Psych in film exam 1

Question 1

1. perpetuation of stigma
2. attitude change
3. accuracy of portrayal
4. compare and contrast
5. historical context
6. professional ethics
7. treatment

Answer 1

what are the types of psychology in film?

Question 2

understanding…
- cultural norms and myths
- the film makers personal reality
- a specific moment in time
- fantasy
- spectatorship
- underlying meaning
- the characters psychologies

Answer 2

what are goals of using film to understand psychology?

Question 3

the discipline concerned with behavior and mental processes and how they are affected by an organism’s physical state, mental state, and external enviornment

Answer 3

what is psychology?

Question 4

reyling on evidence gathered by careful observation, eperimentation, or measurement

Answer 4

empirical

Question 5

the ability and willingness to assess claims and make objective judgements on the basis of well-being supported reasons rather than emotion and anecdoate

Answer 5

critical thinking

Question 6

ask questions
define your terms
examine the evidence
analyze assumptions and biases
don’t oversimplify
aviod emotonal reasoning
consider other interpretations
tolerate uncertainty

Answer 6

critical thinking guidelines

Question 7

pleasure principle

Answer 7

id

Question 8

reality principle

Answer 8

ego

Question 9

moral right or wrong

Answer 9

super ego

Question 10

denail
repression
regression
reaction formation
projection
rationalization
displacement
introjection
sublimation

Answer 10

defense mechanisms

Question 11

becomes problematic when they don’t think it happened at all

Answer 11

denial

Question 12

pushing thoughts out of our conscious

Answer 12

repression

Question 13

psychologically distressed you to go back to a less mature time
- when men get sick they act like children

Answer 13

regression

Question 14

what you are feeling you do the opposite
- the opposite of what you do is how you feel

Answer 14

reaction formation

Question 15

the feeling is put on you not me, more feeling

Answer 15

projection

Question 16

overly intellectualize what you desire/are thinking about

Answer 16

rationalization

Question 17

you taking your frustration out on something else, more action
ex: fetuish

Answer 17

displacement

Question 18

i internalize that which is fear
- you are the bully, so I be like you

Answer 18

introjection

Question 19

converts or channels unexceptable
- most healthy defense mechanisms

Answer 19

sublimation

Question 20

distress
disability
deviance

Answer 20

the three D’s

Question 21

experiencing something that causes you distress

Answer 21

distress

Question 22

impact to the point where you can’t function
- lower level of functioning

Answer 22

disability

Question 23

deviate against sociaital norms
- the things to look out for when diagnosing
- don’t want to over or under diagnosis

Answer 23

deviance

Question 24

• the danger of over diagnosis
• the power of diagnostic labels
• confusion of serious mental disorders with normal problems
• the illusion of objectivity and universality

Answer 24

concerns with diagnostic labels

Question 25

a mood disorder involing disturbances in emotion (excessive sadness), behavior (loss of interest in one’s usual acitivities) cognition (thoughts of hopelessness) and body function (fatigue and loss of appetite)

Answer 25

major depression

Question 26

• depressed mood
• reduced interest in almost all activites
• significant weight gain or loss
• sleeping too much or too little
  fatigue
  -feelings of worthlessness or guilt

Answer 26

symptoms of depression

Question 27

psychomotor agitation
psychomotor retardation
vegetative symptoms

Answer 27

mood disorders

Question 28

• chronic depressive disorder (dysthymia)
• prementrusal dysphooric disorder
• disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD)

Answer 28

depressive disorders

Question 29

• bipolar disorder
• bipolar II disorder
• cyclothymia disorder

Answer 29

bipolar