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what is the definition of psychopathology?

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the study of abnormal psychology. understanding, treating, and preventing psychological dysfunction

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what are the 4 D’s of abnormality

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dysfunction
distress
devient
dangerousness

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what is the common belief about the disease model?

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mental illness is a disease process; behaviors, thoughts, and feelings are pathological

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What is the modern view of the disease model?

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mental disorders are a collection of problelms

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trephination

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drilling holes in the head to release evil spirits

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yin/yang representation

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positive yang must be in balance with negative yin for happiness

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were the greeks, romans, and egyptians dominated by spiritual or biologcal theories

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biological theories

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where does “hysteria” come from

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greek for “uterus”
greek’s version of wandering uterus

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Hippocrates’ view of abnormal psychology

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4 humors: blood, phlem, black bile, yellow bile
4 catagories of abnormal behavior: mania, epilepsy, melancholia, brain fever
need to restore balance to humors

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what is the main idea of the mental hygeine movement

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people had problems dues to their separation from nature and rapid social changes

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what did Philippe Pinel do?

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took over french asylum. let patients roam freely and made the facilities clean with good food

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What did William Tuke do?

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opened Quaker asylum in england called “The Retreat”. Treated patients with respect and dignity

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what did Dorothea Dix do

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lobbied to improve conditions in asylums in USA. established 30 asylums

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who were the early figures of biological perspectives?

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Wilhelm Griesinger
Emil Kraepelin

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what did Wilhelm Griesinger do?

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“The Pathology and Therapy of Psychic Disorders”. Argued all pathological disorders could be explained with brain pathology

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what did Emil Kraepelin do?

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developed classification scheme for disorders that is the basis for our modern classification systems

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What is the importance of general paresis?

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insanity->paralysis->death
suppported biological theories. Paresis only came about in people who had syphillis

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who are the key psychoanalytic figures?

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Mesmer, Charcot, Freud, Breuer

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What did Charcot accomplish?

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First, believed hysteria was caused by brain degeneration. Bernheim and Liebault showed they could induce hysteria w/ hypnosis. Switched to finding psychological causes for abnormality and trained Freud.

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What did Freud an Bruer accomplish?

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-groundwork for psychoanalysis: “Psychical Mechanisms of Hysterical Phenomena”

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who were key figures in behavioral theories?

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Pavlov, Watson, Thorndike, Skinner

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Definition of behaviorism

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study of impact of rewards and punishments on behavior

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What did John Watson do?

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used classical conditioning to study behaviors.
claimed he could train any child to be a specialist at anything

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what did Thorndike and Skinner accomplish? what did they find?

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operant conditioning
behaviors followed by positive consequences are more likely repeated

