PGS101 Final Exam
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- ______ is the one who wanted a woman
- Kjell Bjarne
- Disorders
- Interfere with functioning Causes physical danger to anyone and/or patient personal distress
- DSM-IV
- Psychologist bible, classifies all psychodiagnosis disorders
- DSM-IV | Five Axes
- I - Clinical Syndromes II - Personality Disorders III - Medical Conditions IV - Psychosocial Problems V - Global assessment of functioning
- Anxiety Disorders
- Excessive apprehension
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- not caused by any specific threat anxious all the time, excessive apprehension ubiquitous, not tied to any certain event or people
- Phobic Disorders
- irrational fears has to mess with your functioning and cause you personal distress extreme version of a phobia tied to a specific object or situation--a specific threat
- Panic Disorders
- reoccurring attacks that are not tied to specific events; seem to come out of nowhere
- Agoraphobia
- fear of open spaces usually can not leave their home has own section in the DSM because of the condition
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
- Persistent obtrusive thoughts along with a need to engage in unnecessary rituals because of those thoughts most common of the thoughts is fear of germs excessively wash hands "Obsessive Checking Behavior" - never know if they turned off the oven burner and keep checking
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Large portion are war veterans Sometimes it is so bad that once they come home they can no longer function
- Genetics of Anxiety Disorders
- Genes make someone more prone to a disorder, but is not guaranteed
- Neurochemicals of Anxiety Disorders
- Decreased GABBA activities and Serotonin activity is related to psychiatry disorders
- Classical and Operant Conditioning & Anxiety Disorders
- Classical conditioning forms the phobic behavior, but Operant conditioning maintains it
- Cognitive of Anxiety Disorders
- There is a difference in how people with anxiety disorders interpret thins compared to those without the disorder
- Personality & Anxiety Disorders
- The level of Neuroticism in a person is directly correlated to Personality issues that they might have
- Stress & Anxiety Disorders
- Going through adolescence is stressful, and most disorders do not reveal themselves until adolescence.
- Somatoform Disorders
- physical ailment with no organic basis
- Somatization Disorder
- History of very diverse physical complaints. Largely tied to Neuroticism
- Conversion Disorder
- Loss of function in a single organ system with no physical basis. paralysis of a body part, will not respond to reflexes
- Hypochondriasis
- Excessive preoccupation or worry about having a serious illness
- Personality & Somatoform Disorders
- Neuroticism is clearly linked to somatoform disorders Hysteria is also linked to somatoform
- Cognitive & Somatoform Disorders
- Just by learning this information, our cognitive state has changed and so has our predisposition to psychological disorders
- Sick Role & Somatoform Disorders
- The attention that is received from being sick can be very rewarding. Especially if they have been deprived of attention in the past.
- Dissociative Disorders
- memory dissociations
- Dissociative Amnesia
- Loss of memory or information that is tied to a certain event "Motivated Fogetting"
- Dissociative Fugue
- Loss of memory for all identifying information Strongly implies that all identifying information is stored in a common area
- Dissociative Identify Disorder
- "Multiple Personality Disorder" (not the same as Schizophrenia) Coexistence of more than one personality within an individual, with dissociations between them in memory
- Physiology & Dissociative Disorders
- Physiological processes (like blood pressure) can change between personalities
- Etiology of Dissociative Disorders
- Stress Early Trauma
- Mood Disorders
- emotional disturbances
- Bipolar Disorder
- Alternating experiences of Mania and Depression
- Characteristics of Mania
- Sexually reckless behavior Increased self esteem Decreased need for sleep Grandoise planning Never stop talking
- Neurotransmitters & Mood Disorders
- declines in neuroprinifem and serotonin
- Genetics & Mood Disorders
- genetic component of mood disorders
- Cognitive & Mood Disorders
- negative thoughts are related to depression, and negative self-talk
- Social Skills & Mood Disorders
- Correlation between problems with social skills and mood disorders
- Schizophrenia Disorders
- disruptive, disturbing thoughts
- Paranoid (Schizophrenia)
- Suffer from delusions of persecution and/or grandeur
- Disordered (Schizophrenia)
- affect behavior and speech maladapted behavior personalized speech
- Catatonic (Schizophrenia)
- Characterized by motor disturbances Strict immobility to excessive repetition of a purposeless activity
- New Proposed Classification (Schizophrenia)
- Symptoms are either classified as "positive" or "negative" Would help medication, as positive and negative medications are much different.
