Psychology Final Exam Flashcards

1
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Who wrote “Man’s Search for Meaning.”?

A

Victor Frankel

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Spirituality looks like what in the brain?

What is self-transcendence look like? What does it not look like?

A

Being spiritual. If you have less than it, then you are just more a natural man. I live the commandments because it is the best way to liv

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3
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What about low versus high scorers with the 5HT1A?

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Being non-spiritual vs. spiritual.

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What did they find when they studied nuns?

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Activation of the caudate nucleus when they actively remembered spiritual experiences.

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5
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How much is religiosity is heritable?

A

50 percent.

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I’m feeling very spiritual, returned missionaries, what parts of the brain?

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Woking memory and pleasure center of the brain activated.

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How did they explain mental illness back then?

Who biblically, and historically had mental disorders?

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Evil spirit. They would probably be called schizophrenia.
Saul trying to kill David. Bipolar illness.
Jezebel and Herod: psychopaths.
Lincoln: Depression
Van Gogh: Bipolar
William Stewart Halstead: Did surgeries. Addicted to heroin.

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8
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What is psychopathology?

A

Study of abnormal thoughts, feelings and behaviors.

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What is abnormal behavior?

Why did Robin Willimas kill himself?

A

Deviance.
Discomfort and distress.
Destructive to functioning.

Had Parkinson’s. Did not want his family to have to take care of him.

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