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Final Exam
last few chapters (development, disorders)
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
12/09/2007

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Good coping mechanisms for stress:
Definition
Exercise, relax, pray, talk
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Maladaptive mechanisms for stress:
Definition
Eating Substance abuse
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Type A personality:
Definition
in control, driven, workaholic, dominant, anger, hostile
Term
What is the component that leads to hart attacks?
Definition
anger, hostility
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Effects of dailty stress according the Mr. Lazarus:
Definition
It's the little things that add up to become the main/major stressor, not necessarily the big stressor; counterintuitive
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Class results of taking the Holmes and Rahe stress inventory:
Definition
Exremely stressed: 601
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Jerome Kagan and others:
Definition
Babies' temperaments indicate later behaviors, interactions; inborn
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Stage one (Erikson)
Definition
Trust vs Mistrust (first year)
"Is my world predictable and supportive?"
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Stage 2 (Erikson)
Definition
Autonomy vs. shame and doubt (2-3 years)
"Can I do things myself or must I always rely on others?"
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Stage 3 (Erikson)
Definition
Initiative vs guilt (4-6 years)
"am I good or bad?"
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Stage 4 (Erikson)
Definition
Industry vs inferiority (6-puberty)
"Am I successful or worthless?"
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Stage 5 (Erikson)
Definition
Identity vs role confusion (adolescence)
"who am I and where am I going?"
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Stage 6 (Erikson)
Definition
Intimacy vs isolation (early adulthood)
"shall I share my life with another, or should I live alone?"
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Stage 7 (Erikson)
Definition
Generativity vs self-absorption (middle adulthood)
"Will I produce something of real value?"
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Stage 8 (Erikson)
Definition
Intergrity vs despair (late adulthood)
"Have I lived a full life or have I failed?"
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Stage 1 (Piaget)
Definition
Sensorimotor (birth to 2 years)
Infants develop ability to coordinate their sensory input with their motor actions.
Object Permanence
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Stage 2 (piaget)
Definition
Preoperational period (2 - 7 years)
children gradually improve in symbolic thought.
Lack conservation (object quantities remain inspite of appearance)
Egocentric
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Stage 3 (Piaget)
Definition
Concrete operational period (7-11 years)
Apply mental operations to concrete objects.
Gain reversability and decenstration
Master conservation (number, mass, length, area)
Master heirarchal classification
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Stage 4 (Piaget)
Definition
Formal operational period (11-adulthood)
Mental operations applied to abstract ideas
development of logical and systematic thinking
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Axes
Definition
1. Most major psychological disorders 
2. Personality and mental retardation
3. Physical disorders
4. Stressors
5. Number system for functioning (General Assessment of Functioning)
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positive signs of schizophrenia
Definition
hallucinations
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negative signs of schizophrenia
Definition
can't move, no emotional expression
Term
types of schizophrenia
Definition
paranoid (delusions or persecution and grandeur)
catatonic (unaware striking motor disturbances ranging from immobility to frenzied motor activity)
disorganized (partticularly severe deterioration of adaptive behavior, frequent incoherence, and virtually complete social withdraws)
undifferentiated (patient is schizophrenic but cannot be places into any of the three other categories
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Factors of favorable outcome for schizophrenia
Definition
if it comes on really fast, it is more likely to go away; also favorable when younger
Term
antisocial personality disorder
Definition
sociopath - dangerous people
Term
person who discovered talk therapy
Definition
Josef Breuer
Term
psychoanalysis
Definition
dream interpretation
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Transference
Definition
how the client sees the therapist as an important person in their life
Term
counter-transference
Definition
The therapist attatches to the client
Term
Thorazine
Definition
strong drug
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tardive dyskinesia
Definition
side effect of Thorazine - uncontrollable movements
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conversion disorder "hysteria"
Definition
problem with a physical thing that doesn't have a physical basis; loss of function
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Dissociative Identity Disorder
Definition
Where one person manifests different personalities; ne genetic predisposition; cure - integrates different personalities into one
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PTSD
Definition
Post traumatc stress disorder - extreme anxiety from terrible events; insomnia, flashbacks; no genetic predisposition
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Hypochondriasis
Definition
preoccupied with health
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hallucinations
Definition
hearing/feeling/seeing things that are not there
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Delusions
Definition
thinking something that is not real, false beliefs
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Mood disorders
Definition
Bipolar: combination of depression and mania (genetic)
Unipolar: depression disorders, guilt, fatigue, decreased appetite
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Most effective treatment for depression
Definition
cognitive psychology - challenge ideas
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Psychosomatic disorder:
Definition
migraines, asthme, etc, not cuased by stress byt makes them worse; caused by physical things not physiological things
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Childhoos disorders
Definition
Autism, RAD, mental retardation
Term
Etiology
Definition
The reason something occurs or is caused
Term
Anxiety Disorder symptoms and treatment
Definition
generalized (marked by chronis, high level of anxiety that is not tied to any specific threat (free floating)
phobic - marked by a persistent and irrational fear of an object or situation that presents no realistic danger; fear interferes with everday functioning
panic - marked by recurrent attacks of overwhelming anxiety that usually occurs suddenly
OCD - marked by persistent, uncontrollable intrusions

Stimulated by classical conditioning, results in operant negative reinforcement conditioning
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Stage 1 (Freud)
Definition
Oral stage (0-1)
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Stage 2 (Freud)
Definition
focus on anus (2-3)
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Stage 3 (Freud)
Definition
Phallic stage (4-5) focus on genitals
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Stage 4 (Freud)
Definition
Latency stage - no focus (6-12)
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Stage 5 (Freud)
Definition
Genital stage (puberty on)
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