Final Psych Exam

Front 1

stress

Back 1

demand of an organism to adapt

Front 2

eustress

Back 2

stress that is harmful

Front 3

health psychology

Back 3

studies the relationship between psychological factor and the prevention and treatment of physical illness

Front 4

pathogen

Back 4

microscopic organism that can cause disease

Front 5

conflict

Back 5

being torn in different direction by opposing motives

Front 6

catastrophize

Back 6

to blow out of proportion

Front 7

type A behavior

Back 7

competitive and hostility - sen of time and urgency

Front 8

self-efficacy expectation

Back 8

our belief that we can bring about desired changes through our own effort

Front 9

psychological hardiness

Back 9

cluster of traits that buffer stress

-commitment, control, and challenge

Front 10

locus of control

Back 10

place where an individual feels control (internally or externally)

Front 11

internals

Back 11

people who attribute being able to get reinforcements comes from within themselves

Front 12

externals

Back 12

people who believe they attain reinforcements from outside themselves

Front 13

general adaptation syndrome (GAS)

Back 13

hypothesized 3 stage response to stress

Front 14

alarm reaction

Back 14

1st stage of GAS - sympathetic activity triggered by stressor

Front 15

fight-or-flight reaction

Back 15

innate response to the perception of danger

Front 16

resistance stage

Back 16

2nd stage of GAS - prolonged sympathetic activity trying to restore lost energy and repair damage

Front 17

exhaustion stage

Back 17

3rd stage of GAS - weekend resistance and possible deterioration

Front 18

immune system

Back 18

system of the body that recognize and destroy foreign agents that enter the body

Front 19

leukocytes

Back 19

white blood cells

Front 20

antigen

Back 20

substance that stimulate the body to have an immune system response to it

Front 21

antibodies

Back 21

substances formed by white blood cells to kill antigens

Front 22

inflammation

Back 22

increase blood flow to injured area of the body

Front 23

biopsychosocial

Back 23

having to do with biological, psychological, and social factors

Front 24

psychological disorders

Back 24

patterns connected to emotional distress or significant impairment in functioning

Front 25

hallucination

Back 25

perception confused with reality - in the absence of sensory stimulation

Front 26

ideas of persecution

Back 26

erroneous beliefs that one is being victimized

Front 27

anxiety disorders

Back 27

disorders characterized by excessive worrying, nervousness, and inability to relax

Front 28

specific phobia

Back 28

persistent fear of specific object or situation

Front 29

claustrophobia

Back 29

fear of small places

Front 30

acrophobia

Back 30

fear of high places

Front 31

social anxiety disorder

Back 31

irrational fear of public scrutiny

Front 32

panic disorder

Back 32

recurrent experiences of attacks of extreme anxiety when there is no external stimulation

Front 33

generalized anxiety disorder

Back 33

feelings of dread and sympathetic arousal of at least 6months duration

Front 34

obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)

Back 34

recurrent anxiety provoking thoughts seem beyond control and the person has irresistible urges to engage in behaviors thought to reduce the anxiety

Front 35

post traumatic stress disorder

Back 35

extreme fear and avoidance after distressing event

Front 36

acute stress disorder

Back 36

feelings of helplessness caused by a traumatic event (same month as event, lasts 2d-4w)

Front 37

dissociative identity disorder

Back 37

person appears to have two or more identities that may appear at diff times

Front 38

dissociative amnesia

Back 38

disorder marked by loss of memory or self identity

Front 39

depersonalization- derealization disorder

Back 39

disorder where one feels detached from oneself so their surroundings aren't real

Front 40

somatoform disorders

Back 40

people complain of physical pain even though no physical abnomality can be found

Front 41

illness anxiety disorder

Back 41

somatoform disorder where one persistently believes that they are ill even though there are no medical findings

Front 42

conversion disorder

Back 42

anxiety or unconscious conflicts are converted into physical symptoms that end up helping the person cope with anxiety