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who were the key figures in cognitive theory.
Bandura, Ellis, Beck
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what did Bandura contribute?
self-efficacy beliefs deterine well-being
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what did Ellis contribute?
Rational emotive therapy
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What was rational emotive therapy and why was it important?
Challenged patients' irrational beliefs (sometimes harshly). Pushed psychology to stufy thought processes behing serious emotional problems
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what did Arron Beck contribute?
Founded cognitive behavioral therapy. focused on irrational thoughts
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three causal proposals of the biologic approach
genetic abnormalities Brain dysfunction biochemical imbalances
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definition of theory
describes causes or contributing factor to psych disorders. provides framework for askin questions and interpreting data
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definition of therapy
targets causes of disorders based on specific theory
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what structures are part of the forebrain
thalamus hypothalamus pituitary gland lymbic system cerebrum
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function of thalamus
handles incoming and outgoing signals
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function of hypothalamus
regulates eating, drinking, sex, temp, emotions
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function of pituitary
master gland
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parts of lymbic system
amygdala hippocampus
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function of cerebrum
most of our advanced processing
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what are the strutures of the hind brain?
medulla, pons, reticular formation, cerebellum
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function of medulla
unconcious funcitons (breathing)
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function of the pons
sleep and rousal
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function of reticular formation
sleep, arousal, attention
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function of cerebellum
balance and motor control
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advantages of biological therapies
effective removes blame from sufferer
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disadvantages of biological therapies
- side effects - relying on drugs rather than solving problems - people more pessimistic when its biological
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modeling vs observational learning
observation learning deals with the punishments/rewards of others
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advantages of behavioral approaches
effectiveness is supported in research
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disadvantages of behavioral approaches
- only works on select disorders - evidence only comes from labs - does not recognize free will
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describe cognitive therapies
- identify/challenge dysfunctional thoughts and belief systems - replace irrational cognitions w/ realistic ones - teach effective problem solving - short term (12-20 weeks)
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describe cognitive behavioral therapy
cgonitive + behavioral techniques. identify and replace dysfunctional thoughts and add behavioral skills
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advantages of cognitive approaches
- useful for sexual disorders, anxiety, depression, eating disorders. substance abuse
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disadvantages of cognitive approach
- does disorder cause cognitions or cognitions cause disorder?
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definition of repression
ego pushes anxiety-provoking material back into the unconscious (aka motivated forgetting); deffense mechanism Freud thought was the most effective
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definition of free association
client talks about whatever comes to mind and therapist notices themes and how one thought leads to the next
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definition of resistance
not telling therapyist emotionally heavy info
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what is "working through"
repeatedly going over painful memories
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describe interpersonal therapy
-shift focus from unconcious to clients' relationship with others - structured and directive
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disadvantages of psychodynamic approaches
- lack of scientific data b/c hard to prove - long term, so unaffirdable
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what is the main idea of the humanistic approach?
all people have innate capacity for goodness and living a full life
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describe client-centered therapy
unconditional positive regard: accepting who a person is but not their behaviors empathetic and authentic communication
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what is reflection in therapy?
therapist attempts to understand what client is experiencing and communicating (reflective listening) and checks with client about accuracy of understanding
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advantages of humanistic approach
refreshing change b/c its positive
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disadvantage of humanistic approach
- vague and not subject to scientific testing - can't be used for severe disorders
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what is the main focus of third wave approaches?
peoples' ability to understand and regulate emotion
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what is dialectical behavior therapy?
very intense therapy to manage negative emotions and control impulsive behaviors
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describe acceptance and commitment therapy
- face distressing situations/emotions instead of avoiding - uses mindfulness an acceptance
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what does a psychological assessment include
evaluated pychological, social, and emotional functioning
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what are the 3 types of validity
content predictive construct
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what is content validity
how well a test measures a phenomenon
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predictive validity
how well a test predicts future behavior
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construct validity
how well a test measures one thing and not another
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what are the 4 types of reliability
test-retest alternative form internal interrater
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internal reliability
consistency between dif parts of test
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definition of standardization
administering, scoring, interpreting test in a standard way
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what does a mental status exam include?
clients' appearance and behavior, thought processes, mood and affect, intellectual functioning, sensorium
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what is sensorium
knowing where, who, when you are
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mood vs affect
mood: emotion felt affect: emotion expressed
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describe MMPI-2
550 items 10 clinical scales 4 validity scales
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describe a projective test
client responds to ambiguous stimuli and "projects" their thoughts and emotions onto it
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which DSM's used psychoanalytic theory
I and II
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what was significant about the DSM III
-outlined specific criteria -behaviors that must be shown/experenced
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how do later versions of the DSM compare to earlier ones
- specify how long symptom must be present - most conditions require symptoms to interfere w/ life - abnormality should be defined as impact on ability to function and sense of well-being
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what are 4 steps of scientific method?
1) define problem and hypothesis 2) choose and implement method 3) collect and analyze data 4) draw conclusions
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what is a null hypothesis?
prediction that there is no relationship between phenomena
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what is important in step 2 of the scientific method
- designate variables - operationalization
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what is operationaliztion?
finding a way to measure and manipulate variables
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advantages of case studies
able to study rare problems
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disadvantages of case studies
- cannot be generalized to larger population - lacks objectivity
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what are the types of correlational studies?
continuous group comparison cross sectional longitudinal
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continuous correlational study
two or more continuous variables measured
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group comparison correlational studies
two or more groups compared on a variable
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cros sectional correlational studies
participants assessed at one point in time
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statistical significance
how likely a result is due to chance
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advantages of correlational studies
- longitudinal studies can determine if group differences cause an event or if an event causes group differences - good external validity
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disadvantages of correlational studies
-longitudinal studies expensive and time consuming - cannot infer causation - third variable problem
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what are epidemiological studies?
a study of frequency and distribution of a disorder
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What is prevalence rate?
the proportion of the population that has the disorder at a given point or time
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what are incidence rates?
number of new cases in a disorder
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advantages of epidemiological studies
provide infor for who's at most risk
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disadvantages of epidemiological studies
- cannot establish causation - third variable problem
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what are human laboratory studies?
exposing participans to an event in a lab and determining its impact
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what is internal validity?
changes in DV directly caused by manipulation of IV
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what are demand characteristics?
when a participant gueses the study's purpose and changes their behavior
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how can you combat demand characteristics?
- filler measures (objects in the test that has notiong to do with what you are trying to measure) - cover story (deception about the purpose of experiment) - double blind
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advantages of laboratory research
- higher control - random assignment
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disadvantages of laboratory research
- bad external validity - ethical limitations
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describe a single-case experimental design
- studies one or a few individuals intensely - uses ABAB design OR multiple baseline design
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what is the ABAB design
treatment introduced (mesurements taken) --> treatment withdrawn (measurements taken) --> treatment reintroduced (measurements taken)
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what is multiple baseline design?
- same individual but in different settings OR - different individuals at different points in time
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advantages of single-case experiments
more intensive assessment of participants
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disadvantages of single-case experiments
- limited generalizability - cannot test all hypotheses
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what is a family history study?
-identify people with disorder - identify control group (similar in every way BUT without disorder) - trace family tree to see how many people in family history have disorder
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what is meta-analysis?
a statistical technique to summarize results across several studies
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what are the steps of meta-analysis?
1) literature search 2) transform results of each study into common statistic 3) examine average effect size across studies
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advantages of meta-analysis
provides more power to find out significant effects
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disadvantages of meta-analysis
- problems with methodology - file drawer effect (studies that do not support hypothesis they were designed to are less likely to get published)

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