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45 Cards in this Set
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Cognition |
All the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating |
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Algorithm |
A methodical, logical rule that guarantees solving a problem. Slower, less error prone |
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Heuristic |
A simple thinking strategy that often allows us to make judgements and solve problems efficiently. Shorter, more error prone. |
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Mental set |
*Will inhibit creativity.* Approaching a problem in one particular way that has been successful in the past |
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Telegraphic |
Two word speech |
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Aphasia |
Impairment of language, usually caused by left hemisphere damage either to Brocas area of to Wernickes area |
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IQ test |
Measures aptitude and compares it to others |
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Savant syndrome |
Kim peek. A condition in which people otherwise limited in mental ability has and exceptional specific skill ex. Drawing, computation |
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Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon |
Produced first intelligence test for assessing the abilities and academic progress |
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Achievement test |
A test designed to assess what a person has learned |
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Down syndrome |
A condition of mild to sever intellectual disability and associated physical disorders caused by and extra copy of chromosome 21 |
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Instinct |
Unlearned behavior |
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Set point |
The point at which and individuals weight thermostat is supposedly set when the body falls below this weight the increase in hunger and lower metabolic rate may act restore the lost weight |
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Bulimia |
An eating disorder in which a person alternates binge eating with purging, fasting, or excercise |
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Motivation |
A need or desire that energizes and directs behaviors |
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Emotion |
A response of the whole organism involving physiological arousal, expressive behaviors, and conscious experience |
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Sympathetic nervous system |
Mobilizing energy in stressful situations, arouses body |
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Parasympathetic nervous system |
Calms the body, conserves energy, relaxed |
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Stress |
The process by which we perceive and respond to certain events, stressors, that we appraise as threatening or challenging |
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General adaption system (GAS) |
Selye's concept of the body's adaptive response to stress in three phases: alarm, resistance, and exhaustion |
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Bio feedback |
Can elicit relaxation response |
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ADHD |
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is a psychological disorder marked by the appearance by age 7 of one or more than three key symptoms: extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity |
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Medical model |
The concept that diseases, in this case psychological disorders, have physical cause that can be diagnosed, treated, and in most cases cured often through treatment in a hospital. |
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DSM (diagnostic and statistical manual) |
It does not provide explanation for the cause of the disorders, just diagnosis |
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OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) |
And anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsession) and or actions (compulsions) |
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PTSD (Post traumatic stress disorder) |
An anxiety disorder characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawals, jumpy anxiety, and or insomnia that lingers for 4 weeks or more after a traumatic experience. |
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Dissociative identity disorder (DID) |
A rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities |
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The suicidal boost |
2 weeks after taking antidepressants patients are likely to actually commit suicide oppose to before have taken antidepressants |
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Schizophrenia symptoms |
Flat affect, poker face, lack of emotion expressiveness |
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Catatonic schizophrenia |
Immobility or excessive purposeless movement, extreme negativism, and or parrot like repeating of another's speech or movements |
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Narcissism |
Excessive self love and self absorption |
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Antisocial personality disorder |
A personality disorder in which a person exhibits a lack of conscience wrong doing even toward friends and family members. May be aggressive and ruthless or a clever con artist. |
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Biomedical therapy |
Prescribed medications or procedures that act directly on the person's physiology |
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Eclectic approach |
An approach to psychotherapy that depending in the clients problems use techniques from various forms of therapy |
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Frued dream analysis |
Finding symbolic meaning in a client's dreams |
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Humanistic therapist |
Talk to clients that help them find their own answer in their own life, perspective, beliefs |
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Carl Rogers famous quote |
"Unconditional positive reinforcement" |
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AA 12 step program |
Alcoholics anonymous. Program to help people who abuse alcohol |
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Placebo effect |
Experimental results caused by expectations alone. Any effect on behavior cause by administration of an inert substance or condition, which the recipient azzunes is an active agent |
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Zanex treats |
Anxiety |
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Prozac treats |
Mood disorders |
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SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor) treats |
Depression |
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Psychotherapy |
Treatment involving physical techniques. Consists of interaction between a trained therapist and someone seeking to 9bercome psychological difficulties or achieve personal growth |
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Homosexual orientation is |
Persistent and difficult to change |
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Maslows hierarchy of needs |
1. Psychological needs 2. Safety needs 3. Belonging and love needs 4. Esteem needs 5. Self actualization needs 6. Self transcendence needs |
