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Personality

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  • Who a person really is, what makes a person tick and why
  • The social skills
  • Impression they leave on others
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Somatotypes

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Body Types

  1. Endomorphy - soft and spherical
  2. Mesomorphy - hard, muscular and rectangular
  3. Ectomorphy - thin, fragile and lightly muscled
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Humanism

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Idea that people should be considered as wholes rather than in terms of stimulus and responses

  • Humans have free will
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General Paresis

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Disorder due to brain deterioration caused by syphilis: characterized by delusions or grandeur, mental deterioration, eventual paralysis and death

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Psychodynamic (Pyschoanalytic) Theory

- (Sigmund Freud)

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Postulate the existence of unconscious internal states (innate instincts) that motivate the over actions of individuals and determine personality

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Id

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  • Completely unconscious*
  • Reservoir of all psychic energy and consists of everything psychological that presents at birth
  • “Obtain satisfaction NOW”
  • Operates according to the pleasure principle
  • Basic primal, inborn urges to survive and reproduce
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Pleasure Principle

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Aim to immediately discharge any built up energy and receive immediate gratification

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Wish- Fulfillment

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Mental image of an object

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Ego

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  • Conscious, Pre-Conscious and a little Unconscious*
  • Organization of the Id and the mind
  • Reality Principle - takes into account objective reality as it guides or inhibits the activity of the Id
  • Postpones pleasure principle until the actual object that will satisfy the need can be obtained
  • Promotes growth and elaboration of perception, memory, problem solving, thinking, etc…Super
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Superego

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Conscious, Pre-Conscious and mostly Unconscious

  • Strives for the ideal / perfection rather than the real
  • Not directly in touch with reality
  • Pride in our accomplishments and guild at our failures
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Conscience (Superego)

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Punishments & Guilt for wrongdoings

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Ego-Ideal

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Part of the Superego - an image of the perfect / ideal self toward which we aspire to be

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Instinct

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Innate psychological representation (wish) of a biological need

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Eros

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Life instinct: purpose of individual survival like hunger, thirst, sex, etc…

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Thanatos

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Death instinct: Unconscious wish for the ultimate absolute state of quiescence (quiet / inactivity); death and destruction

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Libido (Freud)

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Form of energy by which the life instincts perform their work

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Libido (Carl Jung)

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Psychic Energy in general

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Defense Mechanisms

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Ego releasing excessive pressures due to anxiety

  1. They deny / falsify or distort reality
  2. Operate unconsciously
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Repression

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Unconscious forgetting of anxiety - producing memories

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Suppression

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Conscious form of forgetting

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Projection

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Attributes forbidden urges on to others

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Reaction Formation

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A repressed wish is warded of by it’s opposite

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Rationalization

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Developing a socially acceptable explanation for inappropriate behavior or thoughts

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Regression

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Person reverts to an earlier stage of development in response to a traumatic event

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Sublimation

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Transforming unacceptable urges into socially acceptable behaviors

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Displacement

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Pent-up feelings are discharged on objects and people less dangerous than those objects of people causing the feeling

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Collective Unconscious

- (Carl Jung)

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System shared among all humans and is considered to be the residue of the experiences of our early ancestors
- Uses Archetypes / images to build it

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Archetype

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Thought or image that has an emotional element

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Persona

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A Mask that is adopted by a person in response to the demands of social convention

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Anima

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(Feminine)
Understand gender - feminine behaviors in males
“man’s inner woman”

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Animus

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(Masculine)
Understand gender - masculine behaviors in females
“woman’s inner man”

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Shadow Archetype

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Animal instincts that humans inherited in their evolution from lower forms of life

Responsible for consciousness, behavior of unpleasant and socially reprehensible thoughts, feelings and actions

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Self Archetype

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  • Striving for unity - the intersection between the collective unconscious, personal unconscious and the conscious (ego)
  • Reconciler of opposites and promoter of harmony
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Mandala

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“Magic Circle” that symbolizes the self

Mythic expression of the self, reconciler of opposites and the promoter of harmony

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Extroversion

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Orientation toward the external, objective world

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Introversion

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Orientation toward the inner, subjective world

