Psych Exam 1: Chapter 1

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Anna O.

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Patient of Sigmund Freud and example of how his case studies were not dependable.

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Asylums

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"place of refuge or protection", where mentally ill individuals could go for refuge or care.
*The Age of Enlightenment

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Aaron Beck

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Used findings to build a treatment approach called Cognative Therapy.

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Behavior Therapy

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an approach to therapy in which patients unlearn abnormal behavior.

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Case Managers

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Social workers or paraprofessionals who do much of the day-to-day work in managing the lives and treatment of mentaly ill indiviuals; also known as case workers.

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Jean-Martin Charcot

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A French physician who thought that illnesses were due to a weak nervous system and treated them with hypnosis.

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Clinical Psychologists

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Mental health professionals who have gone to graduate school in psychology, completed a clinical internship, and earned eith at PhD or a PsyD degree.

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Cognitive Therapy

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An approach to treatment in which patients learn to replace incorrect beliefs with more accurate beliefs.

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Counselors

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Mental health professionals who usually have an MA degree in either psychology or counseling and who are trained primarily for clinical practice.

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Deviance

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The degree to which an individual's behaviors differ from others'; a factor used to define abnormal behavior from a cultural point of view.

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Disability

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Disruptions in the ability to function personally, occupationally, or socially; a factor used to define abnormal behavior from an individual's point of view.

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Distress

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Emotions such as anxiety and depression that upset an individual; a factor used to define abnormal behavior from an individual's point of view.

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Dorthea Dix

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A New England schoolteacher who waged an active campaign to build mental hospitals in the United States.

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Exorcism

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A treatment for mental ilness that involves driving out the Devil or evil spirits thought to cause the disorder.

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Sigmund Freud

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An early neurologist who suggested that abnormal behaviors were the result of stressful experiences that were stored in the unconscious and continued to influence the individudal.

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Hippocrates

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An early Greek physician who proposed that abnormal behaviors resulted from the imbalance of humors (fluids) in the body.

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HMO

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Abbreviation for health maintenance organization, which is the term used for an insurance program that employs the managed care approach.

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Hospital of St. Mary of Bethlehem

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The first hospital specifically for the mentally ill; established in London in 1547. Sold tickets for public to watch the disturbed.

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Humors

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Fluids in the body, whose imbalance was thought by early Greeks to cause abnormal behavior.

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Hysterical Disorders

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Physical disorders for which a physical cause cannot be found.

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MA Degree

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The degree (Master of Arts) earned in graduate school by some mental health professionals; it involves less time and training than a PhD or PsyD degree.

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Managed Health Care

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An approach to health care in which apanel of experts hired by a patient's insurance company makes decisions about whether proposed treatment is reasonable and will be paid for by the insurance company.

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MD Degree

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The degree (Doctor of Medicine) earned after completing medical school.

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Franz Mesmer

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A French physician who believed that disorders were due to imbalances of magnetic fluids and who is considered to be the father of hypnosis.

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Mesmerism

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The original term for hypnosis.

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Moral Treatment

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One of the first psychological treatments to be used for mental patients; it involved providing better living conditions for patients and treating them as normal individuals.

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MSW degree

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The graduate degree (Master of Social Work) earned by social workers.

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Myth of Mental Illness

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The notion that rather than reflecting mental illness, abnormal behavior is simply different or wrong or a reasonable response to an unreasonable situation.

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Ivan Pavlov

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A Russian psysiologist who discovered classical conditioning.

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PhD degree

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The degree (Doctor of Philosophy) earned by clinical psychologists, which reflects training in both clinical practice and research.

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Philippe Pinel

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A physician who began improving the conditions and care of mentally ill patients in Paris in 1792.

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Psychoanalysis

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A treatment developed by Freud in which the patient goes back over earlier experiences to find an duncerstand the one that is causing current symptoms.

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Psychiatrists

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Mental health professionals who are physicians with additional training in the practice of psychiatry and are able to prescribe drugs and carry out other medical procedures.

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PsyD degree

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The degree (Doctor of Psychology) earned by clinical psychologists trained primarily in clincal pracitce.

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Benjamin Rush

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A physician who introduced humane care of mental patients in the US in the 1780s.

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Scientist-Practitioner Model

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The approach to training clinical psychologists that emphasized both clinical practice and research.

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Social Workers

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Mental health professionals who usually have an MSW degree and are trained primarily for clinical practice.

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Edward L. Thorndike

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An American psychologist who identified operant conditioning.

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Trephination

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A procedure in which holes are drilled in the skull; thought to be used by Stone Age people to release the evil spirits that cause abnormal behavior. (The term is based on the Latin word trephine, which is a small circular saw used for removing a dircular disk of bone.)

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William Tuke

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An English Quaker who founded a retreat for the mentally ill in England in the 1790s.

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Unconscious

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According to Freud, a portion of the mind in which anxiety-provoking memories are stored.

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John B. Watson

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An American psychologist who applied the principle of conditioning to the understanding and treatment of abnormal behavior in humans.