Theorists Flashcards
Seligman
Learned Helplessness
internal, stable, global
Abramson, Matalsky and Ally
added role of hopelessness to learned helplessness
Lewihnson
Behavioral theory of depression
- low rate of response contingent reinforcement
- increase activity levels as tx
Minuchin
-structural family therapy
-focus on boundary problems: rigid or diffuse
-detouring, stable coalition, triangulation
triangulation -therapist creates stress to unbalance the family
-joining: used to join family
Bowen
- extended family systems therapy
- triangles created to reduce tension
- therapist begins with two members
- therapist enters triangles and tries to reduce tension
- goal is to increase diffrentiation
- genograms
Kluver-Bucy Syndrome
ablation of anterior temporal lobes in monkeys led to hypersexuality, placidity, oral tendencies, psychic blindness
Tolman
latent learning: rats wandered the maze but showed now proficiency until a reward was provided
Kohlberg
stages of moral development: Preconventional, Conventional (Stage 4: existing rules and laws), Postconventional (stage 5: social contracts and democratically chosen laws, stage 6: reasoning based on universal ethical principals)
stages of gender development: identity, stability, constancy
systemic family therapy
- Milan group
- uses circular questioning to help family members recognize differences in their perspectives
anterior occipital lobe
mediates peripheral vision
overcorrection
-restitution and positive practice
Hans Selye
General Adaptation Syndrom: (GAS), body’s reaction to sustained stress: alarm, resistance, exhaustion
hippocampus
- linked to visual imagery
- role in explicit memory, along with prefrontal cortex and temporal lobes
- consolidation of long term memory
Bandura
- “reciprocal determinism”: behavior, personal factors, environment
- boys and girls imitate aggressive models even without reinforcement
Troiden
homosexual identity development: feeling different, confusion, assumption, integration
Helms
White Racial Identity Model: autonomy status “complexity and flexibility”
resperidone
less likely to produce extrapyramidal effects than traditional antipsychotics
Porter and Lawler
-expectancy theory: -expectancy (effort leads to success) -valence (the outcomes are important) -instrumentality (meeting job goals-aka success-will lead to particular outcomes)
Holland
theory of vocational choice, high degree of differentiation increases chance of job satisfaction
Vygotsky
theory of cognitive development used for edu strategies
Acetylcholine
ACh, drugs that block it can lead to dry mouth, blurred vision, postural hypotension, tachycardia and sedation,
drugs treat alzheimers by slowing breakdown of ACh incl: Cognex, Exelon, Aricept
Two-factor theory
- Herzberg
- hygiene factors: work enviro, pay and benefits, coworkers, company policies, decrease disatisfaction
- and motivator factors: lead to satisfaction
Needs Assessment/analysis
- to determine training needs
- organization analysis, task analysis, person analysis
Caudate Nucleus
atrophy involved in Huntington’s disease