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Alfred Adler’s Theory

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People strive for superiority which drives the personality

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Inferiority Complex

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Individual sense of incompleteness, sense of imperfection, physical inferiorities as well as social disabilities

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Creative Self

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Force by which each individual shapes his or her uniqueness and makes their own personality

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Style of Life

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Manifestation of the creative self and describes a person’s unique way of achieving superiority

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Fictional Finalism

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An Individual is motivated more by their expectations of the future than by past experiences

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Neurotic Needs

- (Karen Horney)

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Neurotic needs resemble healthy ones EXCEPT in the following ways:

  1. Disproportionate in intensity
  2. Indiscriminate in Application
  3. Partially disregard reality
  4. Tend to provoke intense anxiety
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Strategy Used with Others to Overcome Anxiety

- (Karen Horney)

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  1. Moving toward people to obtain the food will of people who provide security
  2. Moving against people, or fighting them to obtain the upper hand
  3. Moving away of withdrawing from people
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Psychoanalysis

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Intensive, long-term treatment for uncovering repressed memories, motives and conflicts stemming from problems in psychosexual development.

Behavior is a result of unconscious conflicts, repression & defense mechanisms

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Free Association

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Patient says whatever comes to their conscious mind, regardless of how personal, painful or seemingly irrelevant it may appear to be.

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Resistance

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Unwillingness or inability to relate certain thoughts, motives or experiences

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Transference

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Attributing to the therapist attitudes and feelings that developed in the patient’s relations with Significant others in the past

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Counter-Transference

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The therapist experiences a full array of emotions toward the patient at various points in the treatment

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Neo-Freudian Approaches

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Emphasis on current interpersonal relationships and life situations than on childhood experience and psychosexual development

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Behaviorism

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Personality Development is attributed to learned behavior as people interact with their environment

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B.F. Skinner - Personality

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Collection of behavior that happens to have been sufficiently reinforced to persist

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Social Learning Theory

- (Albert Bandura)

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Learning occurs not only by having one’s own behavior reinforced by also by Vicarious Reinforcement (observing other people’s behavior being reinforced) and modeling the observed behavior

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Cognitive-Behavior Therapy

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Attempts to change and restructure the patient’s distorted and / or irrational thoughts

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Symptom Substitution

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When the underlying cause remains; Treating the symptoms is NOT adequate because new symptoms will develop to replace the old ones

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Humanism

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Emphasize internal processes rather than overt behavior; Focus on that which distinguishes us from animals

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Hierarchy of Needs

- (Abraham Maslow)

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Self- Actualization (achieving one’s full potential)

Esteem, Cognitive and Aesthetic Needs (prestige and feelings of accomplishment

Belonging & Love (intimate relationships & friends)

Safety Needs (security)

Basic Physiological Needs (food, water, shelter)

people strive for the higher level needs ONLY once their lower level needs are met

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Peak Experiences

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Profound and deeply moving experiences in a person’s life that have important and lasting effects on the individual

*Self-Actualized people are more likely to experience this

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Client - Centered (Nondirective) Therapy

- (Carl Rogers)

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Freedom to control their own behavior; Client is seen as being able to reflect upon their problems, make choices, take + action and help determine their own destiny

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Type Theorists

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Attempt to characterize people according to specific types of personality

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Trait Theorists

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Attempt to describe the individuals personality as a sums of a persons characteristic behaviors

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Type A Personality

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Behavior that tends to be competitive and compulsive

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Type B Personality

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Laid back and relaxed behavior

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Cardinal Traits

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Traits around which a person organized their life

** not everyone can develop these

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Central Traits

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Represent major characteristics of the personality that are easy to infer

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Secondary Traits

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Personal characteristics that are more limited in occurrence

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Functional Autonomy

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A given activity or form of behavior may become an end or goal itself; regardless of the original reason for existence

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Need for Achievement (nAch)

- (David McClelland)

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  • People who are rated high:
  • Are concerned with achievement and they have pride in their accomplishments.
  • They avoid high risks (to avoid failing) and low risks (easy tasks won’t generate feelings of accomplishments)
  • Set realistic goals and do not continue if success is unlikely
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Internal Locus of Control

