Psychology Flashcards
psychologist
-conducts evaluations of behavior and practices individual group and family therapy
psychiatrist
- physician who assesses behavior, conducts and prescribes interventions
- provides ongoing therapy
Erik Eriksons 8 stages of development
- guideline for identifying the psychosocial challenges patients face at different periods in their lives
- society and culture affect how personality develops
- completion of each stage supports the healthy development of ego
- trust vs mistrust
- autonomy vs shame and doubt
- initiative vs guilt
- industry vs inferiority
- identity vs role confusion
- intimacy vs isolation
- generativity vs stagnation
- ego integrity vs despair
trust vs mistrust
stage for infants (birth to 18 months)
- develop trust with caretaker
- trust their own body
autonomy vs shame and doubt
- 2-3 years old
- independence
- self control
- language
- voluntary delaying of self gratification
initiative vs guilt
- 3-6 years old
- new experiences
- assertiveness
- dependability
- creativity
- personal achievement
industry vs inferiority
- 7-12 years old
- need to receive recognition for accomplishments
- competence
- self satisfaction
- trustworthiness
identity vs role confusion
- 12-20 years
- figure out where you fit in
- what direction your life should take
- emotional stability
- ability to form committed relationships
- sound decision making
intimacy vs isolation
- 20-35
- mutual self respect and love
generativity vs stagnation
- 35-65
- adults continue raising children and some become grandparents
- involve self in teaching, coaching, writing, and social activism
- serving the community
- sharing with others
ego integrity vs despair
- 65+
- adults retire
- volunteer to feel useful
- health problems
- friends die
- wisdom
- acceptance
- self worth
maslows hierarchy of needs
- individuals have needs ranging from basic to complex
- physiological needs- food, water, air
- safety- emotionally, physically safe, healthy
- love and belonging- meaningful relationships
- self-esteem- confidence, independence
- self actualization- personal growth, full potential, wisdom
kubler-ross: five stages of grief
- denial- give written information and treatment options
- anger
- bargaining- listen with attention and encourage the pt to express their feelings
- depression- show understanding
- acceptance- encouragement, support, and additional education
mini-mental state exam
- orientation- ask for date or season
- registration- say 3 objects and ask the pt to repeat them back
- attention- ask pt to count back from 100 by 5’s
- calculation- same as attention
- language- follow a command, name something you point at, write a sentence etc.
defense mechanism: apathy
- indifference
- lack of interest
defense mechanism:compensation
-balancing a failure with accomplishment
defense mechanism: conversion
- transformation of an anxiety into a physical symptom
- ex. i get a headache every time i see my ex
defense mechanism: denial
-avoidance of unpleasant or anxiety provoking situations
defense mechanism: displacement
-redirection of emotions away from its original subject or object onto a another less threatening subject
defense mechanism: dissociation
-disconnection of emotional importance from ideas or event
defense mechanism: identification
-attribution of characteristics of someone else to oneself or the imitation of another
defense mechanism: intellectualization
-analysis of a situation with facts and not emotions
defense mechanism: introjection
adoption of thoughts or feelings of others
defense mechanism: physical avoidance
-keeping away from anything that evokes memories of something bad
defense mechanism: projection
-transference of a persons unpleasant ideas and emotions onto someone else
defense mechanism: rationalization
-explanation that makes something negative or unacceptable seem ok
defense mechanism: reaction formation
-belief in and expression of the opposite of ones trues feelings
defense mechanism: regression
reversion to an earlier more childlike developmental behavior
defense mechanism: repression
-elimination of unpleasent emotions
defense mechanism: sarcasm
-use of words that have opposite meaning to be funny, irritating, or insulting
defense mechanism: sublimation
- rechanneling unacceptable urges or drives into something constructive or acceptable
- ex. i used to pull of fly wings and now im a biology teacher
defense mechanism: suppression
-voluntary blocking of an unpleasant experience from ones awareness
defense mechanism: undoing
cancelling out an unacceptable behavior with a symbolic gesture
-i had a big fight with my gf but i got her flowers
defense mechanism: verbal aggression
-verbal attack on a person without addressing the original intent of the conversation
