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Psych 100 EXAM 3 CSCC

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Mood Disorder
Abnormal disturbance in emotion or mood
Schizophrenia
A psychotic disorder involving distortions in thoughts, perceptions and/or emotions
Personality Disorder
A condition involving a chronic, pervasive, inflexible, and maladaptive pattern of thinking, emotions, social relationships or impulse control
Health Psychology
Psychological specialty devoted to understanding how people stay healthy, why they become ill and how they respond when ill
Behavior Therapy
Psychotherapy based on the principles of behavioral learning especially operant conditioning and classical conditioning
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
Delayed stress reaction
Social-Cognitive Theories of Personality
Psychodynamic, Humanistic, Cognitive
DSM-IV
-Manual -Psychiatric classifications system -Classified by mental and behavioral symptoms
Type B personality
Behavior pattern characterized by relaxed unstressed approach to life
Principle of Proximity
Notion that people at work will make more friends among those who are nearby with whom they have the most contact
Matching Hypothesis
Finding mates that are perceived to be about the same level of attractiveness
Conscious
Part of the mind that is capable of thinking, choosing, or perceiving
Humanistic Therapies
Treatment techniques based on the assumption that people have a tendency for positive growth and self-actualization, which may be blocked by an unhealthy environment that can included negative self-evaluation and criticism from others
Major depression
A form of depression that does not alternate with mania
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Objective measure of personality based on Jung's type theory
Seasonal Affective Disorder
A form of depression believed to be caused by deprivation of sunlight
Self-Actualizing Personalities
Healthy individuals who have met their basic needs and are free to be creative and fulfill their potentialities
Cognitive Dissonance
A highly motivating state in which people have conflicting cognitions, especially when their voluntary actions conflict with their attitudes
Problem-Focused Coping
Responding to stress by identifying, reducing and eliminating the stressor
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Characterized by a grandiose sense of self-importance, a preoccupation with fantasies of success or power and a need for constant attention and admiration
Cognitive Therapy
Emphasizing rational thinking as the key to treating mental disorders
Emotion-Focused Coping
Responding to stress by controlling ones emotional responses
Ego
The conscious, rational portion of the mind
Analysis of Transference
Freudian technique of analyzing and interpreting the patients relationship with the therapist, based on the assumption that this relationship mirrors unresolved conflicts in the patients past
Dissociative Disorder
A group of pathologies involving "fragmentation" of the personality, in which some parts of the personality have become detached or dissociated from other parts
Neurotic Needs
Signs of neurosis in Horney's theory, these needs are normal desires carried to a neurotic extreme
Diathesis Stress Models
Genetic Factors place individual at risk while environmental stress factors transform this potential into an actual Schizophrenic disorder
Anxiety Disorder
Mental problems characterized mainly by anxiety
Antisocial Behavior
Characterized by a long standing pattern of irresponsible behavior indicating a lack of conscience and a diminished sense of responsibility to others
Preconscious
Part of the mind that contains information, thoughts, and feelings that are not present in conscious awareness but can readily be brought into the conscious mind.
