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09/28/2011

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abnormal behavior
Definition
overt behavior that is either unusual, maladaptive, or a symptom of some mental disorder
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behavior disorder
Definition
synonymous with "abnormal behavior" but suggests the problem is cause by experience or faculty learning
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mental illness or emotional disturbance
Definition
supposed underlying cause of abnormal behavior
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maadaptive behavior
Definition
behavior that is harmful to an individual or to a group of individuals
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insanity
Definition
a legal term used to refer to people who are unable to manage their lives or to control their action
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psychopathology
Definition
an umbrella term that includes all the terms given above
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psychoanalytic theory
Definition
theoretical model of personality developed by Freud
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preconscious
Definition
the material that lies outside of present consciousness but can be brought into awareness by focusing attention
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super ego
Definition
parents and god
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what are the 2 divisions of moral principle within the super ego
Definition
conscience and the ego ideal
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conscience
Definition
internal standards of ethical conduct, proper principles of good conduct, regulates negative behavior and causes guilt
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ego Ideal
Definition
energies within the Super Ego the promote positive conduct and cause pride
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Id
Definition
biological needs that are present at birth
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egi
Definition
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ego
Definition
intellectual self
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repression
Definition
attempts to remove painful contents or feelings from consciousness and place them into subconscious. this causes loss of memory
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asceticism
Definition
postponement of sexual and aggressive urges by seeking alternate outlets or interests
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sublimation
Definition
ability to use thoughts to overcome childlike ways and translate them to ways that are socially acceptable
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intellectualization
Definition
the ability to use thoughts to curb, postpone, or cancel dangerous or inappropriate emotions
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rationalization
Definition
ego tries to find an excuse or justification for an inappropriate act
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regression
Definition
an attempt to return or retreat to an earlier emotional state to by pass responsibilities. the result of this is dependancy
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projection
Definition
tendency of ego to disown inappropriate thoughts or urges and out the blame on another person
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displacement
Definition
an attempt to shift unacceptable thoughts, feelings, or actions from a threatening source to a less threatening person
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reaction formation
Definition
ego attempts to change unacceptable thoughts, feelings, or action into their opposite forms. this is done for social accpetance
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isolation
Definition
attempt to withdraw from social contact for the fear of criticism, rejection and embarassment
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fantasy
Definition
an attempt to by pass reality by retreating to a dream like world
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denial
Definition
refusal to acknowledge inappropriate, unacceptable thoughts
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undoing
Definition
an attempt for penance, to correct something that was wrong by asking forgiveness. ego wants to free itself from guilt
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conversion
Definition
an attempt to shift psychological pain or discomfort caused by unaccpetable thoughts, feelings, or actions on to the body or biological process.
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what is the definition of abnormal psychology or psychopathology
Definition
branch of psychology that deals with the description, causes and treatment of abnormal behavior
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what are the life functions
Definition
ethos, libido and thenatos
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recidivist
Definition
person constantly being punished for incorrigible behaviors
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recidivism
Definition
the revolving door principle
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what are the components of psychoanalysis
Definition
the cathartic method, the instinctual hypothesis, the topographical hypothesis, the structural hypothesis, the psychosexual hypothesis
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what is the cathartic model
Definition
known as the taking care method, involves free association, dream analysis, abreaction, resistance, transference,slips of the tounge or pen, objective interpretation
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what is abreaction
Definition
an emotional release resulting from mentally reliving or bringing into consciousness
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what is transference
Definition
patients take their feelings and put them onto the therapist
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what is counter transference
Definition
when the professional has feelings towards the patients
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what is the instinctual hypothesis
Definition
the theory that Eros, Libido, and Thanatos are instincts you are born with and they are urging forces pressing for discharge,failure to do so leads to frustration and anxiety
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what is Eros
Definition
creative instincts
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what is libido
Definition
erotic energy/sexual urges
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what is thanatos
Definition
aggressive drives
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ambivalence
Definition
confusion due to the forces mixing together
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what is the topographical view
Definition
known as the iceberg theory, it is believed that the mind has 3 levels of consciousness or awareness
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what is the structural hypothesis
Definition
that your behavior is governed by three forces ID, Ego and Super ego
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according to the psychoanalytic model what are the three reasons for disturbances
Definition
repressed painful memories become conscious, memories of early childhood trauma, the power of the instincts result in instinctual anxiety
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what are the five stages of sex
