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42 Cards in this Set
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cognitive appraisal |
stress depending on the persons perception of the event of situation |
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general adaption syndrome |
3 stages: alarm, resistance, and exhaustion when alarm stage reappears is called exhaustion |
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telomeres |
protects the end of chromosone from deterioration involved in aging, stress can cause deterioration |
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acculurative stress |
culture based stress |
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health psychologists study? |
stress and follow the biopsychosocial model |
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fight of flight |
nervous system release of catecholominess |
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women vs men |
behaviorial response differ tend and befriend men: fight or flight/ aggression |
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personal control |
having a realistic sense of it reduces the inpact of stress and anxiety |
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coping |
ways to chang circumstances in order to make the situation better |
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distancing |
when the women made fun of other people to deal with their bad day |
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psychopathology |
study of origins symptoms and development of disorders |
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general anxiety disorder |
constant state of anxiety |
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panic disorder |
sudden intense episodes of anxiety |
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affective disorders |
depression and bipolar |
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positive symptoms of schitzo |
delusions hallucinations |
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negative symptoms (5) |
flat effect alogia avoliation anhedonia asociality |
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avoliation |
lack of drive to perform activites |
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alogia |
poverty of speech |
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anhedonia |
loss of capacity to experience pleasure |
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asociality |
lack to engage in social interaction |
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agoraphobia |
fear of panic attack in public |
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social phobia |
fear of being judged in public |
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Seasonal affective disorder |
more common in men in Northern latitudes |
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cyclothmic disorder |
not severe enough to be bipolar but mood swings |
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antisocial |
blatant disregard for rights of others with no guilt |
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Psychoanalysis |
sigmund frued, theory of personality |
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token economy |
application of opperant conditioning to modify a behavior |
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rational emotive therapy |
changes of irrational thinking |
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cognitive theraoy |
based on the idea that psych probs are caused by unrealistic/ distorted thinking |
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cognitive behavioral theory |
thoughts moods and behaviors are functionally interelated |
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anti anxiety meds |
diazapam (vallium) |
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bipolar meds |
lithium |
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schitzophrenia meds |
antipsychotics |
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suicidal drug |
selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (prozac) |
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4 catagories of interpersonal therapy (ITP) |
FOCUSES ON CURRENT RELATIONSHIPS role disputes, unresolved grief, interpersonal deficits, role transitions |
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client centered therapy |
carl rogers, focuses on perception of client, and to be positive realization of potential during is called self acualization |
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systematic desensitiazation |
behavior therapy counter-conditioning a new response over an old response |
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cognitive restructuring |
psychotheraputic process of learning to identify irrational thoughts |
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gestalt therapy |
psychotherapy enphasizing personal responsibility |
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aversive conditioning |
not effective unwanted behavior paired with an unwanted stimulus |
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ABC model |
involves ones beliefs about events that make one miserable |
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cognitive therapy |
overcome problems and recongnition and ability to monitor thoughts |
