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Continuum between Normal/Abnormal
Where is the defining line?
reliability
consistency of diagnoses from different psychologists
accuracy
accuracy of diagnostic catalog
HIDES
help seeking, irrationality/dangerous, deviance (statistically different behavior), emotional distress, significant impairment
cultural relativism
difference among different cultures/culture-bound systems
diathesis-stress model
predisposing + precipitating = disorder
central nervous system
brain/spinal cord
peripheral nervous system
bones, muscles, skin, etc
autonomic
systems that function without control (i.e. organs, etc)
somatic
sensory systems
parasympathetic
organs, bowels, etc
sympathetic
emergency, fight-or-flight
agonists
meds that increase neurotransmission
antagonists
meds that decrease neurotransmission in brain
Topographic model
id, superego, ego
id
desires (sometimes sexual)
superego
moral judgement
ego
tries to mediate/reconcile demands of both id/superego. in constant conflict.
free association
patients speaking freely to counselor about thoughts/problems
Humanistic/Existential psychology
-self actualization
-unconditional positive regard
-active listening
-empathy
-client-centered therapy
Behavioral Psychology
-classical conditioning
-operant conditioning
-cognitive treatment
Classical Conditioning
-unconditioned stimulus, conditioned stimulus, unconditioned response, conditioned response
Operant Conditioning
-punishment/reinforcement
law of effect: go towards rewards
Behavioral Treatment
-exposure/systematic densensitization/aversion therapy
-operant conditioning (token economies)
Cognitive Perspectives (treatment)
cognitive restructuring: changing irrational/problematic beliefs into rational attitudes
mental health parity
equality in mental health insurance
enmeshed
families that have few boundaries
disengaged
families that are distant
double-bind communication
family problems where their communication has problems that are mutually exclusive
identified patient
someone that is singled out in therapy
paradoxical intervention
when the therapist lets problems persist in hope that they will encourage change
DSM
Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (help with reliability and accuracy)
1980
DSM underwent revolution with introduction of DSM-III
development of brain without attachment
-left hemisphere: underactivated
-right hemisphere: overactivated
-increased cortisol
Bowlby
-wrote "Attachment"
-biologically we are organized to become attached to someone who will take care of us.
-"Internal Working Model."
Bowlby 3 postulates
-if child is confident that the attachment person will be available, then less fear
-confidence builds over the years then persists
-expectations of availability reflect actual experiences
Representational Models
-organizes information
*self
*attachment figure
*affected created in relationship
Ainsworth
-"The Strange Situation"
-wrote about adding a stranger to a setting, mom leaves (can see if child is securely attached)
Ainsworth "secure base theory"
attachment figure = secure base for attachment
"push-pull" communication
miscommunication/disconnect between mother and child
securely attached children...
-play more
-touch their nose in front of mirror
-can elicit + responses from people
-by age 6, have more friends
Insecurely Attached
-angry at mother
-Internal Working Model: turn away from people
-Mother's claim that they have good interaction with own parents, but don't have exact memories
-value INDEPENDENCE, but in reality children are unattached
"Push-Pull systematic relationship"
-inconsistent
-by age 3, more combative
-psychosomatic complaints: getting attention
-mothers: "I don't know what my child wants."
Disorganized Insecurely Attached
-clearly neglected, sexually abused, etc.
-avoid society
-preschool level: clearly withdrawn
Hess and Main '02
-looking at kids coming from trauma (disorganized ins. attach)
-actually frightened of parents/vice versa
Fraley
best predictor: "I have a really good relationship with my parents" means attached.

ambivalent: mother cold/father unfair
Bartholomes
What if someone avoids people but isn't necessarily unattached to parents? they are avoiding intimacy.
Someone who is quick to notice change...
someone who is insecurely attached.
-working model: looking for negativity
Millon ‘03
• In 2003, wrote a book on Personality Disorders
• People who have disturbances don’t take responsibility for (that they don’t realize that they have)
• We do not consider them ‘diseased,’ their illness is a functional integrated dynamic social system.
Personality Disorders
-inflexible
-rigid in their ways
-self-defeating pattern