Definition
oral, anal, phallic, latent and genital
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oral stage
Definition
infancy, stimulation through mouth
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anal stage
Definition
2-3 years, stimulation through anal (going to the bathroom and such
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phallic stage
Definition
3-5 years, love for parents
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electro complex
Definition
young girls love for her father
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oedipus complex
Definition
young boys love for their mother
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latent stage
Definition
6-12 years, all sexual feelings come to rest
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genital stage
Definition
12-18 sexual maturity
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Cognitive theory
Definition
abnormality is caused by negative cognitions
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cognition
Definition
to know, to learn, to think
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Maslow
Definition
the needs triangle
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albert ellis
Definition
believed disturbances were caused by 2 types of negative thoughts/ self defeating thoughts and irrational thoughts
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aaron beck
Definition
abnormal behavior are caused by a triad of negative cognitions, overgeneralization, minimization, and maximization
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triad of negative conditions
Definition
a. negative thoughts concerning self and significant others
b. negative thoughts about the environment
c. negative thoughts about the future
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minimization
Definition
too little attention to positive things
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maximization
Definition
too much attention to negative things
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martin seligman
Definition
depression is caused by learned helplessness(victimization)
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social learning theory
Definition
learning takes place from modeling of significant others
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bandura
Definition
disturbances are caused by incorporation of the views and opinion of others
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internalization
Definition
the permantey of what is taken in
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schizophrenia
Definition
loss of reality due to the deteriorateion of the brain
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pre morbid functions
Definition
experiences or life of a person before they aquire their disorder
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nosology
Definition
the classification of disorder
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circadian rhythms
Definition
explains human biological clocks
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trephination
Definition
skull drilling to release demons
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Mz twins
Definition
monozygotic twins or identical twins
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DZ twin
Definition
fraternal twins or dizygotic twins
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the four sources for abnormality
Definition
1. psychogenesis, psychogenic causes
2. biogenesis, biogenic causes
3. sociogenesis, sociogenic causes
4. neurogenesis, neurogenic causes
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psychogenesis
Definition
the mind
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biogenesis
Definition
body
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sociogenesis
Definition
environment
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neurogenesis
Definition
brain
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DSM
Definition
manual to classify disorders
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paraphilias
Definition
sexual deviations or types of sexual disorders in which the person experiences recurrent sexual urges and sexually arousing fantasies involving nonhuman objects, inappropriate people
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ambivalence
Definition
holding conflicting feelings toward another person or goal, such as both loving and hating the same person
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symbiosis
Definition
a mutually beneficial relationship
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enuresis
Definition
lack of control of urination
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encopresis
Definition
involuntary defecation
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downward drift hypothesis
Definition
mental illness causes one to drift downward in social class
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diathesis stress model
Definition
is a psychological theory that explains behavior as a result of both biological and genetic vulnerability, and stress from life experiences
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etiology
Definition
the study of the causes of diseases
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prognosis
Definition
the chances of recovery
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pre frontal lobotomy
Definition
. a psychosurgical procedure in which the frontal lobes are separated from the rest of the brain by cutting the connecting nerve fibers.
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dorothea dix
Definition
created first insane asylums
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philipe pinel
Definition
French physician who was instrumental in the development of a more humane psychological approach to the custody and care of psychiatric patients
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hippocrates
Definition
Hippocrates is credited with being the first person to believe that diseases were caused naturally and not as a result of superstition, and gods
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benjamin rush
Definition
moral therapy, published first book in US about psychology
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emil kraepelin
Definition
His fundamental theories on the etiology and diagnosis of psychiatric disorders form the basis of all major diagnostic systems in use today
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charcot
Definition
He believed that hysteria was a neurological disorder for which patients were pre-disposed by hereditary features of their nervous system
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melancholia
Definition
state of depression
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phlegmatic
Definition
slow to react
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empirical
Definition
depending upon experience or observation alone, without using scientific method or theory, especially as in medicine.
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affectation
Definition
an unusual mannerism
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concordant rate
Definition
rate at which a person contracts a disorder
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proband case
Definition
a person diagnosed to have a disorder
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autoeroticism
Definition
the arousal and satisfaction of sexual excitement within or by oneself, as by masturbation.
