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20 Cards in this Set
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Theoretical Perspective |
An orientation to understanding the causes of human behavior and the treatment of abnormality |
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Polygenic |
More than one gene participates in determining a characteristic |
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Phenotype |
Physical, observed, or measurable |
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Epigenetics |
The science that attempts to identify the ways that the environment influences genes to produce phenotypes |
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Endophenotypes |
Biobehavioral abnormities that are linked to genetic and neurobiological causes of mental illness |
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Niche Picking |
3rd gene-environment correlation. Child seeks out opportunity. |
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Diathesis-stress model |
People are born with predispositions that place them at risk for developing a psychological disorder if exposed to stressful life events |
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Epigenesis |
Process through which the environment causes genes to turn on and off |
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DNA methylation |
The process that can turn off a gene as a chemical group, methyl, attaches itself to the gene |
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Genome-wide linkage study |
Genetic method in which researchers study the families of people with specific psychological traits or disorders |
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Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) |
Genetic method in which researchers scan the entire genome of individuals who are not related |
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Single nucleotide poly morphine (SNP) |
A small genetic variation that can occur in a person's DNA |
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Neuroleptics |
Antipsychotic medications |
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Deep brain stimulation |
Implanted microelectrobe that provides low electrical stimulation |
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Libido |
The IDs primal instincts |
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Secondary process thinking |
Thinking involved in logical and rational problem solving |
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Archetypes |
Images common to all human experience |
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Object relations |
One's unconscious representations of important people in one's life |
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Contingency management |
Rewarding a client for desired behaviors and not for undesired behaviors |
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Participant modeling |
Therapist shows client desired behavior then guides them |
