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chap 1
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Psychology
Post-Graduate
01/29/2012

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Halluncinations
Definition
no real stimuli present, visual auditory any modality
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Delusions
Definition
belief, misbelieving, out to get me, no objective reality
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Illusions
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misperceptions of real stimuli, used in tricks
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maladaptive
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harmful or destructive, drug abuse, cutter
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self defeating behavior
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eating disorder, binge/perge
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abnormal psych and psychopathology
Definition
branch that deals with description, cause and treatment of abnormal behavior pattern, the study of
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correlation
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look at 2 different associations between 2 different variables, sets of data
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distress
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felt inside, does not neck constitute disorder
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PHD
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deals with full blown disorders/ research stats
4 yrs plus specialized training with psychotropic meds
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psychologist
Definition
normal living disorders,adjustment disorders
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clinical discription
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distinguish clinical significant dysfunction from common human experience / prevalence, incidence, onset, course, prognosis, good vs guarded. types of problems and activities connected to them
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causation
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treatment outcome
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etiology
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factors or dimensions that cause psychological disorder such factors include biological, psycho and social diminution
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US
Definition
stimulus that elicits a response
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UR
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automatic response to US
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classical
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neutral stimulus in and of itself does not elicit response
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CS
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formerly the neutral stim/ now has power
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phobia
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persistant and irrational fear of an object or stimulation that presents no realistic danger can result from direct experience or indirect experience, (learn from others) many are result of classical conditioning
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stimulus discrimination
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in classical conditioning, it occurs when a stimulus similar to CR fails to elicit CR, (only afraid of German Shep, not all dogs)
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spontaneous recovery
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suddenly came back, previously unlearned
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stim generalization
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in classical conditioning, occurs when a stim that resembles the CS elicits the CR
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prevalence
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number of people displaying disorder in total population at any given time
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incidence
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number of new cases appearing at given time
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psychoanalysis
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freud unconscious
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behaviorism
Definition
explanation of human behavior including dysfunction, based on principles of learning and adaptation derived from experimental psychology
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humanistic psychology
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emphasizing inherent striving of humans to reach highest potential if conditions preventing growth are removed
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id
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source of strong sexual and aggressive feelings or energies animal within us, libido, thanatos (death instinct)
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ego
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ensures we act realistically rarity principle instead of pleasure principle / secondary process, mediate conflict between super and id
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superego
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conscience, moral principles instilled by parents and culture
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defense mech
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originate in ego, unconscious
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denial
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refuses to acknowledge some aspect of objective reality or subjective experience that is apparent to others
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displacement
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transfers feeling
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projection
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falsely attributes own unacceptable feelings to another person or object
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reaction formation
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substitutes behavior thoughts or feelings are are the direct opposite of unacceptable ones
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repression
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blocks disturbing wishes, thoughts
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sublimation
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direxts potentially maladaptive feelings or impulses into socially acceptable behaviors
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