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sanguine
Definition
cheerful disposition
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choloric
Definition
bad tempered
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what are the 9 senses affected by disturbances
Definition
auditory,visual,tactile,olfactory,gustation,kinestetic,vestibular,somatic
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tactile
Definition
feel things that are not there
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olfactory
Definition
sense of smell is disturbed
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gustation
Definition
sense of taste is disturbed
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gustation
Definition
sense of taste is disturbed
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kinesthetic
Definition
sense of movement is disturbed
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vestibular
Definition
sense of balance is disturbed
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somatic
Definition
sense of body is disturbed(hygeine)
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maslows hierarchy of needs
Definition
biological needs, security, relationships,esteem and self actualization
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what are the parts of a neuron
Definition
dendrites,axon, terminals,knobs
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neurons
Definition
the nerve cells that make up the nervous system
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dendrites
Definition
receives the nerve impulses from other neurons
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axon
Definition
part of the neuron in which impulses travel
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terminals
Definition
the small branching structures on the tips of axons
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knobs
Definition
the swollen ends of the axon terminal
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neurotransmitter
Definition
the chemical substance that serves as a type of messenger by transmitting neural impulses from one neuron to another
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synapse
Definition
the junction between the terminal knob of one neuron and one dendriteor soma of another
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synaptic cleft
Definition
a small fluid filled gap between and axon terminal from a transmitting neuron and dendrite of a receiving neuron
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norepinephrine
Definition
a neurotransmitter connected to your mood and eating disorders.cause for arousal,adrenaline in the brain
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acetylcholine
Definition
a neurotransmitter which controls muscle contractions. connected to memory and cognitive function. plays a part in involuntary muscle movement
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endorphins
Definition
opiates of the brain that dull pain and make you feel good
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dopamine
Definition
gives you pleasure, plays a role in both schizophrenia as well as parkinsons
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what disease results from an excess of dopamine
Definition
schizophrenia due to the deterioration of the brain
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what disease results from the lack of dopamine
Definition
parkinsons disease
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serotonin
Definition
a neurotransmitter that islinked to imbalances. playsa role in mood regulation and learning
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what disease is caused by an excess of serotonin
Definition
ADHD
Term
what disease results from a defecit of serotonin
Definition
suicidal tendencies
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central nervous system
Definition
includes the brain and the spinal cord
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peripheral nervous system
Definition
regulates organs, diveded into two sections the somatic and the autonomic
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the somatic nervous system
Definition
responsible for all voluntary and involuntary muscle movements
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autonomic nervous system
Definition
controls all internal organs, respondsto stressful events and plays a part in anxiety. divides into two branches the sympathetic and the parasympathetic
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the sympathetic branch
Definition
causes physical arousal
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the parasympathetic branch
Definition
causes homeostasis
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medulla
Definition
the area of the hindbrain involved in the regulation of heart rate and respiration
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pons
Definition
the brain structure located in the hindbrain that transmits info about body movment and functions related to attention,sleep and respiration
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cerebellum
Definition
part of the hindbrain which controls coordination and balance
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recticular activating system
Definition
part of the brain that processes attention,sleep and arousal
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thalamus
Definition
structure of the brain relaying sensory information to the cortex and also processes sleep and attention
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hypothalamus
Definition
structure of the lower middle part of the brain which regulates body temperature, emotion,and motivation
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limbic system
Definition
a group of forebrain structures consisting of the amygdala, hippocampus, thalamus, and hypothalamus, involved int he proccess of learning, memory and basic drives including hunger thirst and sex
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cerebral cortex
Definition
wrinkled surface area of the brain
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identification
Definition
incorporating the personality or behaviors of others. example children imitating their parents
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what are the ego functions
Definition
interpersonal,sense of self and environment, reality testing, autonomous function, sense of judgment,synthetic integrative social, mastery and competence, adaptive regression service for the ego,impulse and drive control, defense function, stimulus barrier control, cognitive functions
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object relations or interpersonal functions
Definition
the degree of relatedness to others, the ability to relate to others both intimately and socially without interference from childhood anxiety or pain
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sense of self and sense of the environment
Definition
depersonalization:loss of contact with self
derealization: lose of contact with the world
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reality testing
Definition
when you are familiar with internal and external surroundings and the ability to distingusih the two
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autonomous functioning
Definition
maintaining independant activities
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sense of judgment
Definition
the ability to predict the outcome of our behavior
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synthetic integrative social function
Definition
heinz hartman,the egos ability to socially function with others regardless of background
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mastery and competence
Definition
the egos ability to develope learned skills and habitss to deal with the environment to evaluate oneself
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efficacy
Definition
the ability to preform a task with efficiency, effectiveness and effort
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self efficaciousness
Definition
dealing with everyday situations
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efficacy drive
Definition
personal best
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adaptive regression in service of the ego
Definition
the ego lets go of its executive functions and goes back in time to join forces with the inner child
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anhedonia
Definition
the inability of having fun
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oscillation process
Definition
when youregress to childlike behavior than return to current state
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fixation
Definition
the mind no longer develops and is frozen in that state of mind
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impulse and drive control
Definition
the capability to control dangerous thoughts and actions. the ability to delay frustration without acting out and thinking things through
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defense functions
Definition
the ability to develop a defense mechanism to guard against urges of the ID and to protect you from the strictness of ones parents
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defense mechanics
Definition
a need to [rptect oneself from anxiety,shame, guilt, inappropriate thoughts, feelings and actions
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what are 3 defenses of adolescents
Definition
aceticism,rationalization, and intellectualization
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stimulus barrier controls
Definition
the egos ability to control the intensity of environmental senstion which are known as stimuli.
