CH.2 Mental Disorders Flashcards
bio-Psychosocial Explanation
working together of mental processes, behavior,
environment,
feeling
Equifinality
most rules have multiple causes
reciprocal relationsip
coffee affects behavior, neurotransmitters w thinking you cannot do it
Neuroplasticity
are we adaptable
-changing the way the brain is functioning, craving, maladaptive> depression, negativity
Genotype
genetic makeup, inherited
Phenotype
what you observe (physical and behavioral)
Diathesis Stress Model
nature/nuture/herditary/environment continuum
“upon stress” situations
alleles
shorter alleles are more prone to being depressed with severe maltreatment
= learn coping skills and manage our environment
hinbrain
regulates sleeping, fine motor, pons/ medulla :HR & breathing
Corpus collosum
L & R hemisphere to communicate
Frontal Lobe
human thinking, manners, abstract planning
Parietal Lobe
touch and hearing
Occipital
vision
Brocaeria
`-reading out loud or voice you hear in your mind while reading
Limibic System
emotion
Hippocampus
memory