- Genetics & Schizophrenia
- One Parent = 17% Both Parents = 46%
- Neurochemicals & Schizophrenia
- Schizophrenia deals with the access of Dopamine
- Brain Structure & Schizophrenia
- Schizophrenia is related to enlarged ventricles that circulate spinal fluid. Possible cause is prenatal brain damage
- Insanity Defense (Psych & The Law)
- A person can not be held responsible or their actions because of their mental illness (Crim must be intentional)
- Lake Woebegon Effect
- People think they are smarter than they actually are. (its psychologically healthy)
- Assumed Consensus Effect
- People assume that everyone is more like them than they actually are.
- Halo Effect
- If someone has one or two good personally traits, it is assumed that they have all good traits.
- Expectancy Effects
- ie. fake "self-help" tapes working. Musical Recital/Card Game
- Spotlight Effect
- Inflated beliefs of being the center of others' attention People are generally much busier with their own impression management
- Context Effect
- Beautiful vs Ugly Room Study People in the beautiful rooms rated them far higher on average than the ugly room.
- Priming Effects (Donald Study)
- What's on the subject's mind plays a big role in what we think of someone
- Unwanted Thoughts
- White Bear study if told not to think about white bears, the subjects kept thinking about them.
- Steretypes
- beliefs that are most likely tied to a personality trait based on group membership.
- Prejudice
- emotion/affect of like/dislike based solely on their group membership
- Discrimination
- behavior, treating someone differently based on group membership
- Attitude Theory / Learning
- Classical Conditioning - learning by association Operating Conditioning - learning by reward/punishment Observational Learning - learning by observing
- Persuasion Factors
- credibility trusthworthiness attractiveness likeability
- Message Factors
- strength validity repetition
- Audience Factors
- forewarning latitude of acceptance
- Passionate Love (Walster & Walster)
- Complete sexual attraction Agony and Ecstasy (roller coaster) of emotion Decreases over time.
- Companionate Love (Walster & Walster)
- Experience things together for a lifetime. Grows stronger over time.
- Sternberg's Triangular Theory
- Intimacy Passion - sexual arousal Commitment - an intention to stay in the relationship
- Hendrick's Love Styles
- Eros, Ludus, Storge, Pragma, Mania, Agape
- Eros (Hendrick Love Styles)
- physical feelings, physical arousal, very quick relationships.
- Ludus (Hendrick Love Styles)
- very "notch on bedpost", approaches love like a game.
- Storge (Hendrick Love Styles)
- need love to evolve from friendships, or long relationships
- Pragma (Hendrick Love Styles)
- very sensible, choose mate for a specific, pragmatic reason
- Mania (Hendrick Love Styles)
- manic style approaches relationship with a need for drama, ups and downs.
- Agape (Hendrick Love Styles)
- selfless altruistic love, spiritual, motherly love.
- Asch's Conformity Experiment
- the first six people said that the two lengths were the same, and the seventh person just went along with it.
- Outcomes (Hendrick Love Styles)
- Thought: Men-->Eros, Women-->Agape Found: Men/Women have equal chance of Agape/Eros Men were Ludus Women were Storge and Pragma.
- Mass Murderers (Extreme Deviance)
- Kills many in short time Stick to their profile (MO) White, middle-class, middle-aged men. Usually want to die if they are given the chance
- Serial Killers (Extreme Deviance)
- One victim at a time Sticks to a Profile (MO) White, middle-class, middle-aged men. Love to kill-get addicted No evidence of rehabilitation
- Milgram's Obedience Study
- Teacher/Learner If "teacher" thought information was coming from a credible source, they would act on it without question.
- Social Loafing (Group Behavior)
- Groups make someone feel less responsible than if they were working alone.
- Bystander Effect (Group Behavior)
- More likley that you will get help on a lightly traveled road in comparison to a busy freeway.
- _____ helped ______ discover himself, a sense of identity. He felt superior at ______.
- Poetry, Elling, Poetry
- ______ was in the institution for 20 years. and _____ was in for 2.5 years.
- Kjell Bjarne, Elling
- Kjell's work with craftsmanship and repairing gave him __________ : the christmas gift, or fixing Reidan's plumbing.
- a sense of identity
- Elling probably had a(n) _________ disorder.
- Anxiety
- Kjell' violence was directed at _______ for the first half of the movie.
- himself
- Elling never drank alcohol because...
- he tried to sell his mother to one of his friends (Extreme deviance).
- Thomas Szasz
- He is a prominent figure in the antipsychiatry movement, a well-known social critic of the moral and scientific foundations of psychiatry, and of the social control aims of medicine in modern society, as well as of scientism.
- Diagnosis
- Diagnosis is the identification, by process of elimination, of the nature of anything.
- Prognosis
- a medical term denoting the doctor's prediction of how a patient will progress, and whether there is a chance of recovery.