PSYCHOLOGY Flashcards

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Who are the ¨fathers¨ of the science of the mind?

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  • Sigmund Freud
  • Wilhelm Wundt
  • Ivan Pavlov
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What is psychology?

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the study of the mind and behavior

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what is a psychologist

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treats patient through psychotherapy, behavioral change, medical doctor, prescribing medication

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clinical psychologist

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different human performance aspects through a persons life, cultures, they use all that to promote their well-being & development

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what is cognitive psychology

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investigates internal mental processes

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developmental psychology

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  • all ages
  • overlaps w/different fields
  • studies the changes that happen in their life span because of their experiences
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evolutionary psychology

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  • human behavior
  • adapting
  • psychological adjustments during evolution
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forensic psychology

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psychology x criminal investigation x law

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health psychology?

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observes how behavior, biology, social illness & health

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neuropsychology

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structure & function of the brain through a psychological process & behaviors

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occupational

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organizational psychologists that help & make recommendations about people at work/training

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social psychology

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methods used for how social influences impact behavior

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cognitive

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1970s theorists believe that we take info & connect it to the ones that are already stored

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becoming a psychologist

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licensed practice w/a doctoral degree in field of psychology from a university, but different states have requirements

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neuroscience (def)

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the systemic study that studies the structure & function of the human brain & nervous system

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neuroscience (uses)

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  • chemistry
  • anatomy
  • biology
  • data
  • physiology
  • x-rays
  • experiments
    (uses the hard sciences to map the human brain & behavior)
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The Libet Experiment: The Unconscious

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the choice was already made by the brain before the person decided to
(brain before human)

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the history of the science of the mind and behavior: psychoanalytic theory & Sigmund freud

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Sigmund believed that mental health was as equal to physical health
(healing the mind = healed our body)

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Who was psychoanalysis founded by

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sigmund freud (1856 - 1930)

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what did freud believed with psychoanalysis

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people could be cured of psychological illness by making conscious their unconscious thoughts & motivations

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what is the aim of psychoanalysis

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this therapy is to release repressed emotions & experiences

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hysteria

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mostly said to women/diagnosed; medical psychiatric condition

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pseudoscience

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anything that pretends to be science but is no

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DSM

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The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
(is the handbook used by health care professionals in the United States)

