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Chapter 3 - Models Of Abnormality Flashcards

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The Biological Model

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An illness brought about by malfunctioning parts of the organism (brain anatomy, brain chemistry, brain circuitry)

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Neurons

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Approximately 86 billion

Transmits messages throughout the body to the brain

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Glia

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Support cells

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Synapse

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The tiny space between the nerve endings of one neuron and the dendrite of another

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Neurotransmitter

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A chemical that released by one neuron, crosses the synaptic space to be received at receptors on the dendrites of neighboring neurons

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Receptor

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A site on a neuron that receives a neurotransmitter

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Hormones

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The chemicals released by endocrine glands into the bloodstream

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Brain circuit

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  • A network of particular brain structures that work together, triggering each other into action to produce distinct kind of behavioral, cognitive or emotional reaction
  • increasingly focused on as the key to psychological disorders
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Gene

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Chromosome segments that control the characteristics and traits we inherit

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Psychotropic medications

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Drugs that primarily affect the brain and reduce many symptoms of mental dysfunction

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Brain stimulation

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Interventions that directly or indirectly stimulate the brain in order to bring about psychological improvement

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Electroconvulsive therapy

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A biological treatment in which a brain dies ire is triggered as an electrical current passes through electrodes attached to the patients forehead

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Psychosurgery

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Brain surgery for mental disorders

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Id

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The psychological force that produces instinctual drives, needs and impulses

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Treatment types for biological model

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Drug therapy, brain stimulation, psychosurgery

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Strengths of biological model

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  • respect in field
  • produces valuable new information
  • treatments may bring considerable relief
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Weakness of biological model

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  • can limit rather than enhance our understanding
  • too simplistic
  • treatments produce significant undesirable effects
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What clinicians look for in biological model

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  • Irregulation of neurotransmitters and/or hormones
  • genetic influences
  • problem with brain structures or abnormalities
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Psychodynamic/Psychoanalytic model

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  • oldest and most famous
  • states persons behavior is determined by underlying dynamics or which the subject is not consciously aware
  • created by Sigmond Freud (1856-1939)
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Developmental Stages (Freud)

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  • oral
  • Anal
  • phallic
  • latency
  • genital
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How did Freud view these stages?

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If successful - personal growth

If unsuccessful - fixation at early age leading to psychological abnormalities

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Egotheroists

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Emphasizes the role of the ego, consider it independent from ID and powerful

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Self-theorists

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Emphasis unified personality

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Therapeutic techniques of psychoanalytic model

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  • free association: talk about whatever is on their kind
  • therapist interpretation:
    • resistance: claiming therapists is wrong very strongly
    • transference
    • dream interpretation
  • catharsis
  • working through issues
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Strengths of psychoanalytic model

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  • 1st to recognize psychological influences
  • abnormal function rooted in same process as normal function
  • 1st to apply theory and techniques systematically to treatment
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Weakness of psychoanalytic model

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  • little to no research support
    • can’t study someone who is unconscious
    • non-observable concepts
  • some psychologists still refer to it because it has some positive and helpful outcomes (“Freudians”)
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What clinicians look for in the psychoanalytic model

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  • evidence of unconscious conflicts

- faulty ego function

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Ego

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The psychological force that employs reasons and operates in accordance with the reality of principle

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Ego defense mechanism

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Strategies developed by the ego to control unacceptable id impulses and to avoid or reduce the anxiety they arouse

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Superego

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The psychological force that represents a persons values and ideals

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Fixation

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A condition in which the id, ego or superego do not mature properly and are frozen at an early stage of development

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Self theory

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The psychodynamic theory that emphasizes the role of the self or unified personality

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The cognitive-behavior model

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Focuses on the behaviors people display and the thoughts they have.
Focuses on how behavior effects thinking and thinking effects behavior

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Conditioning

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A simple form of learning

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Behavioral conditioning principles

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Failed to account fully for the complexity of human functioning and dysfunction

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Classical conditioning

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A process of learning by temporal association in which two events that repeatedly occur close together in time become fused in a persons mind and produce the same response

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Modeling

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A process of learning in which an individual acquires responses by observing and imitating others

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Operant conditioning

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A process of learning in which individuals come to behave in certain ways as a result of experiencing consequences of one kind or another whenever they preform the behavior

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The behavioral dimension

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Classical conditioning
Operant conditioning
Modeling

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Social anxiety disorder

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A psychological disorder in which people fear social situations

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Exposure therapy

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A behavior-forced intervention in which fearful people are repeatedly exposed to the objects or situations they dread

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Albert Ellis and Aaron Beck

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Proposed that we can best explain and treat abnormal function, not only by looking at behaviors, but also by focusing on cognitions
Main model for cognition and behavior

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Aaron Beck

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Found that depressed people think in illogical ways and keep striving at self-defeating conclusions

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Strengths of cognitive-behavioral model

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  • can be tested in a lab
  • theories lead themselves to research
  • therapies effective in treatment
  • model can be observed or measured
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Weakness of cognitive-behavioral model

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  • precise role of cognition have yet to be determined
  • doesn’t help everyone
  • some changes may not be possible to achieve
  • narrow in certain ways
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Humanistic-existential model

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Focuses on human existence

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Humanists

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Believe human beings are born with a natural tendency to be friendly, cooperative and constructive

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Existentialists

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Agree that human beings must have an accurate awareness of themselves and live meaningful lives in order to be psychologically well adjusted - don’t believe people are positively inclined

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Self-actualization

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The humanistic process by which people fulfill their potential for goodness and growth

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Client-centered therapy

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The humanistic therapy developed by Carl Rogers in which clinicians try to help clients by conveying acceptance, accurate empathy and genuineness

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Carl Rogers

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Believes the road to dysfunction begins in infancy
The pioneer of the humanistic perspective.
Proposed a theory of personality that paid little attention to irrational instincts and conflicts

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Gestalt theory and therapy

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Another humanistic approach
The humanistic therapy developed by Fritz Perls in which clinicians actively love clients toward self-recognition and self-sacrosanct by using techniques such as role playing and self-discovery exercises

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Existential theory and therapy

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A therapy that encourages clients to accept responsibility for their lives and to live with greater meaning and value
Another humanistic theory
These people do not believe that experimental methods can adequately test the effectiveness of their treatments

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Strengths of humanistic-existential model

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  • optimistic

- recognizes the special challenges of human existence

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Weakness of humanistic-existential model

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  • abstract issues are difficult to research

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