midterm

Question 1

4 D’s

Answer 1

distress- defined by the individual
deviance- noncompliance with social norms
dysfunction- compare functioning with role
dangerousness- are you hurting yourself/others

Question 2

historical demonology

Answer 2

mental illness is demonic possession

Question 3

trephening

Answer 3

chip away skill to remove spirits

Question 4

exorcism

Answer 4

prayers to cast out evil spirits

Question 5

cultural relativism

Answer 5

learned behaviors that members of a group pass to the next generation

Question 6

healthy cultural paranoia

Answer 6

behavior acting as a survival mechanism

Question 7

repression

Answer 7

preventing dangerous thoughts from entering conscousness

Question 8

reaction formulation

Answer 8

acting in a manor opposite ones unconscious wishes

Question 9

projection

Answer 9

putting unwanted thoughts onto others

Question 10

rationalization

Answer 10

explaining ones behaviors by giving socially acceptable reasons unrelated to true motives

Question 11

displacement

Answer 11

directing an emotion toward a substitute target

Question 12

regression

Answer 12

retreating to an earlier developmental level that demands less mature responses

Question 13

test retest reliablilty

Answer 13

whether or not a measure yields the same result

Question 14

internal consistency

Answer 14

various parts of a test year consistent result

Question 15

predictive variability

Answer 15

how well a test predicts a persons behavior or response

Question 16

content validity

Answer 16

whether the content of the assessment is representative of the content

Question 17

interviews

Answer 17

series of questions

Question 18

self report inventories

Answer 18

asses personality traits or symptoms such as depression and anxiety

Question 19

GABA

Answer 19

reduced gaba has been linked to anxiety

Question 20

serotonin levels

Answer 20

higher serotonin, less arousal

Question 21

phobia

Answer 21

strong fear

Question 22

social anxiety disorder

Answer 22

fear of being scrutinized by others

Question 23

agoraphobia

Answer 23

intense fear of 2 of the following: being outside, public transportation, wide open spaces, crowded places, stores and theaters

Question 24

generalized anxiety disorder

Answer 24

high levels of anxiety and excessive worry over life circumstances

Question 25

OCD

Answer 25

repetitive disturbing thoughts and irresistible urges

Question 26

psychodynamic thoery

Answer 26

anxiety reflects unconscious conflict (ID, superego, ego)

Question 27

id

Answer 27

primitive part of your mind that contains urges and impusles

Question 28

superego

Answer 28

parent part of the mind, values of society, does what's right

Question 29

ego

Answer 29

rational part of the mind, negotiates between id and superego

Question 30

existential approach

Answer 30

"normal anxiety" vs neurotic anxiety

Question 31

normal anxiety

Answer 31

proportionate to the situation

Question 32

neurotic anxiety

Answer 32

not proportionate to the situation

Question 33

localized amnesia

Answer 33

inability to recall events that happened during painful vent

Question 34

systemized amnesia

Answer 34

loss of memory for certain categories of information

Question 35

selective amnesia

Answer 35

inability to remember certain details of an incident

Question 36

dissociative fugue

Answer 36

bewildered wandering on purposelessness travel accommodates by amnesia for ones identity

Question 37

somatic system disorder

Answer 37

reporting reacting to pain, anxiety regarding symptoms, catastrophic thoughts, diagnostic tests show nothing and dont help

Question 38

conversion disorder

Answer 38

loss of singing, waking, blindness, no cause

Question 39

factitious disorder

Answer 39

deliberately inducing symptoms for attention from medical personal

Question 40

mania

Answer 40

more intense, impares normal functioning

Question 41

hypomania

Answer 41

increased levels of activity and energy with the idea of being self important

Question 42

major depressive episode criteria

Answer 42

2 of the following: depressed mood, feeling sad, loss of interest in previously liked activities 4 of the following: change in appetite/weights, sleep changes, slowing of activity, fatigue, guilt, difficulty with decision making, suicidal thoughts.

Question 43

becks 6 types of faulty thinking

Answer 43

arbitrary interference, personalization, overgeneralization, magnification, polarized thinking, selective abstraction

Question 44

bipolar 1

Answer 44

at least one manic episode, must affect normal functioning and be present most of the day for at least a week, does not need to include depressive episode

Question 45

bipolar 2

Answer 45

at least one depressive episode and hypomanic episode, less intense

Question 46

4 existential ultimate concerns

Answer 46

death, freedom meaninglessness, isolation

Question 47

hirsch

Answer 47

existential well being was heavily correlated with pessimism and depressive symptoms

Question 48

marco

Answer 48

"morning in life" as assembled by PIL was important variable in prevention/treatment in women with BPD

Question 49

taliaferro

Answer 49

higher religious beliefs were associated with lower levels of depression

Question 50

cutcliffe

Answer 50

people with failed suicide attempts no longer wanted to kill themselves

Question 51

thomas jones theory of suicide

Answer 51

perceived burdoness: feeling of being burden to family or society thwarted belongingness: feelings of alienation and lack of meaningful connections to others aquired capacity for suicide: reduction in fear enough to overcome self preservation instinct