Front 43

la belle indiference

Back 43

lack of concern for imagined medical problem

Front 44

bipolar disorder

Back 44

mood alternated between two extreme poles

Front 45

manic

Back 45

elated, showing excessive excitement

Front 46

rapid flight ideas

Back 46

rapid speech and topic changes (manic behavior)

Front 47

major depressive disorder

Back 47

severe depressive order where person may show loss of appetite, psychomotor retardation,and impaired reality testing

Front 48

psychomotor retardation

Back 48

slowness in motor activty and thought

Front 49

learned helplessness

Back 49

possible explanation for some depressive behavior

- organisms in unpleasant situations learn to show inactivity when their behavior isn't being reinforced

Front 50

attributional style

Back 50

tendancy to attribute ones behavior to various factors

Front 51

neuroticism

Back 51

personality train with persistent anxiety

Front 52

positive symptoms

Back 52

symptoms of schizophrenia that indicate presence of inappropriate behavior

Front 53

negative symptoms

Back 53

symptoms of schizophrenia that reflect absence of appropriate behavior (ex. blank faces, motionless)

Front 54

mutism

Back 54

refusal to talk

Front 55

delusions

Back 55

false, persistent beliefs that are not backed by evidence

Front 56

stupor

Back 56

condition when senses, thoughts and movements are dulled

Front 57

catatonia

Back 57

psychotic condition with striking motor impairment

Front 58

waxy flexibility

Back 58

feature of catatonic schizophrenia where people can be molded into postures that they stay in for some time

Front 59

delusional disorder

Back 59

psychotic disorder with persistent false beliefs

Front 60

personality disorders

Back 60

enduring patterns of being unable to adapt because stress to the individual or others

Front 61

paranoid personality disorder

Back 61

persistant suspiciousness

Front 62

schizoid personality disorder

Back 62

characterized by social withdrawal

Front 63

schizotypal personality disorder

Back 63

characterized by odd thoughts and behaviors but not bizarre psychotic behaviors

Front 64

antisocial personality disorder

Back 64

diagnostic given to a person who is in frequent conflict with society but they are undeterred by punishment and feel no guilt or anxiety

Front 65

borderline personality disorder

Back 65

instability with relationships, self image, and lack of impulse control

Front 66

avoidant personality disorder

Back 66

person is unwilling to enter a relationship without assurance that the will be accepter

-n afraid of rejection snd criticism

Front 67

top 10 things to know about health psych

Back 67

look in book at post it page

Front 68

health vs wellbeing

Back 68

health is more biological and wellbeing is more related to mental and emotional

Front 69

culturally bound syndromes

Back 69

look in book after post it

Front 70

symptoms

Back 70

signs of the disorder

Front 71

diagnosis

Back 71

distinguishing and labeling a disorder

Front 72

etiology

Back 72

cause of the disorder

Front 73

prognosis

Back 73

prediction of the disorders course

Front 74

4 main criteria for disorders

Back 74

atypical behavior

maladaptive behavior

Front 75

violate cultural norms

Back 75

personal distress

Front 76

atypical behavior

Back 76

behavior that occurs significantly above ro below the average frequency

Front 77

maladaptive behavior

Back 77

behavior harmful to the person or their society

Front 78

violating cultural norms

Back 78

if the behavior violates what the general culture deems as normal

Front 79

personal distress

Back 79

does the behavior cause significant emotional distress to the person

Front 80

psychotherapy

Back 80

systematic interaction between therapist and client where psychological methods are used to influence clients thoughts, feelings, and behavior to help the client overcome a psychological disorder, adjust to problems in living, and develop as an individual

Front 81

asylum

Back 81

outmoted institution to take care of the mentally ill

Front 82

psychodynamic therapy

Back 82

type of psychotherapy thats based on Freud's thinking and assumes psychological problems reflect early childhood and inner conflicts

