Missed Questions Flashcards
Diagnosis of neurocognitive disorder
complex attention, executive functioning, learning and memory, language, perceptual-motor, and social cognition.
Premotor Cortex
initiation and execution of limb movements.
Mirror neurons here associated with empathy and imitation. Possible implications for ASD.
Temporal Lobes
associated with primary auditory processing
Parietal Lobes
visual information and site of somatosensory processing.
Percentage of dementias attributable to Alzheimers
60-90%
General Principles of APA - 5 sections
Beneficence and Nonmaleficence Fidelity and Responsibility Integrity Justice Respect for People's Rights and Dignity
Object Relations in infants
0-3 mos babies see themselves fused with mother
Separation-individualization stage begins around 4 months.
Nomological
not necessarily logical but still taken as true
Dynamic Systems Theory
Esther Thelen
all components of an individual (cognitive, emotional, physical, and social parts) work together so the individual can gain new skills. Any component change results in a dynamic reorganization.
Murray Bowen
Known for conceptualizations of Family Systems therapy and his ideas regarding differentiation of the individual from others in the family system.
Jay Haley
Responsible for the approach to family therapy that attempts to identify a problem and then works within the family’s framework to find a solution to the problem. STRATEGIC FAMILY THERAPY
Salvador Minuchin
Known for contributions to structural family therapy, which focuses on the family as a system. Therapist examines structural components of family (communication patterns) and suggests change in these areas.
Family Map - set of rules established between family members.
Enactment - roleplay technique meant to illustrate interactions
Reframing - seeks to reinterpret the meaning of behavior
Adlerian psychotherapy
Views individuals in a holistic way. Regards healthy living as governed by the way an individual connects to the family, community, and/or society. Child’s perception of role is extremely important.
Intergroup Prejudice
The idea that prejudice is a complicated matter involving history, culture, economy, and many other factors. Allport
Kelman
Known for work on the effects of society on behavior
Sherif and Asch
Known for work on effects of social conformity on behavior.
Drive Theory
Clark Hull. Based on belief that internal drives, such as biological needs, motivate behavior. Over time, behaviors are shaped based on how effective they are at reducing the drive - if effective, this increases probability of behavior in the future. Individuals work to maintain constant balance or homeostasis, if disturbed, action is taken to restore it.
Psychoanalytical Model
Healthy living viewed as moving smoothly through the stages of development rather than becoming stuck in a stage.
Gestalt Model
Healthy living is learning from experience rather than engaging in repetitive patterns of behavior. People are defined by their surroundings, family, memories, and social networks.
Analytical Model
Views healthy living as finding a balance between different aspects of people’s lives. Based on assumption that symptoms are a product of the clients whole personality, not his or her environment. Considers relationship between client and therapist as the basic prototype of the general structure of the client’s relationship pattern. Basic techniques include confession (recalling personal experiences), ciucidation (having insight), education (improvement of personal health), and transformation (self-actualization).
Impression formation
aka Social Cognition. The study of how people make sense of their social world. Schemata.
2 stages of appraisal - Lazarus
primary - threat of the stimulus is identified in a general sense.
secondary - identifies resources and options that may be available to cope with the stimuli.
Orbitiofrontal Cortex
aggressive and disinhibited behaviors are associated with damage here.
Has strong connections to amygdala.
Provides inhibitory influence on impulsive emotional responses.
Basal Ganglia and Cerebellum
Responsible for the coordination and rhythm of movement.
Density Intensity Hypothesis
Suggests that crowds increase positive experiences and make unpleasant experiences more negative. Attempt to explain crowding on individuals. Deaux & Wrightsman.
Crowding Theory
Refers to any theory that alludes to the state of mind that occurs when people are surrounded by many other people.
Medical or Train models
uses earlier status features to predict a later outcome (genetic features, temperaments, other factors)
Environmental Models
Development occurs as a result of environmental forces acting on the individual.