Social Norms
Groups expectations regarding what is appropriate and acceptable for its members attitudes and behavior
Fully Functioning Person
Healthy, self-actualizing individual, who has a self-concept that is both positive and congruent with reality
Antipsychotic Drugs
Diminish psychotic symptoms
Psychosexual Stages
Oral, Analy, Phallic, Latency, Genital
3 C's of Hardiness
Challenge, Commitment, Control
Social Psychology
Branch of psychology that studies the effect on social variables and cognition on individual behavior and social interaction
Social Context
The combinations of: People, Activities and interactions among people, Setting in which behavior occurs, Expectations and social norms governing behavior in that setting
Electroconvulsive therapy
Shock Treatment
Projective Tests
Personality assessment instruments which are based on Freud's ego defense mechanism of projection
Expectancy-Value Theory
Weighing the potential value of relationship against expectations of success in establishing a relationship
Reflection of Feeling
Paraphrasing the clients words attempting to capture the emotional tone expressed
Coping
Dealing with stress by reducing or eliminating stress for conditions and their effects
ID
Unconscious portion of personality that houses the basic drives and stores repressed memories
Insanity
Law term not psychological
Dissociate Identity Disorder
A condition in which an individual displays multiple identities or personalities
Unconscious
Part of the mind containing memories, thoughts, feelings, and ideas that the person is not generally aware of but that manifest themselves in dreams and dissociated acts
Dissociative Fugue
Like dissociate amnesia but with addition of flight from ones home, family, or job
Situationism
Environmental conditions influence people's behavior
Token Economy
Given tokens to people in group for desired behavior
Discrimination
Negative behavior
Conformity
Tendency for people to adopt the behavior and opinions presented by other group members
Delusions
A persistent false belief held in the face of strong contradictory evidence
General Adaptation Syndrome
Pattern of general physical response that take responses that take essentially the same form in responding to any serious chronic stressor
Type A personality
Behavior pattern characterized by intense, angry competitive or perfectionist response to a challenging situation
Fundamental Attribution Error
Tendency to emphasize internal causes and ignore external pressures
Dissociative Amnesia
A psychologically induced loss of memory for personal information (identity)
MMPI-2
Measures serious mental problems
Self-Serving Bias
One takes credit for success but denies responsibility for failure
Dispositionism
View that behavior is caused by internal factors, such as genes, traits and character qualities
Social Roles
One of several socially defined patterns of behavior that are expected of persons in a given setting or group
Stress
A physical and mental response to a challenging or threatening situation Ex. Your response to that Angry man
Psychosurgery
Surgical intervention in the brain to treat psychological disorders
Milgram's Obedience Experiment
Experiment: Shocking the Learner
Prejudice
Negative attitudes
Similarity Principle
Notion that people are attracted to those who are most similar to themselves
Depersonalization Disorder
An abnormality involving the sensation that mind and body have separated
Maslow's Humanistic Theory
Need a theory that describes mental health as something more than just the absence of illness
Self-Disclosure
Disclosing personal information with someone you trust
Psychopathology
Mental disorder
Aversion Therapy
Presenting individuals with an attraction stimulus pained with unpleasant (aversive) stimulation in order to condition a repulsive reaction
Hallucinations
The perception of somebody or something that is not really there
Group Therapy
Psychotherapy done with more than one patient at a time
Antidepressants and Mood Stabilizers
Medicines that affect depression usually by their effect on the serotonin and/or nonepinephrine pathways in the brain
Learned Helplessness
Passive resignation following recurring failure or punishment
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Newer from of psychotherapy that combines the techniques of cognitive therapy with those of behavioral therapy
Cytokines
Hormone-like chemicals facilitates communication between brain and immune system
Superego
Mind storehouse of values, including moral attitudes learned from parents and society
Traumatic Stressors
A situation that threatens one's physical safety, arousing feelings of fear, horror or helplessness
Therapy
A general term for any treatment
5 Most Common Types of Schizophrenia
Disorganized Type Catatonic Paranoid Undifferentiated Residual
Systematic Desensitization
A behavioral therapy technique in which anxiety is extinguished by exposing the patient to an anxiety provoking stimulus
Client centered therapy
Emphasizing an individuals tendency for healthy psychological growth thru self-actualization
Personality
Psychological qualities that bring continuity to an individuals behaviors in different situtations and at different times
Psychoneuroimmunology
Multidisciplinary field that studies the influence of mental states on the immune system
Reward Theory of Attraction
Attraction is a form of social learning
ADHD
Disability involving short attention span, distractibility, and extreme difficulty in remaining inactive for any period
Chronic Stressors
Societal Stress, Burnout, Compassion Fatigue, Daily Hassles
Cognitive Hardiness
A resilient quality based on distinctive attitudes toward stress and how to manage it
Borderline personality disorder
An unstable personality given to impulsive behavior
Stressor
A stressful stimulus, a condition demanding adaptation Ex. Angry man climbing out of car you just ran into
Bipolar Disorder
A mental abnormality involving swings of mood from mania to depression
Participant Modeling
A social learning technique in which a therapist demonstrates and encourages a client to imitate desired behavior

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