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Unit 5 Vocab Stress And Mental Disorders Flashcards

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Eutress

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Motivating stress

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Distress

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Deliberating, harmful stress

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Approach-Approach

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A “win-win” situation (two desirable choices)

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Approach-Avoidance

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A “win-lose” situation

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Avoidance-Avoidance

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A “lose-lose” situation (two undesirable choices)

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General Adaption Syndrome (GAS)

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Hans Selye’s concept of the body’s adaptive response to stress in three phrases—Alarm, Resistance, Exhaustion

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External Locus of Control

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Out of your control

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Internal Locus of Control

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In your control

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Problem-Focused Coping

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Alleviate stress by targeting this stressor
Ex: Talk directly to person, “to-do” list

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Emotion-Focused Coping

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Alleviate stress by targeting emotional health, not the stressor
Ex: Deep breathing, medication

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Learned Helplessness

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Tendency for a person to give up due to past experience; Belief failure is inevitable in a challenging setting

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Relative Deprivation

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The perception that we are worse off relative to those with where we compare ourselves

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Adaptive-Level Phenomenon

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Our tendency to form judgments relative to a prior experience

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DSM-5

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Describes disorders through a book

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Diathesis-Stress Theory

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Disorders result from a combination of biological and genetic factors (nature) and life

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Dissocative Amnesia

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Loss/No memory

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Dissocative Identity Disorder (DID aka Multiple Personality)

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Two or more “alternative personalities”; “Alters” must be distinct from each other; Stress coping mechanism from childhood

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)

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Unexplainable, fidgeting, pessimistic

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Panic Disorder

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Sudden, minute-long, “heart attack”

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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

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Repetitive, time-consuming, rigid checking

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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

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Nightmares, flashbacks, haunting

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Social Anxiety Disorder (Taijin Kyofusho)

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People fear others are judging their bodies as undesirable, offensive, or unpleasing

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Agoraphobia

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Fear of public places

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Catatonic Stupur

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To move less; a person’s body remains in a rigid state

