors, more or less the same structural level
Hierarchal Models: Assumption different levels of factors, Higher order/Primary factors made up of lower order/Secondary factors
Charles Spearman Factor Model
All Intellectual activities share common core (general factor; g)
g and s (FactorS) known as 2-factor model
Raymond Cattel Hierarchal model
Fluid Intelligence: Innate Intellect (not drawing on past experiences)
Crystallized Intelligence: What is already learned from life experiences
WAIS -IV
Reliability: Generally Excellent
Continuing Validity
Administration: Conducted in comfortable room, allows questions, no feedback, provide breaks
Ethical Principles in Canadian Code of Ethics for Psychologists
Respect for dignity of persons
Responsible caring
Integrity in relationships
Responsibility to society
Wakefields conceptualization of mental illness/Disorders
Diagnosis of disorder also required that something was wrong of Dysfunctional (Harmful Dysfunction)
Example: Fear of heights that does not restrict everyday activities would not constitute a harmful dysfunction
Pen/paper Objective Tests
Objective personality tests are based on Self report data
Can be scored objectively, designed to give info about individuals experience +severity/frequency
Projective Tests
Based on the Assumption that valuable information can be taken from responses to ambiguous stimuli
Therapeutic Model of Assessment
Approach where clients talk about: Reasons for the assessment, Results of the testing, And How data should be integrated and interpreted
Techniques of Therapeutic models of assessment
Observational, Pen-Paper/Objective tests, Projective tests
Pro and cons of TMA
Pro/Clinical Utility: Useful data provides information leading to a clinical outcome that is better (faster, less money) than with no assessment data
Cons: Data should be obtained from multiple methods, Informants (not only client) and be scientifically supported
Science/Evidence Based Approaches
Strengths: Uses Info drawn from Research, Emphasizes informing patients on best available Evidence
Problems: Cannot only be guided by scientific Knowledge, waiting for research (timely) No research Evidence, Unique people and experiences deviate from general principles
2 Types of Psychosis
Hallucinations: False Perceptions
Delusions: False Beliefs
Disorders that include harm to others as a symptom
Pedophillia, Sexual Sadism, Anti-social Disorder, Conduct Disorder (Childhood)
Avoidant and Schizoid Personality Disorder assumptions/Changes
It was believed that neither schizoid nor avoidant patients wanted to be around people. It is now shown that is not true
Histrionic Disorder
NO EMOTIONAL DEPTH (Lack of empathy)
Histrionic is the opposite of The shadow self which is a persona
MCMI
Overpathologize people
Changes In the DSM 5
They removed the Axis System
Dimensional System vs Categorical
PTSD Used to be an anxiety Disorder, Now it is considered trauma stressor
OCD was also anxiety disorder, Now only Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Insanity Definition
Not a term used in psychology, but law to represent someone as not criminally responsible
Only 1% Plead Insanity
