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Abnormal psychology
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Psychology
Undergraduate 3
09/07/2015

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Term
Central Nervous System (CNS)
Definition
-Brain-4 lobes
-spinal cord
Term
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
Definition
-Somatic Nervous System:Voluntary action
-Autonomic Nervous System: Involuntary action
-Sympathetic division-"Revving up"
-Parasympathetic division-"Cooling down"
Term
Brain lobes
Definition
-Frontal
-Temporal
-Occipital
-Parietal
Term
Neuron
Definition
-Dendrites
-Axon
-Synapse
Term
Biological treatments
Definition
Trephination
Lobotomies
ECT
Term
Trephination
Definition
Drill hole in skull to release evil spirits.
Term
Lobotomies
Definition
Ice pick, through eye, separate frontal lobe, people become zombies.
Term
ECT
Definition
Electro's to the forehead and induce a seizure, side effects are patients sometimes have memory lost.
Term
Function of medications
Definition
-Agonists
-Antagonists
Term
Agonists
Definition
-Increase neurotransmission
-Initiate cell activity
Term
Antagonists
Definition
-Reduce neurotransmission
-impede cell activity
Term
Psychoanalytic Perspective
Definition
-Brainchild of Freud
-Unconscious desires
Term
Freud's topographic theory

-Unconscious
Definition
-thoughts, memories, impulses, to put away. Deemed unacceptable
Term
Freuds topographic theory

-Preconscious
Definition
-not actively thinking about it, bringing up a memory.
Term
Freuds topographic theory

-Conscious
Definition
-What were aware of at the moment, moment to moment.
Term
Freud's structural model
Definition
-Superego
-Ego
-ID
Term
Superego
Definition
-Moral conscience, keeps the ID in check.
Term
Ego
Definition
-"Middle Man" Come up with a solution (Reality Principle)
Term
ID
Definition
-Pleasure principle, sexual or anger.
Term
Psychodynamic Interventions
Definition
Goals
-Gain insight
-Resolve emotional conflicts
-Find new ways of relating to people
Term
Psychoanalytic Processes
Definition
-Free Association
-Resistance
-Transference
Term
Free Association
Definition
-Person talk about whatever comes to mind
Term
Resistance
Definition
-Client stops talking, a particular topic.
Term
Transference
Definition
-Very important, client recreates past relationships with the therapist.
Term
Behavioral Perspective
Definition
-Observable and measurable behavior
-Key Tenet: Behavior is Learned
Term
3 types of learning
Definition
-Classical conditioning:
-Ivan Pavlov's accidental discovery
-key concepts:
US->UR
US+NS
CS->CR
Term
Operant conditioning
Definition
-Reinforcement and punishment
-Thorndike's "Law of Effect"
Term
Model/social learning
Definition
-Observation/imitation
Term
Behavioral Interventions
Definition
-Whatever is learned can be unlearned
-Various techniques employed
-Exposure
-Systematic desensitization
-Aversion therapy
Term
Systematic desensitization
Definition
-working your way up to the worst situation
Term
Aversion Therapy
Definition
-PAir, a particular behavior, like if they smoke, you shock them. Making pleasures to unpleasures.
Term
Cognitive Perspective
Definition
-Hey I can think
-Schemas
-Mental models, how we view the world and ourselves in the world.
Term
Filter information
(Cognitive Perspective)
Definition
Stupid, Ugly, Boring equals depression
Term
Maladaptive Thought processes
Definition
-Pessimistic explanatory styles
-Cognitive distortions
Term
"Black and White" Thinking
Definition
To extreme no grey area
Term
Magnification
Definition
-Gaining weight
Term
Mind-Reading
Definition
-Assuming what other people are thinking
Term
Selective abstraction
Definition
-Focuses on Negative information
Term
Personalization
Definition
-Environment is about them, people talking, assuming their talking about them.
Term
Cognitive Perspective

Example
Definition
Boss calls Linda and asks her to come to the office. She wants to thank her for the card and flowers.
Term
Cognitive Perspective

Example
Definition
-I just know I screwed up that report. I am always making mistakes.
Term
Cognitive Interventions
Definition
-Cognitive restructuring
-Objective
-Thought Records
1. Situation
2. Automatic thought
3. Feeling (1-10)
4. Evidence for
5. Evidence Against
6. Alternate Thought
-Cognitive-Behavioral therapy (CBT)
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