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Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
Worthless feelings; Withdrawal from activities; Little to no sleep; Lethorgic; Loss of ambition; Recurrent thoughts of suicide
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Bipolar I
Extreme optimism; Hallucinations; Delusional; Intense energy; Less sleep
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Bipolar II
Increased optimism; Fighty talk; Poor judgment; Irritable
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Schizophrenia
Thoughts that are out-of-touch with reality Symptoms: Positive —> Presence of problematic behavior; Hallucinations, delusions, word salad Negative —> Flat Affect (no emotion), Anhedonia (no enjoyment), Avalition (extreme apathy), Alogia (does not speak), catatonic stupur (moves less)
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Illness Anxiety Disorder (Hypochandrosis)
Worrying excessively that you are or may not become seriously ill; reinforced by the attention being received
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Somatic Symptom Disorder
Excessive thoughts lead to physical symptoms with NO biological cause
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Mood Disorders
Extreme emotions; mania to depression
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Anxiety Disorders
Extreme stress, overwhelming thoughts
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Dissociative Disorders
Loss of identity, memory, and reality
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Cluster A
Bizarre thinking —> The Loners
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Paranoid PD
Suspicious of others, overly guarded, easily feels shame, accusatory MISSING —> Trust and Acceptance
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Schizoid PD
Avoids social interaction, no desire for relationship, flat affect, aloaf MISSING —> Intimicy, joyful affect (emotions)
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Schizotypal PD
Fearful of others, TV characters are talking to them, conspiracy theorists MISSING —> Communication, socialability
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Cluster B
Impulsive, dramatic —> Need attention from others
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Antisocial PD
Lacks remorse, impulsive, unlawful tendencies MISSING —> Empathy
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Borderline PD
Fear abandonment, immoral activity, threatens suicide for attention MISSING —> Stability of Self-Image
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Histrionic PD
Seeks attention with lively speech, loud appearances, dramatic opinions MISSING —> Self-Awareness
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Narcissistic PD
Extreme self-importance, exploits others for self-promotion MISSING —> Empathy, regret
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Cluster C
Anxious, Fearful
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Avoidant PD
Believe they are socially incompetent, fear rejection, cowardly MISSING —> Self-Confidence
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Dependent PD
Lacking confidence, continually seeks advice, fear being alone MISSING —> Ability to be dependent
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Obsessive-Compulsive PD
Preoccupied with detail, lists and perfection, humorless MISSING —> Spontaneity, Enjoyment
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Ego-Dystonic
Aware they have a disorder; Feel a need for treatment
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Ego-Syntonic
Believe nothing is wrong; No need for treatment
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Psychotherapy
Targets learned disorders Goal —> Change behavior, thoughts and emotions
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Lobotomy
Through the eye socket
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Psychodynamic
Identify repressed tension and resolve unconscious conflicts
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Manifest Content
What you see in a dream
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Latent Content
What the dream means
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Humanistic
Emphasizes potential for growth and fulfillment Maslow, Rogers
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Person-Centered Style
Genuine (no therapist facade), accepting (unconditioned positive regard), empathic (reflect feelings)
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Active Listening
Summarize, Clarify, then Restate
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Behavioral Therapy
Uses operant and classical conditioning (counter conditioning and rewards)
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Adversive Conditioning
Associate bad behavior with something unpleasant Ex: Foul smell, electric shock, nausea
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Counter-Conditioning
Gets conditioned with pleasant items to face fear
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Token Economy
Reinforcing appropriate behavior with “tokens” —> Tokens exchanged for privileges
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Cognitive Therapy
Correct irrational thinking (identify, challenge, replace) Ex: People in Harry Potter faced their fears, but took the challenge to turn that fear into something funny
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Cognitive Triad
Negative appraisal of events
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Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)
Tries to correct unreasonable assumptions; Albert Ellis
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Fugue State
Loss of identity Physically moves to a new location Bewildered wandering
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Psychodynamic
Unconscious childhood conflicts
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Behavioral
Learned associations; reinforcements
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Humanistic
Inability to fulfill one’s potential
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Cognitive
Maladaptive thoughts; interpretations
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Sociocultural
Toxic surroundings
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Reciprocal Determinism
Interacting influence of behavior, personal thoughts, and environment
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Self-Efficacy
One’s belief in one’s ability to succeed “Will my efforts be worth success?”
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Spotlight Effect
Overestimating how much others notice our appearance
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Self-Serving Bias
Readiness to perceive oneself favorably; can't do anything wrong
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Pessimistic Explanatory Style
Use internal blame for negative events; believe that negative events will continue
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Optimistic Explanatory Style
Use external blame for negative events; believe negative events will end soon
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MMPI
Used to identify mental disorders
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Projection
Putting the blame on someone else
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Regression
Displays child-like temper tantrums
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Altruism
Putting the needs of others first
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Social Facilitation
My efforts ARE being watched, then I put on more effort
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Social Loafing
Laziness increases when others are doing th work for you
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Deindividuation
Responding to a group norm, even though they know it is wrong
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Syntax
Rules for combining words/phrases
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Bottom-Up Processing
Senses to the brain
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Top-Down Processing
Brain expectations to the senses
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Systematic Desenitization
Behavior therapy of gradually exposing individual to their fear
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Operant Conditioning
Voluntary, reinforced, consequences
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Classical Conditioning
Reflexive, autonomic
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Absolute Threahold
Level needed to experience sensation 50% of the time
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Schema
Framework that organizes information
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Flat Effect
Expressing no emotions
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Resting Potential
Positive-Outside/Negative-Inside state of an axon
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Sunk-Cost Fallacy
Stick to original plan because spent too much time even when switching to a new approach could save us time
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Lithium and SSRIs
Popular medications used for treating depression

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