Psych 3Rd Exam

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what 3 constructs underlie the psychoanalytic approach?

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-ID
-Ego
-Superego

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define and distinguish ID

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driven by pleasure; life and death instincts;basic instincts ex- push people out of the way at burger king when hungry.

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define and distinguish EGO

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makes compromises and mediates conflicts btw id superego and the world;
cool, calm and collected; waits in line and thinks of what to order.

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define and distinguish SUPEREGO

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tells people what they should/ should not do; opposes id; morals, consious, ideals, values

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psychoanalytic (freud) approach has emphasis on what age

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childhood

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unconsious tactics that either prevent threatening materical from surfacing or disguis it when it does

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defense mechinism

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unconsiously pushing threatening memoris urges or ideas away from conscious awarenee

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repression

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attempting to make actions or mistakes reasonable

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rationalization

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unconsiously attributing ones own unacceptable thoughts/impulses to another person

(you hate him, but say he hates you)

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projection

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who is most associated with the psychoanalytic/psychodynamic approach

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freud

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What are the three “requirements” for diagnosis of most psychological disorders?

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dysfunctional,
distressing,
different from social norms

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Freudian psychotherapy emphasizes

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client insight

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According to your instructor, the most useful approach to psychotherapy is

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a combination of drug therapy and traditional psychotherapy

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Group therapy involves people who are related to each other.
(true or false)

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false

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PTSD is a disorder that is relatively new. It has only existed since the Vietnam war.(true or false)

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false

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Electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT) is used

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in some cases of severe depression

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Pre frontal lobotomies were a form of psychosurgery used through the 1970’s. It involved

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. surgery to the frontal lobes that severed neuronal connections
& lesioning areas of the frontal lobe

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Personality is a construct assumed to exist because of

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patterns of thought, feelings and behavior

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The part of the brain generally thought to play a large role in personality is

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frontal lobe

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Personality tests (TAT, MMPI-2, Rorschach) exist in order to assess the normal person!

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false

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What is generally considered (currently) the most useful approach to personality

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trait/biological

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Why is the Baltimore Longitudinal Study so valuable?

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The ability to follow the same individuals over the course of many years

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What is the most common type/category of psychological disorder?

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anxiety disorder

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What does it mean when we talk about an “insanity” defense.

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. it is a legal defense that indicates the individual either did not know
right from wrong and or did not know what they were doing

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a disorder characterized by disordered thinking

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schizophrenia

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The biological approach to psychological disorders is characterized by

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an approach that views psychological disorders as strictly malfunctions of the brain chemistry.

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Gene is a child who recently immigrated to the U.S. from a war-torn country where he lived in several refugee camps. Before arriving in the U.S., he witnessed many atrocities and was frequently worried about his safety and the safety of his family. After immigrating, he was constantly anxious during school and suffered from frequent nightmares. A school psychologist would most likely conclude that Gene has:

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ptsd

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Treatment of some psychological disorders seems to be most effective when combining several approaches to treatment. As mentioned in class, which are the two the seem to work well together?

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biological and any other form of psychotherapy

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An important common feature of all forms of psychotherapy is the belief that the client

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is willing to do something constructive about their problem

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Which of the following mental health professionals receives his or her training in medical school?

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a psychiatrist

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One of the key differences between generalized anxiety disorder and a phobia is that:

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a phobia is triggered by a specific object or situation.

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. You have knowledge and experience with someone suffering from depression. They have been diagnosed by several professionals. The behavior of this person does not seem to match the descriptions that you have learned about in your reading and classes. What is going on?

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The descriptions you have learned about deal with symptoms of
depression, in general, and may not completely apply to all individuals.

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approach that is optimistic; humans have great potential

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humanistic

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who is associated with humanistic approach

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rogers and maslow

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(approach)consistent tendency to have certain kinds of beliefs, beahaviors and desires

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trait/biological approach

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determined largely by unconscious intrapsychic conflicts

researched wiht case studies

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psychodynamic

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determined by traits or needs

researched by analysis of tests for basic personality deminsions

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trait

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determined by learning cognitive factors and specific situtations

researched by analysis of interactions btw people and situations

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social-cognitive

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determined by innate growth tendency and individual perception of reality

researched by studies of relationshops btw perceptions and behavior

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humanistic

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way one thinks of themself

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self concept

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psycholgical problems in which a person shows the symptoms of some physical disorder for which there is no physical cause

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somatoform disorder

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an organized problem solving approach in which the therapist actively collaborates with clients to help them notice how certain negitive thoughts precede anxiety and depression

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cognitive therapy

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dsm-iv

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describe the patterns of thinking emotion and behavior that define various mental disorders;axis 1-5

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treatments that use classical (pavlov) principles to change behavior

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behavior therapy

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treatments that use operant (pos reinforcemnt)conditioning to change behavior

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behavior modification

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5-factor model (OCEAN) in which approach

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trait/bio

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Rotter Bandura Mischel associated with

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social cognitive

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an organized problem-solving approach in which the therapist actively collaborates with clients to help them notice how certain neg thoughts precede anxiety & depression

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cognitive therapy

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which psychotherapy approach emphasizes the ways in which people interpret the events in their lives

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humanistic