Front 83

psychoanalysis

Back 83

freuds methods of psychotherapy

Front 84

catharsis

Back 84

the expression of repressed feelings

Front 85

free association

Back 85

uncensored uttering of thoughts that come to mind

Front 86

resistance

Back 86

tendency to block free expression of impulses

Front 87

transference

Back 87

responding to one person in a similar way that you responded to another person in your childhood

Front 88

wish fulfillment

Back 88

in dreams, the acting out of impulses that are repressed when one is conscious

Front 89

ego analyst

Back 89

psychodynamically oriented therapist who focusses on the conscious coping behavior of the ego instead of the functioning of the id

Front 90

humanistic therapy

Back 90

form of psychotherapy that focusses on clients subjective conscious experience in the here and now

Front 91

client-centered therapy

Back 91

method of psychotherapy which emphasizes the creation of a warm, therapeutic atmosphere that frees clients to engage in self exploration and self expression

Front 92

Gestalt therapy

Back 92

psychotherapy that tries to integrate conflicting parts of personality by methods that help clients perceive their whole self

Front 93

behavior therapy

Back 93

systematic application of principles of learning to directly modify clients problem behaviors

Front 94

systematic desensitization

Back 94

reducing fears by making a hierarchy of fear-evoking images and associating it with deep muscle relaxation

Front 95

modeling

Back 95

behavior therapy technique when a client observes and imitates a person who approaches and copes with feared object or situation

Front 96

aversive conditioning

Back 96

behavior therapy technique where undesired responses are paired with offensive or pungent stimuli

Front 97

token economy

Back 97

controlled environment where people are reinforced for desired behaviors with tokens that can be exchanged for priveledges

Front 98

successive approximations

Back 98

in operant conditioning, series of behaviors that get closer to the target behavior

Front 99

social skills training

Back 99

method for helping people in their interpersonal relations that utilizes self monitoring, behavioral rehearsal, and feedback

Front 100

biofeedback training

Back 100

systematic feeding back to an organism about a bodily function so they can take control of it

Front 101

cognitive therapy

Back 101

therapy focused on how clients cognitions lead to distress and may be modified to relieve stress and promote adaptive behavior

Front 102

rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT)

Back 102

therapy that encourages clients to challenge and correct irrational expectations and promote adaptive behavior

Front 103

cognitive behavior therapy

Back 103

approach that uses cognitive and behavioral techniques that've been validated by research

Front 104

rebound anxiety

Back 104

anxiety that can occur when one discontinues use of a tranquilizer

Front 105

antidepressant

Back 105

acting to relieve depression

Front 106

selective-serotonin- reuptake inhibitors

Back 106

antidepressant drugs that work by blocking repute of serotonin so the amount of serotonin to the brain is increased

Front 107

electroconvulsive therapy

Back 107

treatment of disorders by passing an electric current through the head that causes a convulsion

Front 108

psychosurgery

Back 108

surgery that tries to promote psychological changes or relieve disordered behavior

Front 109

prefrontal lobotomy

Back 109

severing or destructing a section of the frontal lobe of the brain

Front 110

DSM-V (5)

Back 110

diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders

lists all disorders and the criteria for them

Front 111

perks and downsides of labeling

Back 111

look in book

Front 112

3 main treatments of psychodynamic therapy

Back 112

free association

word association

dream analysis

Front 113

BEHAVIORAL THERAPIES

Back 113

look at 12/11 notes

Front 114

systematic desensitization

Back 114

client and therapist go through hierarchy of fear, using relaxation techniques from the least scary going to the most fear evoking

Front 115

response prevention

Back 115

used for odd or when a person has an urge to reduce anxiety

- tried to break up this cycle by getting the patient to participate in something healthy to reduce anxiety

- leads to longer term relief, fewer negative thoughts, fewer obsessive thoughts, and less tension and anxiety

Front 116

aversion conditioning

Back 116

pairing fear or negative stimulus with pleasant stimulus