Term
cognitive functions
Definition
the ability to develop thought processes, knowledge,learning, communication, through thoughts in writing or speech
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what do failure of cognitions lead to
Definition
delusions
Term
neo freudians
Definition
term used to describe the second generation of theorists who followed in freudian tradition
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heinz hartman
Definition
developed ego psychology and also came up with the 5 criticisms of Freud
Term
what are the five criticisms of freud
Definition
1.didnt give enoguh emphasis on ego
2. his emphasis is on id and sexuality
3. depending to much on patient case history
4. his theories cant be proven scientifically
5. gave little emphasis on adult developement
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who are the main contributors of behavior theory
Definition
ivan pavlov, john watson, and BF Skinner
Term
behavior theory
Definition
focuses on the role of learning both normal and abnormal
Term
who are the main contributors to the social cognitive theory
Definition
bandura, albert/miscel
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social cognitive theory
Definition
emphasis on the roles of thinking or cognition and learning by observation, or modeling of human behavior
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who are the main contributors to the humanistic theory
Definition
rogers, carl/maslow, abraham
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humanistic theory
Definition
states that human behavior cannot be explained as the product of with unconscious conflicts or simple conditioning
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who are the main contributors to the cognitive theory
Definition
albert ellis, aaron beck, martin seligman
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cognitive theory
Definition
negative thoughts are the soure of the disorder
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albert ellis
Definition
believed that troubling events themselves do not lead to anxiety but its the irrational belief about unfortunate experiences that foster negative emotions and maladaptive behavior
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aaron beck
Definition
proposed that depression mayresult from cognitive errors such as judging oneself entirely on the basis of ones flaws or failures, and interpreting events in a negative light
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martin seligman
Definition
said that teaching cognitive skills involved in disputing catastrophic, negative thoughts reduced the risk of depression in school and college aged people
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anhedonia
Definition
the inability to enjoy pleasure
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depersonalization
Definition
lose contact with self
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fugue state
Definition
dreamlike state of existence
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raproachment
Definition
how we work out disagreement
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introjection
Definition
to take in and identify with someone
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internalization
Definition
when you take on the traits of another individual
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self actualization
Definition
when we become satisfied or self achieved with life
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carl jung
Definition
analytic psychology, believed that people had a collective unconscious
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collective unconscious
Definition
represents the accumulated experience of mankind and contains primitive images or archetypes
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alfred adler
Definition
individual psychology, believed people are driven by an inferiority complex, not by sexual instinct
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harry stack-sullivan
Definition
interpersonal psychology, stressed importance of the child parent relationship
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neurosis occurs when
Definition
there is a mild movement from anxiety flight
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schizophrenia occurs when
Definition
there is a severe flight of anxiety
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hans kohut
Definition
self psychology, emphasis on negative narcissism, covering deep interpersonal feelings of inadequacy
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erik erikson
Definition
psych-social theory, 8 stages of life , development of a sense of self and focus on ego identity
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karen horney
Definition
came up with the seperation-indivuation process, away-toward-against
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margaret maher
Definition
object relationship theory. stages of the autistic state= symbiosis, seperation, individuation
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symbiosis
Definition
awakened joined in relationship with mother
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seperation
Definition
taking steps away from parents in increments
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individuation
Definition
establishing own home, process of becoming mature
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