Chapter 3 Flashcards
What are examples of Anxiety Disorders?
Depression, Schizophrenia, Dissosiative Disorders( behavioral, and Cognitive.)
What is Abnormal Psychology?
Patterns that are meladaptive &/or harmful for the individual &/or society.
What is the timeline?
[Healthy—-Normal—-Nervous]—-Psychosis
What is Comorbility?
A person Suffering from 2 or more disorders.
What is Anxiety Disorder?
Unrealistic, irrational, fear, that impedes our daily functioning
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD/ “Free Floating”)-
Long Lasting anxiety not focused on specific subject object/structure b/c of persistent “F or F” responses. like insomnia, headache or heart palpation.
What characterizes Panic Disorders?
It is Characterized by severe attacks of anxiety, heart palpations, dizziness, difficulty breathing, fear of going crazy/doing something uncontrollable *May Deudophobia.
What are examples of Phobic Disorders and what characterizes them?
Agoraphobia/ social phobia * characterized by exaggerated fears or situations
What is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)?
Characterized by intrusive thoughts (obsessive) and urges to perform repetitive, ritualistic behaviors that one tries to resist but provides relief from thoughts (Compulsions)
What are Mental Disorders ?
Disturbances in emotional feelings severe enough to interfere with living.
What is Major/Clinical Depressed ?
long lasting depressed mood without apparent cause feeling of great adverse hopelessness. Psychomotor disorders.
What is Bipolar Disorder?
Individuals who experience both episodes of and manic: excessive/unreasonable state of hyperactivity. Delusions of grandeur; “Flight of Ideas”- Rapid thought, “Pressure Speech
What is Schizophrenia ?
A psychotic disorder characterized by distortions language, thinking, perceptions, emotions and behavior.
There is Positive Symptoms- Increase in Seeing things
There is Negative Symptoms-Affects less emotions.
There are two different Symptoms
Perceptual Disturbances
and
Thought Disturbances
P.D= Hallucinations- Auditory visual- most common
T.D.=Delusions= held beliefs w/no basis in reality
Delusions of grandeur are very common
What is Dissociative Disorders:
Stress related disorder characterized by multiple personalities, rage, and amnesia.
What is Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)?
Characterized by the presence of 2 or more distinct personalities within the same individual. “Each becomes dominant at different times, has unique memories, behaviors, and relationships.
What is Dissociative Amnesia?
Forget personal info.
What is Fugue?
a type of amnesia in which a person suddenly leaves where they’ve live and assures a new identity, personal memories of former life are blocked and other abilities are impaired.
What is psychotherapy?
it is the process by which a client and therapist attempt to remedy a clients psychological difficulties.
There is an Emphasis on change as a a result of Discussions, Interactions between client and Therapist.
In Psychoanalysis it involves frequent sessions over long time period, there are many techniques =: What is Free Association?
Say w.e. comes to mind when presented w/ stimulus. *Give clues unconcious.
In Psychoanalysis it involves frequent sessions over long time period, there are many techniques =: What is Dream Interpretation?
Examination of Dreams for unconscious conflicts.
*Manifestlatent cortex
In Psychoanalysis it involves frequent sessions over long time period, there are many techniques =: What is Resistance?
An ability/unwillingness on part of client to discuss contained memories/material.
In Psychoanalysis it involves frequent sessions over long time period, there are many techniques =: What is Transference ?
Client transfers strong feelings for significant other onto therapist- Helps recreate relations.
In Psychoanalysis it involves frequent sessions over long time period, there are many techniques =: What is Electric?
TECHNIQUE
