Psych Final

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dsm axial system

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: asks for judgments about individuals on five axes
• Axis 1: clinical syndromes
1. Disorders diagnosed in infancy, childhood, or adolescence
2. Organic mental disorders (dysfunction of brain tissue)
3. Substance-related disorders
4. Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders
5. Mood disorders
6. Anxiety disorders
7. Somatoform disorders (resemble physical illnesses)
8. Dissociative disorders (dysfunction of memory, conscious, identity)
9. Sexual and gender-identity disorders
10. Eating disorders
• Axis 2: personality or mental retardation
• Axis 3: general medical conditions (not related to disorder)
• Axis 4: psychosocial and environmental problems (surroundings and other factors)
• Axis 5: Global Assessment of Functioning (1-100 scale by 10s)

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• Insight therapies

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verbal interactions intended to enhance clients’ self-knowledge and thus promote healthful changes in personality and behavior

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o Psychodynamic: therapy

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emphasizes recovery of unconscious conflicts, motives, and defenses through techniques such as free association and transference
• Conflicts between the id, ego, and superego (sexual aggression/impulses)

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• Behavior Therapy

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work on changing clients’ overt behaviors through learning
• Involves the application of learning principles to direct efforts to change clients’ maladaptive behaviors
• Behavior is the product of learning and it can be unlearned

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antidepressants

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gradually elevate mood and help bring people out of depression
• SSRIs: selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
• May increase risk of suicide

most common class of antidepressant is SSRI and SNRI; before tricyclics and MAO inhibitors

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mood stabilizers

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used to control mood swings for bipolar patients
• Lithium is the most effective

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• Antipsychotic

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gradually reduce psychotic symptoms, including hyperactivity, mental confusion, hallucinations, and delusions
• Work over a period of time
• Side effects include Parkinson’s and impaired motor skills
o Tardive Dyskinesia: a neurological disorder marked by involuntary writhing and tic-like movements of mouth, tongue, face, hands, feet

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• Anti-anxiety:

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relieve tension, apprehension, and nervousness
• Usually in the family of tranquilizers
• Effects are short lived

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Internal attributions

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ascribe the causes of behavior to personal dispositions, traits, abilities, and feelings.

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External attributions

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ascribe the causes of behavior to situational demands
and environmental constraints.

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Zimbardo studies

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prison studies about social roles and the authority of the “guards” over the “prisoners”

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Social enhancemen

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social enhancement occurs when an individuals performance is ENHANCED in the presence of others. Think about how an athlete or performer does better in front of a crowd/audience than all alone.