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ICD
The International Classification of Diseases (is designed to promote international comparability in the collection, processing, classification, and presentation of mortality statistics)
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defining hysteria
behavior exhibiting overwhelming or unmanageable fear or emotional excess
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symptoms of hysteria
- paralysis - fainting - seizures - chronic pain - blindness - loss of sensation - hallucinations - amnesia - histrionic behavior - extreme emotions - outbursts
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diagnosis of hysteria
dissociative or somatic disorder
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dissociative disorders
a mental process where a person disconnects from their thoughts, feelings, memories or sense of identity
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somatic symptom disorder
diagnosed when a person has a significant focus on physical symptoms, such as pain, weakness or shortness of breath, to a level that results in major distress and/or problems functioning
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what are freuds three levels of mind
1) conscious 2) preconscious 3) unconscious
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what is the conscious mind
the thoughts and feelings that a person is aware of having at any one time
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precociousness mind
unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development
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unconscious mind
a reservoir of feelings, thoughts, urges, and memories that are outside of our conscious awareness
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what are memories created & stored
the process in which the mind interprets, stores, and retrieves information The hippocampus, located in the brain's temporal lobe
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the types of memories
1) sensory memory 2) short-term memory 3) working memory 4) long-term memory
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psychological unconscious
the complex of mental activities within an individual that proceed without his awareness
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freuds main ideas
human behavior is influenced by unconscious memories, thoughts, and urges
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The mind has three components
id, ego, and superego
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repression
a kind of holding back or holding down
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identification
the act of finding out who someone is or what something is
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displacement
the removal of something from its usual place or position by something which then occupies that place or position
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displacement
the removal of something from its usual place or position by something which then occupies that place or position
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projection
an estimate of future possibilities based on a current trend
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what did the behaviorist believe
human beings are shaped entirely by their external environment
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what did the behaviorist movement
environmental stimuli and consequences shape behavior and that learning occurs through a process of operant conditioning.
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types of behaviorism
methodological behaviorism & radical behaviorism
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types of behavioral learning
classical conditioning, operant conditioning, and observational learning
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doctor freud vs. doctor skinner
Skinner disagreed with Freud's idea that childhood plays an important role in shaping our personality
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social health
our ability to interact and form meaningful relationships with others
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communicable vs. non-communicable
often transmitted from person to person vs. not typically spread from one person to another
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different schools of psychology
- Structuralism - functionalism - psychoanalysis - behaviorism - Gestalt
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hummanstic
focuses on each individual's potential and stresses the importance of growth and self-actualization
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congnitive
the branch of psychology dedicated to studying how people think
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Dr. Beck
father of Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) and is one of the world's leading researchers in psychopathology
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psychopathology
the study of psychological and behavioral dysfunction occurring in mental illness or in social disorganization
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studying depression
characterized by a low mood or loss of pleasure or interest in activities for long periods of time
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Dr. Becks goal
to help his depressed patients identify their distorted thoughts about themselves, the world, and the future, along with their automatic thoughts, or surface-level cognitions
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CBT (what it is)
a type of talking therapy
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CBT (goal)
to replace dysfunctional constructs with more flexible and adaptive cognitions
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CBT Steps
efforts to change thinking patterns
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negative psychology
focuses on solving the problems of others
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positive psychology
focuses on the positive experiences of others and learning from those experiences to nurture and enrich their lives further
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Christopher Peterson
the scientific study of what goes right in life, from birth to death and at all stops in between
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3 maxims
1) Quality, to be truthful 2) Relation, to say only what is relevant to a conversation 3) Quantity, to provide as much information as required
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martin seligman & his 3 paths to happiness
1) Pleasure and Gratification 2) Embodiment of Strengths and Virtues 3) Meaning and Purpose.
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what is mental health?
well being in which the individual realizes their own abilities, cope w/ normal stresses of life, work productively, able to make a contribution to their community
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what is mental illness?
a wide range of mental health conditions - disorders that affect your mood, thinking a behavior
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what is linguistic relativity?
language shapes thought
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who created the sapin ~ whorf hypothesis?
Edward Sapir & Benjamin Lee Whorf
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what does the sapin ~ whorf hypothesis state?
the structure of a language determines or greatly influences the modes of thought & behavior characteristic of the culture in which it is spoken
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What are risk factors?
any attribute, characteristic or exposure of an individual that increases the likelihood of developing a disease or injury
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what are some adverse childhood experiences?
- growing up in addiction - poverty - close family passing away
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protective factors...?
characteristics associated with a lower likelihood of negative outcomes or that reduce a risk factor's impact
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what influences our understandings of "normal"?
- cultures - news & media - personal experiences - values & prejudices & medicine/science
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diagnosis vs. labels
diagnosis is an approximation of understanding, which does not, in our current state of knowledge, fully describe the genetic, physiological, biochemical, environmental, and behavioral contributors to a disorder. A label does not define a complex human being
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def. of the 4D's?
could be a valuable tool when assisting traits = mental illness/conditions
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the 4D's in order?
1) Deviance 2) Distress 3) Dysfunction 4) Danger
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what is Deviance?
behaviors/thoughts that are different than society's idea about proper
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what is Distress?
behavior or emotion cause someone to feel uncomfy/emotionally hurt
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what is Dysfunction?
behaviors interfere w/daily functioning (school/having healthy relationships)
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what is danger?
behavior causing harm to individual or others
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types of mental illness:
- anxiety - mood disorders - personality disorders - psychotic disorders - substance abuse disorders - eating disorders - trauma related disorders
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what is health psychology?
is the application of psychology theory & neuroscience to health, illness & healthcare
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what is health psychology often referred?
behavioral medicine or medical psychology
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what are the two sub-fields of health psychology included?
- behavioral health focuses on prevention of health problems & illness - behavioral medicine focuses on treatment
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what are the goals of health?
understanding behavioral & social factors for physical & mental illness
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what does the biopsychophysiology model view health behaviors & illness as products of what?
1) biological characteristics (such as genes) 2) behavioral factors (lifestyles, stress, health beliefs) 3) social conditions (cultural influences, family relationships, social support)
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(biopsychophysiology model) getting them on medication...
looking more at biology
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(biopsychophysiology model) getting them out of homelessness...
looking more at social
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(biopsychophysiology model) mental well-being...
looking more at psychology