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Believe that they can control their own destiny; tend to have higher self-esteem

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External Locus of Control

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Believe that outside events and chance control their destiny, attribute success to luck or task ease; tend to have lower self-esteem

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Machiavellian

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Personality trait that is manipulative and deceitful

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Androgyny

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State of being simultaneously very masculine and very feminine

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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5 (DSM - V)

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Classify mental disorders based on descriptions of symptoms

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Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)

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Atypical Inattention; unable to follow instructions or requests; difficulty staying on task
Impulsivity - inability to delay gratification, impatience and often interrupts others

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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

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Hyperactivity in motor activity: fidgeting, restlessness
Impulsivity - inability to delay gratification, impatience and often interrupts others
Atypical inattention, difficulty staying on task

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Autistic Disorder

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Lack of responsiveness, impaired social skills, impaired communication skills, impaired language skills, oversensitive to sensory stimuli, repetitive behaviors, little to no facial expressions, do not like making eye contact or touching

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Schizophrenia

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Means “split mind” - not in touch with reality

Characterized by distortions of reality, disturbances in content and form of thought, perception and affect

***MUST HAVE symptoms: Delusions, hallucinations or disorganized thought to be considered for this disorder; can also have inappropriate affect and cataonic behavior

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Positive Symptoms

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Behaviors, thoughts or affects added to normal behavior

Ex: delusions, hallucinations

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Negative Symptoms

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Absence of normal or desired behaviors

Ex: Flat affect

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Delusions

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False beliefs, discordant with reality and are maintained in spite of strong evidence to the contrary

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Delusions of Reference

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Belief of an individual that others are talking about them

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Delusions of Persecution

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Person is being deliberately interfered with, discriminated against, plotted against or threatened

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Delusions of Grandeur

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Patient believes themselves to be a remarkable person, such as an inventor, historical figure

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Thought Broadcasting

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One;s thoughts are broadcast directly from one’s head to the external world

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Though Insertion

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Belief that thoughts are inserted into ones head

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Hallucinations

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Perceptions that are not due to external stimuli but have a compelling sense of reality.
Can occur in all sensory modalities

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Disorganized Thought

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Loosening of associations

Speech in which ideas shift from one subject to another on unrelated subjects and you cannot follow their train of thought

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Word Salad

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Speech seems to have no structure; just words thrown together incomprehensibly

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Neologisms

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Invent a new word

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Blunting

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Severe reduction in the intensity of affect expression

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Flat Affect

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Virtually no signs of affective expression

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Inappropriate Affect

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Affect is clearly discordant with the content of the individual’s speech or ideation

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Catatonic Motor Behavior

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Various extreme behaviors

  • Maintaining rigidity, refusing to be moved
  • Useless and bizarre movements
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Prodromal Phase of Schizophrenia

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Poor adjustment; evidence of deterioration, social withdrawal, impairment in role functioning, peculiar behavior, inappropriate affect and unusual experiences

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Active (Acute) Phase of Schizophrenia

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Schizophrenic symptoms occur

“appear psychotic”

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Process Schizophrenia

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Development of the disorder is slow and insidious; recovery from this is poor

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Reactive Schizophrenia

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Development of the disorder is intense and sudden; recovery is better

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Catatonic Type Schizophrenia

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Characterized by disturbance in motor behavior

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Paranoid Type Schizophrenia

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Characterized by preoccupation with one or more delusions or frequent hallucinations; preservation of cognitive and affective functioning

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Disorganized Type Schizophrenia

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Characterized by flat or inappropriate affect & disorganized speech and behavior

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Undifferentiated Type Schizophrenia

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Characterized by the general criteria that fits the disorder

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Residual Schizophrenia

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When there has been a previous schizophrenic episode but + psychotic symptoms are not displayed; disturbances and neg. symptoms may be displayed

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Dopamine Hypothesis

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Excess of dopamine activity or over-sensitivity to dopamine (possibly too many receptors) may results in delusions, hallucinations and agitation

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Double Bind Hypothesis

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Children who receive contradictory or incompatible message from their primary caregiver begins to see their perceptions of reality as unreliable

