Quarter 2 Final Exam Study Guide

Question 1

Psychology

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Study of HUMAN BEHAVIOR and mental processes

Question 2

Cognitive

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Dealing with THOUGHTS, memories, beliefs, and perceptions

Question 3

Behavioral

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Dealing with ACTIONS of the individual

Question 4

Humanistic Therapy

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Using knowledge of brain chemistry and medications in psychology

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Personality

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A relatively stable system of determining tendencies and attitudes in an individual; long term

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Affect

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External expression of emotion

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Emotion

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Feelings such as happiness, anger, and grief, created by brain patterns accompanied by bodily changes; immediate reaction

Question 8

Fear

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A strong emotion marked by reactions as ALARM or DREAD

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Anxiety

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An emotion characterized by fear, apprehension, and worry

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Panic

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A strong emotion characterized by sudden and EXTREME FEAR

Question 11

Anger

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Blame directed towards another person

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Guilt

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Blame directed toward oneself based on real or unreal conditions

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Shame

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Blame that is directed toward oneself by others

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Attending

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Giving undivided attention by means of verbal and non-verbal behavior

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Somatic

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Coming from our body; sensed feelings

Question 16

Bereavement

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Situation of having a loss, usually used about death

Question 17

Grief

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A set of emotions due to loss, internal processing of a loss

Question 18

Mourning

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Outward expression of grief

Question 19

Kubler Ross’s Stages of Grief

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D.A.B.D.A

1) Denial
2) Anger
3) Bargaining
4) Depression
5) Acceptance
- May skip, or regress
- May not happen in order

Question 20

Worden’s 4 Tasks of Mourning

Answer 20

1) ACCEPT the reality of the loss
2) WORK THROUGH the pain of the grief
3) ADJUST to an environment in which the deceased is missing
4) EMOTIONALLY RELOCATE the deceased and move on with life

Question 21

Sensory Adaptation

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When we receive a continuous sensed signal, we become less responsive to it

(Think about forgetting that you have your glasses on; or forgetting about your nose until you purposefully look at it)

Question 22

Motivation

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Process that initiates, directs and sustains behavior to satisfy our needs

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Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

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We are motivated by lower needs and must satisfy them before addressing higher level needs

Question 24

Sigmund Freud

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• Psychological and emotional aspects of grief
• wrote Melancholia and Mourning

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Eric Lindemann

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• Studied the aftermath of the Coconut Grove Night Club Fire
• Grief Syndrome: a series of physical symptoms/aspects associated with loss; physical aspects of grief

Question 26

John Bowlby

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• Attachment Theory: Relational aspects of grief

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Colin Murray Parkes (CM Parkes)

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Clinical aspects of grief (Problematic Grief); how do we get a resolution

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Social Influence

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We are affected by being in a group

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Conformity

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Changing one’s behavior to be like others

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Compliance

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Changing one’s behavior in response to request of another

(your friends urging you to get your license)

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Obedience

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Changing one’s behavior at command of an authority figure

Question 32

Mental Disorders

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Having mental processes that get in the way of happy, productive living

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Personality Disorders

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Long-term mental disorders that affect most aspects of our lives

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What are the 2 Mood Disorders?

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Depression, bipolar disorder

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Anxiety Disorders

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Anxiety, phobias, obsessive compulsive disorder

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Social Comparsion

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Comparing the status of my group to that of others

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Prejudice

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Negative attitude toward others typically based on gender, race, religion, etc

Question 38

Discrimination

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Negative behavior based on our prejudice

Question 39

Factors that make grief more intense

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Age of the deceased
Violent Death
Sudden Death
Intense Relationship

Question 40

Grief (Things to Remember)

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• Grief is not depression
• Grief is based on factors such as the type of death, our experience with grief, our age, relationship with the deceased, the support available to us

Question 41

Suicide Facts

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Women attempt suicide more often
Men complete suicide more often
Suicide Helpline: 1-800-273-TALK
Suicide Text Line: 988

Question 42

Types of Therapy

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• Psychodynamic/Psychoanalysis: focus on the past to solve problems
• Behavioral: actions one takes to reduce symptoms
• Cognitive: Changing thoughts
• CBT (cognitive behavioral): mix both cognitive and behavior counseling
• Bio-psychological: medications

Question 43

Phobia

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overwhelming and debilitating fear of an object, place, situation, feeling or animal

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Obsessive compulsive disorder

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disorder in which a person has uncontrollable, reoccurring thoughts (“obsessions”) and/or behaviors (“compulsions”) that he or she feels the urge to repeat over and over.

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Depression

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Chronic feeling of sadness, emptiness, hopelessness

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Bipolar disorder

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Disorder with extreme mood swings that include emotional highs (mania or hypomania) and debilitating lows (depression)