General Psych 13,15,16

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Behavior that is labeled as Abnormal

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Deviant (atypical)
Maladaptive (dysfunctional)
Personally distressing (despair)

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Biological Approach (Medical Model)

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disorders with biological origins

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Psychological Approach

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experiences, thoughts, emotions, personality

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Sociocultural Approach

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Social Content

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biopsychosocial Approach

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interaction of biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors

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DSM- V Classification System

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common basis for naming disorders

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Axis I and II

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Psychological Disorders

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Axis III

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General Medical Conditions

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Axis IV

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Psychosocial/Environmental Problems

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Axis V

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Current Level of Functioning

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder

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Persistant anxiety for 6 months
inability to specify reasons for the anxiety

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Phobic Disorder

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irrational, overwhelming, persistent fear of a particular object or situation

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Panic Disorder

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recurrent, sudden onsets of intense terror that often occur without warning

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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

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result of exposure to a traumatic event, oppressive situation, natural or unnatural disaster

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Major Depressive Disorter

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significant depressive episode that last for at least 2 weeks

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Obsesssive-Compulsive Disorder

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persistant anxiety-provoking thought and/or urges to perform repetitive, ritualistic behaviors to prevent or produce a situation

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Dysthymic Disorder

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chronic depression

unbroken depression for at least two years (adult) or one year (child)

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Childhood Depression

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risk for depression, can be avoided

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Bipolar Disorder

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extreme mood swings

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Suicide Factors

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Biological- poor health
Psychological-mental disorders, substance abuse
Sociocultural- gender differences, economical hardships

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Dissociative Amnesia

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extreme memory loss due to extensive psychological stress

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Dissociative Fugue

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unexpectadly move away and can assume a new identity

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Dissociative Identity Disorder

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Split Personality

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Schizophrenia

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highly disordered thought

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Biomedical Approach

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reduce/eliminate symptoms by altering body functioning

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Drug Therapy

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Antipsychotic drugs
-side effects

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Electroconvulsive Therapy

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small electric currents produces a brief seizure
deep brain stimulation

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Psychotherapy

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helps recognize and overcome psychological and interpersonal difficulties

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Psychodynamic Therapies

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unconscious mind
therapeutic interpretation
early childhood experiences

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Humanistic Therapies

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self healing
conscious thoughts
self fulfillment

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Social Psychology

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the study of how people think about, influence, and relate to other people

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Person Perception

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physical attractiveness
"Beautiful is good"
first impressions

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Attribution Theory

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Internal/external causes
stable/ unstable causes
controllable/uncontrollable causes

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Heuristics

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cognitive shortcuts that speed decision making

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Cognitive Dissonance Theory

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changing behaviors to match attitude
changing attitudes to match behavior

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Self-Perception Theory

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individuals make inferences about their own attitudes by perceiving their own behavior especially of their attitudes are unclear

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Parts of Persuasion

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The Communicator- credibility
Medium-television verses print
Target- age, attitude, strength
Message- rational versus emotional strategy

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Foot-in-the-door

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buy 1... now buy twelve

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Door-in-the-face

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Buy 12.... how about just 1

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Alturism

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an unselfish interest in helping someone else

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Egoism

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helping others for personal enhancement

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The Bystander Effect

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individuals are less likely to help in an emergency when others are present

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Conformity

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going along with the group even when they are wrong

Asch's experiment

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Obedience

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Doing what you're told even if it means hurting someone

Milgram's Experiments

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Roger's Client-Centered Therapy

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non-directive self exploration

warm supportive atmosphere

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Behavior Therapies

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emphasis overt behavior change rather than insights into self or into underlying causes

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Systematic Desensitization

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develop hierarchy of fearful scenes
learn relaxation techniques
apply relaxation while imagining fearful scenes

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Aversive Conditioning

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Noxious stimuli paired with conditioned stimulus

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Cognitive Therapies

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thoughts are the primary source of psychological problems
how we think controls how we feel
focus on over problems
structured analysis and specific guidance

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Ellis's Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy

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irrational and self-defeating beliefs
eliminated beliefs though rational examination
directive, persuasive, confrontal

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Beck's Cognitive Therapy

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illogical automatic negative thoughts
identify and challenge automatic thoughts
reflective, open-ended dialogue, less directive

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Cognitive-Behavior Therapy

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self-defeatubg thoughts
incorporates behavior therapy
self-instructional methods

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Therapy Integrations

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Techniques from different therapies are combined for the benefit of the client