Test 3 Flashcards
(24 cards)
Factories about abnormal psy
Distress, disability, maladaptives, irrationality, violation of moral ideal
Determining abnormality
Diagnostic + statistical manual of mental disorder
300 des eases
Egodystonia
Problems that control them ex scared of birds won’t leave house
Thomas szar mental really exist
Mental illness is a stigmatizing social construct, once label conform to that,
David rosenham, mental illness
8 pseudopatients faked hearing a voice to get admitted, none were detected by staff
Anxiety disorder
Increased arousal, by general feelings of fear/apprehension,
Panic disorder
Increased heart rate, chest pain unexpected, around heart,
Agoraphobia
Fear of people in public
Comrbidty
Having more than 1 illness present
Phobia
Irrational de ar, avoid specific objects, situation that provokes,
OCD
Repeat of stuff that’s uncontrollable
80% have o+c
20 have either o and c
Depression
Dysphoria
Mania
Euphoria
Mood disorder
More depressed, insomnia, worthlessness, guilt, thoughts of death, any age, criteria 5/9, major depression 2 weeks,
Bipolar
3+ criteria! manic episode! abnormal elevated mood 1 week, inflated self esteem, decrease of sleep, racing thoughts, easily distracted, high goals
Psychoanalysis
Disorders arise like from ego- super ego, therapist #1, focuses on past experiences, components, talks about anything, achieve transference
Humanistic therapies
People are all good, disorders arise from environment, personal growth and full lament, focuses present and future, client #1, therapist guides
Client centered therapy
Carl Rogers, belief that the client be something other than what they are in order to be loved, paraphrase from clients statements,
Social psychology
Scientific study of how we relate to other people in public and it impacts us
Deindividuation
Loose yourself in the public crowd
Attributions
The way we explain ourselves to the public
Attributions 2- internal. External
1) dispositional- character of individual, happy, crabby
2) situational- based on situation, swerve to miss something on road
Conformity
Changing behavior to conform to the public/situation, mostly when individual is unsure,
Asch’s conformity study 1951
March line, all said wrong answer but one was scared to say right answer, 3-5
- 3-5 is enough