Part 1 Flashcards
(57 cards)
Mal Adaptive Behavior
what will define a disorder. Inability to cope. Sometimes it is a concern for the patient.
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM)
List of psychiatric disorders and the symptoms you need to have and how long you have to have these symptoms
fluctuates over time
DSM 5 - every 15-20 years, there is a new edition that comes out.
Homosexuality- DSM 2 i.e. - research brings new light and proves that it is not a psychological disorder.
Psychiatrist vs. Psychologist
medication vs. psychotherapy
- Better likelihood of curing the patient when you find the cause/origin of the anxiety and or depression.
Low Socioeconomic Status (SES) ; Correlational studies.
Increase psycho disorders.
Environment in poverty,
Risk Factor
Statistical association - increases likelihood of disorder.
Looks at stat significance between a psych disorder and a particular factor.
I.e. what are the chances of developing lung cancer
Antisocial Personality Disorder
no regards to society, aggressive, violent, raised in a family that does not provide support or consistent nurturing. No structure, warmth, consistency.
Hippocrates
What caused abnormal behavior - diseases disorders of the brain. (not evil spirits)
Plato
The families involvement in why patient has disorder
Biological Approach
Psycho disorders are caused by physiological factors
Chemical imbalances
Psychological Approach
Disorders are caused by internal things
Low self esteem
Caused by low self esteem,
Unresolved loss, lack of attachment to parents
Freud/ Psychoanalysis
Unconscious conflicts that originated from childhood.
Id/ Ego/ Superego
Id - part of personality that wants immediate gratification.
Ego - aware of outside reality, figure out a plan to delay immediate gratification.
Superego - Develops by the time a child is 5 years old
- Represents society’s & parent’s values and standards
- Superego places more restrictions on what we can and cannot do
- Could cause moral anxiety (ever present feeling of shame and guilt) for failing to reach standards no human can meet
Defense Mechanisms
Normal ways to deal with stress, short term is healthy.
Repression
Unconsciously block painful feelings from your awareness
Suppression
Consciously block painful feelings from your awareness
Reaction Formation
Unconsciously block painful feelings from your awareness by exaggeration the opposite effect. (gays, when you’re gay)
Projection
Attribute something that’s going on with you and you see it on other people. (quality or behavior, it causes it when you see it in yourself so you see it on other people.)
Intellectualization
When you’re uncomfortable with emotion, so you interact in a very overly logical way.
Regression
Revert to an earlier stage of development
Sublimation
When you work of frustrated impulses in an acceptable way.
Psychosexual Stages
The idea that at certain stages of your development, there are 5 stages. Freud felt that at different stages, ages, different parts of your body become a source of frustration.
Oral, Anal, Phallic, Latency, Genital
Psychoanalysis
make the unconcious, concious
Behaviorism / Skinner
You’be learned it from the environment
Reinforcement
Vicarious Learning
Learn through the action of others
Rewards and punishments don’t have to happen to you, to learn.