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Major Depressive Disorder

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At least a 2 week period during which there is a prominent and relatively persistent depressed move

  • loss of interest in almost all activities
  • appetite disturbances
  • weight changes
  • sleep disturbances
  • decreased energy
  • feelings of worthlessness or excessive guilt
  • difficulty concentrating / thinking
  • thoughts of death or suicide
  • psycho-motor symptoms (feeling “slowed down”)
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Bipolar Disorder

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Characterized by depression and mania

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Manic Episode

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Abnormal and persistent elevated mood

  • insomnia
  • flight of ideas (racing thoughts)
  • grandiosity
  • impaired judgement
  • thoughtlessness (risky behavior)
  • impatient
  • agitation
  • distractible
  • increased talkativeness
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Hypomania

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More energetic and optimistic; functioning is not significantly impaired and their are no psychotic features

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Phobia

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Irrational fear of something and the compelling desire to avoid it

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Specific Phobia

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Anxiety produced by a specific object or situation

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Agoraphobia

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Fear of being in open places or in situations where escape might be difficult

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Social Phobia (Social Anxiety Disorder)

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Anxiety due to social situations

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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

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Repeated obsessions (irrational thoughts) that produce tensions / compulsions (irrational and repetitive behaviors) that impair one’s life

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Somatoform Disorder

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Physical symptoms that suggest a medical condition but which are not fully explained by a medical condition

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Conversion Disorder (Hysteria)

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Unexplained symptoms affecting voluntary motor or sensory functions

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Hypochondriasis

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Fears that one has a serious disease and misinterpreting ones symptoms

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Dissociative Disorders

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Person who avoids stress by dissociation or escaping from their identity but otherwise has an intact sense of reality

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Dissociative Amnesia

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Inability to recall past experience (not due to a neurological disorder)

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Dissociative Fugue

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Amnesia that accompanies a sudden, unexpected move away from one’s home or location of usual daily activities; confusion about identity and may assume a new identity

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Dissocitative Identity Disorder

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Two or more personalities that recurrently take control of a person’s behavior

This occurs when the components of identity fail to integrate

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Depersonalization (Derealization) Disorder

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Person feels detached from their own mind / body or from their surroundings, like an outside observer with feelings of automation; otherwise have an intact sense of reality

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Anorexia Nervosa

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Refusal to maintain a minimal normal body weight; distorted body image and believes they are overweight

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Bulimia Nervosa

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Binge eating accompanied by excessive attempts to compensate by purging, fasting or excessive exercising; maintain a normal body weight

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Schizoid Personality Disorder

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Pattern of detachment from social relationships, restricted range of emotional expression, little desire for social interaction, few if any close friends and poor social skills

***** NOT SCHIZOPHRENIA
~Cluster A type personality disorder

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Narcissistic Personality Disorder

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  • Grandiose sense of self-importance or uniqueness
  • Preoccupations with fantasies of success
  • Need for constant admiration and attention
  • Disturbances in interpersonal relationships
  • Fragile self-esteem

~Cluster B type personality disorder

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Borderline Personality Disorder

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Features of both personality disorders & severe psychological disorders

  • Instability in interpersonal behavior, moor and self-image
  • Relationships are often intense and unstable
  • Uncertainty about self-image
  • Identity disturbances
  • Fear of abandonment

~Cluster B type personality disorder

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Antisocial Personality Disorder

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Pattern of disregard for violation of the rights of others

  • Repeated illegal acts, deceitfulness & aggressiveness
  • Lack of remorse for acts

~Cluster B type personality disorder

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Diathesis-Stress Model

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Diathesis - predisposition toward developing a specific mental disorder (genetic, or biochemical)

Stress - Excessive amounts on a person who is predisposed may lead to a development of a specific mental disorder

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Primary Prevention

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  • Seek out & Eradicate conditions that foster mental illness
  • Try to establish the conditions that foster mental health
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Structuralism

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Methodology that elements of human culture must be understood by way of their relationship to a larger, overarching system or structure

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Functionalism

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Studies how the mind functions to help people adapt to their environment

