Exam 4

Question 1

What is the medical model when discussing psychological disorders?

Answer 1

Set of procedures that all doctors are trained in.

Question 2

what tool do psychologist use to classify psychological disorders.

Answer 2

N/A

Question 3

what problems can arise when classifying people with psychological disorders

Answer 3

N/A

Question 4

ADHD

Answer 4

ADHD is a problem with inattentiveness, over-activity, impulsivity, or a combination. For these problems to be diagnosed as ADHD, they must be out of the normal range for a child’s age and development.

Question 5

Panic Attacks

Answer 5

Panic attacks are periods of intense fear or apprehension that are of sudden onset

Question 6

Phobias

Answer 6

Strong persistent unwarranted fear

Question 7

OCD

Answer 7

anxiety disorder made up of obsessions and compulsions

Question 8

PTSD

Answer 8

develops in response to a specific stressor

Question 9

Bipolar disorder

Answer 9

have emotions up and down

Question 10

GAD

Answer 10

pattern of constant worry and anxiety over many different activities and events.

Question 11

Agoraphobia

Answer 11

person has attacks of intense fear and anxiety

Question 12

Social Phobia

Answer 12

irrational fear of situations that may involve scrutiny or judgment by others, such as parties and other social events.

Question 13

Explain causes and symptoms of schizophrenia

Answer 13

Symptoms: Paranoid, Disorganized, problems with motor skill.
Causes: Heredity, Dopamine, brain issues, Environment.

Question 14

when is suicide greatest in people with depression

Answer 14

when they are active and not depressed to the point of not moving all day

Question 15

Eclectic approach

Answer 15

Eclectic therapy is a style of therapy that uses techniques drawn from several different schools of thought

Question 16

Humanistic Approach

Answer 16

to work with client to get them to reach there potential

Question 17

psychoanalysis

Answer 17

free association resistance blocks flow of free association

Question 18

systematic desensitization

Answer 18

exposure and relaxation. showing the patient little by little and ease them in

Question 19

Aversive conditioning

Answer 19

associate unpleasant feeling with unwanted behaviors

Question 20

Token economy

Answer 20

rewards desired behavior

Question 21

Lithium

Answer 21

used for bipolar manic episodes

Question 22

SSRI

Answer 22

selective serotonin repudiate inhibitions seems to have least amount of side effects

Question 23

difference between type A and B personality

Answer 23

the high-strung Type A and the easy-going Type B

Question 24

general adaptation syndrome

Answer 24

body sends out an alert signal and preps for attack

Question 25

what is flight or fight and what chemical is released

Answer 25

adrenaline and noradrenaline are released when we are backed into a corner and only options are run away or stay and fight

Question 26

social psychology

Answer 26

explore connections between how people think about, influence, and relate to one another

Question 27

foot in the door

Answer 27

tendency for people who agree to a small request to comply later with a later one

Question 28

cognitive dissonance

Answer 28

feeling of discomfort when simultaneously holding two or more conflicting cognitions: ideas, beliefs, values or emotional reactions

Question 29

social loafing

Answer 29

people in a group exert less effort when pooling their efforts

Question 30

deindividuation

Answer 30

losing self awareness

Question 31

group think

Answer 31

desire for harmony in a group in decision making overrides realistic appraisal of alternatives

Question 32

prejudice

Answer 32

mixture of beliefs, emotions, and predisposition to action

Question 33

sterotype

Answer 33

A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing

Question 34

scapegoat theory

Answer 34

people may be prejudice toward a group in order to vent their anger

Question 35

just-world phenomenon

Answer 35

human actions eventually yield morally fair and fitting consequences, so that, ultimately, noble actions are duly rewarded and evil actions are duly punished

Question 36

Altruism

Answer 36

unselfish regard for others welfare

Question 37

attraction

Answer 37

nearness and repeated exposure increase liking. we are attracted to common interest, race, and religion

Question 38

bystandard effect

Answer 38

is when we help only if it doesnt affect our chance of survival or we diffuse the responsibility to another person. the murder people

Question 39

Fritz Heider's attribution theory

Answer 39

people attribute others behaviors either to there own

Question 40

obedience theory

Answer 40

social power legitimate or expert social power.

Question 41

legitimate social power

Answer 41

assume someone is right even when they know there wrong. you think they have a right to tell you

Question 42

expert social power

Answer 42

ability ti influence people because they assume the person in power is knowledgable and responsible.