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Abnormal Psychology
Survey in Abnormal and Clinical Psychology Chapter 1
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Psychology
Undergraduate 2
01/28/2010

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Psychopathology
Definition
field concerned with the nature development and and treatment of mental disorders
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Stigma
Definition
destructive beliefs held by a society that are ascribed to groups considered in some manners, such as mental illness
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4 parts to Stigma
Definition

1. Label is applied to a group

2. Label refers to negative qualities

3. People with label are viewed differently

4.People with label are discriminated

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Mental Disorder*
Definition

Composed of:

Personal Distress

Disability

Violates norms

Dysfunction

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Demonology
Definition
The belief that an evil spirit can live inside you
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Exorcism
Definition
ritualistic casting out of evil spirits by means of harmful and dangerous methods
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Hippocrates
Definition
Separated medicine from religion, magic, superstition. Believed mental disorders were caused by natural events in the brain. (Disease and virus)
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Asylum
Definition
confinement and care of people with mental illness
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Pinel and Jean Baptiste Pussin
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Freed the patients of prison-like asylum settings
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Moral Treatment
Definition
19th century asylums in the US treated patients properly
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General Paresis
Definition

1700s term to define the symptoms of

delusions and paralysis

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Francis Galton
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father of genetic research

used twins to show heredity linked to behavior

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ECT (Electroconvulsive therapy)
Definition

technique used to treat Schizos and severe depression in hospitals.

Has been refined and still used today

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Mesmer
Definition

used magnetic fluid to cure people. 

then used his mind to cure people.

Father of hypnosis

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Cathartic Method
Definition
Reliving past trauma to release emotional tension
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Psychoanalytic Theory
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Freud says that psychopathology results from unconscious conflicts in the person
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Id
Definition

basic urges of food,sex,warmth,love.

Translated from "The it" the something else that motivated his patient

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Ego
Definition

translated as "the eye" of the person

mediates the Id and superego

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Libido
Definition
Id's natural biological energy
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Pleasure Principle
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The Id causes tension when it is not satisfied. making the person seek pleasure
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Superego
Definition

Your conscious.

Tells you to do what is right

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Repression
Definition
DM (Defense Mechanism) unconscious pushing of unacceptable thoughts into the mind
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Transference
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DM. Patient responses to his analyst that reflect attitudes and ways of behavior to please the psychologist
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Free Association
Definition
Patients lays away from counselor and speaks freely what comes to mind. Counselor interprets thoughts afterwards
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Carl Jung
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Started Analytical Psych.

 

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Collective Unconscious
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Part of the unconscious common to all humans. consists of archetypes.
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Individual Psychology
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Adler's belief that fulfillment was found in doing things for the social good. Used ideas similar to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
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Ego Analyst
Definition
A group that emphasized the Ego over the Id.
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Law of Effect
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Behavior that is followed by satisfying consequences will be repeated, those that have negative consequences will not.
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Edward Thorndike
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Formulated the Law of Effect
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Modeling
Definition
Learning how to do positive or negative reactions to situations by watching others perform it
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Behavior Therapy
Definition
Shaped behavior using operant and classical conditioning
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Aversive Therapy
Definition
Pairing unwanted behavior with painful stimuli to stop behavior. Breaches ethical standards
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Systematic Desensitization
Definition

1. Deep muscle relaxation

2.gradual exposure to a list of feared items

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