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Gestalt Psychology

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Attempt to understand the laws behind the ability to acquire and maintain meaningful perceptions in an apparently chaotic world

**Holistic view of the self; seeing each individual as a complete person

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Cognitive Psychology

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The study of mental processes such as: attention, language use, memory, perception, problem solving, creativity, and thinking

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Pre-Conscious

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Thoughts we are not currently aware of

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Conscious

A

Thoughts to which we have access

135
Q

Unconscious

A

Thoughts we have repressed

136
Q

3 Dichotomies of Personality

- (Carl Jung)

A

E - Extraversion
S - Sensing (obtaining objective info about world)
T - Thinking (logic and reasoning)

or

I - Intraversion
I - Intuition (working with info abstractedly)
F - Feeling (value system of personal beliefs)

*Both dichotomies are present to some degree but one tends to dominate a person

137
Q

Object Relations Theory

A

The object refers to the representation of caregivers (parents) based on subjective experiences during early infancy. These objects then persist into adulthood and impact our interactions with others including behaviors and social bonds

138
Q

Basic Anxiety

A

Inadequate parenting causing vulnerability and helplessness

139
Q

Basic Hostility

A

Neglect and rejection causing feelings of anger

140
Q

Big 5 Behaviors

- Hans / Sybil Eysenck

A 
O peness
C conscientiousness
E xtraversion
A greeableness
N euroticism -  emotional arousal in stress
141
Q

Catatonia

A

Certain motor behaviors with an inability to move correctly

142
Q

Echolalia

A

Repeating another’s words

143
Q

Echopraxia

A

Repeating / imitating another’s actions

144
Q

Biophysical Approach

A

There are biological, psychological (emotion, thoughts, behaviors) and social (Individuals surroundings) components to a disorder

145
Q

Biomedical Approach

A

There are physical / medical causes to a psychological disorder

146
Q

Force Field Theory

- (Kurty Lewins)

A

Focusing on present situations and the sum of the forces (influences) on the individual at the time. The forces either assist in our attainment of goals or block our paths to them

147
Q

Unconditional Positive Regard

A

Therapeutic technique where the therapist accepts the client completely and expresses empathy in order to promote a + therapeutic environment

148
Q

Persistant Depressive disorder

A

People who suffer from Dysthymia - a depressed mood that is not severe enough to meet the criteria of a major depressive episode

149
Q

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)

A

Major depressive disorder with seasonal onset (only in the winter months) and is often treated with bright light therapy

150
Q

Cyclothymic Disorder

A

Combination of hypomania episodes and periods of dsythmia that are not severe enough to qualify as major depressive episodes

151
Q

Bipolar I

A

Has manic episodes with or without major depressive episodes

152
Q

Bipolar II

A

Has hypomania with at least one major depressive episode

153
Q

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

A

Disproportionate and persistent worry about many different things

Symptoms include:

  • fatigue
  • muscle tension
  • sleep problems
154
Q

Panic Disorder

A

Repeated panic attacks

Symptoms include:

  • fear
  • apprehension
  • trembling
  • sweating
  • hyperventilating
  • sense of unreality
155
Q

Body Dysmorphic Disorder

A

Unrealistic negative evaluation of personal appearance / attractiveness; directed toward a specific body part to the point that it disrupts day to day life

156
Q

Illness Anxiety Disorder

A

Consumed with the thoughts about developing a serious medical condition. They become alarmed about their health and either excessively checking themselves for signs of illness or avoid medical appointments altogether

157
Q

Conversion Disorder

A

Unexplained symptoms affecting voluntary motor / sensory functions; generally begins soon after high stress or trauma

158
Q

La Belle Indifference

A

Person is unconcerned by their symptom

159
Q

Schizotypal Personality Disorder

A

Odd or eccentric thinking; Ideas of reference (similar to delusions) and magical thinking (superstitious or belief in clairvoyance)

~Cluster A type personality disorder

160
Q

Paranoid Personality Disorder

A

Mistrust of others; suspicious of their motives

May actually be in prodoromal phase of schizophrenia

~Cluster A type personality disorder

161
Q

Personality Disorders

A

Pattern of behavior that is inflexible and maladaptive; causing distress or impaired functioning in at least 2 of the following categories:

  • cognition
  • emotions
  • interpersonal functioning
  • impulse control
162
Q

Cluster A Personality Disorder

A

“Weird”

Labeled as odd or eccentric by others

163
Q

Cluster B personality Disorder

A

“Wild”

Labeled as dramatic, emotional or erratic by others

164
Q

Cluster C Personality Disorder

A

“Worried”

Labeled as anxious or fearful by others

165
Q

Splitting

A

Defense mechanism where you view people as all good or all bad

166
Q

Histronic Personality Disorder

A

Constant attention seeking behavior

~Cluster B type personality disorder

167
Q

Obssessive Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD)

A 
Perfectionist; inflexible
Likes rules and order
Inability to discard worn objects
Lack of desire to change, stubborn
Lack humor
Maintain careful routines

~Cluster C type personality disorder

168
Q

Avoidant Personality Disorder

A

Extreme shyness; fear of rejection
Socially inept / isolated
Intense desire for social affection / acceptance
Stay in the same job, situation, relationships, etc…
Want change

~Cluster C type personality disorder

169
Q

Dependent Personality Disorder

A

Continuous need for reassurance
Remain dependent on one specific person to take action / make decisions

~Cluster C type personality disorder

170
Q

Monoamine Theory of Depression

A

Links oversupplies of Norepinephrine or Serotonin to Mania and under-supplies with Depression

171
Q

Self Concept

A

Ways in which we describe ourselves (past, present and future); our own internal list of answers to the question “who am i?”

172
Q

Self Schema

A

Self given label that carries with it a set of qualities

173
Q

Identity

A

Who we are, the individual components of our self-concept related to the groups in which we belong

174
Q

Gender identity

A

Describes a persons appraisal on scales of masculinity and femininity

**Not necessarily tied to biological sex or sexual orientation

175
Q

Androgyny

A

State of being both simultaneously very masculine and very feminine

176
Q

Undifferentiated

A

State of being not very masculine nor feminine

177
Q

Ethnic Identity

A

Ones ethnic group where members typically share a common ancestry, cultural heritage and language

***Symbols are important

178
Q

Nationality

A

Based on political borders; is a result of shared history, media, cuisine and national symbols

179
Q

Hierarchy of Salience

A

Situations dictate which identities holds importance at that moment; The more salient the identity the more we conform to the role and expectations

Salience is determined by work invested, reward, gratification and self-esteem associated with the identity

180
Q

Self Discrepancy Theory

A

Maintains that we have 3 selves

  1. Actual Self
  2. Ideal Self
  3. Ought Self

**the closer (more similar) they are to one another the higher our self esteem and self worth will be

181
Q

Actual Self

A

Our self-concept; how we see ourselves as we currently are

182
Q

Ought Self

A

Representation of the way others think we should be

183
Q

Ideal Self

A

Who we would like to be

184
Q

Self Efficacy

A

Belief in our ability to succeed

185
Q

Behaviorist

- B. F. Skinner

A

Based heavily on operant conditioning; Personality is simply a reflection of behaviors that are reinforced over time

186
Q

Biological Perspective

A

Personality is a result of genetic expression in the brain

187
Q

Social Cognitive Approach

A

Focuses on environment and ho we interact with that environment

188
Q

Reciprocal Determinism

- Albert Bandura

A

Idea that feelings, thoughts, behaviors and environment all interact to determine our actions in a situation

189
Q

Ego-Syntonic

A

Individual perceives behavior as correct, normal and in harmony with their goals

190
Q

Ego-Dystonic

A

Individual sees the illness of something thrust upon them that is intrusive and bothersome

191
Q

Agnosia

A

“Not knowing”

- Affects perceptual recognition

192
Q

Visual Agnosia

A

Impairment in visual recognition - the person can see an object but is unable to know or recognize what it is

193
Q

Apraxia

A

“Inability to act”

- Impairment in the organization of motor action; cannot execute a simple motor response to a verbal command

194
Q

Dementias

A

Neurological disorders characterized by loss of intellectual functioning

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