Psychotherapy

Question 1

Principle of classical conditioning?

Answer 1

pairing two things that are not naturally paired

Question 2

What is generalization?

Answer 2

classical conditioning generalizes to similar stimuli

Question 3

Basis of psychotherapy?

Answer 3

undoing classical conditioning (discrimination and extinction)

Question 4

What is shaping?

Answer 4

rewarding based on accuracy of behavior (going step-by-step)

Question 5

What operational conditioning occurs in drug use?

Answer 5

positive reinforcement first, then negative reinforcement

Question 6

What are the goals of behavioral therapies?

Answer 6

change ineffective behaviors, disrupt ineffective reinforcement schedules

Question 7

How is avoidance naturally reinforced?

Answer 7

reduction of fear

Question 8

Where is serotonin produced?

Answer 8

90% in enteric nervous system

10% in raphe nuclei

Question 9

What does serotinin do in the blood?

Answer 9

platelet function and aggregation

Question 10

What are the symptoms of serotonin syndrome?

Answer 10

spontaneous clonus
tremor and hyperreflexia
hyperthermia
inducible or ocular clonus

Question 11

4 dopaminergic pathways in the brain?

Answer 11

mesocortical
mesolimbic
nigrostriatal
tuberoinfundibular

Question 12

What is the function of GABA?

Answer 12

inhibitory neuron, slows CNS

Question 13

What is the function of glutamate?

Answer 13

excitatory neuron

can lead to seizures